Interstate 45
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by TxDOT | ||||
Length | 284.91 mi[1] (458.52 km) | |||
Existed | 1971–present | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | SH 87 in Galveston | |||
North end | I-345 / US 75 in Dallas | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Texas | |||
Counties | Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, Walker, Madison, Leon, Freestone, Navarro, Ellis, Dallas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 45 (I-45
I-45 replaced
The portion of I-45 between Downtown and Galveston is known to Houston residents as the Gulf Freeway. The short elevated section of I-45, which forms the southern boundary of Downtown, is known as the Pierce Elevated after the surface street next to which the freeway runs, while north of I-10 it is known as the North Freeway. I-45 and I-345 in the Dallas area, north of the interchanges with I-20 and SH 310 (old US 75), is the Julius Schepps Freeway. The Gulf Freeway and North Freeway both include reversible high-occupancy vehicle lane (HOV lanes) for busses and other HOVs to and from Downtown.
The freeway is the subject of ongoing controversy and federal investigation due to a proposed expansion project in Harris County, which would displace hundreds of people from their homes and worsen air quality.[4] The local authorities have opposed the expansion project, while the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) supports expansion, and negotiations are pending.[5][6] The project's estimated cost is at least $9.7 billion and is expected to take at least two decades to complete.[7][8]
Route description
In addition to the official
I-45 gained notoriety during
At just 284.91 miles (458.52 km), I-45 is the shortest of the primary Interstates (ending in 0 or 5) and the only primary Interstate to be entirely inside of one state.
Gulf Freeway
The stretch of I-45 connecting Galveston with Houston is known as the Gulf Freeway. It was the first
After several interchanges, I-45 crosses the Galveston Causeway and passes Tiki Island. Old US 75 south of this junction was upgraded on the spot.[13]
The Gulf Freeway generally parallels SH 3 (old US 75) about one mile (1.6 km) to the west, bypassing
In Houston, I-45 meets
The reversible HOV lane begins in Downtown at the intersection of St. Joseph Parkway and Emancipation Avenue, with easy access inbound to St. Joseph Parkway and outbound from Pierce Street. It runs down the median of the Gulf Freeway, mostly at the same level as the mainlanes. Ramps are provided for access to and from the following roads:
- Eastwood Transit Center (full access)
- I-610 north frontage road (full access)
- Monroe Road and Monroe Park & Ride (full access)
- Fuqua Park & Ride and South Point Park & Ride (full access)
- Frontage roads north of Dixie Farm Road (ramp stubfor continuation)
North Freeway
The I-45 North Freeway HOV begins in downtown Houston near the University of Houston–Downtown, with easy access inbound on Milam Street and outbound on Travis Street. Ramps and entrances are provided for access from the following roads. All are fully accessible.
- I-10/US 90 westbound exit and entrance only
- Quitman Street
- Airline Drive (to Crosstimbers Road)
- North Shepherd (to North Shepherd Park & Ride)
- FM 525(Aldine-Bender Road)
- Kuykendahl Park & Ride
- FM 1960 (to Spring Park & Ride)
The HOV ends approximately one mile (1.6 km) north of the FM 1960 (Cypress Creek Parkway) exit and becomes a diamond white line at grade separated HOV north to just before exit 84
Julius Schepps Freeway
The stretch of I-45 along the Julius Schepps Freeway in Dallas, from the Trinity River to Downtown Dallas up to and including I-345, is elevated above the surrounding areas for most of its length. As such, when ice storms hit the Dallas area (usually on average one to two times per year), the freeway is shut down, and traffic is diverted to SH 310 and US 175, which parallel I-45.
