This beltway is easily one of my top 3 favorite freeways in the state. Back to back stack interchanges, a 65 mph speed limit, and just a beautiful 8-laned beltway. Can't wait to see what that bridge will look like in about 2 years! 😁😁
I think I was born around that time, but I really remember how south of the Beltway was just a regular 4-laned freeway and looked like a original bypass meeting TX-288.
If you've ever heard of Gilley's Nightclub, which was once the biggest in the world and where they filmed a lot of the movie Urban Cowboy with John Travolta, it was in Pasadena Tx., suburb of Houston on the southeast side!
I’m just becoming aware that this over took Cincinnatis I-275 as the nations largest beltway 😔😔 shout out to Houston the beat us by 2 miles. (88miles to 86 miles) but ours does enter three states
A parkway isn’t an outer belt. A belt has to connect. The Grand Parkway will not. And it’s more of a highway around surrounding counties than Houston’s inner Core. It would be like us building a parkway around Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown etc. Nice to know though, just isn’t the same as I-275 or I-610
The longest beltway, but very mediocre to be in the state's largest city, and the 4th in the U.S. For the amount of traffic, it should have at least 8 lanes on each direction, so not everything in Texas is bigger
The traffic on this toll way isn't that bad. It's one of many major freeways and toll ways in houston. 8 lanes on each side would be complete over kill for this part of Houston. The Katy freeway which goes east to west is the widest in north America and possibly the widest in the world with some parts being 24 lanes in total width.
@@aaronkamakaze2967 its NOT the widest! It has only 4 toll free lanes and 2 toll lanes, a total of 6 lanes on each direction. The frontage/service/feeder roads and the shoulders DONT count as lanes nor part of an interstate highway NOR a freeway!! I dont know where in the hell you read that crap. I-75 and I-85 north of Atlanta GA are much much wider than the so called Katy freeway. Wherever you read that is FAKE NEWS
@@kwt2000trucker the shoulders may not count but the frontage, service and feeder roads do count. Yes I-75 @ the I-285 interchange near Marietta, GA has the most thru/travel lanes making it the widest thru lane road in the world, but Katy Freeway is still considered to be the widest Freeway in the world
@@w-josh feeder roads DONT count as part of a FREEWAY/EXPRESSWAY. An interstate highway and a freeway/expressway DO NOT have signal lights, driveways, crossovers. Again, wherever you read that, is FAKE, whoever wrote or claim that, is an ignorant who has no idea about the interstate highway system. Guess why there are signs of the name of the road at the entrance ramps with arrows pointing towards the restricted access lanes.
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The lovely sound of TxDot Concrete!! 😊
It's a reminder of how awesome it is to drive here.😁
@@puppiesarepower3682 yep 😊
It’s the crevasses in the concrete that sound satisfying too! 😄
Me too, it’s fascinating especially because I live in Massachusetts where they use asphalt instead of concrete
This beltway is easily one of my top 3 favorite freeways in the state. Back to back stack interchanges, a 65 mph speed limit, and just a beautiful 8-laned beltway. Can't wait to see what that bridge will look like in about 2 years! 😁😁
They must be working on the bridge on beltway past I 10 East Freeway
@@MasonWright1234 Oh, trust me, they been working on that. The south-east bound beltway bridge ramp is almost done.
@@trulylondon1 well that interesting
Yeah I've noticed that most of Houston's most impressive stacks are interchanges along this beltway.
@@MileageMikeTravels That Is Real.
I love the sound of concrete!
This must be on an early Sunday morning. During rush hour it becomes the Sam Houston parking lot.
Yep
Awesome drive along the Sam Houston Tollway.
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I remember when beltway 8 between us highway 90 and us highway 59 used to be just two feeder roads
I think I was born around that time, but I really remember how south of the Beltway was just a regular 4-laned freeway and looked like a original bypass meeting TX-288.
I was born in 2001
@@MasonWright1234 i was born in 1997
@@trulylondon1 i remember when the new part of beltway 8[Sam Houston parkway/tollway between us 90 and us 59 was being built
@@donavanjohnson409 Oh yea, that was completed back in 2011, back in my time still, making it a complete beltway.
I gotta say, I like the Beltway 8 & Gulf Fwy interchange its very beautiful.
Same
I grew up seeing that interchange every day
I HAVEN'T BEEN TO HOUSTON SINCE I WAS 14 NOW I'M 32 THE HIGHWAY STILL LOOKS THE SAME
Awesome vid! Could you do a Florida 9B Drive Video? I hear its supposed to be I-795 soon.
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That's the longest loop of Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway / Parkway) I've seen.
Grand parkway TX 99 is 180 miles long
@@MasonWright1234 yep
"No Lifeguard on Duty!" sign on West Belt or rather Beltway 8 at Town & Country when it was flooded and under water from Hurricane Harvey!!!
