Houston Freeways

King of Houston's freeways Completed October 2008

Photo Report

Houston Freeways was published on Sept 15, 2003, and went out-of-print on Dec 12, 2004. Used copies are normally available.

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Book Data

Qty.	5000 printed
Pages	416 (380 main text)
Size	8.5 x 11"
Format	Hard cover, full color
Illus.	526 total 215 historical 143 modern 62 maps and graphics 106 photo location maps
ISBN	0-9741605-3-9
Price	$34.95 (out-of-print) Used copies are normally available

On September 30, 1948, a crowd of Houstonians gathered on a Gulf Freeway overpass to witness the dedication of Houston's first freeway. Houston's freeway journey began. Houston Freeways traces the history and influence of the freeway system with extensive photography, fascinating stories, remarkable people, and time capsules to the past.

Houston Freeways is the most comprehensive book ever written about a regional freeway system. A central theme of the book is that Houston, not Los Angeles, is the world's most freeway-influenced city, mainly because of Houston's extensive use of frontage roads on 82% of its freeways. There is no better city for a freeway book. Houston earned the book, and Houston got it!