 Farm to Market Road 230 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 29.688 mi[1] (47.778 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| North end |  FM 1280 inLovelady | |||
| East end |  SH 19 inTrinity | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Houston,Walker,Trinity | |||
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Farm to Market Road 230 (FM 230) is afarm to market road inHouston,Walker, andTrinity Counties in Texas.[1]
FM 230 begins at an intersection withFM 1280 inLovelady, one block from that route's intersection withSH 19.[2] The road travels to the southwest through unincorporated Houston County before it reaches theTexas Department of Criminal Justice'sEastham Unit, located at the Houston–Walker county line.[3] After passing the prison, FM 230 turns to the east and briefly enters Walker County before crossing into Trinity County. The road then entersTrinity along Main Street, reaching its eastern terminus at SH 19.[4]
As the route was designated as a west–east route, reference markers increase from Lovelady to Trinity.[5] However, the segment from Lovelady to the Eastham Unit is now signed south–north, while the segment from the Eastham Unit to Trinity is signed west–east.
FM 230 was designated on June 8, 1945; the original route began at what was thenSH 45 (now SH 19) in Lovelady and traveled 3.5 miles (5.6 km) westward. The route was extended 9.2 miles (14.8 km) to pastWeldon on November 23, 1948 and then 2.7 miles (4.3 km) to the Eastham Unit on April 21, 1954. On November 24, 1959, FM 230 was extended east 5.4 miles (8.7 km). On September 27, 1960, the road was extended east to the Trinity County line. The eastward extension to Trinity occurred on October 14, 1960, replacingFM 287.[1]
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Houston | Lovelady | 0.0 | 0.0 | FM 1280 –Austonio,Groveton | Northern terminus |
| | 6.2 | 10.0 |  FM 3151 –Pearson Chapel | ||
| | 7.5 | 12.1 |  FM 2915 | ||
| | 15.3 | 24.6 | TDCJEastham Unit | ||
| Walker | | 19.2 | 30.9 |  FM 3478 – TDCJEllis/Estelle Units | |
| Trinity | Trinity | 29.7 | 47.8 | SH 19 –Lovelady,Huntsville | Eastern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
