U.S. Highway 290
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 90
Maintained by TxDOT
Length
261.187 mi[1] (420.340 km)
Existed
1927[1]–present
Major junctions
West end
Major intersections
I-35inAustin
US 183inAustin
US 77inGiddingsEast end
Location
Country
State
Counties
Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Washington, Waller, Harris
Highway system
U.S. Route 290 (US 290) is an east–west U.S. Highway located entirely within the state of Texas. Its western terminus is at Interstate 10 southeast of Segovia, and its eastern terminus is at Interstate 610 in northwest Houston.[1] It is the main highway between Houston and Austin and is a cutoff for travelers wanting to bypass San AntonioonInterstate 10. Throughout its length west of Austin, US 290 cuts across mountainous hills comprising the Texas Hill Country and the Edwards Plateau; between Austin and Houston, the highway then travels through gradually hilly grasslands and pine forests comprising the Gulf Coastal Plains.
In its original designation in 1926, US 290 originally traveled from US 80inReeves County to terminate in San Antonio; though the highway still retains its designation from southeast of Segovia to Fredericksburg, I-10 and US 87 replaced much of the old routing in 1935. US 290 also received several minor re-routings east of Austin in 1951 that moved it further north, eliminating the old SH 20; the old routings were replaced by SH 71 and SH 21. While US 290 does not directly connect to its parent route of U.S. Route 90, ramps at its eastern terminus lead to US 90 and I-10.
US 290 begins from I-10 roughly 12 miles (19 km) southeast of the small town of Segovia. It begins to travel due east through rural farmlands in the Texas Hill Country before reaching Harper, where it is the main west–east road in the town.[2] Afterwards, US 290 begins making slight curves as it crosses through several creeks and tributaries amidst additional farmland, where it eventually joins US 87 and runs as Main Street through Fredericksburg. The two highways travel together for eleven blocks in downtown Fredericksburg before US 87 splits south of US 290 at an intersection directly south of the National Museum of the Pacific War.[2] Traveling due south, US 290 returns to an eastward path after crossing the Pedernales River, where it serves as a major artery for Fredericksburg's agricultural district, including Wildseed Farms.[2] The highway then runs parallel to the Pedernales River, and after passing Stonewall, serves the south side of LBJ Ranch.[2] As the Pedernales River arcs further north, US 290 continues east through several wineries before approaching Johnson City and bordering the north side of the LBJ Johnson City Unit.[2] US 290 runs along Main Street throughout downtown Johnson City as it joins US 281 and heads south.[2]
After traveling through additional hilly terrain, US 290 splits east from US 281 and twists through slopes in the Edwards Plateau, where an intersection with RM 3232 in the unincorporated community of Henly provides access to Pedernales Falls State Park. US 290 then curves south to serve downtown Dripping Springs, and then serves various residential areas as it crosses into southwest Austin.[2] The highway then begins a concurrency with SH 71 at a series of traffic lights and travels through Austin's Oak Hill district before becoming a five-to-six-lane freeway. In the community of Sunset Valley, US 290 has interchanges with Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) and Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway) providing access to the Barton Creek Greenbelt, and is then designated as Ben White Boulevard while it travels through south-central Austin, crossing the UPRR Austin Subdivision railroad in the process. Shortly afterward, US 290 splits north from SH 71 in a stack interchange to run concurrent with I-35.[2]
Upon beginning its concurrency with I-35, US 290 travels through the suburban Riverside and Travis Heights districts while also serving St. Edward's University. After crossing the Colorado River, I-35 and US 290 cut between downtown Austin and the East Cesar Chavez district, being the only major highways to serve the Austin Convention Center and the Texas State Capitol. Just prior to bordering the east side of the main University of Texas at Austin campus, I-35 and US 290 split into two decks for about 2 miles (3.2 km), resurfacing close to the former Mueller Airport.