U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)

"U.S. Route 90 Alternate" redirects here. For other alternate routes of U.S. 90, see Bannered routes of U.S. Route 90.

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US Highway 90 marker

Alternate US Highway 90
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length: 175.29 mi[1] (282.10 km)
Existed: 1942[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 90 / FM 464 west of Seguin
East end: I-610 in Houston
Location
Counties: Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, Fort Bend, Harris
Highway system
← SH 342SH 343SH 344 →

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.

Route description

U.S. 90 Alternate is concurrent with U.S. 77 Alternate west of Hallettsville.

US 90 Alternate begins at U.S. Highway 90 and 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 Rosenberg, US 90 Alternate passes through mainly rural areas.

Just west of downtown Rosenberg, it merges with Spur 529, part of US Highway 59 until 1976.[2] US 59 used to run concurrent with US 90 Alternate between Rosenberg and southwest of downtown Houston, but it was relocated to the US 59 as construction of the freeway between Houston and Rosenberg was completed in stages from 1961 to 1976.

After Rosenberg, US 90 Alternate passes through Richmond, Sugar Land, Stafford and Missouri City before entering Houston. US 90A in Sugar Land between State Highway 6 and the Southwest Freeway is an 8 lane boulevard with at-grade signalized intersections. A section in Stafford from the Southwest Freeway to Promenade Boulevard (east of Dulles Avenue) is a short controlled access highway similar in design to the one which stretches from Present Street to the South Loop. There it crosses the Sam Houston Tollway into the Houston city limits and becomes South Main Street. A few miles down, the highway meets the current northern terminus of the Fort Bend Toll Road. The short controlled-access highway portion of US 90 Alternate—part of which has local access (right-in/right-out), but no median breaks – currently begins east of Present Street in Stafford just before the Sam Houston Tollway and ends just short of Interstate 610. The controlled access portion, with the section between Interstate Highway 610 to just west of Holmes Road was completed in 2002 and the section from just west of Holmes Road to just east of the Sam Houston Tollway completed in 2007 has 6 lanes without interior or exterior shoulder lanes, plus exit lanes and a maximum speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) for most of its length. These portions were previously a four-lane divided highway with exterior shoulder lanes, crossovers, and at grade crossings with major thoroughfares.[3]

North of I-610, US 90A becomes the widest street in Houston with 10 through lanes and several turning lanes. This section, previously a four-lane divided highway, was upgraded to its current width between 1999 and 2001.[4] The 10 lane right of way of US 90A between the Old Spanish Trail (OST) and the South Loop was planned to ease access to the NRG Park (formerly Reliant Park and the Astrodomain) complex parking lots west of NRG Stadium. Further north, US 90A splits from South Main Street onto the OST, becoming a six lane boulevard heading east to cross State Highway 288 (South Freeway) with a grade separated street-to-street intersection with Griggs Road, and meets the southern terminus of Spur 5 adjacent to the campus of the University of Houston. After crossing Spur 5, it turns into a four-lane undivided road, crossing Brays Bayou and turning northeast onto Wayside Drive, crossing Interstate Highway 45 (Gulf Freeway). Between Polk Street until after crossing over the ship channel, it divides into two one-way streets. US 90 Alternate West (southbound) is Wayside Drive while US 90 Alternate East (northbound) goes down S/SGT Macario Garcia (formerly 69th Street). At Interstate Highway 10/U.S. Highway 90 (East Freeway), US 90 Alternate turns east to multiplex with I-10/US 90 for a short jog, then turning north onto 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.[5]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
GuadalupeSeguin US 90 / FM 464 west – San Antonio, Luling
SH 46 to I-10 – New Braunfels

Bus. SH 123 (Austin Street)
FM 466 (King Street)
SH 123 – San Marcos, Stockdale
  FM 1117 south
  FM 2438 north to I-10 – Kingsbury
  FM 1150 east – Darst Field
GonzalesBelmont SH 80 – Luling, Nixon
  FM 2091 north – Palmetto State Parkwest end of FM 2091 overlap
  FM 2091 south – Lake Wood Recreational Areaeast end of FM 2091 overlap
Gonzales US 183 / SH 97 west – Luling, Cuerowest end of SH 97 overlap

