U.S. Route 90 in Texas

US Highway 90
US Highway 90
Route information
	Maintained by TxDOT
Length	774 mi (1,246 km)
Existed	1927–present
Major junctions
West end	I-10 BL / SH 54 in Van Horn, TX
	I-10 / I-35 / US 87 in San Antonio ; I-37 in San Antonio ; SH 130 Toll in Seguin ; I-45 in Houston ; I-69 / US 59 in Houston
East end	I-10 / US 90 in Orange at Louisiana state line
Location
Counties	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, Val Verde, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Gonzales, Fayette, Colorado, Austin, Waller, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Jefferson, Orange
Highway system
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U.S. Route 90 (US 90) is a major east-west highway in the U.S. state of Texas with large portions of it running concurrently with I-10. US 90 begins at Bus. I-10 in Van Horn, travels through San Antonio and Houston, and continues on into the state of Louisiana.

Route description[]

Van Horn to San Antonio[]

US 90 begins in Van Horn at an intersection with Bus. I-10 and SH 54. US 90 travels in a southeastern direction towards Marfa where it starts an overlap with US 67. US 90 travels south and runs parallel to the US-Mexico Border near the Rio Grande. US 90 crosses the Amistad Reservoir then runs through Del Rio. US 90 turns right and runs east towards Brackettville. US 90 runs through Uvalde and Medina counties. US 90 then arrives in San Antonio where it serves as a major freeway. Multiple stack interchanges are under construction to gain access in and out of the freeway along the intersections at Loop 1604 and I-410. Further, the highway has a major junction with TX-151 as it continues eastward towards the city's inner Westside until its interchange with I-10 and I-35 at the southwest corner of Downtown.

South of Van Horn
West of Del Rio

San Antonio to Houston[]

East of Downtown San Antonio, US 90 multiplexes with I-10. This overlap ends in Seguin, and continues where the two highways continually cross each other en route to Houston. US 90 once again duplexes with I-10 east of Columbus briefly separating near Brookshire and continue overlapping from Katy all the way to Houston. At I-610 east of Houston, US 90 becomes independently known as the Crosby Freeway.

The Crosby Freeway from east of Beltway 8 to east of Runneburg Road in Crosby, was constructed in the early 1990s and opened to traffic in 1992. After several delays, construction work on the inner section of the freeway began in 2006 and was opened to traffic in January 2011.[1] The western terminus of the Crosby Freeway connects to the I-610 and I-10 interchange via two freeway ramps:

a ramp from westbound Crosby Freeway, joining an exit ramp from westbound I-10 to enter southbound I-610
a newly constructed two-lane exit ramp from eastbound I-10 connecting to eastbound Crosby Freeway.

The previous interchange was a four-level stack interchange though the new interchange is not a full five-level stack.

Because of funding constraints, two sections of the freeway inside Beltway 8 were not built to full freeway standards: a half-mile section over Greens Bayou and an approximately mile-long section east of Normandy Street. As of December 2012, only the feeder roads have been constructed, with space reserved in the median for future freeway mainlanes. Unlike most new freeway extensions in the Houston area built in recent decades, the Crosby Freeway is not tolled. Also unlike most of Houston's existing freeways and tollways, the Crosby Freeway does not have continuous feeder roads.

The Crosby Freeway has four to six mainlanes for its entire length.

Houston to Louisiana[]

The US 90 (Beaumont Highway when inside of Beltway 8 or Crosby Freeway when outside of Beltway 8) heads northeast leaving Houston and ends its freeway status in Crosby. US 90 then continues traveling east through Beaumont and is locally known as College Street, passes by Baptist Hospital Beaumont and meets I-10 at a T-interchange. It then passes through Orange and has a business route (Business US 90-Y). It then crosses the Sabine River into Louisiana towards Lake Charles. With the exception of an 11-mile-long (18 km) section with only two (briefly three) lanes between Liberty and Devers, US 90 has at least four lanes between Crosby and the Louisiana state line.

