| Advance signage for exit 790, Ellis School Road. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Ellis School Road exits here. The next exit is Thompson
Road. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Thompson Road exits here, as exit 789. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for Spur 330, Crosby-Lynchburg Road.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Use exit 787 to reach the San Jacinto Monument and
Battleship Texas. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 787 serves Spur 330 and Crosby-Lynchburg Road.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| The Spur 330 ramp is not a direct connection - travelers
must cross IH-10 and follow the frontage road to access
Spur 330. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Passing under Crosby-Lynchburg Road, this first advance
sign for Beltway 8 and the Ship Channel bridge can be
seen. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for exit 786, Monmouth Drive. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Monmouth Drive exits here. The next exit is Magnolia
Avenue. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Magnolia Avenue exits here, as exit 785. The next exit
is Bayou Drive and Cedar Lane. Photo taken December 24,
2005.
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| Bayou Drive and Cedar Lane exit here, as exit 784. The
next exit is Sheldon Road. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Sheldon Road exits at exit 783. The next exit is Dell
Dale Avenue. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for Beltway 8, exit 781A. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Dell Dale Avenue exits in ¼ mile, at exit 782.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Dell Dale Avenue exits here. The next exit is exit 781B,
serving Market Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Sam Houston Parkway (Beltway 8) exits in one mile, at
exit 781A. Use Sam Houston Parkway south to reach Pasadena,
and north to reach Summerwood and Bush Intercontinental
Airport. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Market Street exits here at exit 781B. The right lane
becomes an exit only lane for Beltway 8. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Use Beltway 8 to reach Pasadena, via the Sam Houston
Tollway and Houston Ship Channel bridge. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Exit 781A departs IH-10 for Beltway 8. The Beltway 8
four-level stack can be seen in the background. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Distance sign to Freeport Street, Market Street Road
and Uvalde Road. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Freeport Street exits at exit 780. The next exit serves
Market Street Road and Uvalde Road. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Exit 779B serves Market Street Road and Uvalde Road.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 779B departs here. The next exit is Westmont Street,
exit 779A. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Westmont Street departs here, as exit 779A. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for exit 778, FM 526 serving Federal
Road and Normandy Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| FM (UR) 526 travels north to BU 90-U (former US 90).
Federal Road continues south to the Washburn tunnel under
the Houston Ship Channel. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 776B serves John Ralston Road and Holland Avenue.
The next exit, 776A, serves Mercury Drive. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Now inside Loop 610, the next exit (773B) serves McCarty
Drive. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| McCarty drive exits here. The next exit serves US 90
Alternate and N Wayside Drive. Photo taken December 24,
2005.
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| IH-10 drops under the railroad tracks before reaching
US 90 Alternate. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 773A serves US 90 Alternate and North Wayside Drive.
US 90 Alternate travels on the original route of US 90
north to BU 90-U, and south toward US 59. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| This pedestrian overpass shows the typical architecture
along the Baytown East freeway. Photo taken December 24,
2005.
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| Exit 772 serves Lathrop Street and Kress Street. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| The next two exits are Lockwood Drive and Waco Street.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Lockwood Drive exits at exit 771B. The next exit is
Waco Street, followed by the first advance signage for
US 59. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Distance sign to Waco Street, Gregg Street and Meadow
Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Waco Street exits here. The next exit serves Gregg Street
and Meadow Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| With downtown in the background, we see advance signage
for Gregg Street and Meadow Street. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Gregg Street and Meadow Street exit here. The next exit
serves US 59. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| This lane diagram shows the relatively complicated US
59/IH-10 interchange with left hand exits. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| US 59 north exits here. The next exit, a left-hand one,
serves US 59 south. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Interestingly, due to the design of the interchange,
it seems like traffic that wishes to stay on IH-10 has
to exit, while traffic to US 59 south continues on the
path of the road. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| IH-10 goes below grade on the north side of downtown.
The next exit, 769B, serves San Jacinto Street and Main
Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Use exit 769B to reach the north side of downtown. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for IH-45. Photo taken December 24,
2005.
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| IH-45 also features a left-hand exit for traffic heading
southbound to downtown. IH-45 south (exit 768B) departs
immediately after this sign. Photo taken December 24,
2005.
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| IH-45 north exits here, as exit 768A. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| IH-10, as well as IH-45, dive under the railroad tracks.
The high bridge on the left carries the IH-10 HOV lane
to/from downtown. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| IH-10 passes under the older IH-45 south bridge before
turning away from IH-45, heading west. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Now on the Katy Freeway, the first exit is 767B, Taylor
Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Taylor Street exits here. The next exit serves Heights
Blvd and Yale Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Use exit 766 to reach Studemont Street. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 766 serves Heights Blvd and Yale Street. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Heights Blvd and Yale Street exit here. The next exit
serves Shepherd Dr and Durham Drive. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Shepherd Drive and Durham Drive exit here, as exit 765B.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| The next exit is 765A, TC Jester Blvd. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Exit 765A serves TC Jester Blvd. This sign was recently
replaced with the new sign pictured. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Advance signage for exit 764, Washington Ave and Westcott
Street. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Use exit 764 to reach Memorial Park. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Use exit 764 to reach Katy Road (former US 90). Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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| Exit 764 departs the freeway here, as marked by a new
Clearview sign. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| This overhead marks the exit for Washington Avenue and
Westcott Street. The next exit serves IH-610. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| This lane diagram shows only two of the five lanes continue
on IH-10. This is a major bottleneck in the daily commute,
and one that will hopefully be remedied in the interchange
reconstruction. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| IH-610 departs from IH-10 here. The interchange is under
reconstruction in these photos, part of the Katy Freeway
reconstruction from Loop 610 to SH 99. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| The HOV lane begins here, at the IH-610 interchange.
The HOV lane was the only change made to the Katy Freeway
prior to reconstruction. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Passing Antoine Rd and Silber Rd (home of the Houston
IKEA), the next exit is Exit 761A, Wirt Road. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Wirt Road exits here. The next exit serves Bingle Road
and Voss Road. This picture shows the original configuration
of the Katy Freeway, six lanes with an added HOV lane.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| The Katy Freeway was built as a minimalist facility
in 1958-61 as cheaply as possible, with six lanes and
no room for expansion. Unfortunately, growth overwhelmed
the freeway, pushing it to it’s maximum carrying
capacity. In this photo, the westbound lanes are transitioning
to the new concrete laid in the reconstruction project.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Temporary advance signage for Beltway 8. The IH-10/Beltway
8 interchange is also being reconstructed, but while the
old interchange is in use, exits to/from Beltway 8 are
left hand exits from IH-10 westbound. This is due to the
widening of IH-10 and the narrow design of the original
stack. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Temporary advance signage for Blalock Road, exit 758B.
Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Temporary advance signage for Bunker Hill Road, exit
758A. Photo taken December 24, 2005.
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| Blalock Road exits here, as exit 758B. Photo taken December
24, 2005.
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| Bunker Hill Road exits here, as exit 758A. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| The reconstructed Katy Freeway will have 8 to 10 general
purpose lanes and four HOV/toll express lanes in the middle.
Construction is occurring between the new westbound lanes
and original eastbound lanes in this picture. Photo taken
December 24, 2005.
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| Temporary advance signage for Gessner Road, exit 757.
Following this is Beltway 8 as a left-hand exit. Photo
taken December 24, 2005.
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Page Updated August 7, 2006.
