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

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Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)

1.163

2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 259

Minute Order 021215, dated 06/11/1945  (Date of  Agreement)

From US 80 at Canutillo, westward to the Texas/New Mexico State Line, connecting with New Mexico State Highway 28.  (El Paso County) New Designation.

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Minute Order 045054, dated 10/31/1958; Adm. Cir. 028-59, dated 02/15/1959

From IH 10 westward via Canutillo to Texas/New Mexico State Line, a distance of approximately 2.1 miles.  (El Paso County)  Extended eastward approximately 0.9 mile from US 80 to IH 10.

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Adm. Cir. 025-1962, dated 02/01/1962

From IH 10 westward to US 80; and from another point on US 80 at Canutillo, westward to Texas/New Mexico State Line, a total distance of approximately 2.2 miles.  (El Paso County)  Redescribed to show break in route at US 80.

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Minute Order 056553, dated 09/01/1965; Adm. Cir. 089-1965, dated 09/01/1965

From US 80 at Canutillo westward approximately 1.2 miles to Texas/New Mexico State Line.  (El Paso County)  Section from IH 10 to US 80 transferred to SL 375, a system transfer of approximately 1.0 mile.

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Minute Order 062146, dated 04/02/1969; Adm. Cir. 035-1969, dated 06/01/1969

From Texas/New Mexico State Line, eastward approximately 1.2 miles to SH 20 in Canutillo.  (El Paso County)  Redescribed due to old location US 80 being redesignated SH 20.

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Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995
Minute Order 115371, dated 11/15/2018 (Rescinds Minute Order 105686)

Minute Order 105686: Cancelled.  (El Paso County)  Mileage transferred to UR 259. ["Transferred" mileage was described on the Highway Designation File page for UR 259 as "From TX/New Mexico border eastward to SH 20, a distance of approx. 1.177 miles."]

Minute Order 115371 general description: Minute Order 115371 rescinds Minute Order 105686. The result of this rescission is the elimination of the Urban Road (UR) system. The Farm to Market (FM) and Ranch to Market (RM) roadways which were intended to be redesignated as Urban Roads under the provisions of Minute Order 105686 revert back to their FM/RM designations. Minute Order 115371 declares that the provisions of Minute Order 105686 were never implemented, and although the UR designations were in effect during the interim between these two Minute Orders, the affected roadways continued to be referred to by their FM or RM designations. Only the Highway Designation Files made reference to the UR designations during this interim period. Upon the passing of Minute Order 115371, the affected Highway Designation Files have been updated retroactively to reflect the FM/RM designations.

Minute Order 115371 as it affects FM 259: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 259" reverts back to FM 259. This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 259 has been removed.

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