Farm to Market Road 471

Farm to Market Road 471 (FM 471) is an FM highway in the San Antonio area of Texas. The highway is known as Culebra Road within Bexar County.

Farm to Market Road 471
Route information
Length	40.8 mi[1] (65.7 km)
Existed	May 23, 1951[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-35 in Natalia
	US 90 in Castroville
north end	Loop 1604 in San Antonio
Location
Counties	Medina, Bexar
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← FM 470 FM 472 →

Route description

FM 471 begins at an intersection with I-35 in Natalia. The highway shortly begins an overlap with SH 132 and the two highways travel through the town together. FM 471 leaves the highway and travels to the town of LaCoste. The highway enters Castroville and has a short overlap with US 90. FM 471 serves the small community of Rio Medina before intersecting FM 1283 near Lake Medina. The highway turns after here and runs in a southeast (northbound)-northwest (southbound) direction, despite still being signed north-south. FM 471 enters the city of San Antonio near the Government Canyon State Natural Area. Near SeaWorld, FM 471 ends at an intersection Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop).

History

Previous route

FM 471 was first designated on July 9, 1945 from Dilley to Divot. The highway was then extended further north 5 miles toward Batesville on July 22, 1949. The route was cancelled the next month on August 25. The highway was combined with FM 117.[3]

Current route

FM 471 opened May 23, 1951, running from US 81 (now SH 132) in Natalia to US 90 in Castroville. On January 29, 1953, FM 1105 from US 90 north and east 24.4 miles to a road intersection was cancelled and combined with FM 471.[4] The highway was extended further east to SH 16 later that year on October 28. The highway was extended further south to I-35 on May 6, 1964. On June 27, 1995, the entire route from Loop 1604 to SH 16 was designated Urban Road 471 (UR 471).[2][5]

On December 18, 2014, the section of FM 471 between Loop 1604 and the Leon Valley city limits was turned back to the city of San Antonio and deleted from the state highway system; this was part of TxDOT's San Antonio turnback program, which gave 21.8 miles of roads to the city.[6] By 2018, the project acceptance letter was issued. As a result of the order and project acceptance letter, the section of FM 471 within Leon Valley became State Highway Spur 471. This eliminated UR 471.[7][8]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Medina	Natalia	0.0	0.0	I-35 – Pearsall, San Antonio	Southern terminus of FM 471
		1.2	1.9	SH 132 north – Lytle	Southern end of SH 132 overlap
		1.7	2.7	SH 132 south – Devine	Northern end of SH 132 overlap
	​	5.2	8.4	FM 463 south – Devine	Southern end of FM 463 overlap
	​	5.7	9.2	FM 463 north – Lytle	North end of FM 463 overlap
	LaCoste	12.2	19.6	FM 2790 south – Lytle
	Castroville	15.9	25.6	US 90 east – San Antonio	Southern end of US 90 overlap
		17.0	27.4	US 90 west – Hondo	Northern end of US 90 overlap
	​	22.6	36.4	FM 1957 east (Potranco Road)
	Rio Medina	23.2	37.3	FM 2676 west – Quihi
	​	33.5	53.9	FM 1283 north – Pipe Creek, Lake Medina
	San Antonio	34.3	55.2	SH 211 north (Texas Research Parkway) – Government Canyon State Natural Area	Southern terminus of SH 211 north
Bexar		39.4	63.4	FM 1560 north – Helotes
		40.8	65.7	Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) to SH 16 / FM 1957
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Spur 471

State Highway Spur 471
Location	Bexar County
Length	0.40 mi[9] (0.64 km)
Existed	December 18, 2014[8]–present

Spur 471 is a state highway spur located in Leon Valley. The highway was designated on December 18, 2014 when FM 471 was decommissioned inside Loop 1604. The highway begins at the San Antonio–Leon Valley city limits and runs east for approximately a half mile to State Highway 16 (Bandera Road). Spur 471 is known locally as Grissom Road. An Earlier Spur 471 was designated on October 1, 1968, from I-20 in Colorado City to Loop 377. This was cancelled on June 21, 1990 and changed to Business State Highway 208-B. Loop 377 became Business Interstate 20-J that same day.

Junction list

The entire route is in Bexar County.

Location	mi[9]	km	Destinations	Notes
San Antonio–Leon Valley line	0.0	0.0	Grissom Road
Leon Valley	0.4	0.64	SH 16 (Bandera Road) – Bandera, San Antonio
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

•  Texas portal
•  U.S. Roads portal
• List of Farm to Market Roads in Southeast Texas

References

1. Google (October 2, 2014). "Highway Overview Map of FM 471" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
2. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 471". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 1, 2013.
3. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 117". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
4. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 1105". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
5. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Urban Road No. 471". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
6. https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/San-Antonio-approves-switch-in-road-maintenance-5189753.php. Missing or empty |title= (help)
7. Texas Transportation Commission (December 18, 2014). "Minute Order 114165" (PDF). Texas Department of Transportation. pp. 1–2. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
8. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 471". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
9. "Highway Overview Map of Spur 471". Google Maps. Retrieved August 3, 2016.