Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
46.188 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 616

Minute Orders 021215, 021338, dated 07/25/1945 (date of agreement)

From SH 172 at La Ward, westward 5.0 miles to Lolita (Jackson County). New Designation.



Minute Order 026379, dated 02/25/1949

From SH 172 at La Ward west to Lolita thence northward to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 8.0 miles. (Jackson County)  Extended north of Lolita 3.2 miles.



Minute Order 027042, dated 07/14/1949

From SH 111, 8.0 miles east of Edna, southwestward to Lolita, thence eastward to SH 172 at La Ward, a distance of approximately 14.0 miles, (Jackson County)  Section from SH 111 to end FM 616 added, 6.0 miles.



Minute Order 029943, dated 03/27/1951, Adm. Order dated 04/09/1951

From FM 234 at Vanderbilt via Lolita to SH 172 at La Ward, a distance of approximately 9.9 miles. (Jackson County)  Section from SH 111, 8.0 miles east of Edna, southwestward to Lolita renumbered FM 1593, a decrease of of approximately 9.0 miles. Section from FM 234 at Vanderbilt to Lolita added, an increase of approximately 4.9 miles.



Minute Order 036740, dated 09/29/1954, Adm. Auth., dated 10/18/1954, Adm. Auth., dated 11/12/1954, Adm.
Cir., 049-1954, dated 11/15/1954

From La Salle eastward via Vanderbilt, Lolita, and La Ward to SH 35 at Blessing, a distance of approximately 29.5 miles. (Jackson & Matagorda Counties)  The section of FM 234 from La Salle eastward to Vanderbilt canceled and combined adding approximately 3.9 miles; extended eastward from La Ward to Matagorda County Line adding approximately 9.5 miles. FM 1127 from Jackson County Via to SH 35 canceled and combined adding approximately 6.5 miles.



Minute Order 044958, dated 10/31/1958; Adm. Auth., dated 11/25/1958; Adm. Cir. 028-1959, dated 02/15/1959

From FM 404 in Bloomington, northeastward via Placedo, La Salle, Vanderbilt, Lolita, and La Ward to SH 35 at Blessing, a distance of approx. 46.5 miles. (Victoria, Jackson, and Matagorda Counties)  Extended southwestward approximately 2.3 miles to the end of FM 1302; FM 1302 canceled and combined adding approximately 14.9 miles.