Farm to Market Road 524
Encyclopedia
Farm to Market Road 524, or FM 524, is a state highway
in the U.S. state
of Texas
.
in Four Forks, FM 524 travels northwest as a narrow two-lane, tree lined road. Entering Sweeny, the route crosses the Union Pacific Railroad, winding through Sweeny with several sharp turns. The road becomes Sweeny's Main Street, traveling through the heart of town. Passing City Hall, and the town's lone traffic signal, 524 heads 5 miles (8 km) to the northwest cutting through the middle of the ChevronPhillips refinery and intersecting with State Highway 35, in what was once the thriving community of Old Ocean. After a half-block concurrency with 35, the route continues 9 miles (14.5 km) to the northwest through sparsely populated areas, intersecting Farm to Market Road 1301 outside the Danciger community.
State highway
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in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.
Traveling the route
Beginning at Farm to Market Road 521Farm to Market Road 521
Farm to Market Road 521 is a state highway the U.S. state of Texas.The road is one of the longest farm-to-market roads in the state at almost . It starts at U.S...
in Four Forks, FM 524 travels northwest as a narrow two-lane, tree lined road. Entering Sweeny, the route crosses the Union Pacific Railroad, winding through Sweeny with several sharp turns. The road becomes Sweeny's Main Street, traveling through the heart of town. Passing City Hall, and the town's lone traffic signal, 524 heads 5 miles (8 km) to the northwest cutting through the middle of the ChevronPhillips refinery and intersecting with State Highway 35, in what was once the thriving community of Old Ocean. After a half-block concurrency with 35, the route continues 9 miles (14.5 km) to the northwest through sparsely populated areas, intersecting Farm to Market Road 1301 outside the Danciger community.
Historic routes
FM 524 once traveled from its southern terminus in Four Forks, eastbound to State Highway 36 in Brazoria. This is now part of FM 521.Counties traversed
- FM 524 is located entirely in the western portion of Brazoria County, TexasBrazoria County, TexasBrazoria County[p] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas, located on the Gulf Coast within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area. Regionally, parts of the county are within the extreme southern-most fringe of the regions locally known as Southeast Texas. Brazoria County is among a...
. The largest town along the route is Sweeny, population 3,700.