The highway turns back to the south and has a short overlap with U.S. Route 377 (US 377) near Benbrook Lake in the unincorporated community of Wheatland.

The highway runs to the south of the central business district of Crowley before intersecting I-35W in southern Fort Worth.

On October 29, 1953, FM 1187 was extended west 6.4 miles (10.3 km) to a county road.

[5] The designation of this segment reverted to FM 1187 with the elimination of the Urban Road system on November 15, 2018.

On October 27, 2016, the business route was removed from the state highway system, with jurisdiction transferred to the city of Crowley.