U.S. Route 90 in Texas

US Highway 90
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length:	607.861 mi[1] (978.257 km)
Existed:	1927[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-10 / SH 54 in Van Horn
	I-10 / I-35 / US 87 in San Antonio I-37 in San Antonio SH 130 Toll in Seguin I-45 in Houston I-69 / US 59 in Houston
East end:	I-10 / US 90 in Orange at Louisiana state line
Location
Counties:	Culberson, Jeff Davis, Presidio, Brewster, Pecos, Terrell, Val Verde, Kinney, Uvalde, Medina, Bexar, Guadalupe, Caldwell, Gonzales, Fayette, Colorado, Austin, Waller, Fort Bend, Harris, Liberty, Jefferson, Orange
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Bannered Divided Replaced Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec ← US 87 US 96 →

U.S. Route 90 is a major east-west highway in the U.S. state of Texas with large portions of it running concurrently with I-10. US 90 begins at I-10 in Van Horn, travels through San Antonio and Houston, and continues on into the state of Louisiana.

Route Description

Van Horn to San Antonio

US 90 begins in Van Horn at an intersection with I-10 and SH 54. US 90 travels in a southeastern direction towards Marfa where it starts an overlap with US 67. US 90 travels south and runs parallel to the US-Mexico Border near the Rio Grande. US 90 crosses the Amistad Reservoir then runs through Del Rio. US 90 turns right and runs east towards Brackettville. US 90 runs through Uvalde and Medina counties. US 90 then arrives in San Antonio where it serves as a major freeway on the city's Westside until its interchange with I-10 and I-35 at the southwest corner of Downtown.

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  South of Van Horn
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  West of Del Rio

San Antonio to Houston

East of Downtown San Antonio, US 90 multiplexes with I-10. This overlap ends in Seguin, and continues where the two highways continually cross each other en route to Houston. US 90 once again duplexes with I-10 east of Columbus briefly separating near Brookshire and continue overlapping from Katy all the way to Houston. At I-610 east of Houston, US 90 becomes independently known as the Crosby Freeway.

The Crosby Freeway from east of Beltway 8 to east of Runneburg Road in Crosby, was constructed in the early 1990s and opened to traffic in 1992. After several delays, construction work on the inner section of the freeway began in 2006 and was opened to traffic in January 2011. The western terminus of the Crosby Freeway connects to the I-610 and I-10 interchange via two freeway ramps:

• a ramp from westbound Crosby Freeway, joining an exit ramp from westbound I-10 to enter southbound I-610
• a newly constructed two-lane exit ramp from eastbound I-10 connecting to eastbound Crosby Freeway.

The previous interchange was a four-level stack interchange though the new interchange is not a full five-level stack.

Because of funding constraints, two sections of the freeway inside Beltway 8 were not built to full freeway standards: a half-mile section over Greens Bayou and an approximately mile-long section east of Normandy Street. As of December 2012, only the feeder roads have been constructed, with space reserved in the median for future freeway mainlanes. Unlike most new freeway extensions in the Houston area built in recent decades, the Crosby Freeway is not tolled. Also unlike most of Houston's existing freeways and tollways, the Crosby Freeway does not have continuous feeder roads.

The Crosby Freeway has four to six mainlanes for its entire length.