Great Video Thanks!🙏
Welcome to Freeway City USA!!! That Beltway 8 looks like an experience and a half!!! On that note, where's the nearest Whataburger?????
That my friend is on beltway 8 and hillcroft
@@SoulReaper3281 yep
Lol 😂😂
3:41 that guy shouldn't be parked in the left lane. People are switching lanes around him and breaking following distance!
Nice video Texas Mike bet that was fun
Absolutely. Loved it.
@@MileageMikeTravels same
Beltway 8 is the best!
Freeways in the sky with diamonds!!!
Yes!
I guess you could call that a "round trip" lol.
😂
@@MileageMikeTravels 😂
I Ain’t Never Ever Heard Of Pasadena,Texas B4 IK Pasadena,California
Pasadena Texas is in Houston and Pasadena CA is in Los Angeles
If you've ever heard of Gilley's Nightclub, which was once the biggest in the world and where they filmed a lot of the movie Urban Cowboy with John Travolta, it was in Pasadena Tx., suburb of Houston on the southeast side!
I was raised in Pasadena, Texas. I now live Pearland, Texas. They are just a hop, skip, and a jump from one another. Both in southeast Texas.
Funny thing is there's actually more people who live in pasedena TX about 166,000 compared to pasedena California which is 145,000 lol
@@aaronkamakaze2967 😂
I love Houston!
Beautiful 👏👏👏
Da beltway
Yes
I’m just becoming aware that this over took Cincinnatis I-275 as the nations largest beltway 😔😔 shout out to Houston the beat us by 2 miles. (88miles to 86 miles) but ours does enter three states
I see you haven't heard about the Grand Parkway in houston. When finished it will be a 180 mile loop around houston. 123 miles completed
A parkway isn’t an outer belt. A belt has to connect. The Grand Parkway will not. And it’s more of a highway around surrounding counties than Houston’s inner Core. It would be like us building a parkway around Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky, Dayton, Hamilton, Middletown etc. Nice to know though, just isn’t the same as I-275 or I-610
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It's a loop around the greater houston area. When completed it will be the biggest highway loop in the nation
@@rollwash4432 a loop has to connect. The grand parkway will not.
@@mrblack8272
Google says it's a loop, good enough for me.
I like the Sam Houston Tollway. It goes through Hwy 290 and George Bush Airport. Especially the Katy Freeway.
Same
Carpools should be free
14:18 The Exit Says It Has No Number On It. I Have Seen It A Lot Of Them.
Same
Because it is not a US highway or interstate and sometimes us highways don't use exit numbers of
I only been on a part of Beltway 8 between US-59 and US-59. 😔
nice video
I have been to Gilley's in Pasadena. Pasadena named a street after him.
I would hate to see the Tollway bill for this ride. I don't use the Tollway. The Government is inflicting enough financial pain Americans right now.
@@bonniearonson6786 yea
37:11 seeing a toll plaza with no cash on it
Why aren’t the exits numbered, also?
Was asking the same thing.
florida is next in orlando area
Soon
might try FL-417 South & FL-429 South somepoint
1:14:09
Yes
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I been on beltway 8
Nice
Nice!
The longest beltway, but very mediocre to be in the state's largest city, and the 4th in the U.S. For the amount of traffic, it should have at least 8 lanes on each direction, so not everything in Texas is bigger
The traffic on this toll way isn't that bad. It's one of many major freeways and toll ways in houston. 8 lanes on each side would be complete over kill for this part of Houston. The Katy freeway which goes east to west is the widest in north America and possibly the widest in the world with some parts being 24 lanes in total width.
@@aaronkamakaze2967 its NOT the widest! It has only 4 toll free lanes and 2 toll lanes, a total of 6 lanes on each direction. The frontage/service/feeder roads and the shoulders DONT count as lanes nor part of an interstate highway NOR a freeway!! I dont know where in the hell you read that crap. I-75 and I-85 north of Atlanta GA are much much wider than the so called Katy freeway. Wherever you read that is FAKE NEWS
@@kwt2000trucker the shoulders may not count but the frontage, service and feeder roads do count. Yes I-75 @ the I-285 interchange near Marietta, GA has the most thru/travel lanes making it the widest thru lane road in the world, but Katy Freeway is still considered to be the widest Freeway in the world
@@w-josh feeder roads DONT count as part of a FREEWAY/EXPRESSWAY. An interstate highway and a freeway/expressway DO NOT have signal lights, driveways, crossovers. Again, wherever you read that, is FAKE, whoever wrote or claim that, is an ignorant who has no idea about the interstate highway system. Guess why there are signs of the name of the road at the entrance ramps with arrows pointing towards the restricted access lanes.
@@w-josh true
The leading cause of the massive destruction of the environment/woodlands in Harris County with implications beyond the county border. Congrats.