Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
13.265 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 228

Minute Order 021215, dated 06/08/1945 (date of agreement)

From US 287 at Grapeland to 4.0 miles west. (Houston County) New Designation.



Minute Order 023665, dated 08/01/1947 (date of agreement)

From 4 miles west of US  287 to US 287 at Grapeland and from another point on US 287 near Grapeland to Percilla. (Houston County)   Section from Grapelan to Percilla added. (5.7 miles).



Minute Order 025725, dated 11/23/1948

From 4.0 miles west of US 287 east to US 287 at Grapeland and from another point on US 287 near Grapeland, northeast via Pereilla to junction SH 294 approximately 2.0 miles west of the Neches River. (Houston and Anderson Counties)  Extended from Percilla to junction SH 294.



Minute Order 033297, dated 12/17/1952

From a road intersection eastward to US 287, in Grapeland and from another point on US 287 near Grapeland northeastward via Percilla to SH 294, approximately 2.0 miles west of Neches River, a distance of approximately 22.2 miles. (Houston and Anderson Counties) Extended westward approximately 5.4 miles to a road intersection.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/14/1954, Adm. Cir, 047-1954, dated 11/01/1954

From US 287 near the north city limit of Grapeland, northeastward via Percilla to SH 294 approximately 2.7 miles west of the Neches River, a distance of approximately 13.3 miles. (Houston and Anderson Counties) The section west of US 287 at Grapeland canceled and combined  with FM 227, a decrease of 8.8 miles.



Minute Order 072118, dated 01/20/1977; Adm. Ltr. 005-1978, dated 05/15/1978

From SL 531 near the north city limit of Grapeland, northeastward approx. 13.3 miles via Percilla to SH 294. (Houston and Anderson Counties) Old location US 287 redesignated SL 531.