Bus. US 183 (St. Joseph Street)
FM 794 north (St. Paul Street)
Spur 131
SH 97 east – Waeldereast end of SH 97 overlap
Spur 146 west
FM 532 east – Moulton
  FM 443 south – Dreyer
Lavaca  FM 533 west
Shiner FM 3435 east (Sixteenth Street)
SH 95 – Moulton, Yoakum
  FM 531 east
  FM 1891 west
 
Alt. US 77 south – Yoakum		west end of US 77 Alt. overlap
  FM 340 west – St. Mary's
Hallettsville US 77 south – Victoriawest end of US 77 overlap
US 77 north – Schulenburgeast end of US 77 overlap
FM 530 south – Vienna, Edna
FM 2314 east – Vsetin
Sublime FM 3283 south
  FM 155 north – Weimar
ColoradoSheridan FM 2437 south
Altair SH 71 – Columbus, El Campo
Eagle Lake FM Spur 102 north (McCarty Avenue)
FM 102 north (Main Street) – Columbuswest end of FM 102 overlap
FM 102 southeast end of FM 102 overlap
FM 3013 to FM 1093 east – Sealy, Wallis, Wharton, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado
Wharton		  FM 2764 north – Chesterville
WhartonNottawa FM 1164 east
East Bernard SH 60 – Wallis, Wharton
Fort BendTavener FM 1952 north – Wallis
  FM 1875 south – Beasley
Rosenberg Spur 10interchange
SH 36 north – Sealywest end of SH 36 overlap
Spur 529 south – Wharton
SH 36 south / FM 723 north – Fulshear, Freeporteast end of SH 36 overlap
Richmond FM 762 south (South Eleventh Street) – Crabb
FM Loop 762 south (South Second Street)
  FM 359 north
  SH 99 to FM 1464 – Clodine, Carol S. Vance Unit
Sugar Land SH 6 – Missouri City, Galveston, Airportinterchange
FM 1876 north (Eldridge Road)
I-69 / US 59 – Houston, Victoriainterchange
StaffordSouth Kirkwood Road / Dulles Avenueinterchange
FM 1092 (Murphy Road)interchange
Stafford Road / Staffordshire Roadinterchange
Missouri City FM 2234 (Texas Parkway) / South Gessner Roadinterchange
HarrisHouston Sam Houston Tollway / Beltway 8interchange
Fondren Roadinterchange
Hillcroft Roadinterchange
To Sam Houston Tollway south / Fort Bend Parkway / Chimney Rock Roadinterchange
South Post Oak Roadinterchange
Hiram Clarke Road / Holmes Roadinterchange
Stella Link Road / Willowbend Boulevardinterchange
West Bellfort Avenueinterchange
I-610I-610 exit 2
FM 521 south (Almeda Road)
SH 288 (South Freeway)interchange
Griggs Roadinterchange
FM 865 south (Cullen Boulevard)
Spur 5 north to I-45
Produce Rowinterchange
I-45 (Gulf Freeway) – Conroe, GalvestonI-45 exit 42
Lawndale Streetinterchange
Zoltowski Street / Clinton Drive / Harbor Streetinterchange
I-10 west / US 90 west (East Freeway)west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 Alt. west follows exit 773A
I-10 east / US 90 east (East Freeway)east end of I-10 overlap; US 90 Alt. east follows exit 773B

I-610 (North Loop East Freeway) / Bus. US 90 east (North McCarty Street)		Eastern terminus; I-610 north exit 24A, east exit 24
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Transportation Planning and Programming Division. "U.S. Highway No. 90 Alternate". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
  2. ↑ Texas Department of Transportation, Highway Designation File – State Highway Spur 529
  3. ↑ Houston Construction Update. Erik Slotboom, Houston Freeways. November 26, 2006. Last accessed November 27, 2006.
  4. ↑ Google (November 27, 2006). "Satellite image of South Main Street just north of the South Loop, Houston, Texas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 27, 2006.
  5. ↑ Texas Department of Transportation, 1992 map of Harris County Texas (highways revised to January 1, 1994)

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