Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
8.909 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 856

Minute Order 025552, dated 10/29/1948

From US 79 east of Summerfield, northward to Concord, a distance of approximately 7.0 miles. (Cherokee County)  New Designation



Minute Order 026999, dated 07/14/1949

From US 79 east of Summerfield, northward via Concord to a junction with FM 13, 5.0 miles east of Troup, a distance of approximately 9.7 miles. (Cherokee County)  Extended from Concord to junction FM 13 (2.7 miles).