History
In the initial assignment of state highways in 1917, the
Gulf Freeway (Houston to Galveston)
This section needs to be updated.(April 2020) |
The
Before the new highway was built,
The first freeway dedication in the state took place at 7:00 pm on September 30, 1948, at the overpass over Calhoun Road by the
The first major change was made in preparation for the North Freeway connection, when the directions of Calhoun Avenue and Jefferson Street were swapped so that they would alternate. A bridge, dated 1954, was built to carry traffic from Jefferson Street over traffic to Jefferson Street,
As the first freeway in Texas, the standards of the Gulf Freeway soon became inadequate, with poor sight lines and little room to merge when entering. It also attracted development, such as
These projects, however, were not the end of construction on the Gulf Freeway. The highway beyond I-610 to FM 1959, which had just been upgraded in the 1950s and 1960s, saw an extension of the transitway to a temporary end near FM 1959, widening to eight lanes, and a large
Widening of the freeway between Kurland Drive at Bay Area Boulevard began in July 2011. This construction will expand the number of freeway lanes from six to ten and increase the number of frontage lanes from four to six. The
The project has six phases. Phase one is the reconstruction of the mainlanes from the northern end of the project to just south of FM 1959. The end of this phase will include the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge at the FM 1959 intersection. Phase two, planned to begin in mid-2012, will be the reconstruction of the frontage roads from just south of FM 1959 to the southern end of the project. Phase three will be the reconstruction of the mainlanes on the southern half of the project and is planned to begin in mid-2013. Phase four, scheduled to start late 2014, will be the demolition and reconstruction of the overpass at Clear Lake City Boulevard. Phase five (which was completed) was the demolition and reconstruction of El Dorado and Bay Area boulevards. The demolition and reconstruction was finished in 2016. As a result, the 1960s-era cloverleaf interchanges (with the exception of Fuqua Street and Scarsdale Boulevard) have been eliminated with overpasses. Phase six will be making the new lanes of the freeway. It will have five lanes each direction along with the new overpasses for those two underpasses. This will be completed 2017.
In 2015, reconstruction and widening of I-45 began in Downtown due to heavy traffic. The southbound onramp from Allen Parkway will be moved to enter on the right side, and long-range plans call for the demolition of the outdated Pierce Elevated, with the reroute of I-45 being along I-69/US 59 and I-10/US 90 to the North Freeway. The parts of the Gulf Freeway at I-10 and I-45 will be known as the Downtown Connector. If I-45 was rerouted and the Pierce Elevated demolished (and/or redeveloped into the proposed Pierce SkyPark as part of additional greenspace), the connecting ramps south of Allen Parkway would become a second downtown spur, which will result in the demise of a full freeway loop around Downtown. As of 2018[update], there are no plans to place the Pierce Elevated in a tunnel similar to Spur 366 in Dallas since Greater Houston is prone to flooding, especially in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
North Freeway (Houston to Conroe)
The last alignment of US 75 before the North Freeway was built left Downtown to the northwest on Main Street, turning north at Airline Drive, and then northwest along the present alignment of I-45, then known as Stuebner Airline Road, Shepherd Drive, and East Montgomery Road.
The first piece of the North Freeway to be built outside I-610 was an upgrade of existing US 75 on Stuebner Airline Road, between Airline and Shepherd drives, opened in December 1959. In April 1961, this was completed to the interchange with I-610, and, on July 24, 1962, the Downtown section was extended north to meet it. As each section opened, US 75 was moved to it, temporarily using I-610 to Airline Drive for about a year.
