Farm to Market Road 149 (FM 149) is a
farm to market road
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Texas
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. It runs approximately in
Montgomery and
Grimes
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counties, connecting the cities of
Montgomery and
Anderson
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson ...
.
Route description
FM 149 has a southern terminus in
Pinehurst at the former north end of
SH 249, where that road (prior to December 2019) transitioned into
FM 1774 toward
Magnolia
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.
The route travels north through unincorporated
Montgomery County before entering the city of
Montgomery, where it crosses
SH 105.
FM 149 then passes to the west of
Lake Conroe
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and enters the
Sam Houston National Forest
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, where it begins to turn to the west. The highway crosses into
Grimes County, where it is signed as a west–east route, and passes through
Richards before turning to the southwest. In the county seat of
Anderson
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson ...
, FM 149 has a one-block concurrency with
SH 90 before resuming its westward course. FM 149 ends at an intersection with
FM 3090 approximately west of Anderson.
Spur route
FM 149 has one spur route, FM Spur 149, in Montgomery County.
The spur route is approximately in length, and allows movement between northbound FM 149 and eastbound
FM 1488.
History
FM 149 was created on April 20, 1945 as a short spur between
Anderson
Anderson or Andersson may refer to:
Companies
* Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910
* Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car
* Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer
* Anderson ...
and
Richards inside Grimes County. Later that year, it was extended twice, to the
Montgomery County line on June 6, 1945 and to
Deckers Prairie ten days later. The designation was extended down the Tomball Road to
US 75 (later
I-45
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) in
Houston
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on July 22, 1949. On October 31, 1957, the route was extended beyond Anderson to its current western terminus at
FM 244 (now
FM 3090). The section from FM 2430 (now West Montgomery Road) to US 75 was transferred to
FM 2430 on December 10, 1959, while FM 149 was rerouted north over the former route of FM 2430. A spur connection to
FM 1488 was added on November 1, 1968 which replaced the old route of FM 149 because one section of the old route was transferred to FM 1488. The road was truncated to its current length on October 28, 1988, when the section from the southern terminus at Interstate 45 to
FM 1774 was transferred to
SH 249.
Major intersections
References
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0149
Transportation in Montgomery County, Texas
Transportation in Grimes County, Texas