[2] US 290 then splits due east from I-35 southeast of the former Highland Mall as a four-lane freeway. Not long after, US 290 has an interchange with US 183 and promptly becomes a tolled freeway designated as the Manor Expressway. It then travels through much of industrial East Austin and Daffan before reverting to a four-lane divided highway after an interchange with SH 130, less than a mile shy of Manor.[2] US 290 then makes its way through rolling meadows dotted with suburban areas in northeast Travis County, then travels through southern Elgin where it forms a brief concurrency with SH 95. Passing through the town of McDade, US 290 cuts through piney woods north of the Lost Pines Forest and has an interchange with SH 21 west of Paige. US 290 continues east, running parallel to the Austin and Northwestern Railroad east branch until approaching Giddings, where the highway travels along Austin Street, intersecting US 77 near the town's center.[2]
US 290 travels southeast to Ledbetter, where it then travels through additional grassland before bounding northeast to Burton. The highway then enters Brenham, where it briefly joins SH 36 to serve Blinn College and bypass the city as a four-lane freeway. After exiting Brenham, US 290 runs parallel to the old Washington County Railroad and goes through Chappell Hill to serve every historic landmark there, then crosses the Brazos River to move through a rural auto-industrial area.[2] SH 6 joins US 290 north of Hempstead, where the two highways become a four-lane freeway notable for its role as a hurricane evacuation route. Running parallel to the Houston and Texas Central Railway from the north, US 290 finally comes right next to it roughly 3 miles (4.8 km) prior to intersecting SH 99. The highway is then designated as Northwest Freeway (legally as the Ronald Reagan Memorial Highway[3]) as it travels through the suburb of Cypress, later splitting off SH 6 to the south in the suburb of Jersey Village. Following an interchange with the Sam Houston Tollway, US 290 serves several businesses and neighborhoods in northwest Houston before terminating at an interchange with I-610 west of the Lazybrook/Timbergrove district.[2]
State Highway 20
Location
Existed
1917–1951
On June 21, 1917, the department's Office of State Highway Engineer issued a proposal for the state highway system. The proposal included SH 20 originally planned as the Austin-Houston Highway between Austin and Houston by way of Bastrop, Giddings, Brenham, and Hempstead.[4] On July 17, 1917, the planned route was extended from Austin to Brady by way of Burnet, Llano, and Mason.[5][6] On December 17, 1918, SH 20 was rerouted away from Bastrop, with the section from Austin to Bastrop transferred to SH 3A.[7] The section of SH 20 from Hempstead to Houston was cancelled as it was already part of the Gulf Division Branch of SH 2.
State Highway 20A
Location
Between Kerrville and Junction–Fredericksburg
Existed
1928–1930
On November 19, 1917, an intercounty highway from Austin through Johnson CitytoFredericksburg was designated.[8] On January 20, 1919, this was changed to an auxiliary route of Highway 20, Highway 20A.[9][10] The highway routes remained unchanged in a 1922 proposal that rated both routes as "second class" under a three-tier system.[11]
On August 21, 1923, SH 20 in the new highway system was routed over the previously proposed Highway 20A from Fredericksburg to Austin and then over the proposed Highway 20 to Hempstead as a second class highway. The old route to Leander was cancelled, and northwest of there became part of SH 43 when it was extended southwest. In 1924, the state highway department assumed responsibility to maintain all state highways which were previously maintained by the counties. The following year, state lawmakers vest the department with the authority to acquire right of way, survey, plan, and build highways.[12] On August 10, 1925, SH 20 was given a third class extension to Kerrville.[13] On February 20, 1928, SH 20 was given an auxiliary route SH 20A from Fredericksburg to a point on the highway between Kerrville and Junction.[14] All of the highway from Fredericksburg to Hempstead was classified as a "secondary federal highway". The portion between Fredericksburg and Kerrville along with the new auxiliary route were classified as "state highways" eligible for state aid only.[15]