Like the Gulf Freeway, the North Freeway soon became
Reconstruction of the mainlanes and frontage roads to handle increased traffic began in 1982 just north of Downtown. No lanes were added south of I-610, but the eight-lane cross-section, with room for a transitway, was continued north as construction progressed. Work was completed south of Airline Drive (exit 53) in about 1985, to Shepherd Drive (exit 56B) in 1987, and to
As of 2015[update], widening of the North Freeway from Downtown to the Sam Houston Tollway began. The plan for the project is to widen the freeway by adding managed lanes and adding the North Shepherd on- and offramps also known as
Authorities in
Parts of the freeway are paralleled by the METRORail Red Line.[46]
Between Conroe and Richland
The first part of I-45 between Conroe and Richland was the bypass around Huntsville.[41]
The final piece of I-45 between the cities opened on October 13, 1971, for 12 miles (19 km) between Fairfield and Streetman.[47]
Richland to Dallas (Julius Schepps Freeway)
The
It was not until 1964 that I-345, extending I-45 north along the proposed Central Expressway bypass, was added as a proposed state highway.[50] I-45 and I-345 were built and opened in the 1970s, with the final section, between Lamar Street (exit 283A) and the Central Expressway (exit 283B),[30] opening on February 25, 1976.[51] At the north end, before it merged into the Central Expressway (which continued to carry US 75), I-345 straddled the bridges over Bryan Street and Ross Avenue, the latter the location of the opening ceremonies in 1949.[52] Because of their location, these two bridges were not replaced in the 1990s reconstruction of the North Central Expressway and are the only surviving grade separations from the initial construction north from downtown.[30]
At the time the interchange with I-20 was built, the freeway that crossed I-45 was then a part of I-635; it would not be until later when, initially, I-20 was added to I-635 as a multiplex, then later still, I-635 would be truncated away from the I-45 interchange (back around to just north of what is now I-20's interchange with US 175).[53][54]
Reconstruction and widening to six lanes, from the Ellis–Navarro county line (between exits 243 and 244) north to SH 310 (exit 275), began in 1991.[55] The last section, near the north end, was completed in 2002.[citation needed]
Exit list
County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Galveston | Galveston | 0.00 | 0.00 | SH 87 north (Broadway Avenue J) – Downtown, East Beach | Southern terminus of I-45 and SH 87; roadway continues as SH 87 northbound | |
1A | Scholes International Airport , West Beach | |||||
1.0 | 1.6 | 1B | 71st Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; northbound access via exit 1A | ||
1.1 | 1.8 | 1C | FM 188 (Teichman Road) / SH 275 (Harborside Drive) | |||
Galveston Bay | Galveston Causeway | |||||
| 4.2 | 6.8 | 4 | Village of Tiki Island | ||
| 5.2 | 8.4 | 5 | Frontage Road | ||
La Marque | 6.2 | 10.0 | 6 | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and entrance only | |
6.7 | 10.8 | 7A | SH 3 north / SH 146 north – Texas City, La Marque | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
7.0 | 11.3 | 7B | SH 6 west – Bayou Vista, Hitchcock | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
7.3 | 11.7 | 7C | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
8.2 | 13.2 | 7 | SH 6 / SH 146 – Texas City | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
9.0 | 14.5 | 8 | Frontage Road | Southbound entrance only; northbound exit is via exit 10 | ||
9.7 | 15.6 | 9 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
10.1 | 16.3 | 10 | FM 519 (Main Street) | |||
11.1 | 17.9 | 11 | Vauthier Road | |||
Texas City | 12.2 | 19.6 | 12 | FM 1765 (Texas Avenue) – La Marque, Texas City | ||
13.2 | 21.2 | 13 | Century Boulevard, Delany Road | |||
14.7 | 23.7 | 15 | FM 1764 / FM 2004 (Mall of the Mainland Parkway) – Hitchcock | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
15.7 | 25.3 | 16 | FM 1764 east (Emmett F. Lowry Expressway) – Texas City | Northbound entrance and southbound exit; access to Mainland Medical Center | ||
