Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 495
Minute Order 021215, dated 06/26/1945 (Date of Agreement)
From Ware Rd, 1 mile north and 1 mile west of McAllen, eastward 11 miles to the Val Verde Rd, 1.5 miles north of US 83. (Hidalgo County) New Designation.
Minute Order 026328, dated 02/25/1949
From Ware Rd, 1.0 mile north and 1.0 miles west of McAllen, eastward 11.0 miles to the Val Verde Rd; thence southward 1.8 miles to junction of US 83. (Hidalgo County) Extended southward to US 83, 1.8 miles (Note: Minute Order 25718 not acceptable to county).
Adm. Order, dated 09/07/1949
From Ware Rd, 1.0 mile north and 1.0 mile west of McAllen, eastward 11.0 miles to junction FM 1423. (Hidalgo County) Section from end FM 495 at Val Verde Rd, southward to US 83 combined with FM 1423.
Minute Order 033288, dated 12/17/1952
From SH 107 near north city limit of Mission, eastward to FM 1423, a distance of approximately 15.3 miles. (Hidalgo County) Extended approx. 4.2 miles to SH 107.
Minute Order 089196, dated 08/29/1989; Adm. Ltr. 011-1989, dated 11/29/1989
From US 33 northwest of Mission, northward and eastward approx. 18.0 miles to FM 1423. (Hidalgo County) New description; section of approx. 2.7 miles added, from US 83 northward and eastward to present beginning of FM 495.
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. (Hidalgo County) Mileage transferred to UR 495. ["Transferred" mileage was described on the Highway Designation File page for UR 495 as "From US 83 northward and eastward to FM 1423, a distance of approx. 16.570 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 495: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 495" reverts back to FM 495.
This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. Highway Designation File entries for UR 495 have been
transferred to the Highway Designation File page for FM 495 and revised accordingly. The Highway Designation File page for UR 495 has been removed.
Minute Order 108422, dated 01/25/01; DesLtr 01-2001, dated 06/22/01
Cancelled. (Hidalgo County) At District's request, redesignated as SH 364.
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