Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
29.552 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 717

Minute Order 023866, dated 09/09/1947

From US 180 at Caddo to an intersection with US 80 at Ranger, a distance of approximately 19 miles. (Stephens and Eastland Counties) 3.4 miles Eastland County and 15.6 miles Stephens County.  New Designation.



Minute Order 043033, dated 10/31/1957, Adm. Cir.,  049-1957, dated 12/01/1957

From US 80 at Ranger northward to SL 252 at Caddo; thence from US 180 approximately 1.0 mile northwest of Caddo northward to a road intersection; a total distance of approximately 22.0 miles. (Eastland and Stephens Counties) Extended northward from US 180 approximately 3.6 miles.



Minute Order 045052, dated 10/31/1958, Adm. Cir., 028-1959, dated 02/15/1959

From FM 101 at Ranger northward to SL 252 at Caddo; and from US 180 approximately 1.0 mile northwest of Caddo northward to a road intersection a total distance of approximately 27.8 miles. (Eastland and Stephens Counties) Southern terminus changed to FM 101 instead of US 80 to show route as actually constructed; extended northward approximately 5.9 miles from a point approximately 3.6 miles north of US 180.



Minute Order 046979, dated 11/24/1959; Adm. Cir., 221-1959, dated 12/15/1959

From FM 101 at Ranger, northward to SL 252 at Caddo; and from US 180 approximately 1.0 mile northwest of Caddo, northward to SH 67 approx. 0.6 mile south of Ivan, a total distance of approximately 30.1 miles. (Eastland and Stephens Counties)  Extended northward approximately 2.4 miles to SH 67.