Farm to Market Road 471

Farm to Market Road 471
Route information
Length:	45.433 mi[1] (73.117 km)
Existed:	1951[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 in Natalia
	US 90 in Castroville Loop 1604 in San Antonio
north end:	SH 16 in Leon Valley
Location
Counties:	Medina, Bexar
Highway system
Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs Park Rec FM ← FM 470 FM 472 →

Farm to Market Road 471 (FM 471) is a FM highway in the San Antonio area of Texas. The highway is known as Culebra Road from SH 211 to FM 3487 and Grissom Road from there to its terminus at SH 16 in Leon Valley.

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 intersects Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop). The highway continues running in the "wrong" direction until intersecting FM 3487. FM 471 turns back to the north and enters Leon Valley and ends at SH 16 (Bandera Road).^[2]

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.^[1]

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. 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 May 27, 1995, the entire route from Loop 1604 to SH 16 was designated Urban Road 471 (UR 471). Like all Urban Roads in Texas, the highway continues to be signed with its FM designation.^[1][3]

On December 18, 2014, Minute Order 114165 transferred the section of FM 471 between Loop 1604 and the Leon Valley city limits to the city of San Antonio and deleted it from the state highway system. As a result of the order, the section of FM 471 within Leon Valley will become State Highway Spur 471.^[4]

Junction list

County	Location	mi[2]	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 (Galm Road) – Helotes
		40.8	65.7	Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop) to SH 151 east (Stotzer Freeway) – SeaWorld, Downtown
		43.4	69.8	FM 3487 south (Culebra Road)
	Leon Valley	45.4	73.1	SH 16 (Bandera Road) – Bandera, Downtown	Northern terminus of FM 471
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

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

References

External links

• Media related to Farm to Market Road 471 at Wikimedia Commons