 Farm to Market Road 1459 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
| Length | 11.240 mi [1] (18.089 km) | |||
| Existed | 1949 [1] –present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  FM 524 in Sweeny | |||
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| North end |  FM 1301 southeast of Danciger | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Texas | |||
| Counties | Brazoria | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Farm to Market Road 1459 (FM 1459) is a farm to market road in Brazoria County, Texas. [1]
FM 1459 begins at a blinking light, at the intersection of FM 524 in the heart of Sweeny. [2] Traveling along Second Street, the highway makes two 90 degree curves: one to the northwest, passing Sweeny Community Hospital, then to the northeast, leaving town in a northerly direction. It crosses FM 522 and then SH 35 to the southwest of West Columbia. [3] FM 1459 turns to the northwest, passing small communities such as Camp Karankawa alongside the San Bernard River, to its northern end at FM 1301 near Danciger. [1] [4]
FM 1459 was designated on July 22, 1949, from SH 35 to FM 524 in Sweeny. The northern extension from SH 35 to FM 1301 occurred on June 1, 1965. [1]
The entire route is in Brazoria County.
| Location | mi [5] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Sweeny | 0.0 | 0.0 | FM 524 | Southern terminus | |
| | 3.2 | 5.1 |  FM 522 | ||
| | 4.6 | 7.4 |  SH 35 – Bay City, West Columbia | ||
| | 11.3 | 18.2 | FM 1301 | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
