Farm to Market Road 2972
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| Route information | ||||
| Length: | 3.67 mi[1] (5.91 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1970[1] – present | |||
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| West end: |
 FM 347 south of Dialville | |||
| East end: |
 US 69 in Rusk | |||
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| Counties: | Cherokee | |||
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Farm to Market Road 2972, or FM 2972, in eastern Texas (USA), runs about 3.67 miles (5.91 km) from an intersection with FM 347 south of Dialville, east to an intersection with US 69 in Rusk. Before 1970, a different FM 2972 existed by Minute Order starting in 1965 in Shepherd spanning .7 miles (1.1 km) from an intersection on TX 150. In 1968, another Minute Order added 1.2 miles (1.9 km) miles more to that road. In 1969, though, this previous version of FM 2972 was cancelled and added to FM 222.
FM 2972 has no local street names. Rural for much of its length, except in the vicinity of its eastern terminus, the landscape along the road includes rolling hills of alternating open pastures and trees. The entire road has 2 lanes and no shoulders. All of FM 2972 is in central Cherokee County.
The road was commissioned in 1970, though it is unclear as to when FM 2972 was completed. The road serves no towns other than Rusk, at its eastern terminus. The road connects the rural area to 2 other roads: FM 347, which leads south to Oakland, and north to Jacksonville; and US 69, which goes north to Jacksonville and Tyler and south into Rusk as well as Lufkin. Besides county roads, FM 2972 intersects with FM 343.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cherokee County.
| Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| | 0.0 | 0.0 | FM 347 – Dialville | Western terminus | |
| Rusk | 3.3 | 5.3 |  FM 343 – Nacogdoches | ||
| 3.67 | 5.91 | US 69 – Jacksonville, Lufkin | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||