Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 509
Minute Order 021215, dated 07/03/1945 (Date of Agreement)
From US 83, south of Harlingen to Rangerville and thence southeastward to Sam Houston Blvd. (Cameron County) New Designation.
Minute Order 021215, dated 07/03/1945 (Date of Agreement)
From US 83 approximately 3.0 miles southeast of Harlingen southwestward to connection with FM 675. (Cameron County) Revision to clarify description (see FM 675).
Minute Order 088653, dated 04/26/1989; Adm. Ltr. 002-1992, dated 05/01/1992
From US 77/83 southeast of Harlingen, southwestward and southward approximately 10.7 miles to the General Services Administration Complex at the Los Indios International Bridge. (Cameron County) New description; section of approx. 3.0 miles added from present end of FM 509 southward to connect with the General Services Admin. Complex at the Los Indios International Bridge site.
Minute Order 104783, dated 12/21/1994; DesLtr 06-1994, dated 12/28/1994
From FM 508, 2.5 miles east of the intersection of FM 507, southward
approx. 2.0 miles to FM 1595; then southward approx. 1.8 miles over existing
FM 1595, to FM 106; then southwestward approx. 4.0 miles over existing
SL 590, to US 77/83; then southwestward on new location to the General
Services Administration Complex at the Los Indios International Bridge
at the Texas/Mexico border, a total distance of approx. 17.2 miles.
(Cameron County) New description; mileage added from SL 590, and
FM 509 extended from FM 675 southward to border.
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. From FM 508, 2.5 miles east of FM 507, southward to UR 509 at FM 1595; and from another point on UR 509 at US 87, southwestward to the General Services Administration Complex at the Los Indios International Bridge at the TX/Mexico border, a total distance of approximately 11.530 miles. (Cameron County) Mileage from FM 1595 southward and southwestward to US 77 transferred to UR 509. ["Transferred" mileage, as noted on the Highway Designation File page for UR 509, is approximately 5.670 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 509: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 509" reverts back to FM 509.
This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 509 has been removed.
Minute Order 114143, dated 11/20/2014; DesLtr 4-2014, dated 03/02/2015
In the city of Los Indios, FM 509 was extended on the state highway system from its present southern terminus eastward along Rio Grande Avenue to the proposed Border Safety Inspection Facility, a distance of approximately 0.4 miles. (Cameron County) Extension: On Location of Off-System Roadway
Minute Order 116030, dated 05/27/2021
Northeast of the city of Harlingen, FM 509 was extended on a new location on the state highway from FM 508 northward to FM 1599, a distance of approximately 1.5 miles. (Cameron County) Extension: On New Location
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