Interstate 45 is a major Interstate Highway located entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. While most primary Interstate routes which have numbers ending in "5" are cross-country north–south routes,
Hurricane Rita evacuation from the Louetta Road (exit 68) overpass (2005)
I-45 and I-10/US 90 next to Downtown Houston
Looking northwest along the Gulf Freeway toward Downtown in 2006; the Spur 5 distributor lanes, completed in 1988, are to the right
Southbound on the North Freeway
State Highway 288 is a north–south highway in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas, between I-45 in downtown Houston and Freeport, where it terminates on FM 1495. The route was original
Interchange with Texas State Highway 6 at Iowa Colony