Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
20.368 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 2781

Minute Orders 051187 and 051194, dated 05/02/1962; Adm. Cir. 081-1962, dated 06/01/1962

From Davy Crockett National Forest southward to FM 358 near Pennington; and from US 287 at Pennington, southwestward to road intersection, a total distance of approximately 7.1 miles.  (Houston and Trinity Counties)  New Designation.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/17/1962p; Adm. Cir. 173-1962, dated 12/03/1962

From Davy Crockett National Forest, southward to FM 358 near Pennington; and from another point on FM 358 at Pennington, southwestward to road intersection, a total distance of approximately 7.8 miles.  (Houston and Trinity Counties)  Extended northeastward approximately 0.7 mile along old location US 287 to FM 358.  System transfer.



Minute Order 053061, dated 06/28/1963; Adm. Cir. 146-1963, dated 10/01/1963

From Davy Crockett National Forest, southward to FM 358 near Pennington; and from another point on FM 358 at Pennington, southwestward to FM 1280 at Holly, a total distance of approximately 11.7 miles.  (Houston and Trinity Counties)  Extended southwestward approximately 4.5 miles to FM 1280.



Minute Order 055104, dated 09/30/1964; Adm. Cir. 125-1964, dated 11/16/1964

From SH 7 in Kennard, southward to FM 358 near Pennington; and from another point on FM 358 at Pennington, southwestward to FM 1280 at Holly, a total distance of approximately 20.2 miles.  (Houston and Trinity Counties)  Extended northward approximately 3.7 miles to end of FM 2545; FM 2545 canceled and combined adding approximately 5.0 miles.



(Forest Hwy 33--Kennard/Pennington Road, Houston County, from SH 7 in Kennard southward to south National Forest boundary, a distance of approximately 9.2 miles.)