History
FM 973 was first designated in Williamson County in 1948; its original routing was from SH 95 north of Coupland to the Travis County line. It was extended southward into Travis County in 1951, to an intersection with the former SH 20 (present-day US 290) in Manor, replacing FM 1326 from New Sweden to SH 20. In 1957, the route was extended northward to SH 95 in Taylor, and the eastern leg from Rice's Crossing to SH 95 was redesignated as FM 1660. The same year also saw a southern extension, from Manor to SH 71. Two further extensions, to FM 812 in 1962 and US 183 in 1968, brought the route's southern terminus to its current location. In 1987, the northern terminus in Taylor was shifted to a point along US 79; this change took effect in 1992, when the new alignment was opened to traffic.
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