Farm to Market Road 2514
Encyclopedia
Farm to Market Road 2514 (FM 2514) is a farm to market road
in Collin County
, Texas
.
–Parker
city line; the continuation into Plano is known appropriately as Parker Road. The route travels east through Parker and Saint Paul before turning southward into Wylie
. The route ends at in central Wylie.
The current FM 2514 was designated from Plano to Parker in 1960, from (the old routing of ) to . It was extended to Wylie, to an intersection with , in 1965. The western terminus was truncated to the Plano city limits in 1988, when SH 5 and other state-maintained highways were removed from the highway system and returned to the city of Plano's jurisdiction. The route in Wylie was extended to SH 78 in 2009, replacing a portion of FM 3412.
The internal designation was changed to Urban Road 2514 (UR 2514) in 1995. As is the case with other such urban roads, signage retains the Farm Road marker.
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 Collin County
Collin County, Texas
As of the census of 2000, there were 491,675 people, 181,970 households, and 132,292 families residing in the county. The population density was 580 people per square mile . There were 194,892 housing units at an average density of 230 per square mile...
, 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...
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Route description
The western terminus of FM 2514 is at the PlanoPlano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, located mostly within Collin County. The city's population was 259,841 at the 2010 census, making it the ninth-largest city in Texas and the 71st most populous city in the United States. Plano is located within the metropolitan area commonly referred to as...
–Parker
Parker, Texas
Parker is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,379 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Parker is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land...
city line; the continuation into Plano is known appropriately as Parker Road. The route travels east through Parker and Saint Paul before turning southward into Wylie
Wylie, Texas
Not to be confused with the unincorporated area of Wylie, Texas just outside Abilene, Texas.Wylie is a city in Collin, Dallas, and Rockwall Counties in the U.S. state of Texas, and a suburb of Dallas. At the 2000 Census, the population was 15,132; 2004 estimates pegged it at 25,850...
. The route ends at in central Wylie.
History
An unrelated route numbered FM 2514 was designation in 1957 in Robertson County. That mileage was canceled in 1960 and transferred to .The current FM 2514 was designated from Plano to Parker in 1960, from (the old routing of ) to . It was extended to Wylie, to an intersection with , in 1965. The western terminus was truncated to the Plano city limits in 1988, when SH 5 and other state-maintained highways were removed from the highway system and returned to the city of Plano's jurisdiction. The route in Wylie was extended to SH 78 in 2009, replacing a portion of FM 3412.
The internal designation was changed to Urban Road 2514 (UR 2514) in 1995. As is the case with other such urban roads, signage retains the Farm Road marker.