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METRORail is a light rail transit system serving Houston, Texas.The system is operated by the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, also known as METRO.The system currently has 39 stations and 22.7 miles (36.5 km) of track, served by three lines. [1]
East Houston Mesa Transit Center Tidwell Rd 19.1 miles (30.7 km) 1,284,840 46 Gessner Greater Fondren Southwest Fondren Meadow Drive & Gessner Road Gessner Rd 16.3 miles (26.2 km) 2,379,111 47 Hillcroft Spring Branch East Northwest Transit Center Westbury Greencraig Drive & Hillcroft Avenue Woodway Dr, Voss Rd (Hillcroft Ave) 12.8 miles (20.6 km)
Adjacent to Interstate 10 east of Beltway 8 Midtown Houston Midtown [5] South of Interstate 45, west and north of Interstate 69 Near Northwest Management District Greater Inwood Tomball Parkway to the north, T. C. Jester Road to the east, Pinemont Road to the south, Hollister Road to the west North Houston District Greenspoint
On March 19, 1983, the numbering plan area was divided for the first time, when the immediate Houston area retained 713, while the northern, eastern and western portions received area code 409. On November 2, 1996, area code 713 was split again, with most of Houston's suburbs switching to the new code 281.
A marker indicating Midtown with Downtown Houston's skyline in the background. Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown.Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45 (the Pierce Elevated), Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
As of June 2016, two portions of State Highway 99 have been completed: a 14.5-mile segment completed in April 2008 that runs from Interstate 10 in Mont Belvieu to Business State Highway 146 in Baytown, east of Houston; and a 71-mile segment completed between August 1994 and March 2016 that runs from Interstate 69/U.S. Highway 59 in Sugar Land ...
Those outside Beltway 8 but within city limits had received the 281 or 832 area code. The geographic division between 713, 281, and 832 has been eliminated, and newly issued phone numbers (especially for cell phones and fax machines) within that zone may be assigned any of the three codes. There is also a new, 346 area code.
Houston Belt and Terminal Railway; Overview; Parent company: Union Pacific and BNSF Railway: Headquarters: 501 Crawford Street, Room 100, Houston, TX 77002-2113: Dates of operation: 1905 () – Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)