Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
38.546 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 485

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/12/1945 (date  of agreement)

From Splawn to Yarrellton (Milam County).  New Designation



Minute Order 031257, dated 11/20/1951

From US 190 at Buckholts northeastward and southeastward via Yarrellton to US 77 at  Splawn, a distance of approximately 14. 1 miles. (Milam County)  Extended approximately 7.6 miles to US 190 at Buckholts.



Minute Order 044993, dated 10/31/1958, Adm. Cir. 028-1959, dated 02/15/1959

From US 77 at Splawn northwestward via Yarrellton and southwestward to US 190 at Buckholts, and from another point on US 190 at Buckholts southwestward to a road intersection, a total distance of approximately miles. (MiIam County)  Extended southwestward from US 190 approximately  3.2 miles.



Minute Order 048997, dated 01/31/1961, Adm. Cir. 038-1961, dated 03/11/1961

From US 77 at Splawn northwestward via Yarrellton and southwestward to US 190 at Buckholts, and from another point on US 190 at Buckholts southwestward to road intersection at Corinth, a distance of approximately 15.8 miles. (Milam County)  Section from US 190 southwestward relocated, a decrease of approximately 1.0 mile.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/03/1966, Adm. Cir. 093-1968, dated 11/01/1968

From SH 53 east of Zabcikville, southeast approximately 14.5 miles via Yarrellton to US 77 at Splawn. (Bell and Milam Counties)  Section of FM 2265, SH 53  approximately 8.3 miles to Yarrellton transferred to this FM, section of FM 485, from Yarrellton southward via Buckholts, approximately 9.6 miles transferred to  FM 1915.



Minute Order 069831, dated 03/31/1975, Adm. Cir. 073-1975, dated 08/01/1975

From SH 53 east of Zabcikville, southeastward approx. 38.6 miles via Yarrellton and Splawn to US 79 and SH 6 north of Hearne. (Bell, Milam, and Robertson Counties)  Approximately  24.1 miles of old location US 190 from US 77 to US 79 transferred to this FM. Effective 01/01/1976