Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
30.908 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1696

Minute Order 030231, dated 05/23/1951

From SH 90 at Bedias to FM 39 at Cross, a distance of approximately 9.4 miles. (Grimes County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 032800, dated 10/21/1952

From FM 39 at Cross, eastward via Bedias, a distance of approximately 9.3 miles, with a spur connection of approximately 0.1 mile to SH 90 at Bedias, a total distance of approximately 9.4 miles. (Grimes County) Route extended approximately 0.3 mile northward and eastward at Bedias with approximately 0.1 mile of original designation used as spur connection to SH 90.



Minute Orders 037674, dated 02/17/1955, 037897, dated 04/01/1955, Adm. Auth., dated 05/18/1955

From FM at Cross, eastward via Bedias to US 75 at Crabbs Prairie, with a spur connection of approximately 0.1 mile to SH 90 at Bedias, a total distance of approximately 30.0 miles. (Grimes and Walker Counties) Extended approximately 6.3 miles eastward from Bedias to the Grimes/Walker County Line; FM 1902 canceled and combined, adding approximately 14.3 miles.



Minute Order 050989, dated 04/30/1962, Adm. Cir., 081-1962, dated 06/01/1962

From FM 39 at Cross, eastward to SH 90 at Bedias; and from another point on SH 90 at Bedias, eastward to US 75 at Crabbs Prairie, a distance of approximately 29.4 miles. (Grimes and Walker Counties)  Spur connection in Bedias transferred to main route and part of main route in Bedias removed from the designated system, a decrease of approximately 0.2 mile.



Minute Order 053123, dated 06/28 /1963; Adm. Cir., 119-1963, dated 08/01/1963

From FM 39 at Cross, eastward to SH 90 at Bedias; and from another point on SH 90 at Bedias, eastward via Crabbs Prairie to IH 45, a total distance of approximately 30.8 miles. (Grimes and Walker Counties) Extended northeastward approximately 1.3 miles.