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State Highway 99 (SH 99), also known as the Grand Parkway, is a beltway in the U.S. state of Texas.Its first section opened on August 31, 1994. When the route is completed, it will be the longest beltway in the U.S., the world's seventh-longest ring road, and the third (outer) loop of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the first (inner) loop ...
The Westpark Tollway is a 22-mile (35.4 km) toll road starting in Uptown Houston and traveling westward parallel to sections of Westpark Drive and FM 1093 and terminating just past FM 723 in Fulshear, Texas. It is the first all-electronic toll road in the United States. The Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority (FBCTRA) operates the westernmost ...
A reason in favor of toll roads mentioned in The Texas Tribune was tolls are "vital" to the state's future mobility planning as Texas tries to close the gap on road funding shortfall. [7] The article explains how the gas tax has not been increased since 1993 and costs of building roadways has increased throughout time supporting the ...
SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) in Fort Bend County: 12.2 19.6 I-69 / US 59: FM 1093 / Westpark Tollway: $3.52 (with valid tag) $5.52 (without tag) [74] EZ TAG, TxTag, or TollTag required; non-toll traffic must use the "last free exit" to bypass toll gantries SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway) in Harris, Montgomery, Liberty, and Chambers Counties 104.7 168.5
Section D; The FBGPTRA operates the SH-99 Toll (Grand Parkway Toll Road) from FM-1093 (Fort Bend Westpark Tollway) south to I-69/US-59 (Southwest Freeway) as a toll road with a series of tolled overpasses; The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) operates the adjoining segments of the Grand Parkway (E, F1, F2 and G) from FM-1093 north to ...
Red Bluff Freeway - planned from State Highway 146 southeast of Houston to Beltway 8.Only frontage roads have been built. SH 99 Toll - Sections A, B, and C of the Grand Parkway are in various stages of the planning process.
The Hardy Toll Road is a controlled-access toll road in the Greater Houston area of the U.S. state of Texas, maintained by the Harris County Toll Road Authority. The route runs from Interstate 610 near central Houston to Interstate 45 just south of the Harris–Montgomery county line. The road generally parallels Interstate 45.
The namesake of the tollway is Westpark Drive—an east–west major arterial running through a mostly industrial area. Like other toll roads in the Houston area, the speed limit is 65 mph (105 km/h)—even inside Beltway 8. The Westpark Tollway is the first fully electronic toll road in the United States.