Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
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.



Minute Order 027303, Minute Order 027417, dated 08/25/1949

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.



Minute Order 053105, dated 06/28/1963; Adm. Circ. 146-1963, dated 10/01/1963

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.



Minute Order 091363, dated 03/26/1991; Adm. Ltr. 003-1991, dated 08/23/1991

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.