Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
85.764 2010

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 43

Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939

From Caddo Lake Park via Karnack and Marshall to Henderson. General redescription of Highway System.



Minute Order 020337, dated 12/16/1942

From Henderson via Marshall and Karnack to Caddo Lake Park; and from a point one SH 49 northward to Atlanta.  Extended from SH 49 to Atlanta (formerly SH 300).



Adm. Order, dated 08/30/1950

From US 79 at Henderson via Marshall to FM 134 at Karnack, and from SH 49, 12.6 miles east of Jefferson, northward to US 59 at Atlanta. (Marion & Cass Counties)  New description; 0.8-mile section transferred to FM 134 causing change in limits.



Minute Order 059388, dated 06/01/1967; Adm. Cir. 065-1967, dated 07/01/1967

From US 79 at Henderson via Marshall to US 59 at Atlanta.  (Rusk, Panola, Harrison, Marion, and Cass Counties)  New description; FM 1915 redesignated SH 43.  Section of SH 43 from southern terminus of FM 1915 northeastward to FM 134 at Karnack redesignated SS 449, effective 01/01/1968.



Minute Order 113751, dated 10/31/2013; DesLtr 04-2013, dated 05/20/2014

From US 79 at Henderson via Marshall to US 59 at Atlanta. (Rusk, Panola, Harrison, Marion, and Cass Counties) New description; FM 1915 redesignated SH 43. Section of SH 43 from southern terminus of FM 1915 northeastward to FM 134 at Karnack redesignated SS 449, effective 01/01/1968. A segment of SH 43 was removed from the state highway system from SH 77, north to US 59, a distance of approximately 2.3 miles, and transferred control, jurisdiction and maintenance to the city of Atlanta.