The mark consists of a highway sign with the phrase "THE TEXAS MILE" written across the upper half of the sign and "257" written across the bottom half of the sign. The color silver appears in the outline of the sign, in the term "TEXAS", in the number "257" and in the horizontal band separating the top and bottom halves of the sign; the color blue appears in the background of the top third of the sign above the silver band; the color red appears in the terms "THE" and "MILE" and in the uppermost part of the flame design that fades from yellow to orange to red from bottom to top; the color black appears in the background of the bottom two thirds of the sign; the color white appears in the outline around the terms "THE" and "MILE" and in the shading in the outline of the sign; the color yellow appears in the bottom of the flame design that fades from yellow to orange to red from bottom to top; and the color orange appears in the middle of the flame design that fades from yellow to orange to red from bottom to top