End of Alternate US highway 90 (or US 90A)

You can view the national endpoints of mainline US 90 on this page.

When US 90 was commissioned in 1926, its route westward from Houston followed what is now US 90A, serving Richmond and Rosenberg. At Eagle Lake, US 90 followed today's FM 102 northwest to Alleyton, then through that town, joining with modern US 90 (which is now overlaid by I-10) between Alleyton and Columbus. In 1942, US 90 was rerouted west from Houston along what had been TX 73, and ever since then it has served Katy and Sealy. At that time, "Alternate US 90" was commissioned to replace former US 90 between Houston and Columbus. The photo below shows (to the extent possible) where US 90A ended back then:

Taylor, Aug. 2003

That's looking west at what used to be the west end of US 90A. Alleyton is about a mile behind the camera, and Columbus is about 2 miles on the other side of the embankment. Before I-10 was here (the raised roadway in the background), US 90 would've been aligned along the same path, but on the surface, and most likely there would've been a "Y" intersection here. Today there's an underpass off the right edge of the photo (but there is not a full-access interchange with I-10 here); using that you can still follow the route of old US 90 (more or less) into Columbus. Below is a view in the opposite direction:

Taylor, Aug. 2003

That's looking eastward toward Alleyton on what was US 90 from 1926-1942, and the west beginning of US 90A from 1942-1952. As you can see, the road has long since faded from importance.

In 1952, US 90A was rerouted westward from Eagle Lake along its current path through Hallettsville and Gonzales, ending at US 90 in Seguin. (The historic route from Eagle Lake to Alleyton was redesignated FM 102, and the road from Alleyton to Columbus was turned back to county maintenance - presumably because it had been bisected by I-10). The shot below shows the first sign at the west beginning:

Taylor, Jan. 2004

As you can see, downtown Seguin is a couple miles ahead. Below we're looking southwest on westbound US 90; US 90A would be a sharp left, heading back due east:

Taylor, Jan. 2004

A right turn there would put you on F.M. 464, and the shot below shows the beginning of US 90A from there, heading eastbound:

Taylor, Jan. 2004

F.M. 494 and US 90A run due east/west and are on the same alignment... except here, where they form an "S" curve so that their junction with US 90 (a diagonal) can be a safer 4-way intersection. At this intersection (off the right side of the photo), eastbound US 90 would be a left turn, and US 90A would begin straight ahead.

Not surprisingly, road configurations have changed a lot in Houston. US 90 is now co-signed with I-10, and the east terminus of Alternate US 90 is at interchange 773:

both Nelson, Oct. 2003