State Highway 34 is a route that runs from Honey Grove

Honey Grove, Texas

Honey Grove is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. Honey Grove is regarded as "The Sweetest Town in Texas." The population was 1,746 at the 2000 census....

 to Italy

Italy, Texas

Italy is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town has a total population of 1,993.-Geography:Italy is located at .According to the United...

 just east of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.

History

SH 34 was originally proposed in 1919 as a loop around Dallas, starting in Ft. Worth travelling southeast to Waxahachie

Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southern suburb of Dallas. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....

, then northeast to Terrell

Terrell, Texas

Terrell is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States, and a southeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,606...

. By 1933, the eastern end had been extended north to Honey Grove over former SH 38, while the western end had been extended through Ft. Worth to near Jacksboro

Jacksboro, Texas

Jacksboro is a city in Jack County, Texas, United States. The population was 4,533 at the 2000 census. Jacksboro is located at the junction of U.S...

.

In 1939, the section from Jacksboro to Ennis was removed from SH 34, becoming parts of U.S. Highway 287 and SH 199

State Highway 199 (Texas)

State Highway 199 is a northwest-to-southeast state route that runs from Interstate 30 in downtown Fort Worth, Texas to State Highway 59 in Jacksboro, Texas.-Names:...

. It was instead routed farther southwest into Italy, replacing State Highway 306.

In or around 1945, the section from Kaufman

Kaufman, Texas

Kaufman is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,490 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kaufman County.-Geography:Kaufman is located at ....

 to Ennis was re-routed through Scurry

Scurry, Texas

Scurry is a town in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. It was incorporated in 2003. A July 1, 2008 U.S. Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 719....

, south of Rosser

Rosser, Texas

Rosser is a village in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. The population was 379 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....

, and on a new bridge over the Trinity River

Trinity River (Texas)

The Trinity River is a long river that flows entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme north Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the south side of the Red River....

. The former route from Scurry to Peeltown

Peeltown, Texas

Peeltown is a rural community located off Farm Road 3094 & 4072 about thirteen miles southwest of Kaufman and about one mile east of the Trinity River in southwestern Kaufman County. The Peel family arrived from Mississippi and settled in the area in the 1860s. Peeltown was named for landowner...

 (Kaufman County) was assigned to an extension of Farm to Market Road 148, and about a mile of the old route is now Farm to Market Road 1181 in Telico

Telico, Texas

Telico is an unincorporated community in east central Ellis County, Texas, United States.The area that became Telico was settled before 1856...

 (Ellis County). The old bridge over the Trinity River no longer exists http://maps.google.com/maps?q=kaufman,+tx&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=32.398226,-96.437731&spn=0.022647,0.045147&t=h&om=1; in addition, the replacement bridge (a narrow, two-lane truss bridge) was replaced with a wider, traditional span.

Counties and junctions

County	Location	Junction	Notes
Ellis Ellis County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 111,360 people, 37,020 households, and 29,653 families residing in the county. The population density was 118 people per square mile . There were 39,071 housing units at an average density of 42 per square mile...	Italy Italy, Texas Italy is a town in Ellis County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town has a total population of 1,993.-Geography:Italy is located at .According to the United...
	Ennis Ennis, Texas Ennis is a city in Ellis County, Texas, United States, and a southeastern suburb of Dallas. The population was 16,045 at the 2000 census.In 1871, the Houston and Texas Central Railroad purchased of land in Ellis County at a price of , establishing the line's northern terminus. On May 8, 1872,...
Kaufman Kaufman County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 71,313 people, 24,367 households, and 19,225 families residing in the county. The population density was 91/sq mi . There were 26,133 housing units at an average density of 33/sq mi...	Kaufman Kaufman, Texas Kaufman is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,490 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kaufman County.-Geography:Kaufman is located at ....
	Terrell Terrell, Texas Terrell is a city in Kaufman County, Texas, United States, and a southeastern suburb of Dallas. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 13,606...
Hunt Hunt County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 76,596 people, 28,742 households, and 20,521 families residing in the county. The population density was 91 people per square mile . There were 32,490 housing units at an average density of 39 per square mile...	Quinlan Quinlan, Texas Quinlan is a rural city in the southern part of Hunt County, Texas, United States located within the US Government designated Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area.-Demographics:...
	Greenville Greenville, Texas Greenville is the county seat, and the largest city, of Hunt County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,557....
	Wolfe City Wolfe City, Texas Wolfe City is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States located at the intersection of state highways 34 and 11. It is approximately seventeen miles north of Greenville in north central Hunt County, and was settled in the 1860s or 1870s when J. Pinckney Wolfe built a mill near the banks of Oyster...
Fannin Fannin County, Texas As of the census of 2000, there were 31,242 people, 11,105 households, and 7,984 families residing in the county. The population density was 35 people per square mile . There were 12,887 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...	Ladonia Ladonia, Texas Ladonia is a town in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 667 at the 2000 census, and had increased to 691 by 2009.-History:The area was first settled around 1840 and originally called McCownville...
	Honey Grove Honey Grove, Texas Honey Grove is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. Honey Grove is regarded as "The Sweetest Town in Texas." The population was 1,746 at the 2000 census....