Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
31.331 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1798

Minute Order 031284, dated 11/20/1951

From FM 95 near Minden, northeastward to FM 840 at Brachfield, a distance of approximately 4.3 miles. (Rusk County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 033403, dated 12/17/1952, Adm. Auth., dated 01/27/1953

From FM 839 eastward and northeastward via Laneville, Minden, and Pinehill to US 79 at the Panola County Line, a distance of approximately 28.6 miles. (Rusk County)  Extended approximately 5.0 miles northeastward to FM 348; a section of FM 95 and FM 348 transferred adding approximately 15.9 and 3.5 miles, respectively.



Minute Order 038661, dated 08/24/1955, Adm. Cir., 041-1955, dated 10/15/1955

From the intersection of US 79 and SH 259, southward and eastward via Pinehill to US 79 at the Rusk/Panola County Line, a distance of approximately 31.2 miles. (Rusk County)  Approximately 3.6 miles added from the intersection of US 79 and SH 259 southward to FM 839.



Minute Order 041529, dated 01/22/1957, Adm. Cir., 016-1957, dated 03/01/1957

From FM 839 eastward and northeastward via Laneville, Minden, and Pinehill to US 79 at the Rusk/Panola County Line, a distance of approximately 27.6 miles. (Rusk County)  From the intersection of US 79 and SH 259 southward to FM 839 canceled, a decrease of approximately 3.6 miles. 



Minute Order 044928, dated 10/31/1958; Adm. Cir., 008-1959, dated 01/01/1959

From US 79 and SH 259 southeastward and northeastward via Laneville, Minden, Brachfield, and Pinehill to US 79 at the Rusk/Panola County line, a distance of approximately 31.2 miles. (Rusk County)  Extended northwestward approximately 3.6 miles from FM 839 to US 79.