Farm-to-market road

In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road (sometimes farm road or ranch road for short) is a state road or county road that connects rural or agricultural areas to market towns. These are better quality roads, usually a highway, that farmers and ranchers use to transport products to market towns or distribution centers.

Specifically, in the state of Texas, the terms Farm to Market Road and Ranch to Market Road indicate roadways that are part of the state's system of secondary and connecting routes, built and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). Texas established this system in 1949 to improve access to rural areas. The system consists primarily of paved, two-lane roads, though some segments are freeways, including a segment of FM 1764 (the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway between Interstate 45 and Texas City, Texas).

These roads are signed with route markers that contain the words FARM ROAD or RANCH ROAD, but the formal name is Farm to Market Road and Ranch to Market Road (hence the abbreviation "FM" and "RM" on signs). The only road that explicitly uses the name Ranch Road is Ranch Road 1, which runs near the former ranch home of former President Lyndon B. Johnson.

List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (2800–2899)

Farm to Market Roads in Texas are owned and maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).

FM 2809

Farm to Market Road 2809 (FM 2809) is located entirely within Culberson County in West Texas.

The southern terminus of FM 2809 is at FM 2185, approximately 10.7 miles northeast of Van Horn. The route travels north for approximately 4.9 miles before ending at Whitehead Rd in unincorporated Culberson County.

FM 2809 was established along its current routing in 1962.

RM 2810

Ranch to Market Road 2810 (RM 2810) is the paved, state-maintained portion of the Pinto Canyon Road between Ruidosa and Marfa in Presidio County. RM 2810 is maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as part of the state's system of Farm and Ranch to Market Roads and comprises roughly three-fifths of the overall length of the route.

The southern terminus of RM 2810 is at a point 32.0 miles (51.5 km) southwest of Marfa along the Pinto Canyon Road where pavement and state maintenance begins in Cleveland Flat near Wild Horse Draw. The 32.0-mile (51.5 km), two-lane road proceeds to the northwest along the northern fringe of the Cuesta del Burro range of the Chinati Mountains. The road then emerges onto Ryan Flat approaching Marfa. In town, the road turns north along S. Hoover St. to its terminus at US 90.

Texas State Highway 46

State Highway 46, or SH 46, is a 71.4-mile (114.9 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Texas that runs from State Highway 16 east of Bandera to the intersection of SH 123 and SH 123 Business just south of Seguin.

History

SH 46 was originally designated by 1922 as a route from New Braunfels north to Blanco. By 1926, the route had been shortened, with the section north of Spring Branch transferred to SH 108. This alignment of SH 46 only consisted of the portion from U.S. Highway 281 (US 281) to US 81 in New Braunfels. US 81 no longer exists today in favor of Interstate 35 (I-35) and is known as a business loop of I-35. In October 1967, the highway was relocated in New Braunfels to the east along the alignment of Loop 337 (Loop 337), but still had an eastern terminus at US 81. The original alignment in New Braunfels was redesignated as Loop 453, but to be signed as a business route of SH 46. In 1991, the designation of this segment was officially changed to Business 46. In February 1968, it was extended to the south from US 81 to I-35. In October 1988, the highway was extended at both ends, extending the eastern end south along Farm to Market Road 25 from I-35 and FM 78 and then along Spur 351 from FM 78 to I-10 in Seguin. The western terminus was extended to the west along Ranch to Market Road 475 from US 281 to SH 16. A portion of this route had been FM 1719 which had been combined with RM 475 in 1951. In May 1990, the highway was extended to its current alignment when it was extended south from I-10 to SH 123 along Spur 351.