Farm to Market Road 812

Farm to Market Road 812 marker

Farm to Market Road 812
Route information
Length: 21.272 mi[1] (34.234 km)
Existed: 1948 – present
Major junctions
South end: FM 20 at Red Rock
  SH 21
North end: US 183 at Pilot Knob
Highway system
FM 811FM 813

Farm to Market Road 812 (FM 812) is a 21.3-mile (34.3 km) state-maintained roadway located in Travis and Bastrop counties[1] in the US State of Texas.

History

Part of FM 812 was once known as the Austin-Port Lavaca Stagecoach Road.[2]

The FM 812 designation was first used in 1948 for the road segment between SH 29 (along the current US 183 alignment) and Elroy. FM 812 was gradually extended southeast, to SH 21 in 1953, to 7 miles southeast in 1962,and to its current terminus near Red Rock in 1964.

Route description

FM 812 begins at an intersection with FM 20 just west of the community of Red Rock in western Bastrop County. From there, it proceeds northwest, passing through the community of Elroy, to its terminus at US 183, just south of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in the community of Pilot Knob.

For a 0.5-mile (0.80 km) segment east of Pilot Knob, FM 812 is concurrent with FM 973.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[3]kmDestinationsNotes
Bastrop  FM 20Southern terminus
  FM 672
  SH 21
  FM 2430 (Mesa Drive)
Travis  SH 130 TollInterchange
  FM 973 southEast end of FM 973 overlap
  FM 973 northWest end of FM 973 overlap
  US 183Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "Farm to Market Road No. 812". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
  2. "Old Red Rock Cemetery". USGenWeb. Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  3. Overview Map of Farm to Market Road 812 Distances Between Intersections (Map). Google Maps.

Route map: Bing / Google

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