 Farm to Market Road 50 | ||||
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 FM 50 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byTxDOT | ||||
| Length | 51.378 mi[1] (82.685 km) | |||
| Existed | 1942[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  SH 105 nearBrenham | |||
| Major intersections |  SH 21 | |||
| North end |   US 79 /US 190 nearHearne | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Washington,Burleson,Brazos,Robertson | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Farm to Market Road 50 (FM 50) is aFarm to Market Road in theU.S. state ofTexas maintained by theTexas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The 52.9-mile (85.1 km) route begins atState Highway 105 nearBrenham and passes to the north throughIndependence toU.S. Route 79 andU.S. Route 190 nearHearne. The road has a briefconcurrency withSH 21 along a bridge crossing theBrazos River. The road is inWashington,Burleson,Brazos, andRobertson counties.
The road was originally designated in 1942 along the portion of the present route north of SH 21. The road was briefly extended throughSnook toSH 36 atLyons before being rerouted over its current route through Independence to SH 105.
The portion of FM 50 south of Independence was originally designatedSH 211 on August 1, 1934.[2] SH 211 was extended north to Clay on January 26, 1935,[3] but on July 15, 1935, this extension was cancelled.[4] On January 6, 1939, SH 211 was decommissioned.[5] SH 211 was reinstated on January 22, 1940.[6]
FM 50 was first designated on April 29, 1942, between US 79 and SH 21 and then extended on May 20, 1942, to the intersection of the presentFM 60 known before then asSH 230 and then continued to the southwest along the current FM 60 through Snook andCenter Line to SH 36 at Lyons.[1] SH 230 was then decommissioned[7] being replaced by an extended FM 50 to Lyons and the newly designated FM 60 toCollege Station.[8]
On August 24, 1943, another section of FM 50 from FM 60 east of Snook to SH 211 in Independence was added. On October 6, 1943, the stretch of road from east of Snook to Lyons was added as an extension of FM 60, and FM 50 was extended south from Independence incorporating most of SH 211 to the formerSH 90, now SH 105, near Brenham. The remainder of SH 211 was redesignated asSpur 197, nowFM 390 and FM Spur 390.[1]
FM 50 begins at SH 105 3.0 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Brenham in Washington County.[1] The road proceeds to the north passing Brenham Municipal Airport and intersectingFM 2621 nearPrairie Hill before crossingFM 390 at Independence. The road continues northward passing throughJerry's Quarters and crossing Yegua Creek where the road enters Burleson County. North of the creek, the road crosses theBurlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway atClay.[9]
Further north, FM 50 intersectsFM 1361 atWilcox. After crossing Old River, the road changes course to the northwest crossingFM 60 north of Snook andFM 166 nearFoster Store. Further northwest, the road passes throughGrant before merging with SH 21. The combined route to the northeast crosses the Brazos River entering Brazos County with FM 50 separating from SH 21 on the other side. The route then goes to the north largely following theUnion Pacific Railroad throughLaw,Sims, an intersection withFM 1687 at Mudville, andMooring.[10]
North of Mooring, FM 50 crosses into Robertson County and crosses merging Union Pacific tracks atMumford. The road then follows along the railroad to the northwest crossing the tracks immediately before the road terminates at the combined route of US 79 and US 190 southeast of Hearne.[11]
| County | Location | mi[12] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Washington | | 0 | 0.0 | SH 105 –Brenham,Navasota | Southern terminus |
| | 3.6 | 5.8 |  FM 2621 –Sandy Hill | ||
| Independence | 8.6 | 13.8 |  FM 390 –Gay Hill,William Penn | ||
| Burleson | Wilcox | 18.2 | 29.3 |  FM 1361 –Somerville | |
| | 26.6 | 42.8 |  FM 60 –Snook,College Station | ||
| | 27.4 | 44.1 |  FM 166 –Caldwell | ||
| | 34.8 | 56.0 |  SH 21 west –Caldwell | West end of SH 21 overlap | |
| Brazos | | 36.2 | 58.3 |  SH 21 east –Bryan | East end of SH 21 overlap |
| Mudville | 39.4 | 63.4 |  FM 1687 (Sandy Point Rd.) | ||
| Robertson | | 52.9 | 85.1 | US 79 /US 190 –Rockdale,Hearne,Cameron | Northern terminus |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
