page_title: Farm to Market Road 1709
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Farm to Market Road 1709 / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Looking west on FM 1709 in Southlake, with deceleration lane work visible.
context_page_description: Farm to Market Road 1709 is a Farm to Market Road in the US state of Texas, running from the frontage road along Interstate 35W on the north side of Fort Worth to State Highway 114 in Tarrant County. While located in Fort Worth, FM 1709 is named "Golden Triangle Boulevard". In Keller, the highway is known as "Keller Parkway", and in Southlake, it is known as "Southlake Boulevard". The highway passes through the commercial center of Keller and Southlake, and helps connect residents of the area to businesses and major highways. The highway was designated in the early 1950s and extended in the mid-1980s. In 1995, FM 1709 was internally redesignated Urban Road 1709 by the Texas Department of Transportation.
context_section_description: FM 1709 was designated on May 23, 1951 between US 377 and SH 114. An additional section was added on November 25, 1986 to extend the highway westward to I-35W. The stretch of FM 1709 from US 377 in Keller to SH 114 in Southlake was redesignated as UR 1709 on June 27, 1995. In November 2010, TxDOT completed a series of raised medians in the Keller portion of FM 1709, from US 377 to CR 4041 (Pearson Lane). In August 2011, a series of medians was completed that went from Pearson Lane to the eastern terminus, the SH 114 frontage road. Both of these projects included the creation of deceleration lanes and sidewalks on FM 1709. As of March 2012, the addition of deceleration lanes, sidewalks, and major landscaping along FM 1709 in Southlake is still ongoing. In October 2010, the cities of Keller and Fort Worth began a project to expand the Golden Triangle Boulevard portion of FM 1709 from two lanes to a four-lane highway with a dividing median. The project is estimated to completed in 2013. As of March 2012, the westbound lanes of FM 1709 traveling from the intersection with US 377 to Old Denton Road, near I-35W have been completed, and the TxDOT has begun construction for the eastbound lanes.
  In 2010, the Texas Department of Transportation and Northgate Constructors announced that a portion of FM 1709 will be rebuilt as part of the DFW Connector Project. The portion of FM 1709 traveling from SH 114 westward to Gateway Drive will become one-way, and the eastbound portion of the highway will be designated to Gateway Drive.
caption: Work on FM 1709 in Southlake
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