Existed: 1949 – present Counties: Denton Constructed 1949 | West end: I-35W in Northlake Length 24.04 km County Denton County, Texas | |
East end: I-35E / US 77 in Lewisville | ||
Farm to Market Road 1171 (FM 1171) is a farm to market road in Denton County, Texas.
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Map of FM 1171, Texas, USA
Route description
FM 1171 begins at IH 35W in Northlake. The two-lane route is an often-congested roadway for traffic traveling to Flower Mound, which lies to east, and Texas Motor Speedway, which lies one exit to the south on the Interstate. In Flower Mound, the road is known as Cross Timbers Road, and it has a junction with US 377. At its intersection with Shiloh Road (expanded in spring 2011 from two to six lanes between Shiloh and FM 2499), the roadway expands to six lanes and serves as a major arterial for eastern Flower Mound and into Lewisville, where it is known as that city's Main Street. FM 1171 continues through central Lewisville before the designation ends at IH 35E; Main Street continues into eastern Lewisville as a four-lane road.
Beginning in 2014 construction started on widening the entire length of FM1171 between Shiloh Road and I-35W.
History
FM 1171 was first designated in 1949 from proposed US 77 west 5.3 miles to a county road; at that time, the Lewisville area was undeveloped, and current alignment of US 77 (now superseded by the Interstate 35E freeway) had yet to be constructed. In 1955, a section of Loop 187 was combined with the route, extending it eastward to the original route of SH 121 through eastern Lewisville. FM 1171 was extended westward through Lewisville to US 377 in 1963, and then to the Interstate 35W freeway in 1971.
A spur route of FM 1171 existed from 1963 to 1990; it connected with mainline FM 1171 east of IH 35E and traveled south along Mill Street to an intersection with SH 121. This mileage was transferred to FM 3504, which had been cancelled in 2012 at the request of the city of Lewisville.
In 1995, the designation of the section east of US 377 to SH 121 was transferred to Urban Road 1171 (UR 1171); however, as with other urban roads, TxDOT continues to sign the route with the FM marker. In 2003, the eastern portion, from IH 35E to the former route of SH 121 (now Business SH 121), was removed from the state highway system at the request of the City of Lewisville.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Denton County.