Farm to Market Road 3040 (FM 3040) is a highway in the 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...

 system of Texas

Texas

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. It runs about 6 miles (9.7 km) from Flower Mound

Flower Mound, Texas

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 to Lewisville

Lewisville, Texas

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 in Denton County

Denton County, Texas

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Route description

FM 3040 begins at the intersection of and Flower Mound Road in Flower Mound. It travels eastward along Flower Mound Road, passing near the town's namesake, into Lewisville, where it is known as Round Grove Road. It crosses and passes Vista Ridge Mall

Vista Ridge Mall

Vista Ridge Mall is a shopping mall in Lewisville, Texas, USA, and was constructed in 1989. It is located on the southwest corner of Round Grove Road and the portion of Interstate 35E known as Stemmons Freeway. It contains 160 stores, five of which are anchor tenants.The mall had its grand opening...

before ending at exit #448B.

History

FM 3040 was first designated in 1966. Its original routing was from the current western terminus at FM 2499 eastward to what was then (now the business route) in Lewisville. It was extended to Interstate 35E the following year.

As with many farm to market roads in urban areas, the official designation was changed to Urban Road 3040 (UR 3040) in 1995.

Major intersections