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

Freeways

Present

Under construction

Future

* Red Bluff Freeway - planned from State Highway 146 southeast of Houston to

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. Only frontage roads have been built. * - Sections A, B, and C of the

Grand Parkway State Highway 99 (SH 99), also known as the Grand Parkway, is a ring road in the U.S. state of Texas. Its first section opened on August 31, 1994. When the route is completed, it will be the longest beltway in the U.S., the world's seventh-lon ...

are in various stages of the planning process. * - south-southeast of downtown. The mainlanes planned to be built from its present terminus near University Drive (adjacent to the

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) to south of

. * - The Fort Bend Tollway is planned to eventually be extended from its northern terminus at US 90A to the southwest corner of the 610 Loop. * - The

Hardy Toll Road The Hardy Toll Road is a toll road in the Greater Houston area of the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Harris County Toll Road Authority. The route runs from Interstate 610 near central Houston to Interstate 45 just south of the Harris– ...

has a proposal to be extended from its southern terminus at the North Loop to Downtown Houston. * - The Fort Bend section of the

Westpark Tollway The Westpark Tollway, also Fort Bend Westpark Tollway, is a limited-access toll road in Texas, serving western Houston and Harris County, and northeastern Fort Bend County. Construction on the facility began in 2001 and portions of the road we ...

, known as the Fort Bend Westpark Tollway, will eventually be extended west to the growing suburb of Fulshear. It will then turn north and end at IH-10 around Pederson Road.

Limited-access highways

Present

Allen Parkway Allen Parkway is an arterial road west of Downtown Houston, Texas. It has a distance of approximately 2.3 miles (3.7 km), running from Interstate 45 west to Shepherd Drive, where it becomes Kirby Drive. Originally known as Buffalo Parkway, ...

- Between I-45 and Shepherd Drive, a distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km), Allen Parkway is a limited access parkway. *

- Parts of section D (south of the Westpark Tollway) are now being brought up to full freeway standards. * 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 Southwest Freeway. * - From the Harris-Fort Bend county line to the Harris-Montgomery county line for a total distance of 75 miles. Interstate 69 will travel from the U.S.–Mexico border in Brownsville, TX to the U.S.–Canada border in

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when completed in the future.

US 59 U.S. Route 59 (US 59) is a north–south United States highway (though it was signed east–west in parts of Texas). A latecomer to the U.S. numbered route system, US 59 is now a border-to-border route, part of the NAFTA Corridor Highway Sy ...

travels from the U.S.–Mexico border in Laredo, TX to the U.S.–Canada border near Lancaster, MN. 35 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 northeast of

Downtown Houston Downtown is the largest central business district in the city of Houston and the largest in the state of Texas, located near the geographic center of the metropolitan area at the confluence of Interstate 10, Interstate 45, and Interstate 69. The ...

. 28 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 southwest of

. 12 miles of US 59 have been designated and dual signed as I-69/US 59 through

Gallery

File:U.S. Route 59 CIMG7753.JPG, I-69/US 59 in Houston looking east File:Houston, TX - IH610 US290 - exit12 w18th st - Hempstead rd.jpg, U.S. Highway 290 intersection with Interstate 610 in Houston File:RF - Houston West Loop South.2.jpeg, I-610 "West Loop South" just south from I-10 west

References

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Highways A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...