17.0 | 27.4 | 17 | Holland Road, Hughes Road | |||
FM 646 (16th Street) – Santa Fe | Interchange is planned to become the SH 99 (Grand Parkway) interchange | |||||
22.0 | 35.4 | 22 | SH 96 / League City Parkway | No northbound entrance (closed until June 2023) | ||
22.7 | 36.5 | 23 | FM 518 (West Main Street) – League City | No northbound exit (closed untl June 2023); northbound exit is via exit 22 | ||
Harris | Webster | I-45 Express Lane | Southern end of Express Lane; southbound entrance only | |||
25.0 | 40.2 | 24 | NASA | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; access to Houston Methodist St. John Hospital | ||
24.3 | 39.1 | 25 | NASA | Northbound exit for NASA Road 1 via frontage road, access to Houston Methodist St. John Hospital | ||
25.7 | 41.4 | 26 | Bay Area Boulevard – University of Houston–Clear Lake | Access to Clear Lake Regional Medical Center | ||
— | I-45 Express Lane north | Northbound exit only | ||||
26.8 | 43.1 | 27 | El Dorado Boulevard | |||
FM 2351 (Clear Lake City Boulevard) – Friendswood | ||||||
29.4 | 47.3 | — | FM 1959 (Dixie Farm Road) | Southbound right exit and northbound right entrance for reversible Express Lane only | ||
30 | Ellington Field | |||||
30.9 | 49.7 | 31 | FM 2553 (Scarsdale Boulevard) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
— | Southpoint Park & Ride | Southbound exit and northbound right entrance for reversible Express Lane only | ||||
— | Fuqua Park & Ride | Southbound right exit and northbound entrance for reversible Express Lane only | ||||
32.0 | 51.5 | 32 | Sam Houston Tollway | |||
32.7 | 52.6 | 33 | Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) / Fuqua Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
33.6 | 54.1 | 34 | Almeda–Genoa Road / South Shaver Road | |||
34.8 | 56.0 | 35 | Clearwood Drive, Edgebrook Drive | |||
35.9 | 57.8 | 36 | Airport Boulevard, College Avenue | |||
— | Hobby Airport | Access from reversible Express Lane only | ||||
— | Monroe Park & Ride | |||||
37.0 | 59.5 | 38 | SH 3 (Monroe Road) / Winkler Drive / Bellfort Avenue / Howard Drive | |||
38.7 | 62.3 | 38B | Howard Drive, Bellfort Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
38.9 | 62.6 | 39 | Park Place Boulevard, Broadway Boulevard | |||
40.1 | 64.5 | 40A | Frontage Road | Northbound exit only | ||
40.3 | 64.9 | 40B | I-610 west (South Loop Freeway west) / SH 35 south (Reveille Street) – Pearland, Alvin I-610 east (South Loop Freeway east) to SH 225 – Pasadena | I-610 exit 32; I-610 west/SH 35 not signed northbound | ||
40.4 | 65.0 | 40C | I-610 west (South Loop Freeway) | Left exit northbound; southbound access via exit 40B; I-610 exit 32A | ||
— | I-610 | Access via frontage roads from Reversible Express Lane only | ||||
40.6 | 65.3 | 41A | Woodridge Drive | |||
41.7 | 67.1 | 41B | Griggs Road, Broad Street | |||
42.6 | 68.6 | 42 | US 90 Alt. (South Wayside Drive) | Northbound access via exit 41B | ||
42.7 | 68.7 | 43A | Telephone Road | |||
43.1 | 69.4 | 43B | Tellepsen Street | |||
43.8 | 70.5 | 44A | Elgin-Lockwood, Cullen Boulevard – University of Houston | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
— | Eastwood Transit Center, Emancipation Avenue | Northern end of reversible Express Lane; northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||||
44.3 | 71.3 | 44B | Spur 5 south – University of Houston | Southbound exit only | ||
44.6 | 71.8 | 44C | Cullen Boulevard, Lockwood-Elgin – University of Houston | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
44.0 | 70.8 | 45 | SH 288 south – Lake Jackson, Freeport, Houston Zoo I-69 / US 59 – Cleveland, Victoria | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-69 exit 129A northbound, 129B southbound | ||
45A | Scott Street | Northbound access via exit 45 | ||||
46 | Saint Joseph Parkway, Pease Street, Emancipation Avenue – Downtown Destinations | Northbound exit only; Saint Joseph Parkway and Emancipation Avenue were formerly Calhoun Avenue and Dowling Street, respectively | ||||
