Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
19.92 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 197

Minute Order 021215, dated 06/11/1945 (date of agreement)

From Arthur City to Forest Chapel.  New Designation.



Minute Order 027390 dated 08/25/1949

From Ragtown east via Forest Chapel to Arthur City. (Lamar County) Extended from  Forest Chapel to Ragtown (8.8 miles).



Minute Order 031615, dated 01/08/1952

From FM 79 near Direct, northeastward and eastward via Ragtown and Forest Chapel to US 271 at Arthur City, a distance of approx. 20.9 miles. (Lamar County)  Extended approximately 5.6 miles to FM 79.