Houston to Louisiana

The US 90 (Beaumont Highway when inside of Beltway 8 or Crosby Freeway when outside of Beltway 8) heads northeast leaving Houston and ends its freeway status in Crosby. US 90 then continues traveling east through Beaumont and once again duplexes with I-10. It then passes through Orange, until crossing the Sabine River into Louisiana towards Lake Charles. With the exception of a 13-mile-long section with only two lanes between Ames and Nome, US 90 has at least four lanes between Crosby and the Louisiana border.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Culberson	Van Horn			BL I-10 / SH 54 north – Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Carlsbad Caverns National Park	west end of SH 54 overlap
				I-10 – San Antonio, El Paso	I-10 exit 140A; east end of SH 54 overlap
	Lobo			FM 1523
	​			FM 1523
Jeff Davis	Valentine			FM 2017
	​			RM 505 (scenic loop) – Fort Davis, Fort Davis National Historic Site, Davis Mountain State Park, McDonald Observatory & Visitor's Center
Presidio	Marfa			RM 2810 south (San Antonio Street)
				US 67 south / SH 17 north – Fort Davis, Presidio, Fort Davis National Historic Site, McDonald Observatory and Visitor Center	west end of US 67 overlap
Brewster	​			FM 1703 north
	Alpine			SH 118 north (5th Street) – Fort Davis, Fort Davis National Historic Site, McDonald Observatory and Visitor Center	west end of SH 118 overlap
				SH 118 south (Cockrell Street) – Big Bend National Park Headquarters	east end of SH 118 overlap
				SH 223 north (North Harrison Street)
	Altuda			US 67 north – Fort Stockton	east end of US 67 overlap
	Marathon			US 385 south – Big Bend National Park Headquarters	west end of US 385 overlap
	​			US 385 north – Fort Stockton	east end of US 385 overlap
Pecos	No major junctions
Terrell	Sanderson			US 285 north – Fort Stockton
	Dryden			SH 349 north – Sheffield
	​			RM 1865 north – Pumpville
Val Verde	​			Loop 25 – Langtry, Judge Roy Bean Museum
	​			Loop 25 – Langtry, Judge Roy Bean Museum
	​			Pecos River Bridge over Pecos River
	​			PR 67 – Seminole Canyon State Historical Park
	​			RM 1024 north – Pandale
	Comstock			SH 163 north – Ozona, Barnhart
	​			Spur 406 – Amistad National Recreation Area
	​			Spur 349 – Port of Entry, Amistad Dam, Amistad Reservoir, Amistad National Recreation Area Governors Landing
	Lake View			Spur 454 – Amistad National Recreation Area
	​			Loop 79 south – Eagle Pass
	​			US 277 north / US 377 north – Rocksprings, Sonora	west end of US 277 / US 377 overlap
	Del Rio			Spur 239 south (East Gibbs Street) / Spur 297 south (Veteran's Boulevard) – Ciudad Acuña, Business District	east end of US 377 overlap
				US 277 south (Bedell Avenue) – Eagle Pass, Laredo	east end of US 277 overlap
				FM 2523 – Carta Valley
				Loop 79 – Sonora, Eagle Pass	interchange
Kinney	​			RM 3008 north – Rocksprings
	​			RM 693 south – Quemado
	Brackettville			RM 2804
				Loop 166 – Brackettville
				RM 3348 south (Las Moras Road)
				RM 334 to RM 674 – Campwood, Rocksprings, Kickapoo Cavern State Park
				SH 131 south – Spofford, Eagle Pass
				Loop 166 – Brackettville
	​			FM 1572 west – Spofford
Uvalde	​			RM 1022 south
	​			Nueces River Bridge over Nueces River
	​			FM 2369 east (Dunbar Lane)
	Uvalde			FM 481 south – Eagle Pass
				FM 1052 north
				FM 1435 south (Evans Street)	west end of FM 1435 overlap
				FM 1435 north (Grove Street)	east end of FM 1435 overlap
				US 83 / SH 55 north (Getty Street) – Leakey, Crystal City
				FM 1023 north (4th Street)	west end of FM 1023 overlap
				FM 1023 south (Garner Field Road) – Uvalde Garner Field Airport	east end of FM 1023 overlap
				FM 3447 north
				FM 1574 south – Airport
	​			FM 2369 west – Uvalde
	Knippa			FM 1049 north	west end of FM 1049 overlap
				FM 1049 south	east end of FM 1049 overlap
	​			FM 2730 north
	Sabinal			SH 127 north / RM 187 – Utopia, Leakey, Pearsall, Garner State Park
Medina	D'Hanis			FM 1796 north
				FM 2200 south – Yancey
	Hondo			FM 1250 east to FM 462
				FM 462 north – Tarpley	west end of FM 462 overlap
				FM 462 south – Yancey	east end of FM 462 overlap
	​			SH 173 – Bandera, Devine	interchange
	Castroville			FM 1343 south to SH 173 / County Road 4516 – Quihi
				FM 471 north – Rio Medina	west end of FM 471 overlap
				FM 471 south – Castroville Airport, La Coste, Natalia	east end of FM 471 overlap
Bexar	​			SH 211	interchange
	​			Montgomery Road	interchange
	San Antonio			Loop 1604 (Anderson Loop)	interchange; west end of freeway
				Hunt Lane / Ray Ellison Drive	no direct eastbound exit (signed at I-410)
				I-410 / SH 16 – Airport	I-410 exit 6
				Loop 13 (Military Drive) – Lackland AFB
				Enrique M. Barrera Parkway	no direct westbound exit (signed at Loop 13)
				Callaghan Road
				SH 151 – SeaWorld	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Acme Road	no direct westbound exit (signed at Callaghan Road)
				36th Street - Port San Antonio
				General McMullen Drive
				Cupples Road	no direct eastbound exit (signed at General McMullen Drive)
