Grand Parkway - America's NEW LONGEST Beltway - Houston - Texas - 4K Highway Drive

[@jasonusa]

I love it. They even left space for future widening.

[@redthelightningwhispereretc]

After you went through Grand Parkway/Tollway 99 of Texas, you extended the video to where you drive through the Fred Hartman Cable-Stayed Suspension Bridge, and you ended it at TX State Highway 225!! That is the reason why it deserved "thumbs up"!!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍

[@allen123636]

I reckon we will see alot of expansions of this beltway as the suburbs continue to expand outward.

[@Brand-pn5yz]

0:00 Sugar Land 10:54 West Park Tollway 16:24 Houston 17:08 I-10

[@cforcat1005]

Finally, my favorite road! I miss having TX-99 as one of my frequently traveled roads, I have I-26 and I-81 up here in Johnson City. Welcome to Houston buddy! Wish I was there!

[@The_POTATO._.]

technically its not a full loop "beltway" because 99 doesnt connect and form the circle. it starts in sugarland and ends in baytown

[@PopLightBrown]

Guiiiiidamn, that's a big ole beltway!!!

[@landrytelfair445]

Being from NY, seeing a 2 Lane highway have stack interchange after stack interchange is mind boggling. NY wouldve spammed the Cloverleaf and called it a completed

[@dariusbrock2351]

With all of these loops Houston looks like a bull's eye.

[@CaptFalcon725]

Houston has three loops and none of them are 100% inside Houston proper. Neat.

[@tameikabrown]

How Many Of Guy’s Really Hate These Tolls On The Highway’s Nowadays Give Me UR Honest Opinion’s Thought’s On It 33:20

[@rlg1976x]

I'd love to see a video of the Kentucky Parkway System and how they're one of the few, if only, agencies that kept their promise to remove all tolls.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

I’ll probably wait until I get up there to drive some of them first. Should be later this year.

[@bullinmd]

This is the 3rd loop around Houston, isn't it? (I-610 being the innermost and Beltway 8 being the 2nd).

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Yeah 3rd loop

[@rlg1976x]

​@@MileageMikeTravelsAtlanta--please catch up!

[@legosnowspeederproductions4793]

That's a lot of loops.

[@rackss1661]

@@rlg1976xAtlanta need to expand their city borders and annex some suburbs. Too small land area wise.

[@waltersaul1807]

Great ride around Houston! And what a way to end it with the Fred Hartman Bridge! I wonder if this eight-lane bridge is designed to take 99 over the Houston Ship Channel and close the loop.

[@PopLightBrown]

Yes

[@dbaldwin237]

Whoa. What was the total toll for this ride?

[@MasonWright1234]

I does makings videos in Texas. It was nice seeing Houston’s freeway videos

[@Tates05]

I wonder if they're gonna build another beltway when this one gets clogged up. It'd be crazy to have a 300 mile long beltway!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

I'd imagine that even if there were zero traffic that people would only be willing to live so far from the city. But then again this is Houston.

[@Koombayai]

@@MileageMikeTravels I'd say at that point, build a high speed train belt, and build multi use housing/shopping/offices at the stops, like brightline but a big ol 300 mile circle, houston's big enough. if you absolutly need road connections, build stroads to it, but it sure would be nice, hop on the 4th belt and get where you're going. Of course 300 miles is a lot of money, but is it really that much more expensive to lay rail and stations when widening the already ready to widen grand parkway costs 112 million? Plus you sell real estate near the stations like brightline and it's even profitable (with a fare) , but not a 100million dollar tax or toll expense.

[@isocarboxazid]

Houston is an absolute atrocity of a city. Definitely not built for the 21st century or looking towards the future. But, hey, that's Texas for you.

[@donavanjohnson409]

Love the ride along TX-99 (the grand parkway)

[@MarsNeedsGuitars1]

08:24...shout out to MATTRESS MACK at GALLERY FURNITURE!!!

[@Kitty99655]

3:50 don’t worry it’s trying to decide if it’s regular concrete or txdot 😂

[@Brady_Stewart_238]

There's a lot less cars on the Grand Parkway after you pass I-69/US-59.

[@johnnyv673]

Thank you, I left Houston in 1997, never been back, I still miss it.

[@tameikabrown]

How Come U Left Houston In 1997 & Never Been Back Since Then 5:01

[@johnnyv673]

That's because I moved to Europe :)

[@tameikabrown]

@@johnnyv673 What Part Of Europe U Moved To

[@trulylondon1]

Great long drive from you, Mike! I remember being on this roadway back in like 2018, it was so fun!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It sure is!

