A Taste of Coastal Texas
Photo: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A short trip along Texas State Highway 35 can reveal scenes and character that you can't get along the interstate. Expect to see skyscrapers and shacks, sprawl and space, and everything in between - and this is only a small slice of what there is to see in Texas.
UnderstandHighway 35 runs from Houston to Corpus Christi, keeping a slight distance from the Gulf of Mexico.
PrepareWhile some locations are fairly remote, you'll never be too far from civilization.
Get inIf you aren't already in the Houston area, it's closer to fly into Houston Hobby Airport (HOU) - it borders SH-35.
DriveWhile the "headwaters" of SH-35 are in Mason Park, on Bray's Bayou, safety, sprawl, standards, and one-way streets limit the practical starting point to SH-35 (Telephone Rd.) at I-45 (Gulf Freeway).
Go nextYou can fly out of the airport, or take I-35 north to San Antonio, then I-10 back to Houston. Or go back north on SH-35 and see what you missed the first time.
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- Photo: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons