Farm to Market Road 359 (FM 359) is a state highway in the U.S. state of
Texas
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. The highway begins at
U.S. Route 90 Alternate (US 90A) near
Richmond
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in
Fort Bend County
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The ...
. FM 359 heads in a northwesterly direction through
Pecan Grove and
Fulshear to
Interstate 10
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at
Brookshire in
Waller County. Continuing to the northwest, the highway passes through the small communities of
Pattison,
Monaville and
Pine Island before ending at
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) and
Texas Highway 6 (SH 6) east of
Hempstead.
Route description
FM 359 begins at a traffic signal on US 90A northeast of the
Brazos River
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bridge at Richmond. The highway immediately crosses the
Union Pacific Railroad
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tracks and heads north through Pecan Grove. At the traffic light at Farmer Road, FM 359 turns in a westerly direction for to a traffic signal at
FM 723. This intersection is just north of
John and Randolph Foster High School
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in
Lamar Consolidated Independent School District
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. After proceeding northwest, FM 359 passes through the rural community of
Foster and turns in a northerly direction. The highway passes Hines Nurseries Inc., briefly veers west at Fulshear-Gaston Road, and turns north before reaching the intersection of
FM 1093 and
FM 1463 at a traffic signal. The section between FM 723 and FM 1093 is about in length.
FM 359 turns west for to Fulshear. In this stretch, the highway shares its right-of-way with FM 1093. At Fulshear, FM 359 heads northwest a distance of to Interstate 10 at Brookshire. In this portion of the highway, there is an historical marker at the site of
Pittsville near Hunt Road, north of Fulshear. The highway continues north from the interstate underpass to
US 90, then turns west on the US 90 right-of-way for to Bains Street where FM 359 turns to the north again. After on Bains Street, there is a fork where
FM 362 splits off to the north while FM 359 heads to the northwest. The highway continues northwest to Pattison where it intersects with westbound
FM 1458. From Pattison, FM 359 heads first north, then northwest a distance of to the intersection with
FM 529 and then an additional to Monaville where it intersects with
FM 1887 which goes west. From Monaville to the intersection with westbound
FM 3346 in Pine Island is a distance of . Continuing north on FM 359 from Pine Island to
US 290 Business is . After an additional , FM 359 ends at a limited access highway interchange with US 290 and SH 6 to the east of Hempstead.
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History
FM 359 was originally designated on June 18, 1945, to run from east of Richmond northwest to the Waller County line and from Richmond south to Thompsons. On the same day, the order was amended to extend the highway northwest through Brookshire to SH 6 southeast of Hempstead. On September 26, 1945, FM 359 was extended west to US 290 near Hempstead. On August 1, 1947 the section from Richmond south to Thompsons was canceled.[ (The canceled section is the 2010 route of FM 762 and FM 2759.)][
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Major intersections
Gallery
File:Brookshire TX FM 359 at I-10.JPG, View north on FM 359 at the I-10 overpass in Brookshire
File:Fulshear TX FMs 359 and 1093.JPG, View south on FM 359 toward FM 1093 in Fulshear
File:Pittsville TX Historical Marker.JPG, Historical marker at the site of Pittsville on FM 359
See also
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References
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Transportation in Fort Bend County, Texas
Transportation in Waller County, Texas