Texas State Highway NASA Road 1

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State Highway NASA Road 1
Length:	7.47[1] mi (12.02 km)
Formed:	1965
West end:	I 45 at Webster
East end:	SH 146 at Seabrook
Highways in Texas < SH 824 SH OSR >

State Highway NASA Road 1 (officially NASA Parkway (HB1049) 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 Galveston. The route is a 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.

Contents 1 Length 2 Cities and towns traversed 3 Bypass 4 Counties and junctions 5 References

[edit] Length

Miles	km
7.5	12.0

[edit] Cities and towns traversed

• El Lago, Texas
• Houston, Texas
• Nassau Bay, Texas
• Pasadena, Texas
• Seabrook, Texas
• Taylor Lake Village, Texas
• Webster, Texas

[edit] Bypass

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.

[edit] Counties and junctions

County	Junction	Notes
Harris	I 45 – Webster
	SH 3 – Webster
	SH 146 – Seabrook

[edit] References

• Houston Freeways, Ch.4: The Spokes Erik Slotboom, September 13, 2005, updated June, 2005.
• NASA 1 bypass Erik Slotboom, May 7, 2005.

1. ^ Texas Department of Transportation, [1]

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