Texas State Highway 34

US 77
US 287
I-45
US 175
I-20
US 80
I-30/US 67

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

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, replacing State Highway 306.

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 (Ellis 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.

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