Farm to Market Road 1570
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Farm to Market Road 1570, or FM 1570, is a major thoroughfare located in Hunt County, Texas
, roughly along the city limits of Greenville, Texas
. It is approximately 11 miles (17.7 km) in length and serves primarily as a route for commuters going to and from a sizeable L-3 Communications
facility located at Majors Field. It is signed as Jack Finney Boulevard.
The road has five lanes (four traffic lanes, plus a bidirectional left turn lane
) for the approximately 5 miles (8 km) between US 69 and SH 34. The road has two lanes and 12' shoulders between SH 34 and SH 66. There are only 3 traffic signals
on its entire length, making it the preferred route for Dallas/Fort Worth
-bound commuters attempting to avoid local traffic within Greenville.
Hunt County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 76,596 people, 28,742 households, and 20,521 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 32,490 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...
, roughly along the city limits of Greenville, Texas
Greenville, Texas
Greenville is the county seat, and the largest city, of Hunt County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557....
. It is approximately 11 miles (17.7 km) in length and serves primarily as a route for commuters going to and from a sizeable L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. is a company that supplies command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems and products, avionics, ocean products, training devices and services, instrumentation, space, and navigation products. Its customers include...
facility located at Majors Field. It is signed as Jack Finney Boulevard.
The road has five lanes (four traffic lanes, plus a bidirectional left turn lane
Reversible lane
A reversible lane , called a counterflow lane or contraflow lane in transport engineering nomenclature, is a lane in which traffic may travel in either direction, depending on certain conditions...
) for the approximately 5 miles (8 km) between US 69 and SH 34. The road has two lanes and 12' shoulders between SH 34 and SH 66. There are only 3 traffic signals
Traffic light
Traffic lights, which may also be known as stoplights, traffic lamps, traffic signals, signal lights, robots or semaphore, are signalling devices positioned at road intersections, pedestrian crossings and other locations to control competing flows of traffic...
on its entire length, making it the preferred route for Dallas/Fort Worth
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area...
-bound commuters attempting to avoid local traffic within Greenville.