Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
2.997 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 653

Minute Orders 021215, 021343, dated 07/241945 (date of agreement)

From SH 71 south of El Campo, northward 1.2 miles to US 59, thence northwest 0.8 mile, a total distance of 2.0 miles (Wharton County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 030385, dated 05/23/1951

From SH 71 north of El Campo, southeastward to US 59; then southward to SH 71, a distance of approximately 3.1 miles. (Wharton County)  Extended approximately 1.1 miles southeastward from SH 71 to end of FM 653.