{"id":64633,"date":"2025-11-25T17:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64633\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:43:08","slug":"report-identifies-100-most-congested-roadways-in-texas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/64633\/","title":{"rendered":"Report identifies 100 most congested roadways in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEXAS \u2014 A new report<\/a> has identified the 100 most congested roadways in the Lone Star State in 2025, and the Houston area and the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are home to a majority.<\/p>\n

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) created the ranking. A mandate from the Texas Legislature has required that TxDOT produce the ranking each year since 2009, in response to increased traffic throughout the state.<\/p>\n

According to the report, W Loop Fwy\/I-610\u00a0 in Harris County is the No. 1 most congested road segment in the state for the third year in a row. This has created an annual congestion cost of $166,357,915 and caused a delay of 1,729,459 hours.<\/p>\n

With a delay of 1,687,219 hours, the second most congested roadway is Eastex Fwy\/I-69\/U.S. 59, also in Harris County. The road has an annual congestion cost of $146,592,608.<\/p>\n

In Dallas County, the Woodall Rogers Fwy\/State Highway Spur 66 segment is the third most congested. It creates a delay of 1,399,098 hours and an annual cost of $52,174,747.<\/p>\n

Back in Harris County, the delay on Southwest Fwy\/I-69\/U.S. 59 ranks No. 4 for a delay of 1,218,433 hours and costs $178,336,322 annually.<\/p>\n

Harris County appears in the top five for a fourth time, with N. Loop W. Fwy\/I-610 taking the No. 5 spot for most congested in the state. The traffic there caused a delay of 1,057,990 hours and costs $183,324,325 annually.<\/p>\n

Across the state in 2024, traffic delayed drivers by 523,998,702 hours \u2014 3.6% more than in 2023. The cost of congestion reached $14,694,742,849 (9.3% more than in 2023). Also in 2024, 196,231,470 gallons of fuel was wasted in traffic (35.5% more than in 2023).<\/p>\n

Overall, the Houston area and Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex are home to a majority of the state\u2019s 100 most congested roads. DFW contains 41 and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area has 36.<\/p>\n

According to TxDOT, the top factors that put road segments on the list are economic vitality, land use, construction, congestion outside the peak period and weather.<\/p>\n

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