Major intersections[]

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Culberson	Van Horn	I-10 BL to SH 54 – Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park	Access to Culberson Hospital; BL-10 is former US 80
	Van Horn	I-10 – San Antonio, El Paso	I-10 exit 140A
		FM 1523
	Lobo	FM 1523
Jeff Davis		FM 2017 north
Jeff Davis		RM 505 – Fort Davis National Historic Site, Davis Mountains State Park, McDonald Observatory & Visitor's Center
Presidio	Marfa	RM 2810 south (San Antonio Street)
Presidio	Marfa	US 67 south / SH 17 north – Fort Davis, Fort Davis National Historic Site, McDonald Observatory and Visitor Center, Presidio	west end of US 67 overlap
Brewster		FM 1703 north
	Alpine	SH 118 north (5th Street) – Fort Davis, Fort Davis National Historic Site, McDonald Observatory and Visitor Center	west end of SH 118 overlap
		SH 118 south (Cockrell Street) – Big Bend National Park Headquarters	east end of SH 118 overlap
		SH 223 north (North Harrison Street)
	Altuda	US 67 north – Fort Stockton	east end of US 67 overlap
	Marathon	US 385 south – Big Bend National Park Headquarters	west end of US 385 overlap
		US 385 north – Fort Stockton	east end of US 385 overlap
Pecos	No major junctions
Terrell	Sanderson	US 285 north – Fort Stockton
	Dryden	SH 349 north – Sheffield, Iraan
		RM 1865 north – Pumpville
Val Verde		Loop 25 east – Langtry,
		Loop 25 west – Langtry,
		over Pecos River
		PR 67 – Seminole Canyon State Historical Park
	Comstock	RM 1024 north – Pandale
	Comstock	SH 163 north – Ozona, Barnhart
		– Amistad National Recreation Area
		– Port of Entry, Amistad Dam, Amistad Reservoir, Amistad National Recreation Area
		– Amistad National Recreation Area
	Del Rio	Loop 79 south – Sonora, Junction, Uvalde
		US 277 north / US 377 north – Rocksprings, Junction, Sonora	west end of US 277 / US 377 overlap
		Spur 239 south (East Gibbs Street) / Spur 297 south (Veteran's Boulevard) – Ciudad Acuña, Business District	east end of US 377 overlap
		US 277 south (Bedell Avenue) – Eagle Pass, Laredo	east end of US 277 overlap
		– Carta Valley
		Loop 79 – Sonora, Junction, Eagle Pass	interchange
Kinney		RM 3008 north to – Rocksprings
		RM 693 south to US 277 – Quemado
	Brackettville	RM 2804
		Loop 166 east – Uvalde, San Antonio
		RM 3348 south (Las Moras Road) – Fort Clark Springs
		RM 334 / RM 674 – Rocksprings, Kickapoo Cavern State Park
		SH 131 south – Spofford, Eagle Pass
		Loop 166 west – Del Rio,
		FM 1572 west – Spofford
Uvalde		RM 1022 south –
		over Nueces River
		FM 2369 east (Dunbar Lane) to FM 1403 – Rocksprings
	Uvalde	FM 481 south – Eagle Pass
		FM 1052 north
		FM 1435 south (Evans Street)	west end of FM 1435 overlap
		FM 1435 north (Grove Street)	east end of FM 1435 overlap
		US 83 / SH 55 north (Getty Street) – Leakey, Junction, Rocksprings, Crystal City, Laredo
		FM 1023 north (4th Street)	west end of FM 1023 overlap
		FM 1023 south (Garner Field Road) to FM 1049 – Uvalde Garner Field Airport	east end of FM 1023 overlap
		FM 3447 north
		FM 1574 south to FM 1023 – Airport
		FM 2369 west – Uvalde
	Knippa	FM 1049 north – Concan	west end of FM 1049 overlap
	Knippa	FM 1049 south to FM 1023	east end of FM 1049 overlap
		FM 2730 north to SH 127
	Sabinal	SH 127 north / RM 187 – Utopia, Leakey, Concan, Garner State Park, Pearsall
Medina	D'Hanis	FM 1796 north
	D'Hanis	FM 2200 south – Yancey
	Hondo	FM 1250 east to FM 462
		FM 462 north / Avenue M – Tarpley	west end of FM 462 overlap
