Houston freeway photograph archive

SH-249 Freeway, the Tomball Parkway

Three road photographs show the unfinished main-lane corridor south of Tomball in May 2002. The annotated Beltway 8 connector plan and the complete period notes follow the gallery.

Created and last updated 10-May-2002 · Photos taken 1-May-2002

Collection: TexasFreeway Houston photographs

The old pavement was coming out while the future freeway corridor took shape.

Archive photographs

New Frontage Road South of Tomball

Poor image quality due to cloudy weather in Houston

Northward view from the end of the SH 249 main lanes, with the old highway in the foreground and frontage roads at both sides. — Collection: TexasFreeway Houston photographs
End of the SH 249 main lanes
The end of the main lanes.

Northward view of the old four-lane highway being removed between the newly completed SH 249 frontage roads. — Collection: TexasFreeway Houston photographs
Old highway and future main lanes
In the foreground are the remains of the old four-lane highway, currently being removed. On the far left and near right are the just-completed frontage roads. View looks north.

View of the abandoned old highway where future SH 249 main lanes would be built, with frontage roads at the edges. — Collection: TexasFreeway Houston photographs
The abandoned highway corridor
The abandoned old highway. The future main freeway lanes will be built in this spot. The frontage roads can be seen at the far edges. The freeway corridor width is 350 feet (106.68 m).

From the original archive

SH 249 archive notes

View the BW8 connector plan and commentary