On March 19, 1930, the SH 20 designation was dropped over the Fredericksburg to Kerrville highway (replaced by an extended SH 81) and extended instead over the auxiliary route SH 20A. In 1933 the road was described between Fredericksburg and Hempstead as paved except for the portion in Hays County around Dripping Springs and a short portion west of Elgin that were described as surfaced. The portion west of Fredericksburg toward Junction was graded earth.[16] In 1935, US 290 was routed over SH 20 except for the portion between Austin and Paige where US 290 was routed further south through Bastrop.[17] By 1936, the formerly surfaced portion west of Elgin had been paved, but the Hays County portion remained merely surfaced. West of Fredericksburg, the Gillespie County portion had been surfaced while the Kimble County portion remained as an improved earth road.[18] On September 26, 1939, the SH 20 designation was dropped along all portions of the route running along US 290 as a result of that day's general redescription of the state highway system, leaving SH 20 as a greatly shortened route running from Austin to US 290 near Paige. On May 23, 1951, US 290 was relocated away from Bastrop northward along SH 20 which was then decommissioned.[19]
In its original designation in the late 1920s, US 290 traveled from an intersection with US 80 in western Reeves County to an eastern terminus in San Antonio. On March 1, 1935, US 290 was re-routed further north to terminate in Houston, and the previous alignment from Fredericksburg to San Antonio was redesignated as US 87.[1][20] Following the 1935 re-routing, US 290 traveled through much of its present-day routing, with the exception of a designation traveling through Austin and Bastrop before following the Old San Antonio Road to Paige. On May 23, 1951, US 290 was rerouted further north to Elgin, while the original routing was transferred to SH 71 from Austin to Bastrop, and SH 21 from Bastrop to Paige.[21][22]
Through Austin, US 290 originally followed Lamar Boulevard and Cesar Chavez Street to I-35 (then US 81). On May 30, 1951, US 290 and SH 71 were both rerouted onto their present-day designations on Ben White Boulevard, and the old designations were transferred to Loop 343.[23]
On November 21, 1991, the US 290 designation was deleted between the old US 80 junction and its current western terminus southeast of Segovia due to being supplanted by I-10. Much of the old route near Sheffield became SH 290. Other former alignments that are part of the state highway system include the Fort Stockton and Balmorhea business routes of Interstate 10, RM 1312 between Ozona and Sonora, RM 3130 between Sonora and Roosevelt, and RM 1674 between Roosevelt and Junction.[1][24][25][26][27][28][29]
290 Toll Road
Manor Expressway
Location
Existed
2014–present
In Austin, US 290 initially received two different freeway upgrades; the first took place circa the 1970s from the north interchange with I-35 near Highland Mall to US 183 east of the Coronado Hills district, while the second took place in the late 1990s and early 2000s from the Williamson Creek crossing in the Oak Hill district to the south interchange with I-35 near St. Edward's University.[30] In 2012, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority began constructing a third freeway upgrade from the existing interchange with US 183 to the crossing at Gilleland Creek west of Manor; this designation, known as the Manor Expressway, was completed on May 17, 2014.[31]
Prior to construction of the Northwest Freeway, US 290 through Houston followed Hempstead Highway, which runs parallel to the freeway approximately one-half mile to the southwest. The eastern terminus of US 290 was also approximately one mile to the southeast at the intersection of Hempstead Highway, Washington Avenue and Old Katy Road.
The interchange with I-610 and first part of frontage roads opened in 1963. The first freeway section opened in 1975. In 1982, freeway main lanes completed to just inside Beltway 8. In 1990, the stack interchange with Beltway 8 were completed. From 1984 to 2005, the main lanes outside Beltway 8 were completed.[32]
The freeway was constructed to only three lanes in each direction, but a major investment study in 2002 requested expansion to five lanes in each direction inside Beltway 8 and four lanes in each direction from Beltway 8 to the then-proposed SH 99.[32]
In 2011, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives, John Culberson and Michael T. McCaul, asked TxDOT to advocate for the relabeling of US 290 as an interstate highway.[33]
Due to heavy congestion on US 290 in Austin's Oak Hill district, in 2022 CTRMA began upgrading US 290 to a freeway between the east intersection of Circle Drive and the existing end of the current freeway at Old Fredericksburg Road;[34] this expansion is known as the Oak Hill Parkway.
In Houston, the Harris County Toll Road Authority is planning to construct toll managed lanes along and adjacent to the US 290 right-of-way, to be called the Hempstead Tollway.[32][35]
The entire route is in Texas. All exits are unnumbered.
