Highway Designation File
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
Current Description-Effective Date-Authority
| 19.657 | 2010 |
FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 740
Minute Order 023821, dated 09/09/1947; Adm. Cir. 039-1947
From Rockwall County Line, southward to junction US 80 at Forney; and from another point on US 80 in Forney, southwestward to Dallas County Line, a distance of approximately 12.2 miles. (Kaufman County) New Designation.
Minute Order 027188, dated 07/15/1949; Adm. Cir. 001-1951
From FM 550 near Heath, southward to US 80 in Forney; and from another point on US 80 in Forney, southwestward to the Dallas County Line, a distance of approximately 13.8 miles. (Rockwall and Kaufman Counties) Section from FM 550 to the Kaufman County Line added, an increase of approximately 2.5 miles.
Adm. Auth., dated 11/04/1955
From US 67, approximately 2 miles south of Rockwall, southward via Heath to US 80 in Forney; and from another point on US 80 in Forney, southwestward to the Kaufman/Dallas County Line, a distance of approximately 17.9 miles. (Rockwall and Kaufman Counties) Approximately 4.1 miles of FM 550, from US 67 south of Rockwall, southward to junction FM 740 near Heath, transferred to this road.
Minute Order 045893, dated 04/30/1959; Adm. Cir. 073-1959, dated 05/15/1959
From US 67, approximately 2 miles south of Rockwall, southward via Heath and Forney to the Kaufman/Dallas County line, with a spur connection of approximately 1.4 miles from a point in Forney eastward to FM 1641, a total distance of approximately 19.5 miles. (Rockwall and Kaufman Counties) Approximately 0.2 miles of old location of US 80 transferred to this FM to close existing break in route in Forney; approximately 1.4 miles of old location of US 80 transferred to this FM as a spur connection; system transfer of approx. 1.6 miles.
Minute Order 047135, dated 01/18/1960; Adm. Cir. 024-1960, dated 02/01/1960
From IH 30 approximately 2 miles south of Rockwall, southward via Heath to FM 688 at Forney; and from another point on FM 688 at Forney, southward to the Kaufman/Dallas County Line, a total distance of approximately 17.9 miles. (Rockwall and Kaufman Counties) Spur connection and section of old location of US 80 in Forney transferred to FM 688, a decrease of approx. 1.6 miles.
Minute Order 053131, dated 06/28/1963; Adm. Cir. 146-1963, dated 10/01/1963
From SH 205 in Rockwall, southward via Heath to FM 688 at Forney; and
from another point on FM 688 at Forney, southward to Kaufman/Dallas County
Line, a total distance of approximately 19.7 miles. (Rockwall and
Kaufman Counties) Extended northward approx. 1.8 miles from IH
30 to SH 205.
Minute Order 084179, dated 02/26/1986; Adm. Ltr. 004-1986, dated 04/18/1986
From SH 205 in Rockwall, southward via Heath to FM 688 in Forney; and
then from a point on IH 20 in Forney, southwestward to the Kaufman/Dallas
County Line, a total distance of approximately 20.0 miles. (Rockwall
and Kaufman Counties) New description; section of approx. 4.5
miles from FM 688 in Forney southwestward, relocated on new location, from
IH 20 in Forney, southwestward approx. 3.2 miles to existing location of
FM 740; old location to be returned to the city and county for maintenance.
Minute Order 105686, dated 06/27/1995; DesLtr 03-1995, dated 06/30/1995
Minute Order 115371, dated 11/15/2018 (Rescinds Minute Order 105686)
Minute Order 105686: Cancelled. From UR 1140 southward to FM 688 in Forney; and then from a point on IH 20 in Forney, southwestward to the Kaufman/Dallas County line, a total distance of approx. 13.572 miles. (Rockwall and Kaufman Counties) Mileage from SH 205 southward to UR 1140 [FM 1140] transferred to UR 740. ["Transferred" mileage, as noted on the Highway Designation File page for UR 740, is approximately 6.428 miles.]
Minute Order 115371 general description: Minute Order 115371 rescinds Minute Order 105686. The result of this rescission is the elimination of the Urban Road (UR) system. The Farm to Market (FM) and Ranch to Market (RM) roadways which were intended to be redesignated as Urban Roads under the provisions of Minute Order 105686 revert back to their FM/RM designations. Minute Order 115371 declares that the provisions of Minute Order 105686 were never implemented, and although the UR designations were in effect during the interim between these two Minute Orders, the affected roadways continued to be referred to by their FM or RM designations. Only the Highway Designation Files made reference to the UR designations during this interim period. Upon the passing of Minute Order 115371, the affected Highway Designation Files have been updated retroactively to reflect the FM/RM designations.
Minute Order 115371 as it affects FM 740: Any mileage that was previously described as "transferred to UR 740" reverts back to FM 740.
This is retroactive to the date of passage of Minute Order 105686. The Highway Designation File page for UR 740 has been removed.
Minute Order 115166, dated 02/22/2018
In the city of Forney, a segment of FM 740 was removed from the state highway system from FM 688 southward to FM 741, a distance of approximately 0.5 mile. Control, jurisdiction, and maintenance were transferred to the city of Forney. (Kaufman County) Removal of Designation (Partial Route)
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