Farm to Market Road 1187


Farm to Market Road 1187 is a FM highway located in the D/FW area of Texas. The highway from U.S. Highway 377 to Business US 287 is designated as Urban Route 1187 by the Texas Department of Transportation, but is not signed as such.

Route description

FM 1187 begins at I-20 west of Fort Worth and north of Aledo. The highway runs south to Aledo, where it intersects with FM 5. At the intersection, FM 1187 turns to the east. The highway turns back to the south and has a short overlap with US 377 near Benbrook Lake in the unincorporated community of Wheatland. The highway runs to the south of Crowley's central business district before intersecting I-35W in southern Fort Worth. FM 1187 runs through Rendon before ending at US 287 Bus. in Mansfield, then becoming Debbie Lane.

History

FM 1187 was designated on July 14, 1949 from US 81 east 5.1 miles to Rendon. On May 23, 1951, FM 1187 extended east 5.4 miles to US 287. On October 29, 1953, FM 1187 was extended west 6.4 miles to a county road. On October 25, 1954, the section of FM 1187 west of FM 731 was transferred to FM 731. On November 22, 1955, FM 1187 extended west to FM 1902, replacing the section of FM 731 from FM 1187 to FM 1902. On November 24, 1959, FM 1187 extended northwest to US 377. On December 20, 1984, FM 2376 from US 377 to FM 5 and the section of FM 5 from what was FM 2376 to US 80 were transferred to FM 1187. On June 27, 1995, the section of FM 1187 from US 377 to BU 287-P became an urban road.

Major intersections

Crowley business loop

Business Farm to Market Road 1187-C was a business loop of FM 1187 in Crowley. The highway was designated on February 26, 2004 when FM 1187 was re-routed south of the city. This is one of the FM roads,. The entire highway was known as Main Street. On October 27, 2016, BF 1187-C was removed from the state highway system.