Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
31.967 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 850 FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 850

Minute Order 025625, dated 10/29/1948

From SH 31, one mile east of Tyler, eastward to New Zion Church, a distance of' approximately 5.0 miles. (Smith County)  New Designation



Minute Order 030355 and 030343, dated 05/23/1951

From SH 31 east of Tyler southeastward via New Zion Church to SH 135 in Overton, a distance of approximately 19.5 miles.  (Smith and Rusk Counties)  Extended approximately 14.5 miles eastward from New Zion Church to SH 135 in Overton.



Minute Order 037035, dated 10/26/1951, Adm. Cir. 050-1951, dated 12/01/1951

From SH 31 east of Tyler, southeastward via Zion Church and Overton to SH 259 about 2 miles north of London, a distance of approximately 22.1 miles. (Smith and Rusk Counties)  Extended eastward approximately 3.2 miles from Overton to SH 259.



Minute Order 038661, dated 08/24/1955, Adm. Cir. 041-1955, dated 10/15/1955

From SH 31, east of Tyler, southeastward via Zion Church and Overton to SH 26 at Jacobs, a distance of approximately 26.5 miles. (Smith and Rusk Counties)  Extended eastward approximately 4.4 miles to SH 26.  Minute Order 041529 canceled and redesignated this change. 



Minute Order 044928, dated 10/31/1958, Adm. Cir. 008-1959, dated 01/01/1959

From SH 31 east of Tyler, southeastward via New Zion Church, Overton, and Jacobs to FM 2276, a distance of approximately 29.1 miles. (Smith and Rusk Counties)  Extended approximately 3.4 miles from SH 26 at Jacobs to FM 2276.



Minute Order 053858, dated 12/20/1963, Minute Order 071344, dated 05/25/1976, Adm. Cir. 051-1976, dated 07/15/1976

From FM 2767 east of Tyler, southeastward to SH 31; and from another point on SH 31, southeastward via Overton and Jacobs to SH 322, a total distance of approximately 31.2 miles. (Smith and Rusk Counties) Point of beginning redescribed due to old location SH 31 being redesignated as FM 2767.  Extended southeastward approximately 2.1 miles from FM 2276 to SH 322.



 Minute Order #110249, dated 09/29/2005; DesLtr 03-2005, dated 09/30/2005

From FM 2767 east of Tyler, southeastward to SH 31; and from another point on SH 31, southeastward via Overton and Jacobs to SH 322, a total distance of approximately 31.25 miles. (Smith and Rusk Counties)  (New Description)  At district’s request, FM 850 extended on the state highway system along a new location from its present terminus at the former location of FM 2767 northward to its new terminus at the new location of FM 2767.