Dumb question about Texas road signs....

[Bug Out]

While the wife and I travelled thru Texas to Oklahoma and back, we noticed the signs for exits on I-20 had street names, ""Joe road" etc, and right below a lot of them had a marking "FM 2094" etc.



I asked about it on the CB, but no answers...



I never saw this type of marking/sign and was curious about it.



Thanks. Ed

 

[TPyle]

"Farm to Market"

 

[Bug Out]

Thanks

Thanks.

 

[Mark_Kendrick]

You know you're in Houston , TX when...

A farm to market road is a 10 lane divided hwy

you get shot at in traffic by a little old lady for driving too slow inthe RIGHT lane... #ad


The cops write you a ticket for it... #ad


come to find out you're the third person this happened to today... #ad

 

[Okie-Go]

And then you make the 10:00 news.

 

[Mark_Kendrick]

True... :-laf

 

[LandShark]

You will also see 'RR 12' which is Ranch Road and 'RM 12' which is Ranch to Market.

 

[BCFAST]

"Don't Mess With Texas"... . always found that annoying... .

 

[Whitmore]

The Texas cowboy and the Wyoming cowboy

were BS'in on the street corner and the Texan cowboy said ... ... ... ... ... ... I can get up in the morning and start driving across my land and when the sun goes down I still aint reached the end of it... ... ..... and the Wyo cowpoke said... ... ... yep I used to own a FURD too:{ :{ :{

 

[MCherry]

Texas road signs

Like they say, there are no dumb questions.



"FM", "RM", and "RR" roads are always paved, usually only two lanes except where they have been swallowed up by one of the large cities, and are usually "connector" type roads. In other words, they don't go long distances, certainly not all the way across the state. Instead, they connect to the larger state or federal highways.



You can see some of the prettier, less congested areas of the state on these roads, and often make good time on them. In the hill country west of Austin, they are usually "scenic" which is to say, often hilly and with lots of twists and turns. Along the coast and in north and west Texas, they are often flat and straight as an arrow.

 

[Bug Out]

Thanks again

The wife and i came up with some REAL dandy thoughts on just what "FM" etc meant. :-{}



Thanks for clearing this up. By the way, I enjoyed Texas and wished I had more time to stop and look at some of the museums along I-20.



There was a few Oil museums, a VERY interesting looking surplus store, i think with a Jet out front, and last but not least, the "Tiger Truck(100miles east of El Paso) stop" with Real tigers in cages!



Next time I'll slow down and check things out.



Ed

 

[Bill Stockard]

MCherry,



Yep. I agree. We take the FM, RM, and RR roads any time we can and see the real Texas. The Texas State Highways are pretty good too. We go out of our way to stay off of I-35 between Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio and I-45!!!



Bill

 

[DennyDay]

Texas Roads

The sun has riz, the sun has set, and here we is in Texas yet!





Dallas is closer to Atlanta, GA than ElPaso!



Denny

 

[HillCountrykid]

Sorry to correct you, but Atlanta is about 120 miles further than El Paso. But it is just short of 900 miles from the tip of the panhandle to the southern tip.

As you can tell I love the Texas Hill Country. There is no telling how many miles I have driven (just to drive) in the hill country. Beautiful land!



Brian

 

[Bug Out]

Texas is BIG

The LONGEST part of my trip was from lawton,Ok all the way to the east side of Arizona in one day, pulling the fifth wheel,65 MPH max.



I'll tell you, it seemed as if it took all day to go thru Texas... ... . Its one big state for sure. .

 

[Joe G.]

Bug Out,



Try the drive from Winter Haven to Smith River sometime. According to the Rand McNalley trip planner the shortest route is 1010 miles. It's another ten miles to Oregon.



I've been thru Texas a few times on I40 going to Arkansas. Talk about flat! Some guys fell asleep and wrecked a bunch of Cadilacs in one place. I've heard about the hill country and the gulf area. I plan to make a few trips just to see the country when I retire and those places are on my list.

 

[Turboman]

As a matter a fact, it is just short of 900 miles from El Paso to LA line on I-10. Thats funny Tx don't look square .



Hey Joe G. did you see that giant "T" east of Amarillo on 40? You notice that it's a "little T"

 

[HillCountrykid]

You won't regret it Joe. As for me, I would like to take a trip up the west coast from Calf. to Canada.



Brian

 

[Joe G.]

Yeah, I saw the T. In fact I saw everything there was to see on that stretch and that wasn't much. Lots of wide open spaces. The distance would strain your eyes. I've got quite a few places on my list of things to see in TX, but not on the "I" highways. WHEW! I've read quite a bit about the Palo Duro country and want to see that.



Brian,



I've seen almost all of the west coast except for the Olympic Forest area of WA. In fact, I've seen the coast from San Diego to the Columbia river from off shore when I was fishing. The whole coast is beautiful (except for the cities). If you get out this way make sure you make it to Vancover Island, BC. Don't take I5 anymore than you can help it. Bore you to death!

 

[HillCountrykid]

Joe,



Thanks for the advice. It will probably be at least a couple of years before I get a chance to make the trip. When I was 8 or so I went to Calf. for vacation. Been along the coast from San Diego to San Fransisco. I'd like to see some of those places again, but sure don't want to stop at S. F. this time. I've had some kind of facination with taking this trip for a while. Want to see the forrests in Wash. and Ore. bad. Can't explain it.



Brian