Texas State Highway 34

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State Highway 34

Length:

129.0^[1] mi (207.6 km)

Formed:

1919

Southwest end:

I-35E in Italy

Major
junctions:

US 77

US 287
I-45
US 175
I-20
US 80
I-30/US 67
US 69/US 380

Northeast end:

US 82 near Honey Grove

Highways in Texas
< SH 33		I-35 >

State Highway 34 is a route that runs from Honey Grove to Italy just east of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

[edit] History

SH 34 was originally proposed in 1919 as a loop around Dallas, starting in Ft. Worth travelling southeast to Waxahachie, then northeast to Terrell. By 1933, the eastern end had been extended north to Honey Grove over former SH 38, while the western end had been extended through Ft. Worth to near Jacksboro.

In 1939, the section from Jacksboro to Ennis was removed from SH 34, becoming parts of U.S. Highway 287 and SH 199. It was instead routed farther southwest into Italy.

In or around 1945, the section from Kaufman to Ennis was re-routed through Scurry, south of Rosser, and on a new bridge over the Trinity River. The former route from Scurry to Peeltown (Kaufman County) was assigned to an extension of Farm to Market Road 148, and about a mile of the old route is now Farm to Market Road 1181 in Telico (Ennis County). The old bridge over the Trinity River no longer exists [2]; in addition, the replacement bridge (a narrow, two-lane truss bridge) was replaced with a wider, traditional span.

[edit] Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
Ellis	I-35E – Italy
	US 77 – Italy
	US 287 – Ennis
	I-45 – Ennis
Kaufman	US 175 – Kaufman
	SH 243 – Kaufman
	I-20 – Terrell
	US 80 – Terrell
Hunt	SH 276 – Quinlan
	I-30/US 67 – Greenville
	US 69/US 380 – Greenville
	SH 224 – Greenville
	SH 11 – Wolfe City
Fannin	SH 50 – Ladonia
	SH 56 – Honey Grove
	US 82 – near Honey Grove