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