In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state highway or county road that connects rural or agricultural areas to market towns. These are better-quality roads, usually
FM 218 outside Hamilton, Texas, a typical Texas farm-to-market road
Route marker: FM 1719 route marker in Potter County (left) alongside route markers for U.S. 87 and U.S. 287 (right)
Guide sign: destination sign along Interstate 35 showing typical signage for a Farm to Market Road (right), along with signage for a State Highway Loop (left) and a State Highway (center) for comparison
Ranch Road 1 is a 6.587-mile state road in Gillespie and Blanco counties, in the central region of Texas, United States. It begins at U.S. Route 290 in Stonewall, running along the Pedernales River th
Farm-to-market road
…RM route with the same number. Urban Roads were designated with the same route numbers as the FM or RM routes from which the mileage was transferred. Ranch Road 1, which runs near the former ranch home of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, is signed with a Ranch to Market Road route marker, but it is not part…
Route sign for Ranch Road 1, September 2005. (Despite RR 1 not being a Ranch to Market Road, it is still signed with the Texas Ranch to Market Road 1 shield.)