45.8 | 73.7 | 46A | I-69 north / US 59 north – Cleveland | Southbound left exit and northbound entrance; I-69 exit 129B southbound. | ||
45.9 | 73.9 | 46B | SH 288 south – Lake Jackson, Freeport, Houston Zoo I-69 south / US 59 south – Victoria | Southbound exit and northbound left entrance; I-69 exit 129A northbound | ||
47.5 | 76.4 | 47B | Houston Avenue / Amtrak Station | Northbound exit only | ||
47A | Allen Parkway | Left exits | ||||
47.8 | 76.9 | 47C | McKinney Street | Southbound left exit and northbound entrance | ||
47.9 | 77.1 | 47D | Dallas Street / Pierce Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
— | Smith Street / Milam Street | Southern end of reversible Express Lane; southbound exit and northbound entrance; mainline I-45 access to Milam Street via exit 48A southbound | ||||
48.3 | 77.7 | 48A | I-10 east (US 90 east) – Beaumont | Left exit southbound; I-10 exit 768 | ||
— | I-10 west (US 90 west) / Quitman Street | Southbound exit and northbound right entrance for reversible Express Lane only; I-10 exit 768A | ||||
48.6 | 78.2 | 48B | San Antonio | Left exit northbound; I-10 exits 768 | ||
49.2 | 79.2 | 49A | Quitman Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
49.7 | 80.0 | 49B | North Main Street, Houston Avenue | |||
50.2 | 80.8 | 50A | Patton Street | Southbound exit is via exit 50 | ||
50.8 | 81.8 | 50B | Cavalcade Street, Link Road, Patton Street | Signed as exit 50 southbound; Link Road not signed southbound; Patton Street not signed northbound | ||
51.4 | 82.7 | 51 | I-610 (North Loop Freeway) to Hardy Toll Road | I-610 exits 17B-C; access to Hardy Toll Road via I-610 east | ||
— | Airline Drive to I-610 | Access from Reversible Express Lane only | ||||
52.5 | 84.5 | 52A | Frontage Road | Southbound exit only | ||
52.3 | 84.2 | 52B | Crosstimbers Road | |||
52.8 | 85.0 | 53 | Airline Drive | |||
53.2 | 85.6 | 54 | Tidwell Road | |||
54.2 | 87.2 | 55A | Parker Road, Yale Street | |||
55.4 | 89.2 | 55B | Little York Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
56.5 | 90.9 | 56A | Spur 261 (Shepherd Drive) | No northbound exit | ||
56.6 | 91.1 | 56B | Veterans Memorial Drive / Little York Road | Southbound exit and entrance only | ||
57.4 | 92.4 | 57A | Gulf Bank Road | Signed as exit 57B southbound; northbound exit was formerly signed exit 56A for Canino Road | ||
— | North Shepherd Drive ( Spur 261 ) | Northbound right exit and southbound entrance for Reversible Express Lane only | ||||
57.5 | 92.5 | 57B | SH 249 (West Mount Houston Road) – Tomball | Former FM 149 | ||
58.3 | 93.8 | 59 | West Road | |||
— | To Sam Houston Tollway / Beltway 8 – George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Northbound right exit and southbound right entrance for Reversible Express Lane only; access via frontage roads | ||||
59.3 | 95.4 | 60A | FM 525 (Aldine Bender Road) / Fallbrook Road / Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | Beltway 8/Frontage Road not signed northbound | ||
60.2 | 96.9 | 60B | Beltway 8 (Frontage Road) | Southbound access via exit 60A | ||
60.4– 60.5 | 97.2– 97.4 | 60C-D | Sam Houston Tollway west – George Bush Intercontinental Airport | Signed as exits 60C (Sam Houston Tollway) and 60D (Beltway 8) northbound; signed as exit 60B southbound | ||
60.8 | 97.8 | 61 | Greens Road | |||
61.7 | 99.3 | 62 | Rankin Road, Kuykendahl Road | |||
— | Kuykendahl Park & Ride | Access from reversible Express Lane only | ||||
62.9 | 101.2 | 63 | Airtex Drive | |||
64.6 | 104.0 | 64 | Richey Road | |||
65.7 | 105.7 | 66A | Addicks, Humble | Signed as exit 66 southbound; access to Houston Northwest Medical Center | ||
— | FM 1960 | Northbound right exit and southbound right entrance for reversible Express Lane only | ||||
66.8 | 107.5 | 66B | Hollow Tree Street, Parramatta Lane | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
— | I-45 Express Lane south | Northern end of Reversible Express Lane | ||||
68.3 | 109.9 | 68 | Cypresswood Drive, Holzwarth Road, Louetta Road | Louetta Road not signed northbound | ||
FM 2920 – Tomball | ||||||
