Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
18.055 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1288

Minute Order 027019, dated 07/14/1949

From US 287, 2.5 miles northwest of Bowie, westward to the Clay County Line, a distance of  approximately 5.7 miles. (Montague County) New Designation.



Minute Order 033206, dated 12/17/1952, Adm. Auth., dated 02/06/1953

From US 287 in Bellevue southward to FM 174 east of Vashti and from another point on FM 174 at Vashti southward to SH 59 at Newport, a distance of approximately 13.5 miles. (Clay County)  Extended approximately  7.3 miles to SH 59. Section of  approximately 5.4 miles transferred to FM 174 in exchange for approximately 6.2 miles.



Minute Order 044846, dated 10/31/1958, Adm. Cir., 028-1959, dated 02/15/1959

From SH 59 at Newport northward to FM 174 at Vashti; and from another point on FM 174 east of Vashti, northward via Bellevue to a road intersection, a total distance of approximately 16.2 miles. (Clay County)  Extended northward approximately 3.0 miles.



Minute Order 046774, dated 11/24/1959; Adm. Cir., 041-1960, dated 03/01/1960

From SH 59 at Newport, northward to FM 174 at Vashti; and from another point on FM 174 at Vashti, northward to US 287 at Bellevue; and from another point on US 287 at Bellevue, northward a total distance of approximately 18.4 miles. (Clay County)  Extended northward approximately 2.2 miles.