Farm to Market Road 1776 (FM 1776) is a
Farm to Market Road
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in the U.S. state of
Texas
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maintained by the
Texas Department of Transportation
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(TxDOT). The road begins at a junction with
Interstate 10
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(I-10) and
U.S. Highway 67 (US 67) in
Pecos County
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west of
Fort Stockton
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and extends northward through the town of
Coyanosa before ending at
State Highway 18 (SH 18) in
Ward County south of
Monahans. The road has an interchange with
US 285 northeast of Fort Stockton.
Before the road was established, TxDOT had previously assigned the road's numerical designation to two other roads in eastern Texas.
Route description
FM 1776 begins at I-10 Exit 248 as a northward extension of the US 67 roadway which approaches from the southwest from
Alpine
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and merges with I-10.
The two-lane road continues to the north beneath the US 285 underpass and reaches Coyanosa.
North of Coyanosa, FM 1776 joins and follows
FM 1450 for a stretch southeast of the city of
Pecos before turning off to the northeast. The road then leaves Pecos County at the
Pecos River
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and crosses into Ward County where it intersects
FM 1927 south of
Pyote. The road then proceeds to the northeast crossing
FM 1219 between
Royalty
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and
Wickett before terminating at SH 18 approximately south of Monahans.
History
FM 1776 was originally designated northward along a former alignment of
US 96 between
SH 184 at
Bronson in
Sabine County and
SH 21 at
Ford's Corner in
San Augustine County
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History
San Augustine County was formed in 1837. It was supposedly named after the Saint, A ...
on September 19, 1951. The former road became an extension of
FM 1 on October 14, 1954.
FM 1776 was briefly designated on February 17, 1955 along a
Grimes County route from
FM 149 in
Richards
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*Richards (surname)
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* Richards, Missouri, United States
* Richards, Texas, United States
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southeastward toward
Dacus to the
Montgomery County line. The designation of the route did not survive the year before being combined with
FM 1486 on November 2 of that year.
The current route was designated on February 24, 1956 between FM 1450 and SH 18. The road was extended southward through Coyanosa to US 67 and
US 290, the predecessor route to I-10 in much of western Texas, on May 6, 1964.
Construction began on the US 285 interchange in 2011 and was completed the following year.
The interchange was funded through a 2009 safety bond program due to a history of fatal accidents.
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
*{{osmrelation, 2128871, Farm to Market Road 1776
Coyanosa, TXfrom ''The
Handbook of Texas
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Online''
1776
Events January–February
* January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces.
* January 1 ...
Transportation in Pecos County, Texas
Transportation in Ward County, Texas