Farm to Market Road 969 is a 28.95 miles (46.59 km) state-maintained farm to market road

Farm to Market Road

In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns...

 located in Travis

Travis County, Texas

As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...

 and Bastrop

Bastrop County, Texas

Bastrop County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2006, the population was 71,700. Its county seat is Bastrop. Bastrop County is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop , an early Dutch settler who assisted Stephen F...

 counties of 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...

 of which 6.23 miles (10.03 km) are officially designated as Urban Road 969 (UR 969) in Austin

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 but is still signed as FM 969..

History

FM 969 originally started at SH 29 at 19th Street, northeast of downtown Austin; at the time, SH 29 was along the current alignment of I-35. It then proceeded eastward along 19th Street, terminating near Hornsby Bend. By 1958, it had been extended to its current eastern termination point at SH 71/SH 21.

In 1975, 19th Street was renamed MLK Boulevard between Lamar Boulevard and the Austin city limits.

In 1986, the segment between I-35 and Loop 111 was removed from FM 969 and returned to city maintenance. This segment passes by Oakwood Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery (Austin, TX)

Oakwood Cemetery, originally called City Cemetery, is the oldest city-owned cemetery in Austin, Texas. Situated on a hill just east of I-35 that overlooks downtown Austin, just north of the Swedish Hill Historic District and south of Disch-Falk Field, the once-isolated site is now in the center of...

, the oldest cemetery

Cemetery

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 in Austin, and by UFCU Disch-Falk Field

UFCU Disch-Falk Field

UFCU Disch–Falk Field is the baseball stadium of the University of Texas at Austin. It's been home to Texas Longhorns baseball since it opened February 17, 1975. On that day, the eventual NCAA national champion Longhorns swept a doubleheader from St. Mary's by scores of 4-0 and 11-0...

, the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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 baseball field

Baseball field

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.

In 1995, the segment of FM 969 between Loop 111 and FM 973 was redesginated as UR 969, with the segment east of FM 973 remaining as a Farm to Market Road. As with most other Urban Roads, no signage changes have been made to indicate the new name.

Route Description

UR 969 begins at an intersection with Loop 111

Texas State Highway Loop 111

Loop 111 is a state-maintained roadway located in Austin, Texas. It is named Airport Boulevard.- History :Spur 111 was originally assigned to part of what is now designated FM 836 near Spur, Texas. The route number was changed in 1948. In 1960, Loop 111 was designated as the Austin Loop, running...

 (Airport Boulevard), east of Interstate 35

Interstate 35 in Texas

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. It proceeds east along MLK

Martin Luther King, Jr.

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 Boulevard for 6.3 miles (10.1 km), passing by Morris-Williams Golf Course and US 183 before leaving the Austin city limits. The UR 969 designation terminates at FM 973

Farm to Market Road 973

Farm to Market Road 973 is a farm to market road in Travis and Williamson counties, Texas.-Route description:FM 973 begins at southeast of Austin, near Mustang Ridge. The route travels generally to the northeast and enters Austin, where it intersects near Austin-Bergstrom International Airport...

, south of Lake Walter E. Long

Lake Walter E. Long

Lake Walter E. Long is a power plant cooling reservoir on Decker Creek in Austin, Texas, USA. The reservoir was officially impounded in 1967 and serves to provide water for turbines used in the production of electricity from petroleum-based fuels. The dam and the lake are managed by the City of...

.

At this point, the road designation changes to FM 969. The highway continues east and southeast for 22.6 miles (36.4 km), passing through the villages of Utley

Utley, Texas

Utley is an unincorporated community in Bastrop County, Texas, United States.-School:Utley is served by the Bastrop Independent School District....

 and Webberville

Webberville, Texas

Webberville is a village in Travis County, Texas . Its population was 336, according to a 2008 census estimate.Comprising settlements dating back to 1827, Webber's Prairie was formally established by retired physician John Ferdinand Webber in 1839...

 before terminating at an intersection with SH 71/SH 21, just west of Bastrop

Bastrop, Texas

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there are 5340 people in Bastrop, organized into 2034 households and 1336 families. The population density is 734.8 people per square mile . There are 2,239 housing units at an average density of 308.1 per square mile...

. Between Austin and Webberville, FM 969 is named Old Webberville Road.

Junction list

County	Location	Mile	Junction	Notes
Travis Travis County, Texas As of 2009, the U.S. census estimates there were 1,026,158 people, 320,766 households, and 183,798 families residing in the county. The population density was 821 people per square mile . There were 335,881 housing units at an average density of 340 per square mile...	Austin Austin, Texas Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
Bastrop Bastrop County, Texas Bastrop County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of 2006, the population was 71,700. Its county seat is Bastrop. Bastrop County is named for Felipe Enrique Neri, Baron de Bastrop , an early Dutch settler who assisted Stephen F...