Farm to Market Road 768
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| Route information | ||||
| Length: | 16.392 mi[1] (26.380 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1947[1] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  US 84 / SH 110 in Rusk | |||
 FM 22 in Gallatin Loop 456 in Jacksonville | ||||
| North end: |
 US 69 in Jacksonville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Cherokee | |||
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Farm to Market Road 768 (FM 768) is a farm-to-market road in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Texas. It travels approximately 16.39 miles (26.38 km) from an intersection with US 84/TX 110 in Rusk north through Gallatin, then northwestward into Jacksonville where it intersects US 69. The road is located in north-central Cherokee County.
Route description
FM 768 has 5 local street names: Henderson Street in Rusk; Chandler Street in Gallatin; and Corinth Road, Beaumont Street, and Adams Street in Jacksonville. The highway is a urban at each terminus and mostly rural for the rest of its length. FM 768 passes by a landscape of rolling hills of trees and farmland. While somewhat winding between Rusk and Gallatin, FM 768 is much more so with several twisty corners between Gallatin and Jacksonville. All of FM 768 has 2 lanes and no shoulders.
History
The original section of FM 768, from the US 69 intersection southeastward for 8.3 miles (13.4 km) was commissioned by Minute Order in 1947, then another Minute Order added in 1953, 2.4 miles (3.9 km) more, intersecting the road with FM 22 in Gallatin. In 1958, FM 854 was cancelled and the mileage added to FM 768's to extend the road to Rusk. It is unclear, exactly when any part of FM 768 was built. The road serves just the 3 towns of Rusk, Gallatin, and Jacksonville. The southern terminus connects to US 84/SH 110. The northern terminus intersection connects to US 69. FM 768 only has intersections at county roads, besides its concurrency with FM 22 in Gallatin, its crossing of Loop 456, and its termini.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Cherokee County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Rusk | 0.0 | 0.0 | US 84 / SH 110 | Southern terminus | |
| Gallatin | 6.8 | 10.9 | FM 22 east – Ponta | Southern end of FM 22 concurrency | |
| 6.9 | 11.1 | FM 22 west – Turney | Northern end of FM 22 concurrency | ||
| Jacksonville | 14.3 | 23.0 |  Loop 456 to US 69 / US 79 | ||
| 16.5 | 26.6 | US 69 – Rusk, Tyler | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 768". Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 25, 2014.
- ↑ Google (November 25, 2014). "Overview map of FM 468" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 25, 2014.