Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
10.92 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 544

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/09/1945 (Date of Agreement)

From Plano to Wylie.  (Collin County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 025682, dated 11/23/1948

From junction SH 289 at Shepton via Plano to junction SH 78 at Wylie.  (Collin County)  Section from Shepton to Plano added (6.0 miles).



Minute Order 031173, dated 11/20/1951; Adm. Order, dated 01/03/1952

From SH 121 east of Lewisville, eastward via Hebron, Shepton, and Plano to SH 78 at Wylie, a distance of approximately 25.4 miles.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  Extended approx. 9.0 miles westward to SH 121, 6.0 miles of which transferred from cancelled FM 1383.



Minute Order 046937, dated 11/24/1959; Adm. Cir. 02/15/1960; Desig. 005-1960

From SH 121 east of Lewisville, eastward via Hebron and Shepton to SH 5 at Plano; and from another point on SH 5 at Plano, eastward to SH 78 at Wylie; and from another point on SH 78 at Wylie, eastward and southward to Dallas County Line, a total distance of approximately 27.9 miles.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  Extended approx. 2.7 miles from SH 78 to Dallas County Line.



Adm. Cir. 007-1971, dated 01/01/1971

From SH 121 east of Lewisville, eastward approximately 28.2 miles via Hebron, Shepton, and Plano to Wylie and southward to Dallas County Line.  (Denton & Collin Counties)  Redescribed to remove breaks in route at SH 5 and SH 78.



Adm. Auth., dated 01/06/1978; Adm. Ltr. 002-1978, dated 02/15/1978

From SH 121 east of Lewisville, eastward via Hebron and Plano to SH 78 in Wylie; and from another point on SH 78 in Wylie, southeastward to Dallas County Line, a total distance of approximately 27.0 miles.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  New description; section from FM 3412 northward approx. 0.6 mile transferred t FM 1378; section from FM 1378 eastward and southward approx. 2.1 miles to SH 78 redesignated as FM 3412; existing FM 3412 transferred to FM 544.



Minute Order 086411, dated 10/28/1987; Adm. Ltr. 004-1988, dated 04/15/1988

From SH 121 east of Lewisville, eastward via Hebron to the west city limits of Plano near Addison Rd; and then from the east Plano/west Murphy city limits, eastward via Murphy and to SH 78 in Wylie; and from another point on SH 78 in Wylie, south to the Dallas County Line, a total distance of approx. 14.0 miles.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  New description; section of approx. 13.1 miles, from west city limits of Plano to east city limits of Plano removed from  the State Highway System and returned to the City of Plano for maintenance.



Minute Order 104028, dated 07/28/1994; DesLtr 04-1994, dated 08/29/1994

At SH 121, from approximately 1.75 miles west of FM 2281, eastward via Hebron to the west city limits of Plano near Addison Rd; and then from the east Plano/west Murphy city limits, eastward via Murphy and to SH 78 in Wylie; and from another point on SH 78 in Wylie south to the Dallas County Line a total distance of approximately 16 miles.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  New description; as requested by District, section of approx. 1.75 miles added, from FM 2281 westward to SH 121.



Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995

Cancelled.  (Denton and Collin Counties)  Mileage transferred to UR 544.