Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
27.278 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 744

Minute Order 024244, dated 12/17/1947, (Designation 023869 Conditions) Adm. Cir., 003-1948

From US 181 at Hobson southward approximately 5.0 miles. (Karnes County) New Designation.



Minute Order 024613, dated 03/31/1948

From approximately 5.0 miles south of Hobson northward via Hobson, thence eastward to junction SH 123 near Panna Maria, a distance of approximately 10.5 miles. (Karnes County)  Section from Hobson eastward to junction SH 123 added.



Adm. Order dated 01/06/1950

Canceled. (Karnes County)  Canceled and combined with FM 81.



Minute Order 030252, dated 05/23/1951

From SH 171 at Malone to Navarro County Line near Pelham, a distance of approximately 5.9 miles. (Hill County)  New Designation.



Minute Order 033375, dated 12/17/1952

From SH 171 in Malone northeastward and northward to FM 639 at Emmett, a distance of approximately 9.1 miles. (Hill and Navarro Counties) Extended approximately  3.6 miles to FM 639.



Adm. Auth., dated 10/29/1962; Adm. Cir., 173-1962, dated 12/03/1962

From SH 171 in Malone, northeastward via Emmett, Rush Prairie, and Dresden to FM 1126; and from another point on FM 1126, northeastward to SH 22 near Corsicana, a total distance of approximately 27.3 miles. (Hill and Navarro Counties)  Section of FM 639 from Emmett eastward approximately 2.4 mile; to FM 918 transferred to this FM; FM 918 canceled and combined adding approximately 16.0 miles.