This view is about 0.5 mile inside Loop 610, proceeding westbound toward the city of Katy. The railroad crossing ahead
was replaced as part of the project, providing a wider clearance to allow more lanes.
Approaching Loop 610.
Four main lanes and one HOV lane pass through the interchange.
The ramp just ahead connects to the transit center.
This interchange was totally rebuilt, replace the original interchange completed in 1968. Most work on this interchange was complete in 2007.
The ramp ahead connects to the transit center.
Here there are seven main lanes to accommodate the lanes merging from Loop 610.
Approaching Silber
Braided ramp on the right
A toll plaza for the toll lanes is visible on the left.
West of Bingle/Voss.
The exit for Campbell is just ahead.
Blalock is just ahead.
Braided ramps west of Blalock.
The exit for Gessner, with another pair of braided ramps. The building on the left with the architecturally enhanced rooftoop is part of the Memorial medical center
and was completed in 2008.
A closer view of the Gessner exit.
Pavement route shield markings are used on the Katy Freeway in advance of major interchanges. These markers indicate that the
lanes continue on I-10.
Exit for the Sam Houston Tollway.
Exit for the Beltway 8 frontage road.
The connection to the Sam Houston tollway features a long ramp.
The five-level interchange at the Sam Houston Tollway/Beltway 8, originally completed in 1989, was dismantled and replaced with the new interchange.
The only remaining structure from the original interchange is the Sam Houston tollway main lanes.
Ramps at the Sam Houston Tollway.
The connection ramp from the Sam Houston tollway is long, extending all the way to Wilcrest.
Looking west on the Wilcrest overpass.
A toll plaza for the toll lanes is visible on the left. The exit to Kirkwood is on the right.
On the Kirkwood overpass, with the Dairy Ashford exit on the right.
Just west of Dairy Ashford, with another toll plaza on the left.
On the Eldridge overpass, with the exit to State Highway 6 on the right. The five westbound main lanes are reduced to four just ahead.
Connection ramp to the Addicks park and ride.
The State Highway 6 main lanes pass over the Katy Freeway.
Looking west from the State Highway 6 overpass along the westbound main lanes.
Looking west from the State Highway 6 overpass along the eastbound main lanes.
West of State Highway 6.
Barker Cypress is ahead.
On the westbound frontage road, which had four lanes at this location. San Antonio is 181 miles.