Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
28.74 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 297

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

From Dalhart eastward 8.0 miles (Dallam County).  New Designation.



Minute Order 025166, dated 07/20/1948

From Dalhart eastward a distance of 11.0 miles. (Dallam. County) Extended 3.0 miles.



Minute Order 030193, dated 05/23/1951, Adm. Order, dated 07/05/1951

From US 87 in Dalhart, eastward to junction FM  807, a distance  of approximately 15.0 miles (Dallam County)
Extended approximately 4.0 miles eastward to junction FM 807.



Adm. Auth., dated 12/18/1959, Adm. Cir., 015-1960, dated 01/15/1960

From US 87 in Dalhart eastward to FM  807, a distance of approximately 11.3 miles. (Dallam County)  Section from intersection with FM 2029 eastward to FM 807 transferred to FM 807 and section from present intersection with FM 807 eastward approximately 0.3 mile made a spur of off of FM 807, a total decrease of approximately 4.6 miles.



Minute Order 054424, dated 05/06/1964, Adm. Cir., 062-1964, dated 06/01/1964

From US 87 in Dalhart eastward to FM 807; and  from another point on FM 807, eastward to Sherman County Line, a total distance of approximately 15.9 miles. (Dallam County)  FM 807 spur connection of approximately 0.3 miles transferred to this FM and extended eastward approximately 4.3 miles.



Minute Order 059431, dated 06/02/1967, Adm. Cir., 065-1967, dated 07/01/1967

From US 87 in Dalhart, eastward to FM 807; and from another point on FM 807, eastward to US 287, a total distance of approximately 24.3 miles. (Dallam and Sherman Counties) (New Description)  Extended eastward approximately 8.5 miles from Dallam County Line to US 287.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/10/1979; Adm. Ltr. 011-1979, dated 11/15/1979

From US 87 in Dalhart, eastward to US 287, a distance of approximately 28.8 miles. (Dallam and Sherman Counties)   Approximately 4.4 miles of  FM 807 transferred to FM 297.