Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
5.221 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 577

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/21/1945 (date of agreement)

From US 180, 4,0 miles east of Breckenridge, southeastward  8.5 miles to Necessity (Stephens County).  New Designation



Minute Order 025793, dated 11/23/1948

From US 180, 4 miles east of Breckenridge, southeastward  via Necessity to a point 2.7 miles southeast of Necessity, a total distance of approximately 11.2 miles. (Stephens County)  Extended southeast of  Necessity  2.7 miles.



Minute Order 027143, dated 07/15/1949

From US 180,  4.0 miles east of Breckenridge, southeastward via Necessity to a point 5.1 miles southeast of Necessity, a total distance of approximately 13.6 miles. (Stephens County)  Extended southward and eastward 2.4 miles.



Minute Order 038485, dated 07/28/1955, Adm. Cir. 036-1955, dated 09/15/1955

From US 180, 4.0 miles east of Breckenridge, southeastward via Necessity to FM 717, a distance of  approximately 17.1 miles. (Stephens County) Extended eastward approximately 3.6 miles to FM 717.



Adm. Auth., dated 03/27/1957, Adm. Cir. 024-1957, dated 04/01/1957

Canceled. (Stephens County)  Mileage transferred to FM 207. (To become effective the date the 1957 Travel Map is released to the public.)



Minute Order 042990, dated 10/31/1957, Adm. Cir. 049-1957, dated 12/01/1957

In Brenham from SH 36 at Horton Street eastward to SH 90, a distance of approximately 1.0 mile. (Washington County)  New Designation



Minute Order 053124, dated 06/28/1963, Adm. Cir. 119-1963, dated 08/01/1963

In Brenham from SH 36 at Horton Street, southeastward to US 290, a distance of approximately 4.0 miles. (Washington County)  Extended southeastward approximately 3.0 miles. 



Minute Order 102542, dated 07/29/1993, Des. Ltr. 01-1994, 01/05/1994

From SH 36 northwest of Brenham, eastward and southward to US 290, southeast of Brenham, a distance of  approximately 5.3 miles. (Washington County) Section of approximately 1.3 miles added, from BS 36-J west to SH 36.