Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
16.934 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1489

Minute Order 027336, dated 07/22/1949

From US 90, 0.8 mile west of Brookshire southwestward to the Fort Bend County Line, a distance of approximately 55.6 miles.  (Waller County) New Designation



Minute Order 033248, dated 12/17/1952

From US 90, near west city limit of Brookshire, southward to FM 1093, a distance of approximately 9.1 miles. (Waller and Fort Bend Counties) Extended approximately 3.7 miles southward to FM 1093.



Minute Order 053077, dated 06/28/1963, Adm. Auth., dated 07/30/1963, Adm. Cir. 119-1963, dated 08/01/1963

From US 90, near west city limit of Brookshire, southward to SH 36 at Orchard, a distance of approximately 14.7 miles. (Waller and Fort Bend Counties)  Extended southward approximately 3.2 miles to end of FM 2758. FM 2758 canceled and combined adding approximately 2.5 miles.



Minute Order 061202, dated 07/11/1968, Adm. Cir. 074-1968, dated 09/01/1968

From US 90 near west city limit of Brookshire, southward to FM 1093 at Simonton; and from another point on FM 1093 at Simonton, southward to FM 1952, a total distance of approximately 16.8 miles. (Waller and Ft. Bend Counties)   Extended southward approximately 2.6 mi. from SH 36 to FM 1952.