Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1281
Minute Order 027016, dated 07/14/1949
(FM) From US 75 at Howe, eastward to Tom Bean, a distance of approximately 8.5 miles. (Grayson County) New Designation.
Minute Order 033264, dated 12/17/1952
From US 75 at Howe, eastward via Tom Bean to US 69 at Whitewright, a distance of approximately 12.7 miles. (Grayson County) Extended approx. 4.6 miles eastward to US 69.
Minute Order 037613, dated 01/26/1955
From US 75 at Howe, eastward via Tom Bean and Whitewright to Randolph, a distance of approximately 21.5 miles. (Grayson and Fannin Counties) Extended approx. 8.8 miles from Whitewright eastward to Randolph.
From US 75 at Howe, eastward via Tom Bean to US 69 at Whitewright; and from another point on US 69 south of Whitewright, eastward to Randolph, a distance of approximately 21.2 miles. (Grayson and Fannin Counties) Redescribed to show break in route at US 69 and length as actually constructed, a decrease in length of approximately 0.3 mile.
Minute Order 044828, dated 10/31/1958; Adm. Auth., dated 12/05/1958; Adm. Cir. 028-1959, dated 02/15/1959
From FM 697 southeast of Sherman, southeastward via Tom Bean to US 69 at Whitewright; and from another point on US 69 south of Whitewright, southeastward via Randolph, Bailey, and Wolfe City to Commerce, a total distance of approximately 49.7 miles. (Grayson, Fannin, and Hunt Counties) Section from Tom Bean westward to Howe transferred to FM 902, a decrease of approx. 8.0 miles; FM 2321 cancelled & combined, adding approx. 9.8 miles; extended from Randolph to Bailey, adding approx. 6.0 miles; FM 2320 cancelled & combined, adding approx. 20.1 miles.
Minute Order 064434, dated 12/17/1970; Adm. Cir. 007-1971, dated 01/01/1971
Cancelled. (Grayson, Fannin, & Hunt Counties) Transferred to SH 11.
Minute Order 066899, dated 11/03/1972; Adm. Cir. 013-1973, dated 02/15/1973
(RM) From IH 10 at Buford Road, northeastward approximately 3.3 miles to Horizon City. (El Paso County) New Designation.
Minute Order 070780, dated 11/25/1975; Adm. Auth., dated 12/02/1975; Adm. Cir. 014-1976, dated 02/16/1976
(FM) From FM 76 northeastward approximately 5.2 miles to Horizon City. (El Paso County) New description; designation changed from RM to FM and extended southwestward approx. 1.8 miles from IH 10 to FM 76.
Minute Order 102299, dated 05/25/1993; DesLtr 04-1993, dated 08/18/1993
From FM 76 in the City of Socorro, eastward via Horizon City to Hastings
Dr, a distance of approximately 17.1 miles. (El Paso County)
New description; section of approx. 11.9 miles added, from present end
of FM 1281 (0.035 mile east of Darrington Rd) to Hastings Dr.
Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/27/1995
From Abscencion Blvd, eastward to Hastings Dr, a distance of approximately 8.977 miles (El Paso County) Mileage from UR 76 eastward to Abscencion Blvd transferred to UR 1281.
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