It begins at FM 2004 in La Marque and heads east to Spur 197 in Texas City.

FM 1765 comes to an interchange with I-45 and becomes a seven-lane road with a center left-turn lane, curving east and becoming the border between Texas City to the north and La Marque to the south.

The road heads through residential areas with some businesses, coming to an intersection with SH 3 and crossing a Union Pacific railroad line.

The highway turns east again and passes a mix of homes and businesses as a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane.

On June 27, 1995 the internal designation of the route was changed to Urban Road 1765 (UR 1765).