How do I bypass Houston?

[Skipshot]

If you you have toll road access, I personally would go Hardy to 610 East around to 45 on the south side.

[TxsBuda]

See if you can work it where you can go at night. Otherwise, just enjoy the company you're with. Was there this past weekend and drove from the Woodlands to Downtown. A little pain, but that's Houston.

[Charles]

I'd wouldn't detour. I would time it to avoid rush hour and go straight thorough on 45.

[txdukklr]

If you you have toll road access, I personally would go Hardy to 610 East around to 45 on the south side.

I'd wouldn't detour. I would time it to avoid rush hour and go straight thorough on 45.

See if you can work it where you can go at night. Otherwise, just enjoy the company you're with. Was there this past weekend and drove from the Woodlands to Downtown. A little pain, but that's Houston.

agree with these points hardy runs parralel to 45 and is a good way to shave some time so is the HOV where you can take it.

Otherwise all these other routes candidly won't save you time. Normal traffic isn't going to add enough to try any of these other routes.

A major accident anywhere is going to mess things up but the major route is going to candidly clear the quickest. 10:00 a.m. up until lunch, 1:30 until around 3:30 or really early/late are going to be clean sailing all the way down to the island.

[TxDispatcher]

Exit New Waverly - take 150 east to 1725 and go south to Cleveland. Left on 105 into town, left on 573 and then right on 321. Take 321 to Dayton, right on 90 and left on 146 south. 146 will take you into I-45 just out of Galveston.

The construction going on at 45 south from Houston to Dickinson is a nightmare.

If you can't time it to miss rush hour traffic, this is the way to go. Yes, it may be further mileage wise, but less headache in my opinion. Then again, I enjoy the backroads and will travel them every time if given the option

[Charles]

Just for reference I left Dallas at 5;00am and made it to my destination in downtown Houston at 9:05 and never hit any major traffic. Grant it, I wasn't pulling a 30" travel trailer either.

[dpg481]

If you can't time it to miss rush hour traffic, this is the way to go. Yes, it may be further mileage wise, but less headache in my opinion. Then again, I enjoy the backroads and will travel them every time if given the option

We have been traveling straight thru on 45 for many years, but I can't stand being on that road pulling my trailer, by the time I get to the island I'm a nervous wreck just dreading the ride home. If I was not pulling the RV I would just stay on 45. I plan on pulling out before 6am, so hopefully traffic is not too bad.

[Dale Moser]

I'm going to Waco this year and taking 6 to Alvin.

[txpitdog]

Here's how Houston works. If you go through the middle you will get stuck in traffic so heavy you will emerge from the other side feeling as though someone stole time from you. If you try to go around the side you'll get stuck behind your choice of one of the following road closures:

1. Upside down dump truck
2. Car fire that becomes multiple car fires
3. The contents of a 3 bedroom house all over the road because the owner didn't quite tie it down good enough in the back of his pickup
4. Multiple car collision caused by a vehicle being towed to Mexico getting loose after the single Walmart quality ratchet tie down being used as a tow strap breaks
5. Spontaneous unannounced construction

Waze is your friend but be aware that the route Waze tells you to go can disintegrate into chaos faster than the app can handle. It would be less disastrous and possibly cheaper to fly into Hobby and buy a new truck and travel trailer in Webster.

[CaptainDave]

It's not worth it, time your travel so as to miss the main traffic and just run up the gut (45 straight down). Expect most traffic around the woodlands (just before) and just after the beltway.

Going around the beltway is a huge amount of added time and candidly you can hit traffic there as well.

This.

Just leave early and make it through Houston by early afternoon. Sure, there will be a few slowdowns, but it will be somewhat manageable. Any alternate routes will take you just as long or longer.

The only way I can think of for avoiding Houston (for the most part) is heading to Waco and taking Highway 6 then hit 290/6 south towards H-town and reconnect with Highway 6 at I-10 in Katy. Then head down 6 through Sugarland and Alvin, which will eventually put you on I-45 a couple miles from the Galveston causeway. However, there are a ton of traffic lights on 6 between Katy and I-45. I can't see this being any better.

[Crazy Horse]

8 east to 225 head east to 146 take it all the way south to Texas city right next to Galveston. Not that much better but better and the only other way I know.


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The construction going on at 45 south from Houston to Dickinson is a nightmare.

Traffic on 45S from Dixie Farm to NASA 1 is bad from 6am-7pm M-F due to the construction.

I'd go via 146...

[HoustonHunter]

Exit New Waverly - take 150 east to 1725 and go south to Cleveland. Left on 105 into town, left on 573 and then right on 321. Take 321 to Dayton, right on 90 and left on 146 south. 146 will take you into I-45 just out of Galveston.

The construction going on at 45 south from Houston to Dickinson is a nightmare.

Played with this on google maps. This is a +/-22 mile difference and getting into lots of stops and lots of areas less than the speed of IH 45.

Not worth going around Houston. It isn't as bad as what people make it out to be and 22 miles longer down back roads would be an immediate turnoff for me.

[Tmag]

Dallas to Houston isn't the problem, Houston to Galveston is where the construction is going on from Beltway 8 south to Dickinson.

Seems a lot of you guys haven't been south on 45 lately, the construction and traffic caused by the construction is enough to drive you crazy. Got locked up in 10-15 mph junk a few weeks back with folks doing 2-3 lane-lane changes with no signal, just cutting you slap off. Just about blew me a gasket.

[HoustonHunter]

Dallas to Houston isn't the problem, Houston to Galveston is where the construction is going on from Beltway 8 south to Dickinson.

Seems a lot of you guys haven't been south on 45 lately, the construction and traffic caused by the construction is enough to drive you crazy. Got locked up in 10-15 mph junk a few weeks back with folks doing 2-3 lane-lane changes with no signal, just cutting you slap off. Just about blew me a gasket.

You are right, I haven't. Sounds turrible.

[Mayhem]

Exit New Waverly - take 150 east to 1725 and go south to Cleveland. Left on 105 into town, left on 573 and then right on 321. Take 321 to Dayton, right on 90 and left on 146 south. 146 will take you into I-45 just out of Galveston.



The construction going on at 45 south from Houston to Dickinson is a nightmare.

You added 3 hours to his trip.