Last section of Sam Houston Tollway opens Saturday
HOUSTON
The final section of the nearly $1.5 billion Sam Houston Tollway
opens Saturday.
The Houston Chronicle reports it's the last stretch of the
88-mile ring road first conceived by Houston planning officials in
1952. The projected cost in 1960 was $150 million.
The first major section opened in 1988. The latest 13-mile
stretch, on Houston's northeast side, runs from the Eastex Freeway
to just south of Highway 90.
The Sam Houston Tollway is owned by the Texas Department of
Transportation. The toll lanes are operated by the Harris County
Toll Road Authority.
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett says if you're going to have
development, you've got to have roads.