County
Location
mi[36]
km
Destinations
Notes
0.000
0.000
Western terminus; I-10 exit 477
13.158
21.176
14.192
22.840
17.692
28.473
West end of RM 783 overlap
18.047
29.044
RM 783 north / FM 2093 east – Doss
East end of RM 783 overlap
39.935
64.269
West end of US 87 overlap; route follows US 87's mileage
586.962
944.624
RM 965 north (Milam Street) – Enchanted Rock, Cross Mountain
587.356
945.258
SH 16 south (Adams Street) – Kerrville
West end of SH 16 overlap
587.488
945.470
SH 16 north (Llano Street) – Llano
East end of SH 16 overlap
587.746
945.885
US 87 south (Washington Street) – San Antonio
East end of US 87 overlap
41.973
67.549
RM 1631 east (Olive Street) – Cave Creek
46.686
75.134
54.835
88.248
RR 1 east
55.903
89.967
RM 1623 north
West end of RM 1623 overlap
56.144
90.355
East end of RM 1623 overlap
57.581
92.668
PR 52 north – Lyndon B. Johnson State & National Historic Park
60.764
97.790
RR 1 west
62.612
100.764
71.147
114.500
Spur 356 north (Nugent Avenue)
71.647
115.305
US 281 north – Marble Falls, Burnet
West end of US 281 overlap; route follows US 281's mileage
271.516
436.963
RM 2766 east – Pedernales Falls State Park
276.852
445.550
US 281 south – San Antonio
East end of US 281 overlap
86.173
138.682
RM 3232 north – Pedernales Falls State Park
87.508
140.830
95.729
154.061
Circle Drive / South View Road
Indirect westbound exit and eastbound entrance (to be signed at Scenic Brook Drive); interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
Scenic Brook Drive
Interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
108.502
174.617
RM 1826 south – Driftwood, Wildflower Center
Access to Seton Southwest Hospital; interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
Convict Hill Road
Interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
109.393
176.051
SH 71 west – Lake Travis, Llano
West end of SH 71 overlap; interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
William Cannon Drive
Interchange expected to open in 2026[34]
110.478–
111.146
177.797–
178.872
Old Fredericksburg Road / Harper Park Drive
Interchange; west end of freeway; no direct westbound exit
111.143–
112.454
178.867–
180.977
Monterey Oaks Boulevard / Industrial Oaks Boulevard
112.001–
113.658
180.248–
182.915
Loop 1 (MoPac Expressway) / Brodie Lane / Southwest Parkway
Access to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Austin
112.837–
114.175
181.594–
183.747
West Gate Boulevard
No direct westbound exit (signed at Loop 343)
113.770–
114.377
183.095–
184.072
Loop 343 (Lamar Boulevard) / Loop 360 (Capital of Texas Highway)
112.837–
115.195
181.594–
185.388
Menchaca Road / Pack Saddle Pass / Victory Drive
No direct eastbound exit (signed at Loop 343)
112.837–
116.399
181.594–
187.326
South First Street / Banister Lane
Access to South Austin Medical Center
115.999–
117.064
186.682–
188.396
Loop 275 (Congress Avenue)
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
117.175
188.575
I-35 south / SH 71 east – San Antonio, Bastrop, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
East end of SH 71 overlap; west end of I-35 overlap; US 290 west follows exit 230
see I-35
125.539–
125.805
202.035–
202.464
I-35 north / RM 2222 west (via Spur 69) – Waco
East end of I-35 overlap; US 290 east follows exit 238B
125.867–
127.046
202.563–
204.461
Berkman Drive / Cameron Road
Eastbound exit for Berkman Drive only
126.295–
127.494
203.252–
205.182
US 183 (Anderson Lane / Ed Bluestein Boulevard) to 183 Toll Road (Bergstrom Expressway) – Lampasas, Lockhart, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
127.312–
128.275
204.889–
206.439
290 Toll Road begins / Tuscany Way / Springdale Road
Last free eastbound exit;
west end of 290 Toll Road
128.573–
129.067
206.918–
207.713
290 Toll Road / Arterial A
Access point
129.542–
130.178
208.478–
209.501
290 Toll Road / Giles Lane / Johnny Morris Road
Access point
130.598–
131.166
210.177–
211.091
290 Toll Road / FM 3177 (Decker Lane) / Harris Branch Parkway
Access point
131.784–
132.493
212.086–
213.227
SH 45 Toll / SH 130 Toll / 290 Toll Road – Waco, San Antonio
SH 130 exit 437
132.900
213.882
FM 734 west (Parmer Lane) / Old Highway 20
Last free westbound exit before start of 290 Toll Road
133.411
214.704
290 Toll Road ends
East end of 290 Toll Road
134.394
216.286
Loop 212 (Murray Avenue)
135.402–
135.474
217.908–
218.024
FM 973 / Loop 212 – Taylor, Manor
138.684
223.190
144.420–
144.579
