Farm to Market Road 812

Infobox TX State Highway
type=Farm
route=812
length_mi=21.272 miles
length_ref=TxDOT|FM|812]
length_km=34.2
formed=1948
dir1=South
dir2=North
from=jct|state=TX|FM|20 at Red Rock
junction=jct|state=TX|SH|21
to=jct|state=TX|US|183 at Pilot Knob
previous_type=Farm
previous_route=811
next_type=Farm
next_route=813

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

History

FM 812 was once known as the Austin-Port Lavaca Stagecoach Roadcite web|url=http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bastrop/cemetery/oldrr2.txt|title=Old Red Rock Cemetery|accessdate=2007-08-31|publisher=USGenWeb] .

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, most recently in 1964, to its current terminus near Red Rock.

Route Description

FM 812 begins at an intersection with SH 20 just west of the community of [http://www.redrocktexas.com Red Rock] in western Bastrop County. From there, it proceeds northwest, passing through the community of [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/EE/hle15.html Elroy] , to its terminus at US 183, just south of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in the community of [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/PP/hrp34.html Pilot Knob] . The road continues north and west of US 183 as Dee Gabriel Collins Road to end at McKinney Falls State Park.

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

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