Farm to Market Road 120

Farm to Market Road 120
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	20.33 mi[1] (32.72 km)
Existed:	January 11, 1945 (1945-01-11)[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	Cooks Corner Road near Pottsboro
	US 75 in Denison US 69 in Denison
East end:	Carpenters Bluff Road at Texas–Oklahoma state line
Location
Counties:	Grayson
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← FM 119 FM 121 →

Farm to Market Road 120 (FM 120) is a Farm to Market Road located in the southern Texoma Valley area of north Texas. The section of FM 120 from FM 1417 to FM 1753 is internally designated as Urban Road 120 (UR 120) by the TxDOT.

Route description

FM 120 begins just north of Willow Springs Road approximately four miles (6.4 km) west of Pottsboro, with the roadway continuing north as Cooks Corner Road. FM 120 runs east through the town of Pottsboro, where it intersects with State Highway 289 (SH 289). After leaving Pottsboro FM 120 enters the Denison city limits and runs along Morton Street to SH 91. FM 120 overlaps with SH 91 to Main Street; FM 120 turns onto Main Street while SH 91 runs along Armstrong Avenue. The highway runs through downtown Denison along Main Street and leaves the city shortly thereafter. FM 120 runs east through northeast Grayson County before crossing the Red River on the Carpenter's Bluff Bridge into Oklahoma.

History

FM 120 was originally designated in 1945, running from Pottsboro to Carpenter's Bluff. The highway was re-routed numerous times from 1947 until 1968, including an extension to the Preston Bend community on Lake Texoma. In 1995, FM 120 from FM 1417 to FM 1753 was internally re-designated as Urban Road 120 by TxDOT. In 2009, the highway was re-routed along the westernmost section of FM 996 while the section of FM 120 from Preston Bend to Pottsboro was absorbed by SH 289 and Spur 316.^[2][3][4]

Junction list

The entire route is in Grayson County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
​			Cooks Corner Road – Lake Texoma
Pottsboro			SH 289 – Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
			Spur 316 north
			FM 996 east
Denison			FM 1417 south – Sherman, North Texas Regional Airport
			FM 131 south – Sherman
			US 75 (Katy Memorial Expressway) – Durant, Dallas	US 75 exit 69
			SH 91 north (Tone Avenue) – Denison Dam	West end of SH 91 overlap
			SH 91 south (Armstrong Avenue) – Sherman	East end of SH 91 overlap
			US 69 (Eisenhower Parkway) – Durant, Greenville
			FM 1753 south – Ambrose
Carpenter's Bluff			Carpenter's Bluff Road	Crosses Red River into Oklahoma
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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