Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
65.999 | 2010 |
FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 597
Minute Order 021215, dated 07/09/1945 (date of agreement)
From SH 214, 1 mile north of Morton, eastward 4 miles (Cochran County). New Designation
From SH 214 one mile north of Morton eastward to the Hockley County Line, a distance of approximately 10.5 miles. (Cochran County) Extended 6.5 miles to Hockley County Line.
From SH 214, one mile north of Morton, eastward, northward, and eastward to FM 2129 about 3 miles south of Pep, and from another point, on FM 2129 about 2 miles south, of Pep eastward via Oklahoma Flat to SH 51 about 3 miles north of Whitharral, and from another point on SH 51 about 4 miles north of Whitharral, eastward via Anton and Abernathy to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 63.0 miles. (Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties) Extended eastward from Hockley/Cochran County line to FM 2129 and from the Lubbock /Hockley County Line, eastward to U.S. 87 at Abernathy, adding approximately 3.2 and, 15,8 miles respectively. FM 1938, the portion of FM 1490 from Oklahoma Flat eastward to SH 51, FM 1175 and FM 2105 canceled and combined, adding approximately 9.1, 4.2, 14.2, and 6.7 miles respectively.
From SH 214 approx. 1.0 mile north of Morton, eastward to FM 303 approx. 3.0 miles south of Pep, and from another point on FM 303 approximately 2.0 miles south of Pep, eastward via Oklahoma Flat to SH 51 approximately 3.0 miles north of Whitharral, and from another point on SH 51 approximately 4.0 miles north of Whitharral, eastward via Anton and Abernathy to FM 400 northwest of Becton, a distance of approximately 66.7 miles. (Cochran, Hockley, and Lubbock Counties) Extended eastward approximately 3.7 miles.