Texas State Highway NASA Road 1

State Highway NASA Road 1 marker
State Highway NASA Road 1
Map
NASA Road 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by TxDOT
Length7.474 mi[1] (12.028 km)
Existed1965–present
Major junctions
West end I-45 at Webster
East end SH 146 at Seabrook
Location
CountryUnited States
StateTexas
Highway system
FM 4000 SH OSR

State Highway NASA Road 1 (also NASA Parkway and NASA Road 1[2]) is an east–west state highway that runs from Interstate 45 (I-45) in Webster to State Highway 146/future State Highway 99 (SH 146/future SH 99) in Seabrook. The highway is a six- to eight-lane divided highway for most of its length. A portion of the road is a four-lane controlled-access highway that bypasses the central businesses of Webster. The highway is the main route to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. It is one of only two Texas state highways with an official designation beginning with a letter; the other is SH OSR.

  1. ^ Transportation Planning and Programming Division (n.d.). "State Highway NASA Road No. 1". Highway Designation Files. Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  2. ^ Davis, John (May 15, 2003). "HB1049 78(R): Relating to the Designation of NASA Road 1 and Farm-to-Market Road 528 as the NASA Parkway". Texas Legislature.