Farm to Market Road 3 or FM 3 is a farm to market road

Farm to Market Road

In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns...

 in southwestern Leon County, Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

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Route description

The southern terminus of FM 3 is at in Normangee

Normangee, Texas

Normangee is a town in Leon and Madison Counties in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 719 at the 2000 census.-History:The Railroads were pushing the frontier westward and the Trinity and Brazos Valley and the Houston and Texas Central were built between Houston and Dallas in 1904-1905...

. The route briefly travels to the west, providing access to Normangee City Park. It then turns more northward, intersecting before reaching its northern terminus at US 79.

A spur connection connects FM 3 in central Normangee to SH OSR to the south. While signed as Spur 3 using the standard state "Spur" shield, it is not related to the route officially designated , located in Nueces County.

History

FM 3 was originally designated in 1942, from Normangee westward to Normangee City Park, as a replacement for SH 265. The route was lengthened to the northwest, first in 1949 to FM 977, and then in 1970 to its present western terminus at US 79. The spur connection was designated in 1969.

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