Existed: 1962 – present Length 15.7 km County Pecos County, Texas | Counties: Pecos Constructed 1962 | |
South end: TDCJ Lynaugh Unit near Belding North end: I-10 / US 67 near Fort Stockton | ||
Farm to Market Road 2037 (FM 2037) is a Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of Texas maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The 9.8-mile (15.8 km) road is located in Pecos County and connects the James Lynaugh Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to Interstate 10 (I-10) and U.S. Highway 67 (US 67) west of the city of Fort Stockton while passing through the town of Belding.
Contents
- Map of Farm to Market Rd 2037 Fort Stockton TX 79735 USA
- Route description
- History
- Major intersections
- References
Map of Farm to Market Rd 2037, Fort Stockton, TX 79735, USA
A portion of the route follows a former alignment of US 67 between Fort Stockton and Alpine. The route's numerical designation was previously assigned to a Farm to Market Road in Brazos County.
Route description
The road begins at the Lynaugh prison unit and proceeds to the east 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to Old Alpine Road. FM 2037 then follows Old Alpine Road 1.7 miles (2.7 km) to the northeast parallel with the South Orient Railroad passing through Belding. The road then turns north passing through orchards and cropland to I-10. FM 2037 ends along the south service road of I-10 to the west of the overpass at I-10 Exit 253 approximately 6 miles (10 km) west of Fort Stockton.
FM 2037 has a rural major collector functional class as rated by TxDOT which has approved a speed limit of up to 55 miles per hour (89 km/h) along the route. The section of the road from the prison to where the road diverges from Old Alpine Rd. north of Belding had an average annual daily traffic (AADT) count of 350 vehicles in 2010 including 3.2 percent peak hour truck usage, while the remaining section approaching I-10 had an AADT count of 240 with 3.7 percent peak hour truck usage. Future AADT in 2030 for the two road segments is projected to be 600 and 410 respectively.
History
FM 2037 was originally designated in 1952 as a 6.7-mile (10.8 km) route in northeastern Brazos County beginning along the concurrent routes of US 190 / SH 21 near the Navasota River proceeding to the northwest to the town of Edge. In 1957, that route was extended an additional 5.9 miles (9.5 km) to the southwest to FM 2038. The Brazos County designation was canceled in 1961 when the route was added as an extension to FM 974.
The following year, the current route was designated over a seven-mile (11.3 km) stretch from the Old Alpine Rd. to US 290, the route that preceded I-10. The route was extended to the prison site in 1993.
The Old Alpine Rd. portion of the route has a much longer history with the state highway network. US 67 designation was extended westward from Dallas to Presidio in 1932. The portion of US 67 between Alpine and Fort Stockton was constructed as an unpaved earth road sometime between 1933 and 1936 and was also designated as State Highway 10 (SH 10). The SH 10 designation did not survive the 1939 redescription of the state highway system, and US 67 was realigned off of the Old Alpine Rd. when its more westward current roadway was constructed in 1947.
Major intersections
The entire road is in Pecos County.