Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1516
Minute Order 027505, dated 09/28/1949
From FM 78 near Converse, southward to China Grove School, a distance of approximately 7.3 miles. (Bexar County) New Designation.
Minute Order 036803, dated 10/13/1954; Adm. Cir. 050-1954, dated 12/01/1954
From FM 78 at Converse, southward to US 87 east of San Antonio, a distance of approximately 8.9 miles. (Bexar County) Extended southward approximately 1.9 miles to US 87.
Adm. Auth., dated 03/12/1963; Adm. Cir. 046-1963, dated 04/01/1963
From FM 78 at Converse, southward to US 87 east of San Antonio, a distance of approximately 9.1 miles. (Bexar County) Extended northward approx. 0.2 mile over old location FM 78.
Minute Order 076303, dated 09/26/1979; Adm. Ltr. 011-1979, dated 11/15/1979
From FM 1976 spur connection in Converse along Seguin Road southward to US 87 in China Grove, a distance of approximately 9.7 miles. (Bexar County) New description; route extended from FM 78 northward to FM 1976 spur connection approx. 0.5 mile.
Adm. Auth., dated 12/30/1988; Adm. Ltr. 005-1989, dated 05/22/1989
From US 87 in China Grove, northward and northwestward approximately
9.9 miles to FM 1976 in Converse. (Bexar County) New description;
as requested by District, section of approx. 0.2 mile added from present
end of FM 1516 southwestward and northwestward to FM 1976.
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 US 87 in China Grove, northward to IH 10, a distance of approx. 5.374 miles. (Bexar County) Mileage from UR 1976 [FM 1976] southward to IH 10 transferred to UR 1516. ["Transferred" mileage, as noted on the Highway Designation File page for UR 1516, is approximately 4.526 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 1516: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 1516" reverts back to FM 1516.
This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 1516 has been removed.
Minute Order 115729, dated 4/30/2020
Minute Order 116141, dated 10/28/2021
In the city of Converse, under Minute Order 115729, a segment of FM 1516 was removed from the state highway system from FM 1976, southeastward along Toepperwein Road, then northeastward along Gibbs Sprawl Road, to North Seguin Road (former FM 3502), a total distance of approximately 0.2 mile. Control, jurisdiction, and maintenance were transferred to the city of Conversea. Under complimentary Minute Order 116141, a segment of FM 1516 was designated on a new location on the state highway system from FM 1976 southward to the former location of FM 1516 (Gibbs Sprawl Road), a distance of approximately 0.1 milesb. (Bexar County)
- a - Removal of Designation (Partial Route)
- b - Rerouting (Partial Route): On New Location
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