Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
59.202 | 2010 |
FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 117
Minute Order 020999, dated 01/11/1945
From Uvalde to the end of the existing pavement southward of Batesville over location of former SH 55. Replaces part of SH 55.
From Uvalde southeastward via Batesville and Divot to junction SH 85 in Dilley. (Uvalde, Zavala, and Frio Counties) FM 471 cancelled and combined with FM 117 Section from Divot to 4.8 miles southeast of Batesville added 19.8 miles.
From Uvalde, southeastward via Batesville and Divot to US 81 in Dilley; and from another point on US 81 in Dilley, southeastward to LaSalle County line, a total distance of approx. 59.7 miles. (Uvalde, Zavala, and Frio Counties) Present terminus in Dilley redescribed as US 81 instead of SH 85; extended southeastward approximately 2.7 miles from US 81 in Dilley.
In Uvalde, from US 83 southeastward to BI 35-D in Dilley; then southward concurrent with BI 35-D approximately 0.5 mile, then eastward concurrent with SH 85 approximately 0.5 mile, then southeastward to the LaSalle County line, a total distance of approximately 60 miles. (Uvalde, Zavala, and Frio Counties) Description amended to reflect designation changes to concurrent routes.