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
U.S. Highway 75 is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels from I-345 in Dallas, Texas northward to the Canadian border in Noyes, Minnesota. In the state of Texas it runs from I-345 in Dallas a
Interstate 45
…the cities of Dallas and Houston, continuing southeast from Houston to Galveston over the Galveston Causeway to the Gulf of Mexico. I-45 replaced U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) over its entire length, although portions of US 75 remained parallel to I-45 until its elimination south of Downtown Dallas in 1987. At the…
A 1960s-era sign for US 75 (centre right, in shade) in downtown Dallas. Taken at the corner of Ross Ave and Leonard St, facing southeast on Leonard St toward the now-decommissioned segment of US 75.