As a 40+ year resident, career businessman, and (more recently) nighttime uber driver in Houston, I have driven this route literally THOUSANDS of times. I really love so many sections of this drive. I made a LOT of money driving Uber's premium tiers up and down that corridor from 610, through River Oaks/West U, to Midtown and Downtown, then back. I just hated it when I got dragged into the seedy nightclub districts outside of 610 along that same corridor. I would have liked to see the video continue further East to EMC. There's a lot of history and development in some of those neighborhoods, including passing through Humble (the H is SILENT!!!), where Exxon's headquarters used to be. They actually started out as The Humble Oil Company 100+ years ago. The adjacent cottage community of Kingwood, just north of Humble, was developed in the 60s, 70s, and 80s as a nice place for Exxon employees to live that was close to work. I have lived in Kingwood for more than 10 years and love it. It's a great place to raise a family and the real estate is notably soft in what is already one of the softest markets in the country. I paid only $200k for a 2400sft house on an 11k sft culdesac lot in an extremely pretty and safe neighborhood with schools in walking distance for my kids. I could go on for hours, but I'll stop my nostalgic blithering now.
I been on Southwest Freeway from exits 97 to 132. The Southwest memorial Herman hospital where you past on the right that where my uncle Jeffery died from brain cancer. Miss him a lot. They’re building a new interchange of I 610/69 59.
YES YES YES! This freeway just love to give people one of the best Uptown & Downtown Houston views and giving us an impressive perspective for the 1990s construction. You have now experienced the most impressive engineered freeway of your entire life and in the country but with some really annoying traffic. Ever since you've been in Texas, what do you think about the freeways from 1-10 and why?
Even though I lived in Katy at the time, I remember 59 being 2 lanes through Humble and Kingwood, until flooding destroyed the Bevil Jarell (sp?) Bridge in the early 90's and the current freeway and bridge over the SanJac river was built (and then rebuilt after Harvey). What used to be 59 is now Loop 494, which runs parallel with 59 past Kingwood (my current home), Porter, and New Caney before ending just before Roman Forest. 494 is currently undergoing its own overdue and over-budget widening (which broke a pump that has turned one of Kingwood's beautiful ponds into a swamp 🤬), but there is a lot of history along that little stretch, including the once-infamously competitive Eastex Drag Strip and the adjacent "haunted house" that can be seen on Google Earth's timeline. A subdivision and elementary school now sit on their sites.
@@MileageMikeTravels Construction started on widening that freeway to what it is now in the 2000s, they widened it past the Grand Parkway, finished during the quarantine.
My father use to always drive on 59 but leave from sugarland going north on the southwest freeway missed them days and we would turn right onto Fondren
Start from exit 105 on I-,69/TX 59. The signs are numbered now for the first time ever. But only on segments of I 69/ TX 59. Only exit 105-114/124-130 are numbered. Rest are not numbered yet.
@@sharonrivers1347 Uptown, actually. I've lived in Houston since 1982, been driving there since 1993, and drove Uber at night from 2018-2022. That tall black building is technically called the Williams Tower but locals always have and always will call it the Transco Tower. It's the tallest building in Texas (I worked in it for a while). Oh, and Uptown is ANYTHING but suburban. I'm not sure where that metric comes from.
A google search reveals Sugarland got its name from the product it produced for nearly two centuries: sugar. Sugar Land served as the site of major U.S.sugar producer Imperial Sugar's headquarters, main sugar refinery and distribution center from 1843 until the refinery shuttered its doors in 2003.
As a 40+ year resident, career businessman, and (more recently) nighttime uber driver in Houston, I have driven this route literally THOUSANDS of times. I really love so many sections of this drive. I made a LOT of money driving Uber's premium tiers up and down that corridor from 610, through River Oaks/West U, to Midtown and Downtown, then back. I just hated it when I got dragged into the seedy nightclub districts outside of 610 along that same corridor.
I would have liked to see the video continue further East to EMC. There's a lot of history and development in some of those neighborhoods, including passing through Humble (the H is SILENT!!!), where Exxon's headquarters used to be. They actually started out as The Humble Oil Company 100+ years ago. The adjacent cottage community of Kingwood, just north of Humble, was developed in the 60s, 70s, and 80s as a nice place for Exxon employees to live that was close to work. I have lived in Kingwood for more than 10 years and love it. It's a great place to raise a family and the real estate is notably soft in what is already one of the softest markets in the country. I paid only $200k for a 2400sft house on an 11k sft culdesac lot in an extremely pretty and safe neighborhood with schools in walking distance for my kids.
I could go on for hours, but I'll stop my nostalgic blithering now.
Holy crap, that I-610 junction is massive
The interchange at 18:35 is now 6 levels and roughly 120 feet from top to bottom.
TAKE THAT DALLAS HIGH FIVE!
(No offense to DFW residents)
This drive is absolutely beautiful at night! Experienced it going southbound on my way back home from Florida in May last year.
