Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
18.444 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 1730

Minute Order 030229, dated 05/23/1951

From US 62 at 34th St in Lubbock, southward to Slide, a distance of approximately 10.6 miles.  (Lubbock County)  New Designation.



Minute Orders 031595 and 031596, dated 01/18/1952

From US 62 at 34th St in western Lubbock, southward via Slide and New Rome to FM 1317, a distance of approximately 20.6 miles.  (Lubbock and Lynn Counties)  Extended approx. 10.0 miles southward to FM 1317, 3.0 miles of which transferred from FM 1317.



Minute Order 039173, dated 11/29/1955; Adm. Cir. 003-1956, dated 01/01/1956

From SL 289 on 50th St in Lubbock, southward via Slide and New Home to FM 1317, a distance of approximately 19.6 miles.  (Lubbock and Lynn Counties)  Revised to show northward terminus as SL 289, a decrease of approx. 1.0 mile.



Minute Order 042814, dated 10/30/1957; Adm. Cir. 049-1957, dated 12/01/1957

From SL 289 southwest of Lubbock, southward via Slide and New Home to FM 1317, a distance of approximately 18.6 miles.  (Lubbock and Lynn Counties)  Northern terminus adjusted to correlate with relocated SL 289, a decrease of approx. 1.2 miles.



Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995

From FM 1585 southward via Slide and New Home to FM 1317, a distance of approx. 14.485 miles. (Lubbock and Lynn Counties)  Mileage from SL 289 southward to FM 1585 transferred to UR 1730.