Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
15.978 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 879

Minute Order 025569, dated 10/29/1948

From Waxahachie/Palmer Road east of Waxahachle to east of Boyce, a distance of approximately 6.3 miles. (Ellis County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 026852, dated 06/08/1949

From Waxahachie/Palmer Road (FM 878) east of Waxahachie to junction US 75 approximately 3.0 miles north of Ennis, a distance of approximately 11.3 miles. (Ellis County)  Extended eastward 5.0 miles to junction US 75.



Minute Order 053128, dated 06/28/1963; Adm. Cir. 119-1963, dated 08/01/1963

From FM 878 east of Waxahachie, eastward and northward via Garrett to FM 813, a distance of approx. 16.6 miles. (Ellis County)  Extended northeastward approximately 5.7 miles.