Texas State Highway NASA Road 1
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| State Highway NASA Road 1 |
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| Length: | 7.474 mi[1] (12.028 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1965 | ||||||||
| West end: |   I-45 / FM 528 at Webster |
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| East end: |  SH 146 at Seabrook |
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State Highway NASA Road 1 (officially NASA Parkway (HB1049 78(R)) and also known as NASA Road 1) is an east-west state highway that runs from Interstate 45 near Houston to State Highway 146 north of Kemah. The route is an 8-lane divided highway for most of its length. The highway is the main route to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. It is one of only two Texas highways with an official designation beginning with a letter; the other is State Highway OSR.
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[edit] History
The highway was originally designated as Farm to Market Road 528 (FM 528) in 1945,[2] but upon the opening of Johnson Space Center, the portion of FM 528 from I-45 to SH 146 was redesignated as NASA Road 1.[1]
[edit] Route description
NASA Road 1 begins at I-45 in Webster and heads towards the northeast through Webster intersecting SH 3 and FM 270. The highway passes along the southern boundary of the Johnson Space Center and provides access to the Space Center. The highway follows the north shore of Clear Lake and ends at SH 146 in Seabrook.[3]
NASA 1 Bypass Freeway is a planned freeway that will pass to the south of Webster, Texas. It will be 2.7 miles long and have 4 mainlanes. The contract for construction was awarded in 2004 and is scheduled to be finished in late 2009.
[edit] Junction list
| County | Location | Mile[4] | Junction | Notes |
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| Harris | Webster | I-45 / FM 528 |
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 SH 3 |
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 FM 270 (Egret Bay Boulevard) |
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| Seabrook | SH 146 (Bayport Boulevard) |
[edit] References
- Houston Freeways, Ch.4: The Spokes Erik Slotboom, September 13, 2005, updated June, 2005.
- NASA 1 bypass Erik Slotboom, May 7, 2005.
- ^ a b Texas Department of Transportation. Highway Designation File - State Highway NASA Road No. 1. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- ^ Texas Department of Transportation. Designation File: Farm to Market Road No. 528. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Google Maps. Overview map of NASA Road 1 [map]. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
- ^ Google Maps. Overview Map of State Highway NASA Road 1 Distances Between Intersections [map].
