FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 559

Highway Designation File

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

**Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)**
11.214	2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 559

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

From US 82 in Texarkana, northwestward to Wamba. (Bowie County) New Designation.

Adm. Order, dated 12/19/50; Adm. Cir. 001-1951

From US 82 in Texarkana at Taylor St, thence northward on Taylor St to 24th St (or Orange St); thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St) to Chance St; thence northward on Chance St to Richmond Rd (or Johnson St); thence westward and northwestward to Wamba, a total distance of approximately 6.55 miles. (Bowie County) Revised to show routing in Texarkana.

Minute Order 033182, dated 12/17/1952

From US 82 in Texarkana, northward on Taylor St; thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St); thence northward on Chance St to Richmond Rd (or Johnson St); thence westward and northwestward via Wamba to a road intersection, a distance of approximately 12.2 miles. (Bowie County) Extended approximately 5.6 miles northwestward to a road intersection.

Minute Order 059890, dated 08/31/1967; Adm. Cir. 122-1967, dated 11/01/1967

From US 82 in Texarkana, northward on Taylor St; thence westward on 24th St (or Orange St) to SH 93; and from another point on SH 93, northwestward via Wamba to road intersection, a total distance of approximately 11.9 miles. (Bowie County) Break in route shown at S.H. 93; signing effective with completion of construction on SH 93.

Adm. Auth., dated 09/30/1970; Adm. Cir. 137-1970, dated 11/15/1970

From a point northwest of Texarkana, southeastward approx. 11.3 miles to SH 93 in Texarkana. (Bowie County) Section from SH 93 eastward and southward approx. 0.6 mile to US 82 removed from the designated highway system.

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 the Texas/Oklahoma S/L, approx. 1.1 miles north of FM 2253, southeastward and southward to UR 989 [FM 989], a distance of approx. 7.157 miles. (Bowie County) Mileage from UR 989 [FM 989] southeastward to SH 93 transferred to UR 559. ["Transferred" mileage, as noted on the Highway Designation File page for UR 559, is approximately 4.143 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 559: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 559" reverts back to FM 559. This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 559 has been removed.