Highway Designation File

Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
26.925 2010

FARM TO MARKET HIGHWAY NO. 79

Minute Order 020148, dated 08/03/1943

From Paris to Unity.  New Designation.



Minute Order 027390, dated 08/25/1949

From US 82 in Paris northwest via Sumner,   Globe, Unity, Mays Prairie School, and Direct to the Fannin County Line. (Lamar County) Extended from Unity to Fannin County Line (8.0 miles).



Minute Order 031427, dated 12/18/1951

From FM 100 at Riverby, eastward and southeastward via Direct, Mays Prairie School, Unity, Globe, and Summer to US 82 in Paris, a distance of approx. 26.7 miles. (Fannin and Lamar Counties)  Extended approximately 4.5 miles to FM 100.