SR 73 travels through rural areas in eastern Jackson County, serving the community of Bryant.

The highway heads through rural areas of farms and woods with some homes, curving to the northwest.

The highway travels through a mix of farm and woodland before it turns east into forests.

SR 73 makes a sharp curve north again to traverse Sand Mountain as it comes to the Tennessee state line.

[4] By 1948, this road was removed from the state highway system, becoming CR 29 in Calhoun and Cherokee counties by 1955.