Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
5.064 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 270

Minute Order 021215, dated 06/11/1945  (Date of Agreement)

From US 67, 5.2 miles east of Sulphur Springs, to Dike.  (Hopkins County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 025722, dated 11/23/1948

From Dike southward to junction US 67; and from another point on US 67, southward through Brinker to a road intersection.  (Hopkins County) Extended from US 67 southward through Brinker 4.1 miles.



Minute Order 027539, dated 09/28/1949

From Dike southward via Mahoney and Brinker to junction SH 11 in Como.  (Hopkins County)  Extended southward 3.7 miles to junction SH 11.



Adm. Order, dated 08/08/1951

From Dike southward via Mahoney, Brinker, and Como to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 19.5 miles.  (Hopkins County)  FM 1698 cancelled and combined, 5.5 miles added.



Minute Order 033296, dated 12/07/1952

From a road intersection southwestward and southward via Dike, Mahoney, and Como to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 25.3 miles.  (Hopkins County)  Extended approximately 5.8 miles northeastward to a road intersection.



Minute Order 038633, dated 08/24/1955; Adm. Cir. 039-1955, dated 10/01/1955

From a road intersection approximately 5 miles south of Sulphur Bluff, southwestward via Dike; thence southward to US 67; and from another point on US 67, southward to SH 11 at Como; and from another point on SH 11 at Como, southward, eastward, and northward to SH 11 at Pickton, a distance of approximately 33.9 miles.  (Hopkins County)  Extended eastward and northward approximately 8.9 miles to Pickton.



Minute Order 042834, dated 10/31/195; Adm. Cir. 049-1957, dated 12/01/1957

From FM 71 at Sulphur Bluff, southward and southwestward via Dike; thence southward to US 67; and from another point on US 67, southward to SH 11 at Como; and from another point on SH 11 at Como, southward, eastward, and northward to SH 11 at Pickton, a distance of approximately 38.4 miles.  (Hopkins County)  Extended northward to FM 71, adding approximately 5.4 miles.



Minute Order 044831, dated 10/31/1958; Adm. Cir. 008-1959, dated 01/01/1959

From a point approximately 2 miles north of FM 71 at Sulphur Bluff, southward and southwestward via Sulphur Bluff and Dike; thence southward to US 67; and from another point on US 67 southward to SH 11 at Como; and from another point on SH 11 at Como, southward, eastward, and northward to SH 11 at Pickton, a total distance of approximately 39.9 miles.  (Hopkins County)  Extended northward from FM 71 approximately 2.0 miles.



Adm. Auth., dated 12/21/1959; Adm. Auth., dated 12/31/1959; Adm. Cir. 015-1960, dated 01/15/1960

Cancelled.  (Hopkins County)  Section from a point 2.0 miles north of FM 71, southward to FM 2476 transferred to FM 69, a decrease of approximately 33.9 miles; section from FM 2476 eastward and northward approx. 6.1 miles to SH 11 transferred to FM 269.



Minute Order 064318, dated 10/30/1970; Adm. Cir. 007-1971, dated 01/01/1971

From NASA Road 1, southward approx. 2.5 miles to FM 518 in League City.  (Harris & Galveston Counties)  New Designation.



Minute Order 086200, dated 08/31/1987; Adm. Ltr. 04-1988, dated 04/15/1988

From NASA Road 1 southeastward approx. 5.1 miles to FM 646 in League City.  (Harris and Galveston Counties)  New description; section of approx. 2.6 miles added, from FM 518 southeastward to FM 646 west of FM 1266.



Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995

Cancelled.  (Harris and Galveston Counties)  Mileage transferred to UR 270.