Interstate 610 North - East Loop

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Interstate 610 East
The exchange joining IH 610 with SH 225 (La Porte Freeway) was completed in February 1974.1 01/15/06
A two lane ramp connects IH 610 north with SH 225 east at Exit 30B. Following the Pasadena Freeway, SH 225 extends 15.79 miles to SH 146 near the Fred Hartman Bridge in La Porte. 01/15/06
The South Loop E Freeway frontage road system branches northeast from within the exchange at SH 225 to Lawndale Street and Central Street via Exit 30D. 01/15/06
Advancing north through Harrisburg / Manchester, IH 610 climbs onto the Sidney Sherman Bridge spanning the Houston Ship Channel (Buffalo Bayou). 01/15/06
The ensuing ramps beyond Houston Ship Channel connect IH 610 northbound with the Port of Houston and Clinton Drive at the Clinton Park Tri-Community neighborhood. 01/15/06
A wye interchange adds traffic to IH 610 north from 92nd and Manchester Streets ahead of this confirming marker on the Sidney Sherman Bridge. 01/15/06
The Sidney Sherman Bridge opened to traffic on March 2, 1973, two years prior to completion of the last segment of IH 610.1 01/15/06
The Port of Houston spreads into view as IH 610 lowers from the Houston Ship Channel bridge to Exit 29 to Gate 1 Road. 01/15/06
Exit 29 consists of overlaying ramps to the Loop Freeway frontage road system at the Port of Houston. 01/15/06
A pair of Union Pacific Railroad lines span IH 610 leading into the folded diamond interchange (Exit 28) with Clinton Drive. 01/15/06
Clinton Drive angles northwest from Exit 28 to McCarty Drive and the Denver Harbor / Port Houston community of east Houston. 01/15/06
IH 610 (East Loop) advances north 0.75 miles to Exit 26B for Market Street at the Pleasantville Area of Houston. 10/22/03
Market Street continues east from IH 610 to Jacinto City. IH 10 (East Freeway) parallels to the north en route to Cloverleaf, Channelview and the city of Baytown. 10/22/03
Exit 26A departs IH 610 north for IH 10 east to Beaumont, U.S. 90 (Crosby Freeway) east to Liberty and IH 10 west to Downtown Houston. 10/22/03, 01/15/06


 
Sources:
  1. Slotboom, O.F. (2003) Houston Freeways. Retrieved from http://dallasfreeways.com/dfwfreeways/pdf/CH5_loops_pp272-321_72.pdf.


Photo Credits:

    10/22/03 by AARoads. 01/15/06 by .

Connect with:
Interstate 10
U.S. 90
State Highway 225 - La Porte / Pasadena Freeways

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