Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
22.454 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 434

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/09/1945 (Date of Agreement)

From Waco via Downsville to Asa.  (McLennan County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 026997, dated 07/14/1949

From Waco via Downsville and Asa to the Falls County Line.  (McLennan County)  Extended to the Falls County Line, 1.3 miles. 



Minute Order 043480, dated 02/27/1958; Adm. Auth., dated 04/22/1958; Adm. Cir. 019-1958, dated 05/01/1958

From Waco southward via Downsville, Asa, and Satin to SH 7 at Chilton, a distance of approximately 21.3 miles.  (McLennan and Falls Counties)  Extended from the end of present FM 434 at McLennan County line to FM 2116 at Satin, adding approximately 3.0 miles; FM 2116 cancelled and combined adding approximately 6.5 miles; signing of FM 2116 to remain until the 1959 Official Highway Travel Map is released the public.



Minute Order 053548, dated 09/26/1963; Adm. Cir. 004-1964, dated 01/01/1964

From IH 35 in Waco, southward via Downsville, Asa, and Satin to SH 7 at Chilton, a distance of approximately 22.6 miles.  (McLennan and Falls Counties)  Extended northward approximately 1.25 miles along proposed Riverside Dr from LaSalle Ave to IH 35.



Adm. Auth., dated 05/26/1970; Adm. Cir. 093-1970, dated 08/01/1970

From IH 35 in Waco, southward via Downsville, Asa, and Satin to SH 7 at Chilton, with a spur connection of approx. 0.3 mile along Jones St to IH 35 in Waco, a total distance of approx. 22.9 miles.  (McLennan and Falls Counties)  Spur connection in Waco added.



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: From SH 6 in Waco, southward via Downsville, Asa, and Satin to SH 7 at Chilton, a distance of approx. 10.431 miles. (McLennan and Falls Counties) Mileage from IH 35 southeastward to SH 6 transferred to UR 434 and spur connection. ["Transferred" mileage, as noted on the Highway Designation File page for UR 434, is as follows: "approx. 3.169 miles, with a spur connection of approx. 0.333 mile, along Jones St to IH 35, a total distance of approx. 3.502 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 434: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 434" reverts back to FM 434. This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 434 has been removed.


Minute Order 114921, dated 04/27/2017

In the city of Waco, a segment of FM 434 was removed from the state highway system from I-35 eastward along South University Parks Drive to BU 77-L, a distance of approximately 1.1 miles. Jurisdiction, control, and maintenance were transferred to the city of Waco. (McLennan County) Removal of Designation (Partial Route)