Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
48.788 2010

RANCH TO MARKET ROAD NO. 783

Minute Order 024793, dated 05/07/1948

(FM)  From Harper to Kerrville, a distance of approximately 20.0 miles. (Gillespie and Kerr Counties)  New Designation



Minute Order 035072, dated 10/28/1953

From, SH 27 in Kerrville, northward to US 290 at Harper, and from another point on US 290 near Harper northward toward Doss, a total distance of approximately 27.1 miles (Kerr and Gillespie Counties)  Extended approximately 6.5 miles northeastward from US 90 near Harper.



Minute Order 036729, dated 09/29/1954, Adm. Cir. 047-1954, dated 11/01/1954

(RM)  From FM 648 at Doss southwestward to US 290 east of Harper, thence, from another point on US 290 at Harper southward and southeastward to SH 27 in Kerrville, a distance of approximately 35.2 miles. (Gillespie and Kerr Counties)  Extended approximately 8.6 miles northeastward to FM 648 at Doss.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/01/1956, Adm. Cir. 043-1956

From US 87 near Beaver Creek, southward via Doss to US 290 east of Harper; then from another point on US 290 at Harper, southward and southeastward to SH 27 in Kerrville, a distance of approximately 48.9 miles. (Mason, Gillespie, and Kerr Counties)  Modified to include portion of FM 648 from US 87 to Doss, canceled and combined, an addition of approximately 14.6 miles.