232.421–
232.677
SH 95 north – Coupland, Taylor
West end of SH 95 overlap
145.858–
145.902
234.736–
234.807
Loop 109 north to FM 1704 – Historical District
146.388–
146.425
235.589–
235.648
East end of SH 95 overlap
150.247
241.799
154.393
248.471
Loop 223 (Waco Street) – McDade
154.781
249.096
Loop 223 south (Columbus Street) / FM 2336 – McDade, Swiftex
162.394–
162.848
261.348–
262.078
SH 21 – Bryan, Bastrop, San Marcos, Caldwell
Interchange
164.351
264.497
Spur 186 (Gonzales Street)
164.664
265.001
FM 2104 south – Serbin, Smithville
175.438
282.340
US 77 (Main Street)
175.877
283.047
FM 141 north (Orange Street) – Dime Box
182.261
293.321
FM 180 north – Nails Creek State Park
184.462
296.863
FM 1291 south – Fayetteville
190.899
307.222
194.145–
194.637
312.446–
313.238
SH 237 south – Roundtop, La Grange
Interchange
195.449
314.545
196.592
316.384
197.590
317.990
Spur 125 west – Burton, Cotton Gin Museum
199.990
321.853
FM 1948 north
204.659
329.367
FM 2679 north – Zionsville
208.134–
208.463
334.959–
335.489
Bus. US 290 east / SH 36 north – Brenham, Somerville
interchange; west end of SH 36 overlap; west end of freeway
208.717
335.897
Old Mill Creek Road
208.910–
209.369
336.208–
336.947
FM 389 (Prairie Lea Street) – Blinn College, Industrial Park
210.021
337.996
Lubbock Street / Industrial Boulevard
Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
209.602–
211.728
337.322–
340.743
SH 36 south / Bus. SH 36 north (Day Street) – Bellville
East end of SH 36 overlap
210.486–
212.406
338.744–
341.834
Bus. US 290 west / FM 577
Interchange; east end of freeway
217.205
349.558
FM 2447 east
218.351
351.402
FM 1371 south
218.782
352.095
219.859
353.829
FM 1371 south
228.701
368.059
FM 1736 east
229.596–
230.474
369.499–
370.912
SH 6 north (US 290 Bus. east) – College Station, Bryan, Hempstead
Interchange; west end of SH 6 overlap; west end of freeway
231.308–
232.181
372.254–
373.659
232.754
374.581
No direct eastbound exit (signed at FM 1488)
233.966–
234.648
376.532–
377.629
Liendo Parkway
Richards Road
235.816–
236.026
379.509–
379.847
237.181–
237.943
381.706–
382.932
James Muse Parkway
238.786–
239.469
384.289–
385.388
239.543–
240.721
385.507–
387.403
Field Store Road
240.959–
241.149
387.786–
388.092
FM 2920 – Waller, Tomball, Klein, Spring
241.628–
242.214
388.863–
389.806
Binford Road
242.799–
243.499
390.747–
391.874
Kickapoo Road
244.031–
244.656
392.730–
393.736
Kermier Road
245.355–
246.137
394.861–
396.119
Hegar Road
246.372–
247.107
396.497–
397.680
Badtke Road / Betka Road
Betka Road unsigned
247.325–
248.241
398.031–
399.505
Roberts Road / Katy Hockley Road
248.472–
248.884
399.877–
400.540
Becker Road
249.125–
250.669
400.928–
403.413
Bauer Road
No westbound entrance
249.753–
251.309
401.938–
404.443
SH 99 Toll (Grand Parkway)
Interchange
250.538–
252.388
403.202–
406.179
Fairfield Place Drive
Westbound access only; no eastbound exit or entrance
251.726–
253.146
405.114–
407.399
Mason Road
253.269–
254.166
407.597–
409.041
Mueschke Road
254.442–
256.260
409.485–
412.410
Cypress-Rosehill Road / Fry Road / Spring-Cypress Road
255.761–
257.702
411.607–
414.731
Skinner Road
Signed with Barker-Cypress Road westbound
256.698–
258.793
413.115–
416.487
Barker-Cypress Road / Skinner Road
258.031–
259.996
415.261–
418.423
Telge Road
259.049–
261.596
416.899–
420.998
Hempstead Road / Huffmeister Road
West end of reversible HOV/toll lane; access to North Cypress Medical Center; Hempstead Road not signed westbound
261.148–
262.531
420.277–
422.503
East end of SH 6 overlap, access to Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center
262.132–
263.272
421.861–
423.695
Eldridge Parkway / West Road
206.403
332.173
290 Express Lane
263.120
423.451
NW Station Park & Ride
264.086–
264.954
425.005–
426.402
Jones Road
FM 529 / Senate Avenue
264.321–
267.251
425.383–
430.099
Beltway 8 (Frontage Road)
Beltway 8 signed at FM 529 / Senate Avenue eastbound and Little York Road / Gessner Road westbound
Interchange
265.272–
265.524
426.914–
427.319
Little York Road / Gessner Road
266.408
428.742
West Little York Park & Ride
Interchange for 290 Express Lane
267.776–
268.984
430.944–
432.888
Fairbanks-North Houston Road
269.347–
270.747
433.472–
435.725
Tidwell Road / Hollister Road
270.195–
272.467
434.837–
438.493
Pinemont Drive / Bingle Road / 43rd Street
Separate exits for West 43rd & Bingle / Pinemont westbound, opened in October 2017.
