Texas State Highway Beltway 8 or BW8, also Sam Houston Parkway and Sam Houston Tollway, is a Texas state highway located in Houston. In transportation terms, Beltway 8 is defined as a beltway or orbital motorway. It is the second of three highway loops circling the city, with Interstate 610 being the inner loop and Texas State Highway 99 (Grand Parkway) being the outer loop. The Grand Parkway is still under construction. Beltway 8 and Sam Houston Parkway is the name given to the frontage roads, while the Sam Houston Tollway is the name for the tollway that is located in the highway's median. Access to the Sam Houston Tollway is provided via Beltway 8 by means of entrance and exit ramps. As of 2005, Beltway 8 is complete while the Sam Houston Tollway is about 85 percent complete. The remaining portion is a small section of tollway between U.S. Highway 90 and U.S. Highway 59 northeast of Houston, which should be completed between 2007 and 2009. State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry (R) Official languages None. ... Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Downtown Houston Uptown Houston City nickname: Space City Location in the state of Texas Founded   â€” Incorporated 1836 1837 Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Mayor Bill White Area   â€” Land   â€” Water 601. ... A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ... A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ... Mitchell Freeway in Perth, Western Australia For other uses, see Highway (disambiguation). ... Interstate 610 is a freeway that forms a loop around the city of Houston, Texas. ... Texas State Highway 99, also known as the Grand Parkway, is a Texas highway, which opened its first section in 1994. ... In the USA, a frontage road (also access road, service road or feeder) is a non-limited access road running parallel to a higher-speed road, usually a freeway, and feeding it at appropriate points of access (slip ramps). ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... In probability theory and statistics, the median is a number that separates the highest half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lowest half. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ... A toll road, turnpike or tollpike is a road on which a toll authority collects a fee for use. ... United States Highway 90 is an east-west United States highway. ... United States Highway 59 is a north-south United States highway (though it is signed east-west in parts of Texas). ...

External Links

• Harris County Toll Road Authority