Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 511
Minute Order 021215, dated 07/03/1945 (Date of Agreement)
From US 83 at Olmito to SH 48 near Port Brownsville; and thence southward to SH 4. (Cameron County) New Designation.
Minute Order 023776, dated 09/09/1947; Adm. Cir. 037-1947
From US 281 near Cavazos to US 83 at or near Olmito; and from another point on US 83 at Olmito to SH 48 near Port Brownsville; thence southward to SH 4; thence southward and westward 4.0 miles to a paved county road. (Cameron County) Section from US 281 to US 83 at Olmito added, and section from SH 4, southward and westward a distance of 4 miles, added.
Minute Order 025674, dated 11/23/1948
From US 281, near Cavazos to US 83 at or near Olmito; and from another point on US 83 at Olmito, to SH 48 near Port Brownsville; thence southward to SH 4; thence southward and westward 4.0 miles to a paved county road; thence northwestward to SH 4 in Brownsville. (Cameron County) Extended from paved county road northwestward to SH 4 in Brownsville.
Adm. Order, dated 10/07/1949
From US 281 near Cavazos to US 83 at or near Olmito; and from another point on US 83 at Olmito, to SH 48 near Port Brownsville; thence southward and westward to FM 1419. (Cameron County) Section of this route, from present termination point to SH 4 in Brownsville, cancelled and combined with FM 1419 (3.4 miles removed).
Adm. Auth., dated 01-29-57; Adm. Cir. 008-1957, dated 02/01/1957
From US 83 at Olmito, southeastward to SH 48 near Port Brownsville; and from another point on SH 48 near Port Brownsville, southward and westward to FM 1419, a distance of approximately 16.4 miles. (Cameron County) Mileage from US 281 to Olmito transferred to FM 1732 , a decrease of approximately 5.2 miles.
Minute Order 062704, dated 08/26/1969; Adm. Cir. 104-1971, dated 10/15/1971
From US 83 at Olmito, southeastward via Port Brownsville, then southward and westward to FM 1419, a distance of approx. 13.1 miles. (Cameron County) Relocated at Port Brownsville, removing break in route at SH 48.
Adm. Cir. 125-1971, dated 12/15/1971
Administrative Circular 104-1971, dated October 15, 1971, should
have shown the length of FM 511 as
16.1 miles instead of 13.1 miles.
Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995
From US 83 at Olmito, southeastward to FM 3248, a distance of approx. 6.595 miles. (Cameron County) Mileage from FM 3248 southeastward, southward, and westward to UR 1419 transferred to UR 511.
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