Existed: 1945 – present Constructed 1945 | Length 77.63 km | |
South end: SH 249 / FM 1774 in Pinehurst West end: FM 3090 west of Anderson Counties Montgomery County, Texas, Grimes County, Texas | ||
Farm to Market Road 149 (FM 149) is a farm to market road in the U.S. state of Texas. It runs approximately 48.3 miles (77.7 km) in Montgomery and Grimes counties, connecting the cities of Montgomery and Anderson.
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Map of FM 149, Texas, USA
Route description
FM 149 has a southern terminus in Pinehurst at the current north end of SH 249, where that road transitions into FM 1774 toward Magnolia. 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 and enters the Sam Houston National Forest, 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, 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 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Anderson.
FM 149 has one spur route, FM Spur 149, in Montgomery County. The spur route is approximately 1.4 miles (2.3 km) in length, and allows movement between northbound FM 149 and eastbound FM 1488.
History
FM 149 was created in 1945 as a short spur between Anderson and Richards inside Grimes County. Later that year, it was extended twice, first to the Montgomery County line and then to Deckers Prairie. The designation was extended down the Tomball Road to US 75 (later I-45) in Houston by 1949. In 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 in 1960, while FM 149 was rerouted north over the former route of FM 2430. A spur connection to FM 1488 was added in 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 in 1988, when the section from the southern terminus at Interstate 45 to FM 1774 was transferred to SH 249.