Farm to Market Road 1096


Farm to Market Road 1096 is a state highway the U.S. state of Texas that stays within Wharton County. The highway starts at a junction with FM 442 to the northeast of Lane City, heads in a northeasterly direction through Boling-Iago and ends at a country road to the north-northeast.

Route description

FM 1096 begins as a two-lane road on FM 442 northeast of Lane City. From there, FM 1096 goes north-northeast to its intersection with FM 3012. It turns east-southeast for, then curves back to the north-northeast again for to its intersection with FM 1301 in Iago. The road crosses Caney Creek approximately south of Iago. Also known as North Iago Road, the highway continues north-northeast to Barker Cutoff. North Iago Road extends past Barker Cutoff in the same direction to intersect with County Road 160 and CR 153 before coming to a dead end short of the San Bernard River.

History

FM 1096 was originally designated on December 16, 1948, from State Highway 60 at Wadsworth in Matagorda County to a county road west. This route was canceled on October 15, 1954 as it was transferred to FM 521.
On July 28, 1955, a new FM 1096 was established from FM 1301 at Iago in Wharton County southwest to FM 442. The length was about. A new segment in length was added on June 28, 1963. This portion started from FM 1301 at Iago and extended about northeast to a road intersection.

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