Farm to Market Road 865 (shortened to FM 865, also Urban Road 865) is a state highway

State highway

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Texas

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 within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown

Greater Houston

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 metropolitan area. Locally, the road is known as Cullen Boulevard.

The road travels south from US Highway 90A in Houston into Pearland

Pearland, Texas

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, just over the Brazoria County

Brazoria County, Texas

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 line. The road runs parallel to Highway 288 and serves as a possible alternate route. Only the segment of FM 865 between I-610

Interstate 610 (Texas)

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 and Alternate US 90 is unsigned.

History

There have been several roads designated FM 865.

• The original FM 865 was created in 1948 in Schleicher County, but the route was quickly cancelled in favor of Ranch to Market Road 33, which is itself cancelled.
• The second FM 865 was designated in 1951 as a route from Ozona
  Ozona, Texas
  Ozona is a census-designated place in and the county seat of Crockett County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,436 at the 2000 census...
  
   in Crockett County to an oil field west of town. The road was later connected to Ranch to Market Road 33 (the original FM 865), but the road was re-designated in 1959 as Ranch to Market Road 865 which was re-designated as a section of State Highway 137
  Texas State Highway 137
  State Highway 137 or SH 137 is a Texas state highway that runs from Brownfield to near Ozona in west Texas. This route was designated by 1939 on a route from Brownfield south through Midland and Rankin, ending west of Sheffield. By 1942, everything south of Lamesa was either cancelled,...
  
  .
• The third FM 865 was designated in 1984 in its current configuration; the new road was transferred from FM 518
  Farm to Market Road 518
  Farm to Market Road 518, or simply FM 518, is a farm to market road located in Texas. It traverses the Greater Houston area, primarily running from Pearland in Brazoria County to Kemah in Galveston.-History:...
  
   as that road was designated in a new direction. In 1995 the state once again officially cancelled FM 865 in favor of Urban Road 865, but as with all other urban roads, the usage is only used by the state of Texas.