Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
43.318 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 979

Minute Order 025777, date 11/23/1948

From junction SH 6 at Calvert to junction FM 392 near Owensville, a total distance of approximately 10.9 miles. (Robertson County)  New Designation



Minute Order 035175, dated 10/29/1953

From Brazos River Bridge eastward to SH 6 in Calvert, thence northeastward to FM 392, a distance of approximately 15.7 miles. (Robertson County) Extended approximately 5.0 miles to Brazos River Bridge.



Adm. Auth., dated 12/30/1959, Adm. Cir. 015-1960, dated 01/15/1960

From Brazos River Bridge eastward to SH 6 in Calvert, thence northeastward to FM 46, and from another point on FM 46 near Owensville Church northeastward via Bald Prairie to SH 7, a total distance of approximately 32.2 miles. (Robertson County)  Section of FM 2293 from FM 46 northeastward approximately 5.2 miles to present FM 2514 transferred to this FM.  FM 2514 canceled and combined adding approximately 12.5 miles.



Minute Order 058130, dated 08/05/1966, Adm. Auth., dated 08/16/1966, Adm. Cir. 098-1966, dated 09/15/1966

 From SH 7, southwestward via Bald Prairie to FM 46, and from another point on FM 46, southwestward via Calvert and Jones Prairie to US 190, 2 miles west of Maysfield, a total distance of approximately 43.3 miles. (Robertson and Milam Counties)  Extended southwestward approximately 2.2 miles to end of FM 2347.  FM 2347 combined adding approximately 9.6 miles.



Minute Order 069831, dated 03/31/1975, Adm. Cir. 073-1975, dated 08/01/1975

From SH 7 southwestward via Bald Prairie to FM 46, and from another point on FM 46, southwestward via Calvert and Jones Prairie to FM 485 west of Maysfield, a total distance of approximately 43.3 miles. (Robertson and Milam Counties)  Old location US 190 redesignated FM 485. Effective 01/01/1976.