{"id":213,"date":"2012-06-29T22:33:55","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T22:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2020-01-23T16:35:15","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T16:35:15","slug":"highway-travel-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/?page_id=213","title":{"rendered":"Highway Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRANSPORTATION \/ HIGHWAY TRAVEL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major Thoroughfares<\/strong><br \/>\nMany of the main arteries in the Houston region are known by several names. To avoid confusions for newcomers, this list includes the &#8220;official&#8221; name followed by common monikers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beltway 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nSam Houston Tollway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interstate 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nWest: Katy Freeway. East: East Freeway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interstate 45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nNorth: North Freeway. South: Gulf Freeway. Through downtown: Pierce Elevated<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interstate 610\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nThe Loop, often preceded by North, South, East or West<\/p>\n<p><strong>US 59\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nNorth: Eastex Freeway. South: Southwest Freeway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>US 90\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nEast: Beaumont Highway (West: Refer to Interstate 10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>US 290 <\/strong><br \/>\nNorthwest Freeway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas 6<\/strong><br \/>\nHighway 6, Addicks Howell Road, Alvin Sugar Land Road, Addicks Satsuma Road.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas 3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nOld Galveston Highway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas 225\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nLa Porte Freeway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas 249\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nTomball Parkway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas 288\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\nSouth Freeway, Nolan Ryan Expressway<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freeway Construction Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Department of Transportation<\/strong><br \/>\n512-463-8588<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.txdot.gov\">www.txdot.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toll Roads and E-Z Tags<\/strong><br \/>\nIf you frequently travel the Sam Houston Parkway or the Hardy Toll Road, consider an E-Z Tag, a prepaid transponder that allow you to move through toll booths. Discounted charges can be deducted from your credit card. For an E-Z Tag application, contact:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harris County Toll Road<\/strong><strong> Authority<\/strong><br \/>\nHouston 281-875-3279<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hctra.org\">www.hctra.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Houston TranStar<\/strong><br \/>\n713-881-3000<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.houstontranstar.org\">www.houstontranstar.org<\/a><br \/>\nReal-time traffic and information for your travel needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSPORTATION \/ HIGHWAY TRAVEL Major Thoroughfares Many of the main arteries in the Houston region are known by several names. To avoid confusions for newcomers, this list includes the &#8220;official&#8221; name followed by common monikers. Beltway 8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sam Houston Tollway Interstate 10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 West: Katy Freeway. East: East Freeway Interstate 45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North: North Freeway. South: Gulf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/HoustonTX3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}