Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
16.55 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 859

Minute Order 025633, dated 10/29/1948

From US 80 in Edgewood northeastward to Small, a distance approximately 4.3 miles.  (Van Zandt County)      New Designation



Minute Order 027005, dated 07/14/1949

From Small southwestward via Edgewood to Bethlehem School, a distance of approximately 7.9 miles.  (Van Zandt County)  Extended from Edgewood to Bethlehem School (3.6 miles).



Adm. Ord. dated 09/29/1949

From Small, southwestward via Edgewood to SH 64 at  Canton, a distance of approximately 14.1 miles. (Van Zandt County)  Section from Edgewood to Bethlehem School originally assigned as a part of FM 859 transferred to FM 1504.  FM 1257 from Edgewood to Canton transferred and combined with FM 859.



Minute Order 031311, dated 11/20/1951

From SH 19 westward and southward via Small and Edgewood to SH 64 at Canton, a distance of approximately 16.7 miles. (Van Zandt County) Extended approximately 3.1 miles to SH 19.