I been on Southwest Freeway from exits 97 to 132. The Southwest memorial Herman hospital where you past on the right that where my uncle Jeffery died from brain cancer. Miss him a lot. They’re building a new interchange of I 610/69 59.
Texas freeways are something else.
Indeed. Nowhere else like it.
16:16 this view looks great!
Awesome drive on I 69 Houston from Sugarland
YES YES YES! This freeway just love to give people one of the best Uptown & Downtown Houston views and giving us an impressive perspective for the 1990s construction. You have now experienced the most impressive engineered freeway of your entire life and in the country but with some really annoying traffic. Ever since you've been in Texas, what do you think about the freeways from 1-10 and why?
The freeways here are some of the best I’ve driven. I was in awe the whole time. For the engineer in me this is peak level of awesomeness.
From an engineering standpoint, I’d say Dallas’ newly redesigned LBJ Freeway is way ahead of anything found in Houston.
@@MileageMikeTravels Glad to hear it!
@@MarcBookPro True, true.
@@MarcBookPro can’t wait to check it out.
Anyone else remember this freeway being only two lanes in each direction through Sugar Land and Stafford?
Wow. How long ago was that?
@@MileageMikeTravels I moved there in 1999 and construction was just barely getting started.
Even though I lived in Katy at the time, I remember 59 being 2 lanes through Humble and Kingwood, until flooding destroyed the Bevil Jarell (sp?) Bridge in the early 90's and the current freeway and bridge over the SanJac river was built (and then rebuilt after Harvey). What used to be 59 is now Loop 494, which runs parallel with 59 past Kingwood (my current home), Porter, and New Caney before ending just before Roman Forest. 494 is currently undergoing its own overdue and over-budget widening (which broke a pump that has turned one of Kingwood's beautiful ponds into a swamp 🤬), but there is a lot of history along that little stretch, including the once-infamously competitive Eastex Drag Strip and the adjacent "haunted house" that can be seen on Google Earth's timeline. A subdivision and elementary school now sit on their sites.
@@MileageMikeTravels Construction started on widening that freeway to what it is now in the 2000s, they widened it past the Grand Parkway, finished during the quarantine.
My father use to always drive on 59 but leave from sugarland going north on the southwest freeway missed them days and we would turn right onto Fondren
Nice video Texas Mike man Texas interstates really have alot of interchanges
Good job. Jeffery. To Lufkin, Corrigan, Groveton TX on US 59/287.
Start from exit 105 on I-,69/TX 59. The signs are numbered now for the first time ever. But only on segments of I 69/ TX 59. Only exit 105-114/124-130 are numbered. Rest are not numbered yet.
I recommend doing westpark tollway from 99 to I-69 north. The ramp view offers one of the best views in Houston.
Wasn't able to get to that one on this trip. Next time I'm in the area I'll definitely check that one out.
That view at 16:22.
("Is that a downtown?")
Amen!!!..wow!!.skyline alert!!!!!!..woot woot!!!!.houstons got it goin on.for sure!!.love it.😜😜😜😍😍😍😍👍👍👍
That is the Galleria area, including the Williams Tower....which I still believe is the tallest suburban building in the world.
@@sharonrivers1347 Uptown, actually. I've lived in Houston since 1982, been driving there since 1993, and drove Uber at night from 2018-2022. That tall black building is technically called the Williams Tower but locals always have and always will call it the Transco Tower. It's the tallest building in Texas (I worked in it for a while). Oh, and Uptown is ANYTHING but suburban. I'm not sure where that metric comes from.
I hope you can do I-610 and uptown, You did good videos of Houston I used to watch the timelapsed freeway videos from 10 years ago.
Oh yeah the 610 is coming
That would be neat when I-69 connects Houston to Memphis and Indianapolis.
I wonder when the construction at I-69 and I-610
is going to be completed.
My aunt live in Rosenberg and my cousin is from Sugar Land.
I been on Southwest freeway between Rosenberg and Houston
Nice!!
Outside of Texas you simply don't see this level of development in the US. You'd have to go to a mega city in China.
Sugar Land TX and Stafford TX
Right outside of Houston TX
Can you go through San Antonio?
Early 2023
Please do I-69 south next. Thank you.
Posted speed limit is 60mph, guarantee everybody doing a smooth 10 over, at least lol.
Why Is It Called SugarLand,Texas I Ain’t Never Ever Heard Of A Name Like That
Maybe there’s lots of sugar here. 🍭 🍬
@@MileageMikeTravels True That True That
A google search reveals Sugarland got its name from the product it produced for nearly two centuries: sugar. Sugar Land served as the site of major U.S.sugar producer Imperial Sugar's headquarters, main sugar refinery and distribution center from 1843 until the refinery shuttered its doors in 2003.
Texas
Route Nice 69.
You're going to have so many videos of Houston if you do every freeway hah
Haha yeah they have freeways coming from every direction it seems.