Highway Designation File

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


Certified Mileage (Open to Traffic)
32.796 2010

FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 573

Minute Order 021215, dated 07/23/1945 (date of agreement)

From US 84 at Mullin northward 5.3 miles to West Road 4.7 miles south of Democrat (Mills County).  New Designation



Minute Order 033365, dated 12/17/1952

From FM 1642 at Democrat southward to US 84 in Mullin, a distance of approximately 9.5 miles. (Mills County)  Extended approximately 4.1 miles to FM 1642.



Minute Order 035138, dated 10/28/1953

From FM 218 at Democrat southward to US 84 in Mullin and from another point on US 84 in Mullin southwestward approximately 4.2 miles, a total distance of approximately 13.7 miles. (Mills County)  Extended approximately 4.2 miles southwestward.



Minute Order 038455 and 038479, dated 07/28/1955, Adm. Cir. 036-1955, dated 09/15/1955

From a county road intersection approximately 6.8 miles north of the Comanche/Mills County Line, southward via Democrat to US 84 in Mullin, and from another point on US 84 in Mullin southwestward approximately 4.2 miles, a total distance of approximately 22.0 miles. (Comanche and Mills Counties)  Extended from FM 218 at Democrat northward approximately 8.0 miles to a road intersection.



Minute Order 046976, dated 01/24/1959, Adm. Cir. 006-1960, dated 01/01/1960

From FM 590 south of Comanche, southward via Democrat to US 84 in Mullin, and from another point on US 84 in Mullin southwestward  approximately 4.2 miles, a total distance of  approximately 27.0 miles. (Comanche and Mills Counties)  Extended northward approximately 5.0 miles to FM 590.



Minute Order 050141, dated 09/20/1961, Adm. Cir. 164-1961, dated 10/26/1961

From FM 590 south of Comanche, southward via Democrat to US 84 in Mullin, and from another point on US 84 in Mullin, southwestward to FM 574 at Ridge, a total distance of approximately 33.1 miles. (Comanche and Mills Counties) Extended southwestward,  approximately 6.1 miles.