Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
17.541 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1971

Minute Order 033385, dated 12/17/1952

From SH 315, approximately 9.3 miles southwest of Carthage, southwestward to Dotson, a distance of approximately 8.9 miles.  (Panola County) New Designation.



Minute Orders 035159 and 035178, dated 10/29/1953

From US 79 southward to SH 315 at Clayton and from another point on SH 315 southward and southwestward via Dotson to US 84 at Caledonia, a distance of approximately 18.3 miles.  (Panola and Rusk Counties) Extended approximately 4.2 miles northward to US 79 and 5.6 miles southward to US 84.



Minute Order 037035, dated 10/26/1954, Adm. Cir. 050-1954, dated 12/01/1954

From US 79 southward to SH 315 at Clayton, and from another point on SH 315 west of Clayton, southward and southwestward via Dotson and Caledonia to FM 95 near Alarm, a distance of approximately 22.1 miles.  (Panola and Rusk Counties)  Extended approximately 4.0 miles southward from Caledonia to FM 95.



Adm. Auth., dated 11/01/1954, Adm. Cir. 001-1955, dated 01/01/1955

From SH 315 about 1.0 mile west of Clayton, southward and southwestward via Dotson and Caledonia to FM 95 near Alarm, a distance of approximately 18.1 miles. (Panola and Rusk Counties)   Section from US 79 southward to Clayton transferred to FM 2260, a decrease of approximately 4.0 miles.