Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
8.722 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1538

Minute Order 027545, dated 09/28/1949

From junction US 281, 1.5 miles north of La Gloria, west to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 5.9 miles. (Jim Wells County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 051231, dated 05/02/1962, Adm. Cir., 081-1962, dated 06/01/1962

From US 281, 1.5 mile north of LaGloria, westward to FM 2745, a distance of approximately 5.8 miles. (Jim Wells County)  Western terminus redescribed as FM 2745.



Minute Order 055930, dated 05/01/1965; Adm. Cir., 045-1965, dated 05/15/1965

From US 281, 1.5 miles north of La Gloria, westward and southward to SH 285, a distance of approximately 8.9 miles. (Jim Wells County) Section of FM 2745 from FM 1538 south approximately 3.1 miles to SH 285 transferred to this FM.