				Spur 371 (General Hudnell Drive) – Port San Antonio	westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Zarzamora Street	eastbound exit only
				Loop 353 south (Nogalitos Street)	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				I-10 west / I-35 / US 87 north – El Paso, Austin, Laredo	west end of I-10 / US 87 overlap; signed as exit 572
see I-10
Guadalupe	Seguin			I-10 east – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 90 east follows exit 603
	​			FM 725 – McQueeney
	Seguin			Alt. US 90 east / FM 464 west to I-10 – Seguin, Gonzales
				SH 46 (Sam Flores Drive) to Alt. US 90 – New Braunfels
				FM 78 west (Eighth Street)
				Bus. SH 123 (North Austin Street) – San Marcos, Stockdale
				FM 466 east (North King Street)
				SH 123 – San Marcos
				I-10 – San Antonio, Houston	I-10 exit 612
				SH 130 Toll north – Austin	SH 130 exit 496
	Kingsbury			FM 2438 south
				FM 1104 south – Darst Field
Caldwell	Luling			US 183 north / SH 80 to I-10 – Lockhart, San Marcos, Nixon, San Antonio	west end of US 183 overlap
				US 183 south to I-10 – Gonzales	east end of US 183 overlap
Gonzales	Harwood			FM 794 south – Gonzales
	Sandy Fork			SH 304 – Bastrop, Gonzales
	Waelder			SH 97 west / FM 1115 north – Cistern, Gonzales
	​			FM 1680 south – Moulton
	​			I-10 – Houston, San Antonio	I-10 exit 653
Fayette	​			FM 2762 west – Elm Grove
	Flatonia			SH 95 south – Moulton, Shiner	west end of SH 95 overlap
				SH 95 north – Smithville	east end of SH 95 overlap
				FM 609 north to I-10 – La Grange
	​			FM 1295 south – Praha
	Engle			FM 2238 north – Freyburg
	Schulenburg			FM 2672 north – High Hill
				FM 957 south – St. John
				Loop 222 (Lyons Avenue)
				US 77 to I-10 – La Grange, Hallettsville
	​			FM 1579 east
	​			I-10 – San Antonio, Houston	I-10 exit 677
	​			FM 1383 north – Dubina, Ammannsville
Colorado	Weimar			FM 155 north – La Grange	west end of FM 155 overlap
				FM 155 south	east end of FM 155 overlap
	​			I-10 / Hattermann Lane – Houston	I-10 exit 689
	Glidden			FM 2434 west
	​			SH 71 to I-10 – La Grange, San Antonio	interchange
	Columbus			FM 806 south (Cardinal Lane)
				Bus. SH 71 (Fannin Street) – La Grange, El Campo
				Spur 52 (Milam Street)
				Colorado River Bridge over Colorado River
	​			I-10 west – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 west follows exit 698
see I-10
Austin	Sealy			I-10 east / FM 3538 south – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; US 90 east follows exit 718
				Loop 350
				I-10 west / Outlet Center Drive – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 90 west follows exit 721
see I-10
Waller	​			I-10 east / Peach Ridge Road / Donigan Road – Houston	east end of I-10 overlap; US 90 east follows exit 729
	Brookshire			FM 1489 south – Simonton
				FM 359 north / FM 362 north – Pattison	west end of FM 359 overlap
				FM 359 south	east end of FM 359 overlap
	​			FM 2855 north
Fort Bend	Katy			FM 1463 south – Richmond
Harris				I-10 west / Katy Mills Boulevard – San Antonio	west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 west follows exit 741
see I-10
Harris	Houston			I-10 east – Beaumont	east end of I-10 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance; US 90 east follows exit 775B
				I-610	I-10 exit 775A; I-610 exit 26A; no access from I-610 south to US 90 east
				Mercury Drive
				FM 526 south (Maxey Road) / Wallisville Road	west end of FM 526 overlap
				Normandy Street (FM 526 north)	east end of FM 526 overlap
	​			Beltway 8 / Sam Houston Tollway / Uvalde Road
	​			Miller Road No. 3
	​			Miller Road No. 2
	​			Sheldon Road
	​			Frontage Road	eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Barrett			County Road
				FM 1942 / FM 2100 (US 90 Bus. west) – Crosby	no direct westbound exit (signed at Runneburg Road)
	​			Krenek Road / Runneburg Road	interchange; east end of freeway
Liberty	Dayton			FM 1413 south
				SH 146 south – Mont Belvieu, Baytown	west end of SH 146 overlap
				SH 321 north to FM 1960 – Cleveland
				FM 1409 south
	Liberty			Loop 227 north / FM 2684 south
				FM 563 south – Anahuac
				SH 146 north – Hardin, Livingston	east end of SH 146 overlap
	Ames			FM 160 (MLK Road)
	​			FM 1909 north to FM 160
	​			FM 2830 north to FM 160
	Raywood			FM 770 south to FM 563	west end of FM 770 overlap
				FM 770 north – Daisetta	east end of FM 770 overlap
	Devers			SH 61 south – Anahuac
	Felicia			FM 1009 south
Jefferson	Nome			FM 1009 west
				SH 326 north / FM 365 east – Sour Lake, Fannett
	Beaumont			FM 364 (Major Drive) to I-10 / SH 105
				I-10 / US 69 / US 96 / US 287 – Lake Charles, Houston	I-10 exit 851
				Spur 380 (M.L. King Parkway)
				I-10 west – Houston	west end of I-10 overlap; US 90 west follows exit 855A
see I-10
Orange	Orange			I-10 east / US 90 east – Lake Charles	Louisiana state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Interstate 10 in Texas
• U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)

References

1. Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "U.S. Highway No. 90". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 7, 2011.