Spring | 70.4– 71.5 | 113.3– 115.1 | 70B | SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) / Spring Stuebner Road west | Signed as exit 71A southbound; Spring Stuebner Road signed northbound only | |
71.7– 72.5 | 115.4– 116.7 | 72 | To Hardy Toll Road south / Springwoods Village Parkway | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; southbound access to Springwoods Village Parkway (formerly Spring Crossing Drive) via exit 72A | ||
Harris–Montgomery county line | 72B | Hardy Toll Road south | Drivers using this exit must pay toll; southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
Montgomery | Rayford | 72A | To SH 99 Toll east (Grand Parkway) | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
73.3 | 118.0 | 73 | Rayford Road, Sawdust Road | |||
The Woodlands | 74.3– 75.6 | 119.6– 121.7 | 76 | Robinson Road, Woodlands Parkway | Signed as exits 76A (Robinson Road) and 76B (Woodlands Parkway) northbound | |
76.2 | 122.6 | 77 | Lake Woodlands Drive, Research Forest Drive, Tamina Road | Access to Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital ; Lake Woodlands Drive not signed southbound (access via exit 76 from I-45 southbound) | ||
77.9– 79.1 | 125.4– 127.3 | 79 | SH 242 (College Park Drive) / Needham Road | Signed as exits 79A (east) and 79B (west, a former toll ramp) northbound; access to St. Luke's Health - The Woodlands Hospital and Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital | ||
81.9 | 131.8 | 82 | River Plantation Drive | Northbound exit only, southbound exit is via exit 83 | ||
83.2 | 133.9 | 83 | Grand Central Parkway, Crighton Road | Exit formerly co-signed with Camp Strake Road | ||
83.9 | 135.0 | 84 | Loop 336 | Signed as exit 84B northbound, access to Conroe Regional Medical Center | ||
84.9 | 136.6 | 85 | Gladstell Street | Access to Conroe Regional Medical Center | ||
85.9 | 138.2 | 87A | FM 2854 – Conroe, Lake Conroe | Signed as exit 87 southbound, access to Conroe Regional Medical Center, downtown Conroe | ||
87.2 | 140.3 | 87B | Wilson Road | Northbound exit only; southbound access via exit 88 | ||
88.0 | 141.6 | 88 | ||||
88.9 | 143.1 | 89 | FM 3083 (Teas Nursery Road) | |||
90.1 | 145.0 | 90 | League Line Road | |||
| 92.1 | 148.2 | 92 | FM 830 (Seven Coves Drive) | ||
FM 1097 (W. Montgomery Street) – Willis , Lake Conroe | ||||||
95.1 | 153.0 | 95 | Longstreet Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
| 96.7 | 155.6 | 97 | Calvary Road | ||
| 98.0 | 157.7 | 98 | SH 75 / Shepard Hill Road / Old Danville Road | SH 75 not signed southbound | |
FM 1375 – New Waverly | Southbound exit ramp closed; formerly signed as exit 103 southbound | |||||
| 109.9 | 176.9 | 109 | PR 40 – Huntsville State Park | ||
Huntsville | 112.3 | 180.7 | 112 | SH 75 – Sam Houston State University | ||
112.7 | 181.4 | 113 | SH 19 – Riverside, Crockett, Lake Livingston | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
113.5 | 182.7 | 114 | FM 1374 (Montgomery Road) – Sam Houston State University | Access to Huntsville Memorial Hospital | ||
115.1 | 185.2 | 115 | Avenue S | |||
116.0 | 186.7 | 116 | Southern end of US 190 overlap | |||
117.0 | 188.3 | 117 | Frontage Road | No southbound exit | ||
| 118.0 | 189.9 | 118 | Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Huntsville Regional Airport | ||
| 122.9 | 197.8 | 123 | FM 1696 | ||
| 132.3 | 212.9 | 132 | FM 2989 | ||
Spur 67 | ||||||
Northern end of US 190 | ||||||
| 146.1 | 235.1 | 146 | SH 75 – Madisonville | ||
| 152.2 | 244.9 | 152 | SH OSR (Old San Antonio Road) – Normangee | ||
FM 977 – Leona | ||||||
Centerville | 163.9 | 263.8 | 164 | SH 7 (St Marys Street) – Centerville | ||
Buffalo | 178.5 | 287.3 | 178 | US 79 – Buffalo, Palestine, Jacksonville | ||
| 179.9 | 289.5 | 180 | SH 164 – Groesbeck | ||
Freestone | | 189.7 | 305.3 | 189 | SH 179 – Teague | |
Fairfield | 198.0 | 318.7 | 197 | US 84 – Fairfield, Teague | ||
198.8 | 319.9 | 198 | Access to East Texas Medical Center-Fairfield | |||
| 206.2 | 331.8 | 206 | FM 833 | ||
| 211.4 | 340.2 | 211 | |||
| 218.7 | 352.0 | 218 | FM 1394 – Richland | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 219.8 | 353.7 | 219A | SH 14 – Richland, Mexia | No northbound exit | |
