Texas hwy 349
Just left Marathon, Tx heading home. Took hwy 349 from US 90 up to I10. That was one beautiful drive! Anyone in the area that wants to see the scenery, I highly recommend it. Safe travels.
Forum Discussion
Texas has a four tier system: Interstates, Federal (US) numbered, State Highways (ex. TX 149), and Farm to Market Roads. The Farm to Market roads are usually indicated FM (example FM 1649). The number of digits is only significant in one way: the smaller the number the earlier it was added to the system. Smaller numbers sometimes mean tighter curves as the earlier FM roads generally followed the old county and local roads. However, we frequently choose FM roads and find most of them quite acceptable--just not as fast. Texas state roads are usually very good.
