Farm to Market Road 305 (FM 305) is a
Farm to Market Road in the U.S. state of
Texas maintained by the
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The road, located in
Pecos Pecos may refer to:
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* Pecos River, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States
* Pecos, Texas, a city in Reeves County, Texas, United States
* Pecos County, Texas, named for the Pecos River
** Pecos Spring, a spring
* Pecos, New Mexico, a ...
,
Crockett
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*Crockett Gillmore (born 1991), American National Football League player
*Crockett Johnson, pen name of David Johnson Liesk (1906-1975), American cartoonist and children's book illustrator
*C ...
, and
Upton
Upton may refer to:
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* Upton, Slough, Berkshire (in Buckinghamshire until 1974)
* Upton, Buckinghamshire, a hamlet near Aylesbury
* Upton, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough
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counties, begins at
U.S. Route 190 (US 190) near
Iraan
Iraan ( ) is a city in Pecos County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,229 at the 2010 census. The city's name is an amalgamation of the first names of Ira and Ann Yates, owners of the ranch land upon which the town was built.
History
...
linking the town to
McCamey where the road ends at
US 67 /
US 385. FM 305 has one major intersection between its endpoints with
FM 1901.
Route description
The two-lane road begins along US 190 in eastern Pecos County between
Bakersfield
Bakersfield is a city in Kern County, California, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Kern County. The city covers about near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley and the Central Valley region. Bakersfield's populat ...
and Iraan.
The road proceeds to the northwest to the
Pecos River
The Pecos River ( es, Río Pecos) originates in north-central New Mexico and flows into Texas, emptying into the Rio Grande. Its headwaters are on the eastern slope of the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in Mora County north of Pecos, New Mexico ...
where the road crosses into Crockett County.
FM 305 continues to the northwest through the northwestern corner of Crockett County and enters Upton County shortly before reaching McCamey.
In McCamey, the road is known as South Burleson Avenue. The road intersects FM 1901 approaching from the south on the southern edge of town. In the center of town, the road crosses the
South Orient Rail Line just before terminating at US 67 and US 385.
History
FM 305 was originally designated on June 11, 1945 beginning at the current western terminus of US 190 along what was then
US 290, locally the precursor route of
Interstate 10
Interstate 10 (I-10) is the southernmost cross-country highway in the American Interstate Highway System. I-10 is the fourth-longest Interstate in the United States at , following I-90, I-80, and I-40. This freeway is part of the originally pl ...
(I-10), approximately east of Bakersfield in Pecos County. The road proceeded along the current US 190 to FM 305's current southern terminus, and then along the current route to the Pecos River. A mere 17 days later, the designation was extended across the river into Crockett County to the county line at Upton County. The road was extended on August 25, 1949 to its current terminus at US 67 in McCamey.
was designated on May 23, 1951 from the present-day intersection of FM 305 and US 190 eastward along the current US 190 toward Iraan.
US 385 was routed in 1959 through McCamey at the northern terminus of FM 305.
US 190 was extended westward from
Brady replacing FM 1257 and the portion of FM 305 west of the current southern terminus on June 30, 1977.
Major intersections
See also
References
External links
*{{osmrelation, 1968476, Farm to Market Road 305
0305
Transportation in Crockett County, Texas
Transportation in Pecos County, Texas
Transportation in Upton County, Texas