List of Houston highways

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Interstate 10/U.S. Route 90 - Interstate 45 interchange northwest of downtown Houston.

This is a list of highways in the Houston–The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area.

Freeways[]

Present[]

Designation Common Name Year of
First Freeway
Section[1] 		Maximum
width:
mainlanes
(HOV)[2] 		Maximum
Traffic Count,
2001 (AADT)[3] 		Maximum
Traffic Count,
2009 (AADT)[4] 		Maximum
Traffic Count,
2012 (AADT)[4]
I-10 Baytown-East Freeway 1953 10 225,640 195,000 168,000
Katy Freeway 1956 26(4)[5] 238,520 268,000 360,000
I-45 Gulf Freeway 1948 8(1) 269,570 266,000 245,000
North Freeway 1959 10(1) 291,470 317,000 312,000
I-69 / US 59 Eastex Freeway 1953 10(1) 211,860 195,000 205,000
Southwest Freeway 1961 13(1) 379,550 329,000 318,000
I-610 610 Loop 1952 10 293,460 288,000 292,000
Sam Houston Tollway Beltway 8 1982 9 202,900 189,000 203,410**[1]
Fort Bend Tollway Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road 2004 4 9,471**[2]
Hardy Toll Road 1987 6 59,220 61,000 63,000
Westpark Tollway 2004 4 119,385**[3]
US 90 Crosby Freeway 1991 6 31,090 46,000 40,000
US 290 Northwest Freeway 1975 8(1) 262,970 230,000 239,000
Spur 5 Spur 5 1988 6 54,240 37,000 33,000
Spur 330 Decker Drive 2001 6 32,890 37,000 47,000
Spur 527 The Downtown Split[6] 1961 6* 93,410 64,000 65,000
SH 99 / SH 99 Toll Grand Parkway 1994 4 36,200 68,000 47,000
SH 146 Baytown Freeway 1996 8 74,670 73,000 76,000
SH 225 La Porte Freeway 1966 8 152,780 133,000 113,000
SH 249 / Tomball Tollway Tomball Parkway 1990 8 119,780 142,000 151,000
SH 288 South Freeway 1980 8 178,490 172,000 163,000
FM 1764 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway 4 48,050 40,000 35,000
** For these toll roads, this represents the highest AADT as measured at a toll booth, but not necessarily the highest traffic at any point along the toll road.

Under construction[]

Future[]

  • - planned from State Highway 146 southeast of Houston to Beltway 8. Only frontage roads have been built.
  • SH 99 Toll - Sections A, B, C, H, and I-1 of the Grand Parkway are in various stages of the planning process.
  • Spur 5 - south-southeast of downtown. The mainlanes planned to be built from its present terminus near University Drive (adjacent to the University of Houston) to south of Beltway 8.
  • Fort Bend Tollway - The Fort Bend Tollway is planned to eventually be extended from its northern terminus at US 90A to the southwest corner of the 610 Loop.
  • Hardy Toll Road - The Hardy Toll Road has a proposal to be extended from its southern terminus at the North Loop to Downtown Houston.
  • Fort Bend Westpark Tollway - The Fort Bend section of the Westpark Tollway, known as the Fort Bend Westpark Tollway, will eventually be extended west to the growing suburb of Fulshear. It will then turn north and end at IH-10 around Pederson Road.[citation needed]

Limited-access highways[]

Present[]

  • Allen Parkway - Between I-45 and Shepherd Drive, a distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km), Allen Parkway is a limited access parkway.
  • Grand Parkway - Parts of section D (south of the Westpark Tollway) are now being brought up to full freeway standards.
  • Memorial Drive - From Houston Street to just west of Shepherd Drive, a distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km), Memorial Drive is a limited-access parkway with exits at Heights Blvd./Waugh Drive and Shepherd Drive.
  • U.S. Highway 90 Alternate — South Main Street — south-southwest of downtown from I-610 to near the Southwest Freeway.
  • I-69 / US 59 - From the Harris-Fort Bend county line to the Harris-Montgomery county line for a total distance of 75 miles. Interstate 69 will travel from the U.S.–Mexico border in Brownsville, TX to the U.S.–Canada border in Port Huron, MI when completed in the future. US 59 travels from the U.S.–Mexico border in Laredo, TX to the U.S.–Canada border near Lancaster, MN. 35 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 northeast of Downtown Houston.[7] 28 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 southwest of Downtown Houston.[8] 12 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 through Downtown Houston.[9]

Gallery[]

  • I-69/US 59 in Houston looking east

  • U.S. Highway 290 intersection with Interstate 610 in Houston

  • I-610 "West Loop South" just south from I-10 west

References[]

  1. ^ HoustonFreeways.com Erik Slotboom, 2003. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  2. ^ Mapquest Satellite images. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  3. ^ Houston Galveston Area Council Traffic Counts, archived from the original on December 30, 2006, retrieved December 23, 2006. 2001. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.txdot.gov/apps/statewide_mapping/StatewidePlanningMap.html External link in |title= (help) Texas Department of Transportation. 2009. Last accessed October 25, 2013.
  5. ^ In Auto News - List of World Record Highways, archived from the original on November 11, 2013, retrieved December 2, 2014. Last accessed December 2, 2014.
  6. ^ A Guide to Traffic and Reconstruction of Spur 527. southwestcorridor.com Last accessed January 2, 2007.
  7. ^ Alliance and Friends Celebrate as I-69 Signs Go Up in Houston Area
  8. ^ Sugar Land Ceremonies Mark New Identity for Southwest Freeway, archived from the original on September 24, 2015
  9. ^ Celebrating Sign Unveiling on I-69/US 59 in Central Houston[permanent dead link]
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