Farm to Market Road 1960
FM 1960 spans over 40 miles of Northwest Houston and is the longest urban road in the country.
Traversing a densily populated area of North Houston ( 660,000 people live within a 3 miles radius of FM1960 by Census 2000 estimates), FM 1960 is virtually a city within the city with 26 Zip codes crossing or adjacents to it (77014 77064 77065 77066 77068 77069 77070 77073 77086 77090 77379 77373 77040 77095 77429 77388 77060 77038 77067 77346)
As Harris County has grown to become the 3rd lagest county in the nation in 2005. FM 1960 has largely benefited from the arrivals, and is still among the favorite destination for homebuyers in Houston, TX.
Envergure wise, FM1960 is the only road in Houston that intersects all major freeways North of the downtown area( US Hwy 290, SH 249, I45 N, Hardy Toll Rd, US 59) and in June 2006 FM 1960 counted a total of 49 major stop lights.