Farm to Market Road 120

Farm to Market Road 120 marker

Farm to Market Road 120
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length 20.33 mi[1] (32.72 km)
Existed January 11, 1945 (1945-01-11)[1] – present
Major junctions
West end Cooks Corner Road near Pottsboro
  US 75 in Denison
US 69 in Denison
East end Carpenters Bluff Road at Texas–Oklahoma state line
Location
Counties Grayson
Highway system
← FM 119FM 121 →

Farm to Market Road 120 (FM 120) is a Farm to Market Road located in the southern Texoma Valley area of north Texas. The section of FM 120 from FM 1417 to FM 1753 is internally designated as Urban Road 120 (UR 120) by the TxDOT.

Route description

FM 120 begins just north of Willow Springs Road approximately four miles (6.4 km) west of Pottsboro, with the roadway continuing north as Cooks Corner Road. FM 120 runs east through the town of Pottsboro, where it intersects with State Highway 289 (SH 289). After leaving Pottsboro FM 120 enters the Denison city limits and runs along Morton Street to SH 91. FM 120 overlaps with SH 91 to Main Street; FM 120 turns onto Main Street while SH 91 runs along Armstrong Avenue. The highway runs through downtown Denison along Main Street and leaves the city shortly thereafter. FM 120 runs east through northeast Grayson County before crossing the Red River on the Carpenter's Bluff Bridge into Oklahoma.

History

FM 120 was designated on January 11, 1945 from Carpenter's Bluff to Denison and then on to Pottsboro. On July 14, 1949 the road was extended north to Fink. On December 17, 1952 the road was extended north to the Government Property Line. On May 10, 1957 the road was extended west from old US 75 to SH 75A (now SH 91). On September 1, 1959 the road was extended east along old FM 84 to SH 75A. On February 25, 1968 the road was rerouted in Denison. On June 27, 1995, the section from FM 1417 to FM 1753 was transferred to UR 120. On December 17, 2009, the section from Elks Boulevard and Preston Bend junction north of Preston south 6.3 miles was transferred to SH 289, the section from Worthington Lane in Pottsboro south 0.7 miles to existing FM 120 was transferred to Spur 316, and FM 120 was extended west 4.5 miles to Cooks Corner Road/Willow Springs Road, replacing a section of FM 996.

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Junction list

The entire route is in Grayson County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
​Cooks Corner Road – Lake Texoma
Pottsboro SH 289 – Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
Spur 316 north
FM 996 east
Denison FM 1417 south – Sherman, North Texas Regional Airport
FM 131 south – Sherman
US 75 (Katy Memorial Expressway) – Durant, DallasUS 75 exit 69
SH 91 north (Tone Avenue) – Denison DamWest end of SH 91 overlap
SH 91 south (Armstrong Avenue) – ShermanEast end of SH 91 overlap
US 69 (Eisenhower Parkway) – Durant, Greenville
FM 1753 south – Ambrose
Carpenter's BluffCarpenter's Bluff RoadCrosses Red River into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 120". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 996". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  3. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway No. 289". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  4. ↑ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 316". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
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