Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
11.458 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1397

Minute Order 027101, dated 07/14/1949

From FM 559 north of Texarkana northward to Cross Road, a distance of approximately 8.6 miles. (Bowie County)  New Designation.



Adm. Order, dated 12/19/1950, Adm. Cir., 001-1951

From FM 559 in Texarkana at Chance Street and Richmond Road (or Johnson Street) northward  to Cross Road, a total distance of 8.27 miles. (Bowie County)  Revised to show routing in Texarkana; length decreased 0.33 mile.



Minute Order 048476, dated 09/27/1960, Adm. Cir., 165-1960

From FM 559 In Texarkana, northward, westward and southward to FM 559 at Wamba, a distance of approximately 13.8 miles. (Bowie County) Extended westward and southward approximately 5.5 miles.



Minute Order 059890, dated 08/31/1967; Adm. Cir., 122-1967, dated 11/01/1967

From IH 30 in Texarkana, northward, westward, and southward approximately 11.6 miles to FM 559 at Wamba. (Bowie County)  Section from FM 559 in Texarkana, northward approximately 1.7 miles to IH 30 transferred to SH 93. System transfer. Signing effective with completion of construction on SH 93.