Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
21.955 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1497

Minute Order 027390, dated 08/25/1949

From SH 24 south of Paris southward via West's Store and Biardstown to Rockford, a distance of approximately 17.0 miles. (Lamar County) New Designation.



Minute Order 050020, dated 09/20/1961; Adm. Auth., dated 10/18/1961; Adm. Cir., 164-1961, dated 10/26/1961

From SH 24 south of Paris, southward and southeastward via Biardstown, Rockford, and Taylor Town to FM 196, a distance of approximately 22.5 miles. (Lamar County)  Section of FM 1498 from Rockford southward approximately 2.0 miles to Taylor Town transferred to this FM; new designation from Taylor Town eastward approximately 5.0 miles to FM 196.