scarface Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Okay as you can see this is a two part question. 1) What is the longest road in Houston?2) What is the busiest road in Houston? Is it probably safe to say that Westheimer holds the title for both of these? Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Technically Little York spans from the East Beltway to the grand parkway, with segments currently missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Little York runs from just west of Fry rd to Mesa Dr, 29 miles, with no missing segments or name changes other than west and east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Little York runs from just west of Fry rd to Mesa Dr, 29 miles, with no missing segments or name changes other than west and east Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtterlyUrban Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 Okay as you can see this is a two part question.1) What is the longest road in Houston?2) What is the busiest road in Houston?Is it probably safe to say that Westheimer holds the title for both of these?Thoughts?I define your criteria for "longest".... Does the street have to have the exact same name for the entire route? If so, then Westhiemer, since it changes names.... Elgin, Westheimer RD, Westheimer Parkway, 1093... might not be it.Another idea (I don't know how long it is.....) would be Bissonnet. Medical center to a mile or two shy of the grand parkway. Continuous. One name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 I define your criteria for "longest".... Does the street have to have the exact same name for the entire route? If so, then Westhiemer, since it changes names.... Elgin, Westheimer RD, Westheimer Parkway, 1093... might not be it.Another idea (I don't know how long it is.....) would be Bissonnet. Medical center to a mile or two shy of the grand parkway. Continuous. One name. are we counting major turns in the road? Cause pin oak road turns into westheimer turns into elgin turns into lockwood. pin oak starts at I-10 outside of 99. lockwood doesn't terminate until tidwell. of course, if we're counting name changes, why not count freeways too, in which case, I-10 wins, cause it goes all the way from the Pacific Coast to Atlantic Coast. It's definitely the longest road that passes through Houston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 If we're talking about surface streets - Main? It goes from just north of Crosstimbers all the way around and out past Sugar Land. I'd hazard the guess that Westheimer is busiest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Little York from point to point is about 29 miles. Bellfort from its eastern point at 45 to its western point just past the Grand Parkway is just under 31 miles per Google maps. If we're including roads that change names, Clay Rd/W.43rd/Crosstimbers/Ley Rd/Green River Dr. is 41 miles from near Beaumont Highway and BW 8 to western Harris county past Katy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firebird65 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 Little York from point to point is about 29 miles. Bellfort from its eastern point at 45 to its western point just past the Grand Parkway is just under 31 miles per Google maps. If we're including roads that change names, Clay Rd/W.43rd/Crosstimbers/Ley Rd/Green River Dr. is 41 miles from near Beaumont Highway and BW 8 to western Harris county past Katy. I just always figured it was Little York. Had no idea Bellfort was that long of a road. Interesting. And while I've been on each of the Clay Rd/W.43rd/Crosstimbers/Ley Rd/Green River Dr. streets separately at one time or another, I did not realize they were all connected. Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 I just always figured it was Little York. Had no idea Bellfort was that long of a road. Interesting. And while I've been on each of the Clay Rd/W.43rd/Crosstimbers/Ley Rd/Green River Dr. streets separately at one time or another, I did not realize they were all connected. Thank you for sharing!Little York is broken up though so it's not continuous from east Beltway 8 to the Grand Parkway so that's why its shorter I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 1960 is continuous from 290 and Hwy 6 all the way to Dayton! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 That's cheating! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
august948 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 1960 is continuous from 290 and Hwy 6 all the way to Dayton!610 is infinitely continuous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 610 is infinitely continuous!Damn, that's just ingenious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I think even without the gaps, Bellaire/Holcombe is pretty long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 How about longest stretch to nowhere? Buffalo Speedway in south Houston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Little York is one continuous road, it's not broken up. read a map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Little York is one continuous road, it's not broken up. read a map. Ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 http://glasstire.com/2013/03/06/the-art-guys-vs-little-york-the-longest-street-in-houston/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Little York is one continuous road, it's not broken up. read a map. I think there was a segment near the East Belt that goes nowhere. Right now, I can't check, because ironically I'm IN Houston, but I'll tell you when I get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brhaltx Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I was going to suggest 1960... My backups are Louetta and 249. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonIsHome Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 I think I read somewhere that the longest non highway was clay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Guys, in case you didn't click the link, Little York is the longest and The Art Guys walked the whole thing, so yes, it's continuous.http://glasstire.com/2013/03/06/the-art-guys-vs-little-york-the-longest-street-in-houston/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Except for the piece on the East side near the Beltway, but yes that's what I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Little York is the longest if you exclude name changes. Clay/West 43rd/Crosstimbers is longer if you don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarface Posted June 8, 2015 Author Share Posted June 8, 2015 I was really talking about Road that carry the same name throughout the course of their span (excluding the name changes). Roads that go through various name changes don't count as the same road in my book. Yes Little York road is a beast! It stretches all the way from Katy/Cy-Fair all the way out east. Didn't realize that. So does Westheimer hold the title as the busiest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveCowboy Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Guys, in case you didn't click the link, Little York is the longest and The Art Guys walked the whole thing, so yes, it's continuous. The continuous section of Little York may well be the longest, but Little York as a whole is not continous. Why are you folks ignoring the segment off the East Belt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 The continuous section of Little York may well be the longest, but Little York as a whole is not continous. Why are you folks ignoring the segment off the East Belt?Because the question in the OP is about the longest road in Houston. Little York is the longest continuous road even if we disqualify the East Belt portion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Who knows if they build it out or not but Mason Road runs from past the Katy section of the Grand Parkway and will run all the way north to the Cypress section of the GP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejack Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Maybe that can be a longest road in Harris County contender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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