Farm to Market Road 2696
road in Texas
Farm to Market Road 2696 (FM 2696) is a 16-mile (26 km) farm to market road in Bexar County, Texas. It is known in Greater San Antonio as Blanco Road, a major north–south thoroughfare.
Route description
FM 2696 begins at Interstate 410 at the western fringe of Uptown San Antonio, just east of Castle Hills. The route travels north through north central San Antonio, crossing Wurzbach Parkway and Loop 1604. It then runs along the eastern edge of the Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation. The FM 2696 designation ends at the San Antonio city limit south of the Comal County line. Blanco Road itself continues under Comal County maintenance to an intersection with SH 46 in Bulverde.
History
FM 2696 was designated on March 22, 1961, from Loop 410 (now Interstate 410) northward 8.6 miles (13.8 km) to the Camp Bullis Entrance. FM 2696 was extended north three times: by 3.2 miles (5.1 km) on September 29, 1977, 1.9 miles (3.1 km) on October 21, 1981, and 2.1 miles (3.4 km) to near the Comal County line on October 26, 1983. The segment between I-410 and Loop 1604 was officially changed to Urban Road 2696 (UR 2696) on June 27, 1995.
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