[@kennypalermo9071]

@@MileageMikeTravels What's the longest beltway in the world?

[@tinapalermo3768]

@@kennypalermo9071 I guess it’s gonna be somewhere in China or India.

[@Kitty99655]

Soooo why does the toll road become 2 way??????? Dibble yellow

[@flydragon7256]

How much did the whole route cost in tolls?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Around $24

[@Koombayai]

@@MileageMikeTravels not bad for the whole loop, The toll up SH288 (10 miles) is around $16 each way, and the freeway backs up terribly at rush hour, my girlfriend took it for a month without realizing how much it would add up to and got a $500 bill, I'm for tolls when done right, they maintain a high road quality, pay workers, circumvent the gas tax issue if you drive electric, but not at those prices, that's extortion and greed. Beltway 8 from 288 to 45 is only like 2 dollars to ride.

[@Koombayai]

plus it's a regressive tax that impacts poor people much more than the rich. (If you make 20k a year $16 bucks both ways is unbelievable) but if you make a million a year, you could wipe your nose with 16 bucks. Not exactly a fair tax...

[@PopLightBrown]

​@@Koombayaimost of then poor don't even bother to use the toll roads, though.

[@rlg1976x]

Cincinnati: But....but we have the largest *Interstate* beltway....so there!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

😂 True. I don't think anyone will be taking that title

[@forwardthinkingtrucker]

But this one around Houston is a 123 miles. Cincinnati beltway is only 83 miles, so this 1 beats it by 40 miles. Am I missing something?

[@forwardthinkingtrucker]

And in completed form the Loop 1604 in San Antonio is the largest. Houston's will pass it when it's finished, but both are bigger than anything around Cincinnati

[@rlg1976x]

@@forwardthinkingtrucker Houston has the largest beltway, Cincinnati has the largest INTERSTATE beltway.

[@furnitureconsortium]

@@rlg1976x I don't think they catch what interstate really means.... The 275 beltway around Cincinnati runs through three states....Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Hence, the interstate title! I've traveled that entire loop....takes you about an hour when traffic is factored in....runs around 60 miles, goes by the Airport on the Kentucky side of the river. That's not even my favorite Cincy highway....that would be the Ohio-562 Norwood freeway...only runs like 8 miles....but it connects 75 to 71 and ends by a huge strip mall. The Reagan freeway is cool too....but not as cool as the 562, at least to me, lol.

[@captainz7323]

Wow now Sam Houston Tollway is the America’s second longest beltway

[@forwardthinkingtrucker]

What's the first? I know that Houston is the only city with 3 loops around it

[@Wellmann41]

That highway already falling apart on the west side

[@scanimal]

We need trains

[@robytherobotwhiteversion]

Nice highway!

[@ace20016]

Wow that’s a long loop. But I’m glad I finally got to see the Grand Pkwy/TX 99 thanks to you Mileage Mike. Also the cable stayed bridge on TX 146 at the end.

[@gigabyte9584]

Does bro live in Texas?

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Nah just traveling around here for now. About to head to another state soon.

[@gigabyte9584]

@@MileageMikeTravels Oh ok. True. Texas is a big state.

[@LuisLonchoSerrano]

Grand Parkway, the longest loop in Houston.

[@robytherobotwhiteversion]

Yep!

[@Brand-pn5yz]

And in the country! I dont understand why they houston to be massive when other cities are small

[@kennypalermo9071]

@@Brand-pn5yz TX-99 starts to get more rural east of the I-69/US-59 interchange?

[@lil_misskloves2run41]

Request: can you do 290 west at night

[@MasonWright1234]

See his US 290 West video in daytime

[@Rockett16]

When loop 9 in dallas ever gets finished it will be the longest in the country

[@peterhiggins4212]

Why no high speed rail in this country? Not everyone likes to drive or fly. Look at all of the other places in the world.

[@forwardthinkingtrucker]

They have some. Just not enough

[@JohnKExp]

There slowly being implemented. Already some are in construction between several big cities. There coming hopefully haha we need them

[@normanaguilera7667]

nah and the longest minute than beltway 8

[@우진-k6s]

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[@georgerogers1166]

The free segment is awful

[@robytherobotwhiteversion]

Ya think?

[@georgerogers1166]

@@robytherobotwhiteversion the traffic on that segment in cinco ranch is awful!

[@robytherobotwhiteversion]

​@@georgerogers1166try Interstate 610 then.

[@georgerogers1166]

Yes, but that is a much more urban context. Both are bad i worked out in katy/Brookshire.

[@trulylondon1]

Easily is. Am glad they're finally refurbishing that part with some new ramps to the Westpark Tollway.