Farm to Market Road 2199
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Farm to Market Road 2199 or FM 2199 is a state maintained farm to market road
Farm to Market Road
In the United States, a farm-to-market road or ranch-to-market road is a state road or county road which serves to connect rural or agricultural areas to market towns...

 in Harrison County
Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 62,110. It is named for Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and Texas revolutionary. It is located in the Ark-La-Tex region...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. It runs 6.487 miles from FM 1998 in Scottsville
Scottsville, Texas
Scottsville is a city in Harrison County, Texas, United States. The population was 263 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 272.-Geography:...

 south before terminating at FM 31 in unincorporated Harrison County. FM 2199 intersects both U.S. Highway 80
U.S. Route 80
U.S. Route 80 is an east–west United States highway, much of which was once part of the early auto trail known as the Dixie Overland Highway. As the "0" in the route number indicates, it was originally a cross-country route, from the Atlantic to the Pacific...

 and Interstate 20
Interstate 20
Interstate 20 is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States. I‑20 runs 1,535 miles from near Kent, Texas, at Interstate 10 to Florence, South Carolina, at Interstate 95...

.

Route description

FM 2199 begins at an intersection with FM 31 in Harrison County
Harrison County, Texas
Harrison County is a county of the U.S. state of Texas. In 2000, its population was 62,110. It is named for Jonas Harrison, a lawyer and Texas revolutionary. It is located in the Ark-La-Tex region...

, heading north on a two-lane undivided road. The road heads through woodland with some farmland and homes. Farther north, the highway comes to an interchange with I-20
Interstate 20 in Texas
Interstate 20 in Texas is a major east–west Interstate Highway in the Southern United States, running east from a junction with Interstate 10 east of Kent, Texas, through the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex to the border with Louisiana near Waskom, Texas...

. Past this, the road heads through more rural areas, reaching an intersection with US 80. FM 2199 heads into Scottsville
Scottsville, Texas
Scottsville is a city in Harrison County, Texas, United States. The population was 263 at the 2000 census. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 272.-Geography:...

 and runs through more agricultural areas with some woods and residences, crossing a Union Pacific railroad line and ending at FM 1998. North of here, the road becomes Harkins Lane.

History

FM 2199 was first designated in 1953, running from US 80 to FM 1998. The highway was extended south to FM 31 in 1955.

Major intersections

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