Farm to Market Road 179

Farm to Market Road 179
Route information
Length:	106.931 mi[1] (172.089 km)
Existed:	1945[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	US 87 in Lamesa
	US 380 US 62 / US 82 in Wolfforth US 84 in Shallowater US 70
North end:	SH 194 northwest of Plainview
Location
Counties:	Dawson, Lynn, Lubbock, Hale
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← FM 178 FM 180 →

Farm to Market Road 179 (FM 179) is a farm to market road in the U.S. state of Texas. The highway runs from U.S. Highway 87 (US 87) in Lamesa to State Highway 194 (SH 194) approximately 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Plainview.

History

FM 179 was first designated on June 11, 1945 along a county road in Dawson County. From 1948 to 1953 the highway ran from Lamesa to Welch at SH 137. FM 179 was redesignated along a new route with 6.4 miles (10.3 km) of the highway to Welch being redesignated as FM Road 2053.^[2] In 1960 FM 179 gained 17.8 miles (28.6 km) when it was combined with FM 2081.^[3] In 1964 the highway gained another 21.6 miles (34.8 km) from FM 594,^[4] 11.2 miles (18.0 km) from FM 401,^[5] and 28.8 miles (46.3 km) from FM 1073.^[6] FM 179 reached its current length in 1968 when FM 1070 was combined with the highway.^[7]

Route description

FM 179 begins at an intersection with US 87 in northeastern Lamesa. The highway intersects with FM 2592 (North 22nd Street) before leaving the town and traveling through rural Dawson County. FM 179 runs through rural Lynn County and southern Lubbock County before entering the town of Wolfforth, intersecting with US 62/US 82. The highway leaves Wolfforth and runs through unincorporated Lubbock County before entering the city of Lubbock in the Hurlwood neighborhood. FM 179 leaves Lubbock and runs through an unincorporated area of the county before entering the town of Shallowater. The highway runs concurrently with US 84 before returning to a separate routing. FM 179 runs through rural western Hale County before ending at an intersection with SH 194 northwest of Plainview.

Junction list

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Dawson	Lamesa			US 87 (Lynn Avenue) – Big Spring, Tahoka
				FM 2592 (North 22nd Street)
	​			FM 1066
	​			FM 2053 west – Welch	South end of FM 2053 overlap
Lynn	​			FM 2053 east – O'Donnell	North end of FM 2053 overlap
	​			FM 213 east	South end of FM 213 overlap
	​			FM 213 west	North end of FM 213 overlap
	​			US 380 – Brownfield, Tahoka
	​			FM 1317 east
	​			FM 211 – Meadow, New Home
Lubbock	​			FM 41 (194th Street) – Ropesville, Slide
	​			FM 1585 (130th Street)
	Wolfforth			US 62 / US 82 – Brownfield, Lubbock
				Loop 193 (Main Street)
	Lubbock			SH 114 (19th Street) – Levelland, Lubbock
				FM 2255 (4th Street) – Reese Center
	Shallowater			US 84 – Littlefield, Lubbock
				Loop 388 east	South end of Loop 388 overlap
	​			US 84 east – Lubbock	North end of Loop 388 overlap; south end of US 84 overlap
	​			US 84 west – Littlefield	North end of US 84 overlap
	​			FM 597 – Anton, Abernathy
Hale	​			FM 54 west – Littlefield	South end of FM 54 overlap
	​			FM 54 east – Petersburg	North end of FM 54 overlap
	Cotton Center			FM 37 west – Amherst	South end of FM 37 overlap
				FM 37 east	North end of FM 37 overlap
	​			FM 1914 east – Hale Center
	​			FM 1071 west	South end of FM 1071 overlap
	​			FM 1071 east	North end of FM 1071 overlap
	​			US 70 west – Olton	South end of US 70 overlap
	​			US 70 east – Plainview	North end of US 70 overlap
	​			SH 194 – Hart, Plainview
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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