Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
35.492 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 174

Minute Order 021215, dated 6/11/1945 (date of agreement )

Buffalo Springs west to State 148. New Designation.



Minute Order 026783, dated 05/26/1949

From Junction SH 148 east via Buffalo Springs and Vashti; thence north to junction US 287 at Bellevue. (Clay County) Extended east to Vashti and FM 176 from Vashti to Bellevue added.



Minute Order 033206, dated 12/17/1952, Adm. Auth., dated 02/06/1953

From SH 148 eastward via Buffalo Springs and Vashti to US 287, a distance of approximately 19.6 miles. (Clay and Montague Counties)  Extended approximately 4.5 miles to Montague County Line. Section of approximately 6.2 miles transferred to FM 1288 in exchange for approximately 5.4 miles.



Minute Orders 026702, 036716, dated 09/29/1954, Adm. Cir 053-1954

From US 281 at Windthorst eastward via Buffalo Springs and Vashti to US 287 northwest of Bowie, a distance of approximately 33.6 miles. (Archer, Clay, and Montague Counties)  Addition of approximately 14.3 miles from US 281 in Archer County to SH 148 in Clay County.



Adm. Auth., dated 04/02/1980; Adm. Ltr. 004-1980, dated 04/15/1980

From US 281 in Windthorst, eastward via Buffalo Springs and Vashti to US 81 in Bowie, a distance of approx. 35.5 miles. (Archer, Clay, and Montague Counties)  Route extended over old location of US 287, from new location of US 287 easterly to US 81 in Bowie, a distance of approx. 2.6 miles.