Farm to Market Road 2493, or FM 2493, in the eastern part of Texas

Texas

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 (USA

United States

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), is a major thoroughfare that is approximately 21 miles (33.8 km) in length from an intersection with FM 177

Farm to Market Road 177

Farm to Market Road 177, or FM 177, in the eastern part of Texas , runs about from an intersection with US 69 in Mount Selman east to Mixon at an intersection with SH 135. The road is located in far north-central Cherokee County....

 west of Mixon

Mixon, Texas

Mixon is a small unincorporated community in northern Cherokee County, Texas , located between Jacksonville and Troup along Texas State Highway 135. It lies at an elevation of ....

 northwestward, then north through Bullard

Bullard, Texas

Bullard is a town in northern Cherokee and southern Smith Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 69 and Farm-to-Market Roads 2137, 2493, and 344, about 12 miles south of Tyler. The population was 1,150 at the 2000 census.The town lies in two counties...

, Flint

Flint, Texas

Flint is an unincorporated community in southwestern Smith County, Texas, United States. It lies along State F.M. 2493 south of the city of Tyler, the county seat of Smith County. Its elevation is 522 feet . Although Flint is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of...

, Gresham, then into Tyler

Tyler, Texas

Tyler is a city in and the county seat of Smith County, Texas, in the United States. It takes its name from President John Tyler . The city had a population of 109,000 in 2010, according to the United States Census Bureau...

 where it intersects US 69

U.S. Route 69

U.S. Route 69 is a north–south United States highway. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with State Highway 87...

. The road is located in far north-central Cherokee County

Cherokee County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 46,659 people, 16,651 households, and 12,105 families residing in the county. The population density was 44 people per square mile . There were 19,173 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile...

 and south-central Smith County

Smith County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 174,706 people, 65,692 households, and 46,904 families residing in the county. The population density was 188 people per square mile . There were 71,701 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...

. As of 1995, the section of the road from Gresham to Tyler is considered an Urban Road but is still signed as a Farm to Market Road.

FM 2493 has 2 local street names: Houston Street in Bullard and Old Jacksonville Highway in Tyler. Rural at its southern end, the road gets progressively urban as it gets closer to Tyler. FM 2493 passes by a landscape of rolling hills of trees and pastures/farmland on the portions that have not been developed. All of FM 2493 has had 2 lanes and no shoulders, but parts of the road in and near Tyler are changing to a widened 4-lane as traffic increases.

The original section of FM 2493, from the US 69 intersection south of Bullard, north for 16.1 miles (25.9 km) was commissioned by Minute Order in 1957, then another Minute Order added in 1962, 5.3 miles (8.5 km) more, intersecting the road with FM 177 west of Mixon. It is unclear, exactly when any part of FM 2493 was built. The road serves the 3 towns of Bullard, Flint, and Gresham, and the city of Tyler. The southern terminus intersection connects to FM 177, which goes east to Mixon and west to Mount Selman

Mount Selman, Texas

Mount Selman is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. It is located at the junction of U.S. Route 69, Farm to Market Road 177, and Farm to Market Road 855, north of Rusk.-History:...

; while the northern terminus intersection connects to US 69, which goes south to Jacksonville, and north around downtown Tyler to Lindale

Lindale, Texas

Lindale is a city in Smith County, Texas, United States. The town had an estimated population of 5,024 in 2006. It is part of the Tyler, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

 and Mineola

Mineola, Texas

Mineola is a city in Wood County, Texas, United States. It lies at the junction of U.S. highways 69 and 80, eighty miles east of Dallas in southwestern Wood County...

. Besides its county road intersections, FM 2493 briefly multiplexes with US 69 south of Bullard, crosses FM 344

Farm to Market Road 344

Farm to Market Road 344 is a farm to market road located in Smith County, Texas.-Route description:The western terminus of FM 344 is at in unincorporated Smith County, southwest of Noonday; the roadway continues to the west as . The route travels to the south and then east, through Teaselville...

 in Bullard and FM 346

Farm to Market Road 346

Farm to Market Road 346, or FM 344, is a farm to market road in Cherokee and Smith counties, Texas. It runs from Farm to Market Road 855 in unincorporated Cherokee County at its western terminus to Texas State Highway 110 in Troup at its eastern terminus. FM 346 was established in Whitehouse in...

 in Flint, intersects FM 2813 and crosses Loop 49 in Gresham, intersects TX 57 and crosses Loop 323 in Tyler. The only other intersections on FM 2493 are its termini at FM 177 west of Mixon and at US 69 in Tyler.

Major intersections

The route is in north-central Cherokee County and south-central Smith County, in the towns of Bullard, Flint, and Gresham; as well as the city of Tyler.

Mile	Roads intersected	Notes
0		Southern terminus
5.1		start of brief multiplex with US 69
5.4		end of brief multiplex with US 69
7.1
12
14.2
?	Loop 49 - Tyler
?	TX 57 - Tyler
?	Loop 323 - Tyler
21.17		Northern terminus