| 219.9 | 353.9 | 219B | Frontage Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
| 220.2 | 354.4 | 220 | Frontage Road | ||
Angus | 221.3 | 356.1 | 221 | |||
224.8 | 361.8 | 225 | ||||
Corsicana | 227 | SH 31 – Athens, Waco | ||||
228.5 | 367.7 | 228A | 15th Street | Southbound exit is via exit 228B | ||
229.0 | 368.5 | 228B | I-45 BL north / Frontage Road – Corsicana | Left exit northbound | ||
229.2 | 368.9 | 229 | US 287 south – Palestine | Southern end of US 287 overlap | ||
231.3 | 372.2 | 231 | Access to Navarro Regional Hospital | |||
232.7 | 374.5 | 232 | Roane Road, E. 5th Avenue | |||
| 235.2 | 378.5 | 235A | Frontage Road | Signed as exit 235 northbound | |
| 235.7 | 379.3 | 235B | I-45 BL south – Corsicana | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |
Rice | 237.3 | 381.9 | 237 | Frontage Road | ||
238.7 | 384.2 | 238 | FM 1603 | |||
240.1 | 386.4 | 239 | FM 1126 | |||
242.2 | 389.8 | 242 | Calhoun Street – Rice | |||
243.1 | 391.2 | 243 | Frontage Road | |||
FM 1182 | ||||||
FM 1183 – Alma | ||||||
| 257.6 | 414.6 | 247 | US 287 north – Waxahachie, Fort Worth | Northern end of US 287 overlap | |
FM 85 – Ennis | ||||||
251.0 | 403.9 | 251A | FM 1181 (Creechville Road) | |||
251.7 | 405.1 | 251B | SH 34 (E. Ennis Avenue) – Kaufman, Italy | |||
253.3 | 407.6 | 253 | I-45 BL south – Ennis | |||
| 255.0 | 410.4 | 255 | FM 879 – Garrett | ||
I-45 BL north / Parker Hill Road – Palmer | ||||||
258.6 | 416.2 | 259 | FM 813 (Jefferson Street) | |||
259.6 | 417.8 | 260 | I-45 BL south / Frontage Road – Palmer | |||
| 262.3 | 422.1 | 262 | Frontage Road | ||
| 263.0 | 423.3 | 263A | Loop 561 – Trumbull | ||
| 263.7 | 424.4 | 263B | Frontage Road | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 266.1 | 428.2 | 264 | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
| 264.8 | 426.2 | 265 | I-45 BL north | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
FM 660 (5th Street) | ||||||
266.8 | 429.4 | 267 | Frontage Road | |||
I-45 BL south / Malloy Bridge Road | ||||||
| 269.4 | 433.6 | 269 | Mars Road | ||
Wilmer | 270.4 | 435.2 | 270 | Belt Line Road | ||
271.7 | 437.3 | 271 | Pleasant Run Road | |||
Hutchins | 272.7 | 438.9 | 272 | Fulghum Road | ||
273.5 | 440.2 | 273 | Wintergreen Road | |||
274.7 | 442.1 | 274 | Dowdy Ferry Road, Palestine Street | |||
Dallas | 275.9 | 444.0 | 275 | SH 310 north (South Central Expressway) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
276.1– 276.3 | 444.3– 444.7 | 276 | I-20 (Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway) – Fort Worth, Shreveport | Signed as exits 276A (west) and 276B (east); I-20 exits 473B-C | ||
278.0 | 447.4 | 277 | Simpson Stuart Road | |||
279.3– 279.5 | 449.5– 449.8 | 279 | Loop 12 | Signed as exits 279A (east) and 279B (west) northbound | ||
280.1 | 450.8 | 280 | Illinois Avenue, Linfield Street | |||
281.4 | 452.9 | 281 | Overton Road | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
282.1 | 454.0 | 282 | US 175 east (C.F. Hawn Freeway) – Kaufman | Southbound exit and northbound entrance[56] | ||
283.1– 283.3 | 455.6– 455.9 | 283A | Lamar Street, Pennsylvania Avenue – Fair Park | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | ||
284.4 | 457.7 | 283B | S.M. Wright Freeway (SH 310 south) / Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard – Fair Park | Southbound exit and northbound entrance; former US 175; northbound access to MLK Jr. Boulevard via exit 283A | ||
284.9 | 458.5 | 284A | I-30 (US 67) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-30 exits 46-47B | ||
I-345 ; access to US 75 via I-345 | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
This section is in prose. is available. (May 2022) |
- Interstate 345
- Texas State Highway 3
- Texas State Highway 75
- Texas State Highway 310
- U.S. Route 75 in Texas
- U.S. Route 175
- Business routes of Interstate 45
Notes
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External links
- Geographic data related to Interstate 45 at OpenStreetMap
- Interstate Guide: I-45
- I-45 info/history page—from dfwfreeways.info
- METRO - Gulf Freeway HOV system & map