As Slotboom wrote, Houston opened Texas’ first freeway in 1948, predating even the national Interstate Highway System. (Eventually, the freeway became I-45.) After the highway opened without a ...

Meanwhile, here are three other highway projects you might not have heard of. Texas Highway 35 TxDOT is working on building a $366 million , 3.4-mile, four-lane highway from I-45 near the ...

Interstate 610 near Cullen Boulevard in Houston around 10:00 pm on June 25 ... "My first thought was I need to try and get him off the highway," McKelvey told KSAT. "It's just crazy.