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US Highway 290
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US 290 highlighted in red
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: I-10 near Segovia
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East end: I-610 in Houston
Location
Counties: Kimble, Gillespie, Blanco, Hays, Travis, Bastrop, Lee, Fayette, Washington, Waller, Harris
Highway system
← SH 289 SH 290 →

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 Antonio on Interstate 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 80 in Scroggins Draw 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.

Route description

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]

File:The Y in Oak Hill Austin Texas 2018.jpg
The west end of US 290's concurrency with SH 71 is located near the Oak Hill district in Austin.

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]

File:Houston, TX - IH610 US290 - exit12 w18th st - Hempstead rd.jpg
I-610 at US 290's eastern terminus in Houston

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]

History

Texas State Highways 20 and 20A (1917–1951)
Location: Austin–Paige
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.
Location: Between Kerrville and Junction–Fredericksburg
Existed: 1928–1930

On November 19, 1917, an intercounty highway from Austin through Johnson City to Fredericksburg 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]

Other original routings

In its original designation in the late 1920s, US 290 traveled from an intersection with US 80 northwest of Scroggins Draw 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 Scroggins Draw 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]

Freeway upgrades

Austin

State Highway 290
Location: Austin–Manor
Existed: 2014–present
File:Us290 and I35 austin.jpg
The I-35 and US 290 junction in Austin.

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]

Houston

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]

Future

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]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Texas. All exits are unnumbered.

County Location mi[36] km Destinations Notes
Kimble ​ 0.000 0.000 I-10 – San Antonio, Junction Western terminus; I-10 exit 477
​ 13.158 21.176 RM 479 to I-10 / FM 2169
​ 14.192 22.840 RM 385 north to US 377
Gillespie Harper 17.692 28.473 RM 783 south – Kerrville West end of RM 783 overlap
18.047 29.044 RM 783 north / FM 2093 east – Doss East end of RM 783 overlap
Fredericksburg 39.935
586.230		 64.269
943.446		 US 87 north – Mason 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
41.437		 945.885
66.686		 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 RM 1376 south – Boerne
Stonewall 54.835 88.248 RM 1 east
55.903 89.967 RM 1623 north West end of RM 1623 overlap
56.144 90.355 RM 1623 east – Albert, Blanco East end of RM 1623 overlap
​ 57.581 92.668 PR 52 north – Lyndon B. Johnson State & National Historic Park
Blanco ​ 60.764 97.790 RM 1 west
​ 62.612 100.764 RM 1320 north – Sandy
Johnson City 71.147 114.500 Spur 356 north (Nugent Avenue)
71.647
271.334		 115.305
436.670		 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
77.139		 445.550
124.143		 US 281 south – San Antonio East end of US 281 overlap
​ 86.173 138.682 RM 3232 north – Pedernales Falls State Park
Hays Henly 87.508 140.830 RM 165 west – Blanco
Dripping Springs 95.729 154.061 RM 12 – Wimberley, San Marcos
Travis Austin 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) / Invalid type: road 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
230.141		 188.575
370.376		 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 SH 183 Toll (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 / Invalid type: road Access point
130.598–
131.166		 210.177–
211.091		 290 Toll Road / FM 3177 (Decker Lane) / Invalid type: road 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) / Invalid type: road Last free westbound exit before start of 290 Toll Road
Manor 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 FM 1100 east – Kimbro
Bastrop Elgin 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		 SH 95 south – Bastrop East end of SH 95 overlap
​ 150.247 241.799 FM 696 east – Lexington
McDade 154.393 248.471 Loop 223 (Waco Street) – McDade
154.781 249.096 Loop 223 south (Columbus Street) / FM 2336 – McDade, Swiftex
Paige 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
Lee Giddings 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
Fayette Ledbetter 184.462 296.863 FM 1291 south – Fayetteville
Carmine 190.899 307.222 Spur 458 south – Round Top
Washington ​ 194.145–
194.637		 312.446–
313.238		 SH 237 south – Roundtop, La Grange Interchange
​ 195.449 314.545 FM 2502 south – Greenvine
Burton 196.592 316.384 FM 390 east – Burton
​ 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
Brenham 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 FM 1155 – Washington
​ 219.859 353.829 FM 1371 south
Waller ​ 228.701 368.059 FM 1736 east
Hempstead 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		 FM 1488 – Hempstead, Magnolia
​ 232.754 374.581 FM 359 – Brookshire No direct eastbound exit (signed at FM 1488)
Prairie View 233.966–
234.648		 376.532–
377.629		 Liendo Parkway
Richards Road
235.816–
236.026		 379.509–
379.847		 FM 1098 – Prairie View
​ 237.181–
237.943		 381.706–
382.932		 James Muse Parkway
​ 238.786–
239.469		 384.289–
385.388		 FM 362
Harris Waller 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
Hockley 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
Cypress 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
Jersey Village 261.148–
262.531		 420.277–
422.503		 SH 6 south / FM 1960 east 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 / Invalid type: road
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
Sam Houston Tollway Interchange
Houston 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 / Invalid type: 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 I-610 Eastern terminus; I-610 exit 13A; redesigned tri-stack interchange.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business routes

US 290 currently has three business routes and one former loop.

Dripping Springs

State Highway Loop 64
Location: Dripping Springs
Length: 0.55 mi[37] (0.89 km)
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 Railroad in Trinidad. The highway was cancelled and combined with FM 764 in 1948.[38]

Brenham

Business U.S. Highway 290-F
Location: Brenham
Length: 4.590 mi[39] (7.39 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]

Hempstead–Hockley

Business U.S. Highway 290-H
Location: Hempstead–Hockley
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.

Cypress

Business U.S. Highway 290-L
Location: Cypress
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]

Former Austin business route
Location: Austin
Existed: 1961–1970s

References

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