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
Major intersections	US 183 in Gonzales US 77 in Hallettsville I-69 / US 59 near Sugar Land I-610 in Houston I-45 in Houston
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 List Special Divided Highways in Texas Interstate US State Toll Loops Spurs FM/RM Park Rec
← 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.

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]

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.

County	Location	mi	km	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)
				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
	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
				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

• List of U.S. Highways in Texas
• Special routes of U.S. Route 90

Wikimedia Commons has media related to U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas).

• Feldstein, Dan. "South Main widening to `super street' may start in late '97/8-lane road not without opponents concerned with traffic, noise." Houston Chronicle. Monday August 12, 1996. A17.
• Staff. "Squeeze to be put on South Main commuters." Houston Chronicle. Thursday July 13, 2000. A27.