U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)

Alternate U.S. Highway 90

US 90 Alternate, highlighted in red

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-10 / US 90 in Houston

Location

Country

United States

State

Texas

Counties

Guadalupe, Gonzales, Lavaca, Colorado, Wharton, Fort Bend, Harris

Highway system

United States Numbered Highway System

Highways in Texas

←

SH 342

SH 343

→

SH 344

U.S. Highway 90 Alternate is an alternate route to U.S. Highway 90 in Texas, United States, 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.

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Route description

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. In 2017, US 90 Alternate and FM 1640 were converted to a one-way pair in Rosenberg, with US 90 Alternate carrying westbound traffic and FM 1640 carrying eastbound traffic.

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 I-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 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 Drive (formerly 69th Street). At Interstate 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 610 in northeastern Houston, where Business U.S. Highway 90-U continues northeast on McCarty Street.^[5]

History

US 90 Alternate was designated on May 25, 1942, replacing SH 343. On March 28, 1952, the section from Columbus to Eagle Lake became part of FM 102. US 90A was instead rerouted over portions of SH 200 and SH 3.

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations	Notes
Guadalupe	Seguin	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
	Old Seguin	FM 1117 south
		FM 2438 north to I-10 – Kingsbury
		FM 1150 east – Darst Field
Gonzales	Belmont	SH 80 – Luling, Nixon
		FM 2091 north – Palmetto State Park	west end of FM 2091 overlap
		FM 2091 south – Lake Wood Recreational Area	east end of FM 2091 overlap
	Gonzales	US 183 / SH 97 west – Luling, Cuero	west end of SH 97 overlap
		Bus. US 183 (St. Joseph Street)
		FM 794 north (St. Paul Street)
		Spur 131
		SH 97 east – Waelder	east 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)
	Shiner	SH 95 – Moulton, Yoakum
		FM 531 east
		FM 1891 west
		US 77 Alt. south – Yoakum	west end of US 77 Alt. overlap
		FM 340 west – St. Mary's
	Hallettsville	US 77 south – Victoria	west end of US 77 overlap
		US 77 north – Schulenburg	east end of US 77 overlap
		FM 530 south – Vienna, Edna
		FM 2314 east – Vsetin
	Sublime	FM 3283 south
		FM 155 north – Weimar
Colorado	Sheridan	FM 2437 south
	Altair	SH 71 – Columbus, El Campo
	Eagle Lake	FM Spur 102 north (McCarty Avenue)
		FM 102 north (Main Street) – Columbus	west end of FM 102 overlap
		FM 102 south	east end of FM 102 overlap
		FM 3013 to FM 1093 east – Sealy, Wallis, Wharton, Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
Colorado–Wharton county line		FM 2764 north – Chesterville
Wharton	Nottawa	FM 1164 east
Wharton	East Bernard	SH 60 – Wallis, Wharton
Fort Bend	Tavener	FM 1952 north – Wallis
		FM 1875 south – Beasley
	Rosenberg	Spur 10
		SH 36 north – Sealy	west end of SH 36 overlap
		Spur 529 south – Wharton
		SH 36 south / FM 723 north – Fulshear, Freeport	east end of SH 36 overlap
	Richmond	FM 762 south (South Eleventh Street) – Crabb
	Richmond	FM Loop 762 south (South Second Street)
		FM 359 north
		SH 99 (Grand Parkway) to FM 1464 – Clodine, Carol S. Vance Unit
	Sugar Land	SH 6 – Missouri City, Galveston, Airport	interchange; former FM 1960
		Brooks Street	Former Spur 58^[6]^[7]
		FM 1876 north (Eldridge Road)
		Dairy Ashford Road	Former Spur 41^[6]^[7]
		I-69 / US 59 – Houston, Victoria	I-69/US 59 exit 112; interchange.
	Stafford	South Kirkwood Road / Dulles Avenue	interchange
		FM 1092 (Murphy Road)	interchange
		Stafford Road / Staffordshire Road	interchange
	Missouri City	FM 2234 (Texas Parkway) / South Gessner Road	limited-access highway starts before interchange. (Grade Separated)
Harris	Houston	Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) / Sam Houston Tollway	interchange
		Fondren Road	interchange
		Hillcroft Road	interchange
		Fort Bend Tollway south to Sam Houston Tollway / Chimney Rock Road	interchange
		South Post Oak Road	interchange
		Hiram Clarke Road / Holmes Road	interchange
		Stella Link Road / Willowbend Boulevard	interchange
		West Bellfort Avenue	limited-access highway ends after interchange
		I-610	I-610 exit 2
		FM 521 south (Almeda Road)	Former SH 288
		SH 288 (South Freeway)	interchange
		Griggs Road	interchange
		FM 865 south (Cullen Boulevard)	Former FM 518
		Spur 5 north to I-45
		Produce Row	interchange
		I-45 (Gulf Freeway) – Conroe, Galveston	I-45 exit 42
		Lawndale Street	interchange
		Zoltowski Street / Clinton Drive / Harbor Street	interchange
		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 Freeway, East Loop Freeway) / Bus. US 90 east (North McCarty Street)	Eastern terminus; I-610 exit 24A northbound, 24 eastbound
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ ^a ^b Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 90 Alternate". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Spur No. 529". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 25, 2022.
^ Houston Construction Update. Erik Slotboom, Houston Freeways. November 26, 2006. Last accessed November 27, 2006.
^ 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.
^ Texas Department of Transportation, 1992 map of Harris County Texas (highways revised to January 1, 1994)
^ ^a ^b "USGS Map Name: Missouri City, TX". TopoQuest Map Viewer. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Google. "Sugar Land". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved June 27, 2022.