Farm to Market Road 3043 (FM 3043) 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 Montague County

Montague County, Texas

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,117 people, 7,770 households, and 5,485 families residing in the county. The population density was 20 people per square mile . There were 9,862 housing units at an average density of 11 per square mile...

, 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

FM 3043 begins at in Bowie

Bowie, Texas

Bowie is a city in Montague County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,219 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Bowie has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:...

. The route runs to the northeast along Pelham Street, past Pelham Park, before turning to the southeast along East Nelson Street. It leaves Bowie and enters the farming areas east of the city along Brushy Creek. State maintenance and the FM 3043 designation end near the intersection of Orchard and Lama Roads.

History

FM 3043 was designated along its current route in 1966. The designation file notes it as running from (then concurrent with US 81) in Bowie to its current southern terminus. As US 287 was moved to a freeway west of the city in 1980, FM 3043 no longer intersects that route.

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