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[2] [3] This Richland–Huntsville cutoff was added by 1919 as SH 32, [4] and US 75 was assigned to the alignment, as well as SH 6 north of Dallas, in 1926. [5] The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6, [citation needed] and these numbers were dropped in the 1939 renumbering.
The stretch of I-45 connecting Galveston with Houston is known as the Gulf Freeway. It was the first freeway built in Texas—opened in stages beginning on October 1, 1948, up to a full completion to Galveston in 1952, as part of US 75.
[6] [7] This Richland–Huntsville cutoff was added by 1919 as State Highway 32, [8] and US 75 was assigned to the alignment, as well as SH 6 north of Dallas, in 1926. [9] The branch of SH 2, which US 75 followed between Houston and Galveston, eventually became part of SH 6, [citation needed] and these numbers were dropped in the 1939 renumbering.
Galveston (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a coastal resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas.The community of 211.31 square miles (547.3 km 2), with a population of 53,695 at the 2020 census, [6] is the county seat of surrounding Galveston County and second-largest municipality in the county.
The Texas Triangle is a region of Texas that contains the state's five largest cities and is home to over half of the state's population. The Texas Triangle is formed by the state's four main urban centers, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, connected by Interstate 45, Interstate 10, and Interstate 35.
State Highway 87 (SH 87) runs for 249.4 miles (401.4 km) between Galveston, Texas (at a terminus shared with Interstate 45 and Spur 342) to U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 84 in Timpson, Texas. Highway 87 has a notable stretch between Sea Rim State Park and High Island, Texas that has been washed out repeatedly over the decades and has been ...
Early estimates indicate up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilled into surrounding waters when a barge carrying fuel broke free from a tugboat and slammed into a bridge near Galveston, Texas ...
[31]: 14 Evacuees leaving Galveston, Texas, took 4–5 hours to reach Houston 50 mi (80 km) away and spent as much as 35 hours reaching their evacuation destinations. [28]: 117 Travel times averaged between 18 and 25 hours from Houston to Dallas and between 14 and 16 hours from Houston to San Antonio.