Texas State Highway 99

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State Highway in Texas
SH 99
Length: 22 mi (35.2 km) Mileage certified: {{{certified}}} Cities/towns (over 10,000 pop.): League City Alvin Sugar Land Katy Tomball Baytown Direction: Loop
Junction	Location
Galveston County
SH 146	near League City
I 45	near League City
Brazoria County
SH 6	near Alvin
SH 35	near Alvin
SH 288	north of FM 1462
Fort Bend County
US 59	Sugar Land
US 90A	Sugar Land
FM 1093	east of Fulshear
Harris County
I-10	near Katy
US 290	near Cypress
SH 249	Tomball
I-45	near Spring
Montgomery County
US 59	near New Caney
Liberty County
US 90	Crosby
Chambers County
I-10	near Baytown
Harris County
SH 146	Baytown
Legend    county name    unconstructed    begin/end concurrency, bold route is carried through    intersecting routes are concurrent    deleted (no longer in system)    closed   a bold route on white background indicates termini.
< SH 98	SH 100 >
Texas State Highways Current - Deleted

State Highway 99, also known as the Grand Parkway, is a Texas highway, which opened its first section in 1994. When State Highway 99 is complete, it will be the third loop within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the inner loop and Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) being the middle loop.

The proposed 170-mile loop has been divided into eleven separate segments for construction and funding purposes. Currently, only two of the eleven segments are either complete or under construction. Segment D, which was the first section opened, runs from just north of Interstate 10, west of Houston, south to US 59 in Sugar Land, where it terminates and changes to F.M. 2759. Segment I-2, which began construction in 2003, runs from Interstate 10 east of Houston south to State Highway 146 in Baytown.

[edit] Future construction

The next section that will be constructed will most likely be either Section E, F-1, F-2, or G, which are located northwest and north of Houston. Section E will run from the northern terminus of Section D north to US 290. Section F-1 will start at the end of Section E and end at the intersection with State Highway 249. Section F-2 begins here and terminates at Interstate 45. Section G starts at the end of Section F-2 and travels to US 59.

Future sections of the Grand Parkway will most likely be built as tollways in conjunction with the Harris County Toll Road Authority to speed up the loop's completion. Western sections of the Grand Parkway have been mentioned as possible bypass routes for the Houston section of the proposed Interstate 69 extension to the U.S.-Mexico border.

[edit] Opposition and support

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Some groups in some neighborhoods are opposing the idea of the Grand Parkway going through their neighborhoods. For instance, a group called "United to Save Our Spring" is trying to stop the Parkway from going through a neighborhood off of F.M. 2920. Despite the name, the neighborhood is located in the boundaries of Klein Independent School District, and it is not located near the area considered to be "Old Town Spring"; Spring is an unincorporated community and does not have any official boundaries. The area has a Spring address because it is served by a post office designated as "Spring" near or on Texas F.M. 2920. Residents in other unincorporated areas such as The Woodlands have not shown the same opposition and support the construction of the Grand Parkway, namely segments E, F-1, F-2, and G^[1], as this would give residents living in the outer suburbs a freeway option to drive to San Antonio, Austin, northeast Texas, or Louisiana without having to drive through the city of Houston.

[edit] Previous Route History

SH 99 was originally designated by 1933 along a route from San Angelo to Ft. Stockton, and was codesignated with U.S. Route 67. This route was previously designated as the western section of SH 7A. It was transferred completely to U.S. 67 in 1939. The route was again designated in 1960 when it was renumbered from SH 10, which ran from Denton north to the Oklahoma border, where it transferred to State Highway 99. This route was transferred to U.S. Route 377 in 1969.

[edit] External links

• Grand Parkway Association
• United to Save Our Spring - A website of people trying to stop the Grand Parkway from coming through an area in northern Harris County