Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
11.214 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 559

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/09/1945 (Date of Agreement)

From US 82 in Texarkana, northwestward to Wamba.  (Bowie County) New Designation.



Adm. Order, dated 12/19/50; Adm. Cir. 001-1951

From US 82 in Texarkana at Taylor St, thence northward on Taylor St to 24th St (or Orange St); thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St) to Chance St; thence northward on Chance St to Richmond Rd (or Johnson St); thence westward and northwestward to Wamba, a total distance of approximately 6.55 miles.  (Bowie County)  Revised to show routing in Texarkana.



Minute Order 033182, dated 12/17/1952

From US 82 in Texarkana, northward on Taylor St; thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St); thence northward on Chance St to Richmond Rd (or Johnson St); thence westward and northwestward via Wamba to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 12.2 miles.  (Bowie County)  Extended approximately 5.6 miles northwestward to a road intersection.



Minute Order 059890, dated 08/31/1967; Adm. Cir. 122-1967, dated 11/01/1967

From US 82 in Texarkana, northward on Taylor St; thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St) to SH 93; and from another point on SH 93, northwestward via Wamba to road intersection, a total distance of approximately 11.9 miles.  (Bowie County)  Break in route shown at S.H. 93; signing effective with completion of construction on SH 93.



Adm. Auth., dated 09/30/1970; Adm. Cir. 137-1970, dated 11/15/1970

From a point northwest of Texarkana, southeastward approx. 11.3 miles to SH 93 in Texarkana.  (Bowie County)  Section from SH 93 eastward and southward approx. 0.6 mile to US 82 removed from the designated highway system.



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

From the Texas/Oklahoma S/L, approx. 1.1 miles north of FM 2253, southeastward and southward to UR 989, a distance of approx. 7.157 miles. (Bowie County) Mileage from UR 989 southeastward to SH 93 transferred to UR 559.