		FM 462 south / Avenue E – Yancey	east end of FM 462 overlap; access to Medina Community Hospital
		SH 173 – Bandera, Devine	interchange
	Castroville	FM 1343 south to County Road 4516 / SH 173 – Quihi
		FM 471 north – Rio Medina	west end of FM 471 overlap
		FM 471 south – , La Coste, Natalia	east end of FM 471 overlap
Bexar		SH 211	interchange
		Montgomery Road	interchange
	San Antonio	Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop)	interchange; west end of freeway
		Hunt Lane / Ray Ellison Drive	no direct eastbound exit
		I-410 / SH 16 – Airport	I-410 exit 6
		Loop 13 (Military Drive) – Lackland AFB
		Old Highway 90	no direct westbound exit
		Callaghan Road
		Acme Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at Callaghan Road)
		SH 151 (Stotzer Freeway) – SeaWorld	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		36th Street – Port San Antonio
		General McMullen Drive
		Cupples Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at General McMullen Drive)
		Spur 371 (General Hudnell Drive) – Port San Antonio	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		Zarzamora Street	eastbound exit only
		Loop 353 south (Nogalitos Street)	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		I-10 west / I-35 / US 87 north – El Paso, Austin, Laredo	west end of I-10 / US 87 overlap; signed as exit 572
see I-10
Guadalupe	Seguin	I-10 east – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 90 east follows exit 603
		FM 725 to I-10 – McQueeney, Stockdale
	Seguin	US 90 Alt. east / FM 464 west to I-10 – McQueeney, Gonzales
		SH 46 (Sam Flores Drive) to US 90 Alt. / I-10 – New Braunfels, Gonzales
		FM 78 west (Eighth Street) to I-10 – Marion, Schertz
		(North Austin Street) to I-10 – San Marcos, Stockdale
		FM 466 east (North King Street) – Cost
		SH 123 to I-10 – San Marcos, Stockdale
		I-10 – San Antonio, Houston	I-10 exit 612
		SH 130 Toll north / I-10 – Austin, San Antonio	SH 130 exit 496
	Kingsbury	FM 2438 south to US 90 Alt. / I-10
	Kingsbury	FM 1104 east to I-10
Caldwell	Luling	US 183 north / SH 80 to I-10 – Lockhart, San Marcos, Nixon	west end of US 183 overlap
Caldwell	Luling	US 183 south to I-10 – Gonzales	east end of US 183 overlap
Gonzales	Harwood	FM 794 south to I-10 – Gonzales
		SH 304 to I-10 – Bastrop, Gonzales
	Waelder	SH 97 west / FM 1115 north to I-10 / FM 1296 – Smithville, Gonzales
	Waelder	FM 1680 south – Moulton
		I-10 – Houston, San Antonio	I-10 exit 653
Fayette	Flatonia	FM 2762 west to FM 1115 – Cistern
		SH 95 south – Moulton, Shiner	west end of SH 95 overlap
		SH 95 north to I-10 – Smithville, Bastrop,	east end of SH 95 overlap
		FM 609 north to I-10 – La Grange
		FM 1295 south – Praha,
	Engle	FM 2238 north to I-10 – Freyburg
	Schulenburg	FM 2672 north – High Hill
		FM 957 south – Hallettsville
		Loop 222 (Lyons Avenue) to US 77 – Hallettsville
		US 77 to I-10 – La Grange, Hallettsville
		FM 1579 east
		I-10 – San Antonio, Houston	I-10 exit 677
		FM 1383 north – Dubina, Ammannsville
Colorado	Weimar	FM 155 north – La Grange	west end of FM 155 overlap
	Weimar	FM 155 south to I-10 – Sublime	east end of FM 155 overlap
		I-10 / Hattermann Lane – Houston, San Antonio	I-10 exit 689
	Glidden	FM 2434 west to I-10 – Oakland
		SH 71 to I-10 – La Grange, Austin, El Campo	interchange
	Columbus	FM 806 south (Cardinal Lane) – Rock Island
		(Fannin Street) to I-10 – La Grange, El Campo
		Spur 52 (Milam Street)
		over Colorado River
		I-10 west – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 west follows exit 698
