U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)
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U.S. Highway 90 Alternate is an alternate route to U.S. Highway 90 in the U.S. state of Texas, running from west of Seguin east via Seguin, Gonzales, Hallettsville, Eagle Lake, Rosenberg and Sugar Land to northeastern Houston. South of Downtown Houston, US 90 Alternate is built to freeway and near-freeway standards along a section of South Main Street.
US 90 Alternate begins at U.S. Highway 90 and Texas Farm to Market Road 464 west of Seguin and heads east through downtown Seguin on Court Street. (US 90 travels on Kingsbury Street, just 15 blocks to the north.) From Seguin to the Houston suburb of Rosenberg, US 90 Alternate passes through mainly rural areas.
Just west of downtown Rosenberg, it merges with Spur 529, part of U.S. Highway 59 until 1976.[1]US 59 used to run concurrent with US 90 Alternate between Rosenberg and southwest of downtown Houston, but it has been relocated to the Southwest Freeway.
After Rosenberg, US 90 Alternate passes through Richmond, Sugar Land, Stafford and Missouri City before entering Houston. There it crosses the Sam Houston Tollway and meets the north end of the Fort Bend Toll Road. The short controlled-access highway - part of which has local access, but no median breaks - begins at Hiram Clark Road and Holmes Road and ends just short of Interstate Highway 610. The controlled access portion generally has 8 lanes, with 6 at overpasses.[2]
North of I-610, U.S. 90A becomes South Main Street — the widest street in Houston with 10 through lanes and several turning lanes.[3] Further north, US 90 Alternate splits from South Main Street onto Old Spanish Trail, heading east to cross State Highway 288 (South Freeway) and meet the south end of Spur 5. It then turns northeast onto Wayside Drive, crossing Interstate Highway 45 (Gulf Freeway). At Interstate Highway 10/U.S. Highway 90 (East Freeway), US 90 Alternate turns east for one interchange, splitting to the northeast at McCarty Street. US 90 Alternate ends at the junction with Interstate Highway 610 in northeastern Houston, where Business U.S. Highway 90-U continues northeast on McCarty Street.[4] (Business US 90 is temporarily serving as part of US 90 until the Crosby Freeway is completed;[5] US 90 comes from the south on IH 610 and exits at McCarty Street.)
[edit] References
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, Highway Designation File - State Highway Spur 529
- ^ Houston Construction Update. Erik Slotboom, Houston Freeways. November 26, 2006. Last accessed November 27, 2006.
- ^ Satellite image of South Main Street just north of the South Loop, Houston, Texas. Google Maps. Last accessed November 27, 2006.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, 1992 map of Harris County Texas (highways revised to January 1, 1994)
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation, Highway Designation File - Business U.S. Highway 90-U