271.927–
273.748
437.624–
440.555
Antoine Drive / 34th Street
273.404
440.001
I-10 (US 90) – San Antonio, Downtown
I-10 exit 763; I-610 exit 11; eastbound exit only.
273.228–
274.185
439.718–
441.258
Mangum Road / Dacoma Street / 18th Street / Hempstead Road
No eastbound entrance
N/A
I-10 east / Hempstead Road / Katy Road – NW Transit Center, Downtown
Eastbound exit for 290 Express Lane; east end of HOV/toll lanes at I-10, exit 763.
274.372
441.559
Eastern terminus; I-610 exit 13A; redesigned tri-stack interchange.
US 290 currently has three business routes and one former loop.
State Highway Loop 64
Location
Length
0.55 mi[37] (890 m)
Existed
September 1, 1958–June 27, 2003
Loop 64 is a former business loop of US 290 through the town of Dripping Springs. The highway was designated in 1958 along the former route of US 290 through the town along Mercer Street when the main highway was re-routed two blocks to the south. Loop 64 was removed from the state highway system in 2003 and returned to the city of Dripping Springs for maintenance.[37]
The Loop 64 designation was previously used for a highway in Henderson County. This Loop 64 was designated in 1939, running from SH 31 southeast to a point on the St. Louis Southwestern RailroadinTrinidad. The highway was cancelled and combined with FM 764 in 1948.[38]
Business U.S. Highway 290-F
Location
Length
4.590 mi[39] (7.387 km)
Existed
1990–present
Business U.S. Highway 290-F (Bus. US 290) is the original routing of US 290 through the town of Brenham. The route is 4.59 miles (7.39 km) in length. The route was designated as Loop 318 throughout its entire length on January 18, 1960. On February 28, 1973, the section from then-SH 90 westward became part of SH 105. It was established in 1990 when the mainline of US 290 was rerouted along with SH 36 around the western and southern sides of Brenham.[39] The routing begins to the west of town at an intersection with SH 36. The business route continues east into downtown on Main Street. Before reaching downtown, the route splits into two parallel one-way streets: Main Street carrying westbound traffic and Alamo Street carrying eastbound traffic. It passes through downtown, meeting the business routing of State Highway 36 and the western terminus of SH 105. At this intersection, the business route turns south on Market Street, and continues out of Brenham, rejoining the mainline US 290 near an intersection with FM 577.[40]
Business U.S. Highway 290-H
Location
Length
16.991 mi[41] (27.344 km)
Existed
1995–present
Business U.S. Highway 290-H (Bus. US 290) is the original routing of US 290 through the towns of Hempstead, Waller, and Hockley. This route was designated between 1995 and 1998 in stages as a limited-access bypass route was constructed to the north of these towns.[41] It begins at the interchange with US 290 and SH 6 and travels south into Hempstead along 10th Street.[42][43] At an intersection with SH 159, the business route turns east onto Austin Street and subsequently runs parallel to the adjacent railroad after leaving Hempstead city limits. It intersects several amenities in Prairie View before serving downtown Waller while designated as Hempstead Road.[44][45] After passing through several industrial facilities and serving downtown Hockley, the business route becomes US 290's southbound frontage road just prior to the interchange with Badtke Road.
Business U.S. Highway 290-L
Location
Length
1.396 mi[46] (2.247 km)
Existed
1993–present
Business U.S. Highway 290-L (Bus. US 290) is the original routing of US 290 through the town of Cypress. The route was designated in 1993 as a limited-access bypass was built to the northeast of the original routing.[46] At roughly 1.3 miles (2.1 km), it is US 290's shortest designated business route, serving the south side of Cypress's shopping area near the Fry Road and Spring Cypress Road interchanges.[47]
Business U.S. Highway 290
Location
Existed
1961–1970s
Streets
Bridges
Routes
I-35
SH 45 SH 71
US 79
SH 130 US 183 (Bergstrom Expressway, 183A Toll Road) US 290 (Manor Expressway) Loop 360FM/RM
FM 812 FM 973
FM 1327
FM 1625
FM 1626
FM 1825 RM 1826 RM 2222
