Texas trucking

Texas is covered here as its own subject: the corridors freight actually runs on, the interstate that carries the most of it, and the planning documents that decide what gets built next.

The state gets a permanent section because its road network is where several of the questions in the rest of this publication are settled in practice.

Tanker truck traveling on a divided highway.
Tanker truck traveling on a divided highway. Photograph: Carlos ZGZ. CC0 via commons.wikimedia.org. Resized and converted to WebP; display may crop.

I-35 Truck Traffic in Texas

Why I-35 through Central Texas matters to freight, what TxDOT's own Mobility35 material says about the corridor, and why a corridor's importance is not the same thing as a measured truck count.

Reading order

The corridor network, then the single busiest route on it.

  1. Major Freight Corridors in Texas

    A guide to the Interstate routes in FHWA’s Texas freight network, the state’s regional freight priorities, and what a network designation does—and does not—tell you.

  2. I-35 Truck Traffic in Texas

    Why I-35 through Central Texas matters to freight, what TxDOT's own Mobility35 material says about the corridor, and why a corridor's importance is not the same thing as a measured truck count.

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  • Major Freight Corridors in Texas

    A guide to the Interstate routes in FHWA’s Texas freight network, the state’s regional freight priorities, and what a network designation does—and does not—tell you.