see I-10
Austin	Sealy	I-10 east / FM 3538 south – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; US 90 east follows exit 718
		Loop 350 to SH 36 / I-10 / SH 60 – Bellville, Wallis, Wharton, Rosenberg
		I-10 west / Outlet Center Drive – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 90 west follows exit 721
see I-10
Waller		I-10 east / Peach Ridge Road / Donigan Road – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; US 90 east follows exit 729
	Brookshire	FM 1489 south to I-10 – Simonton, Orchard
		FM 359 north / FM 362 north – Pattison, Hempstead, Waller	west end of FM 359 overlap
		FM 359 south to I-10 – Fulshear, Pecan Grove	east end of FM 359 overlap
		FM 2855 north
Fort Bend	Katy	FM 1463 south to FM 359 – Richmond, Pecan Grove
Harris	Katy	I-10 west / Katy Mills Boulevard – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 west follows exit 741
see I-10
Harris	Houston	I-10 east – Beaumont	east end of I-10 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 90 east follows exit 775B
		I-610 – Pasadena, Galveston, Lufkin	I-10 exit 775A; I-610 exit 26A; no access from I-610 south to US 90 east
		Mercury Drive
		FM 526 south (Maxey Road) to Wallisville Road / I-10 – Galena Park	west end of FM 526 overlap
		FM 526 north (Normandy Street) to I-10 – Galena Park	east end of FM 526 overlap
		Beltway 8 / Sam Houston Tollway to I-10 – Humble, Pasadena / Uvalde Road	Access to Sam Houston Tollway via frontage road
		Miller Road No. 3
		Miller Road No. 2
	Sheldon	Sheldon Road
	Sheldon	Frontage Road	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Barrett–Crosby line	County Road
		FM 1942 / FM 2100 (US 90 Bus. west) – Huffman, Mont Belvieu	No direct westbound exit (signed at Runneburg Road)
		Krenek Road / Runneburg Road	Interchange; east end of freeway
Liberty		SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway)	Future interchange
		FM 1413 south
	Dayton	SH 146 south to I-10 – Mont Belvieu, Baytown	west end of SH 146 overlap
		SH 321 north to FM 1008 / FM 1960 – Cleveland, Kenefick, Humble
		FM 1409 south – Old River-Winfree
	Liberty	Loop 227 north / FM 2684 south to SH 146 – Rye, Livingston
		FM 563 south to I-10 – Anahuac, Wallisville
		SH 146 north – Hardin, Rye, Livingston	East end of SH 146 overlap
	Ames	FM 160 (MLK Road)
	Ames	FM 1909 north to FM 160
		FM 2830 north to FM 160
	Raywood	FM 770 south to FM 563 / I-10 – Anahuac, Wallisville	West end of FM 770 overlap
	Raywood	FM 770 north – Daisetta, Saratoga, Kountze	East end of FM 770 overlap
	Devers	SH 61 south to I-10 / FM 1410 – Anahuac, Hankamer, Winnie
		FM 1009 east – Nome
Jefferson	Nome	FM 1009 west – Liberty
	Nome	SH 326 north / FM 365 east to FM 1406 / I-10 – Sour Lake, Fannett, Winnie
	Beaumont	FM 364 (Major Drive) to I-10 / SH 105
	Beaumont	I-10 / US 69 / US 96 / US 287 – Lake Charles, Lufkin, Jasper, Houston, Port Arthur	I-10 exit 851
see I-10
Orange	Orange	I-10 east / US 90 east – Lake Charles, Lafayette	Louisiana state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 90". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 7, 2011.

External links[]

Media related to U.S. Route 90 in Texas at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. Route 90
Previous state: Terminus	Texas	Next state: Louisiana

[US_90-1] Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 90". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 7, 2011.

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