I-610 Outer - FULL Loop ALL Exits - Houston - Texas - 4K Highway Drive

A drive around the FULL Loop of the I-610 Beltway in Houston, TX.
Filmed: December 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Interstate 610 (I-610) is a freeway that forms a 38-mile-long (61 km) loop around the inner city sector of the city of Houston, Texas. I-610, colloquially known as The Loop, Loop 610, The Inner Loop, or just 610, traditionally marks the border between the inner city of Houston ("inside the Loop") and its surrounding areas. It is the innermost of the three Houston beltways, the other two being Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) and State Highway 99 (SH 99, Grand Parkway), of which various segments are under construction or planning. In Houston, the area inside the 610 Loop is the urban core. Jeff Balke of the Houston Press wrote that the freeway "is as much a social and philosophical divide as a physical one".
Major segments of I-610 are known as the North Loop, the South Loop, the East Loop, and the West Loop. The North Loop runs from U.S. Route 290 (US 290) to US 90. The East Loop runs from US 90 to SH 225. The West Loop runs from US 290 to the South Post Oak Road spur, and the South Loop runs from South Post Oak Road to SH 225. Sometimes, a direction name is added as a suffix to denote a more specific part of a portion of the loop and this does not denote the direction of traffic flow. For example:
North Loop West Freeway refers to the portion of the North Loop between US 290 and I-45. North Loop East refers to the portion between I-45 and US 90.
East Loop North Freeway refers to the portion of the East Loop between US 90 and I-10. East Loop South refers to the portion between I-10 and SH 225.
South Loop East Freeway refers to the portion of the South Loop between SH 225 and SH 288. South Loop West refers to the portion between SH 288 and the South Post Oak Road spur.
West Loop South Freeway refers to the portion of the West Loop between the South Post Oak Road spur and Buffalo Bayou (which is just south of I-10/US 90). West Loop North refers to the portion between Buffalo Bayou and US 290.

[@ddki9094]

This is quickly becoming my go-to driving footage channel. You cover the classics very well but you also cover the downtown areas too.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks for the support! Glad you're checking out the videos.

[@GamingWithLondon]

Mike, you have never impressed me this much with your Texas videos. I thank you.

[@flydragon7256]

That interchange at 7:30 might be upgraded to the 5 level stack in the next decade.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

A 5 level stack would fit right in here in Houston.

[@GamingWithLondon]

Oh, trust me, it will thanks to the I-45 downtown project.

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

610 in Houston is much than the one in New Orleans

[@CharlesDonkey-go2ue]

Nice freeways I wish my hometown had the power Houston has and completely finish our outer loop 840

[@trevorjameson3213]

What city is loop 840 in? Just curious. I'm from Dallas but drive through Houston quite often on the way to Galveston to go fishing and hang out at the beach.

[@w-josh]

@@trevorjameson3213Nashville, the completed portion is 77 miles and it could come close to being the longest beltway.

[@puppiesarepower3682]

🛣️Freeway driving; the ultimate real life video game.🛣️

[@MasonColemanWright1234]

I been on I 610 in Houston

[@silverhawk24]

Nice video Texas Mike I find it cool how most of your driving videos involve interstates I honestly love them

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks 👍

[@user-bs1zo6tr2g]

I've always wanted to drive the entire 610 loop in one go yet never done it, yet I have driven all of it over time. So cool to see the entire Interstate in one video.

[@KCDashcammer]

Love the West Loop portion from the interchange with I-10 through Uptown to the interchange with the Southwest Freeway.

[@Brand-pn5yz]

13:45 if you were wondering what that ramp is, that's the skyline for the BRT(bus rapid transit) silver line. It's houston first partial length skyline for the fixed transit called BRT. If it does transition to a LR in the future, and the plan the same, then it will be the 2nd rail to have a partial skyline. But 1st one to be longer then the station one from the red line.

[@flydragon7256]

This is the OTHER 610 (and the much larger one, especially between 12:00 and 13:00).

[@julinalilly7439]

Nice drive along I 610 outer towards Houston

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks

[@survivor5044]

Hey Mike! I love your interstate videos and just became a subscriber. Thank you for the time and work you put into them.🚘🎥

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Welcome aboard! I appreciate you watching.

[@sharonrivers1347]

Amen.yes.he does.only 1 i ever watch.

[@MarcBookPro]

13:30 to 20:00 is the second-most congested freeway in Texas. Only I-35 through downtown Austin is worse.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

I can believe that. It was congested almost everyday I was in Houston.

[@donavanjohnson409]

Must be a awesome drive on interstate 610 loop and the nrg stadium is the home of my favorite football team which is the Houston Texans

[@RealTony123YT]

This is actually cool

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Absolutely!

[@LuisLonchoSerrano]

That doesn't take an hour to drive around I-610. Very nice.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Yep. Now the Sam Houston Beltway on the other hand...

[@w-josh]

@@MileageMikeTravels oh yeah, that's the longest beltway in America and I think the world too.

[@prettyboy1970]

Dont call it the 610 beltway. Its the 610 LOOP. Beltway 8 is "the beltway". (Another larger loop that runs outside the 610 loop.)

[@tameikabrown]

What Trip’s U Got Coming Up Next Mike After Leaving Houston,Texas

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Have to wait and see.

[@tameikabrown]

@@MileageMikeTravels Aw I Hate Guessing But I Have 2 Wait

[@langstonreese7077]

610 (comment posted on 6/10 at 6:10 PM watching an I-610 video).

[@shangchi9055]

womp womp

[@prettyboy1970]

Ive driven this entire loop many times...just not all at once.

[@dvferyance]

At 38:48 there is an exit but I see no sign as to what the exit is. That's kind of odd.

[@garythac1304]

Market Street I think.

[@shangchi9055]

i think my dad was in this vid

[@billybassman21]

7:00 major bottleneck at I-45, hopefully will be better after expansion. 7:40 only two lanes, not safe and a bottleneck. 14:03 goes down to four lanes because the tree huggers didn't want to go a few feet into Memorial Park, should be 5 lanes the whole way. 19:00 poor deign on junction ramp, should be 3 lanes to get on to 59/I69, major cause of traffic over there. The design around 20:30 is an example of how a freeway should be. State did not fight hard enough for ROW in other parts.

[@renegomez3061]

610 is the first(inner) loop of the three loops that surround Houston. That 610 and 45 interchange is the worst, very out dated

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Oh yeah that interchange definitely needs some work.

[@tameikabrown]

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[@MileageMikeTravels]

I had seen some successful channels that make similar content before so I figured it could get lots of subs, I just didn't know how long it would take or exactly how people would respond to the content.

[@tameikabrown]

@@MileageMikeTravels Well As U Can Definitely See UR KZbin Page Definitely Has Taking Off Like A Jet 🛩 & Still Continuing