Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
42.019 2010

STATE HIGHWAY NO. 73

Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939

From Alleyton via Sealy, Katy, and Houston, to a point on SH 87 near Port Arthur.  General redescription of Highway System.



Minute Order 018793, dated 11/24/1941

From Houston to a point on SH 87 near Port Arthur.  New description; cancels section from Alleyton via Sealy and Katy to Houston.



Minute Order 050411, dated 11/30/1961; Adm. Cir. 181-1961, dated 12/11/1961

From Winnie to a point on SH 87 near Port Arthur.  Section concurrent with IH 10 from Houston to Winnie cancelled and marking as SH 73-T from Winnie via Stowell to SH 61 near Anahuac removed; section from Stowell to SH 61 near Anahuac reassigned as SH 65.



Minute Order 079893, dated 07/29/1982; Adm. Ltr. 009-1982, dated 09/16/1982

From IH 10 in Winnie eastward to SH 87 in Port Arthur; thence northeastward over SH 87 via Bridge City to SH 62; thence northward over SH 62 to IH 10, a distance of approximately 46.4 miles.  (Chambers, Jefferson, and Orange Counties)  New description; route extended over SH 87 and SH 62 from Port Arthur to IH 10, west of Orange.