Farm to Market Road 3506

Farm to Market Road 3506
Route information
Length: 4.155 mi[1] (6.687 km)
Existed: 1989[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: SH 155 in Coffee City
North end: FM 315 northwest of Coffee City
Location
Counties: Henderson
Highway system

Highways in Texas
Interstate • U.S. • TX (Loops – Spurs – Rec – FM)

← FM 3505 FM 3507 →

Farm to Market Road 3506, or FM 3506, runs about 4.2 miles (6.8 km) from Coffee City, Texas west, then northwest, to an intersection at FM 315. This road replaced the local presence of 2 narrow county roads[2]. The addition of the FM 3506 intersection along FM 315 changed the arrangement and flow of FM 315 in the immediate area. Where once FM 315 gracefully curved toward the Lake Palestine area's west side, construction of FM 3506 created a new "T"-shaped intersection where those on FM 315 north must turn left to continue north, while southbound FM 315 traffic must turn right to continue south [3].

Contents

Route description

FM 3506 has no local street names. Semi-rural for the most part, the landscape along the road includes tree-lined rolling hills to the west and mostly views of lakeside homes to the east. The west shore of Lake Palestine can be seen at times to the east of the road.

History

Even though the road was commissioned by Minute Order in 1989, it wasn't until 2004 that construction started on FM 3506. By October 2006, FM 3506 was finished and opened to traffic[2]. The road serves the town of Coffee City as well as the west shore of Lake Palestine, all in the eastern part of Henderson County. FM 3506 has since served as an important connection between Chandler and Brownsboro to the north, and Coffee City, Berryville, and Frankston to the south.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Coffee City, Henderson County.

Mile[4] Destinations Notes
0.0 SH 155 – Frankston, Noonday Southern terminus
4.2 FM 315 – Poynor, Chandler Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Texas Department of Transportation. "Highway Designation File - Farm to Market Road No. 3506". http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/FM3500/FM3506.htm. Retrieved 2010-7-24. 
  2. ^ a b "(Farm-to-Market) road warriors", Athens Review, Dan Gordon--writer, October 19, 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  3. ^ Google Maps aerial map, retrieved 2010-07-11.
  4. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Map of FM 3506 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=TX-155+S&daddr=32.176748,-95.517953&hl=en&geocode=FbxX6gEdvhFP-g%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=18&sll=32.176475,-95.517658&sspn=0.002366,0.006539&ie=UTF8&ll=32.155995,-95.502262&spn=0.075716,0.209255&z=13. Retrieved 2010-7-24.