Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
8.935 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 857

Minute Order 025633, dated 10/29/1948

From US 80 east of Grand Saline southeastward t0 Sand Flat, a distance of approximately 4.8 miles. (Van Zandt  County)  New Designation



Minute Order 048407 and 048409, dated 09/27/1960, Adm. Cir. 005-1961, dated 01/03/1961

From US 80 east of Grand Saline southeastward and eastward via Sand Flat to FM 1253 approximately 3.0 miles north of Jamestown, a distance of approximately 9.3 miles.  (Van Zandt and Smith Counties) Extended eastward  approximately 4.7 miles. 



Minute Order 048409, dated 09/27/1960, Adm. Cir. 008-1969, dated 02/01/1969

From US 80 east of Grand Saline, southeastward to FM 1255 at Sand Flat, and from another point on FM 1255 at Sand Flat, eastward to FM 1253 approximately 3.0 miles north of Jamestown, a total distance of approximately 9.1 miles. (Van Zandt and Smith Counties)   Redescribed to show break in route at FM 1255.