Not to be confused with Sam Rayburn Tollway or Texas State Highway 8.
State Highway Beltway 8
Tolled sections in green, free sections in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length
88.1 mi[1] (141.8 km)
Existed
1983[1]–present
Major junctions
Beltway around Houston
Major intersections
SH 225 in Pasadena
I-45 in Houston
SH 288 / SH 288 Toll in Houston
I-69 / US 59 in Houston
I-10 / US 90 in Houston
US 290 in Houston
I-45 in Houston
I-69 / US 59 in Houston
I-10 near Channelview
Location
Country
United States
State
Texas
Highway system
Highways in Texas
Interstate
US
State
Toll
Loops
Spurs
FM/RM
Park
Rec
← SH 8
→ FM 8
Northbound at I-10 on the west side of Houston in 2007
Beltway 8 (BW8), the Sam Houston Parkway, along with the Sam Houston Tollway, is an 88-mile (142 km) beltway around the city of Houston, Texas, United States, lying entirely within Harris County.[2]
Beltway 8, a state highway maintained by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), runs mostly along the frontage roads of the tollway, only using the main lanes where they are free: between Interstate 45 (I-45, North Freeway) and Interstate 69/US Highway 59 (I-69/US 59, Eastex Freeway); and between US 90 (Crosby Freeway) and I-10 (Baytown-East Freeway). The main lanes elsewhere are the Sam Houston Tollway, a toll road owned and operated by the Harris County Toll Road Authority (HCTRA). East of Houston, the tollway crosses the Houston Ship Channel on the Sam Houston Ship Channel Bridge, a toll bridge; this forms a gap in Beltway 8 between I-10 (Baytown-East Freeway) and State Highway 225 (SH 225, La Porte Freeway).
Beltway 8 is the intermediate beltway in the Houston area. The inner beltway, I-610, lies mostly within Houston (except for an approximate two-mile (3.2 km) stretch that runs through the City of Bellaire), and the outer beltway, SH 99 (Grand Parkway), is currently partially complete.
Like other toll roads in the Houston area, the speed limit is 65 mph (105 km/h).
^ abTransportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway Loop No. 8". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation.
^"Final Section of Sam Houston Tollway Opens". Houston: KTRK-TV. February 26, 2011. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
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