Farm to Market Road 3338
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Farm to Market Road 3338 is a 7.831 miles (12.6 km) Farm to Market Road that connects the Laredo, Texas
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

 Industrial Area with rural Webb County. Its intersects State Highway 255
Texas State Highway 255
State Highway 255 toll road owned by the state of Texas that has operated since 2000 that allows international traffic to bypass Laredo. The route stretches from the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge to Interstate 35 at exit #24...

 then turns into a gravel road.

Route description

FM 3338 begins at an intersection with FM 1472
Farm to Market Road 1472
Farm to Market Road 1472 is a farm-to-market road that connects the Laredo, Texas Industrial Area to the Colombia – Solidarity International Bridge, then running roughly parallel to the Rio Grande into rural Webb County...

 on the edge of Laredo
Laredo, Texas
Laredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...

 in Webb County
Webb County, Texas
Webb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The official 2010 population for the county is 250,304. In 2000, its population was 193,117, and in 2006 its population had been estimated to have reached to 231,470. Its county seat is Laredo...

, heading northwest into unincorporated areas as two-lane undivided Las Tiendas Road. The road heads through rural areas of ranches for several miles. FM 3338 reaches its northern terminus at an intersection with SH 255
Texas State Highway 255
State Highway 255 toll road owned by the state of Texas that has operated since 2000 that allows international traffic to bypass Laredo. The route stretches from the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge to Interstate 35 at exit #24...

(Camino Colombia Toll Road). North of here, Las Tiendas Road continues as a unnumbered gravel road.

History

FM 3338 was designated in 1974 to run from FM 1472 to a point 4 miles (6.4 km) to the northwest. The highway was extended to its current terminus in 1976.

Major intersections

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