List of Houston highways

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Interstate 10 - Interstate 45 interchange northwest of downtown Houston.
Interstate 10 - Interstate 45 interchange northwest of downtown Houston.

This is a list of highways in the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area.

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[edit] Freeways

[edit] Present

Designation Common Name Year of
First Freeway
Section[1]
Maximum
width:
mainlanes
(HOV)[2]
Maximum
Traffic Count,
2001 (AADT)[3]
Maximum
Traffic Count,
2006 (AADT)[4]
Spur 5 Alvin Freeway 1988 6 54,240 39,000
I-10 (Interstate Highway 10) Baytown-East Freeway 1953 8 225,640 189,000
US 90 (U.S. Highway 90) Crosby Freeway 1991 6 31,090 31,000
Spur 330 Decker Drive 2001 6 32,890 42,000
US 59 (U.S. Highway 59) Eastex Freeway 1953 10(1) 211,860 225,000
FM 1764 (Farm to Market Road 1764) Emmett F. Lowry Expressway 4 48,050 43,000
Fort Bend Toll Road Fort Bend Toll Road/Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road 2004 4
SH 146 State Highway 146 Fred Hartman Bridge 1996 8 74,670 71,000
SH 99 State Highway 99 Grand Parkway 1994 4 36,200 42,000
I-45 Interstate Highway 45 Gulf Freeway 1948 8(1) 269,570 266,000
Hardy Toll Road Hardy Toll Road 1987 6 59,220
I-10 Interstate Highway 10 Katy Freeway 1956 10(2) 238,520 246,000
SH 225 State Highway 225 La Porte Freeway 1966 8 152,780 129,000
I-610 Interstate Highway 610 South, West, North and East Loop 1952 10 293,460 288,000
I-45 Interstate Highway 45 North Freeway 1959 10(1) 291,470 310,000
US 290 U.S. Highway 290 Northwest Freeway 1975 8(1) 262,970 243,000
Beltway 8 Sam Houston Tollway Beltway 8/Sam Houston Tollway 1982 8 202,900
SH 288 State Highway 288 South Freeway 1980 8 178,490 185,000
US 59 U.S. Highway 59 Southwest Freeway 1961 12(1) 379,550 333,000
Spur 527 The Downtown Split[5] 1961 6* 93,410 67,000
SH 249 State Highway 249 Tomball Parkway 1990 8 119,780 151,000
Westpark Tollway Westpark Tollway/Fort Bend Westpark Tollway 2004 4

[edit] Under construction

[edit] Future

[edit] Limited-access highways

[edit] 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 not up to full freeway standards but will be in the future.
  • 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 Sam Houston Tollway.

[edit] Under construction

[edit] Future

[edit] References

  1. ^ HoustonFreeways.com Erik Slotboom, 2003. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  2. ^ Mapquest Satellite images. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  3. ^ [1]. Houston Galveston Area Council Traffic Counts. 2001. Last accessed December 23, 2006.
  4. ^ [2]. Texas Department of Transportation. 2006. Last accessed March 25, 2008.
  5. ^ A Guide to Traffic and Reconstruction of Spur 527. southwestcorridor.com Last accessed January 2, 2007.