You might consider this for your trip to Freeport from Tyler. It will avoid downtown Houston:
* Get to I-10 in the Baytown area by way of your preferred route from Tyler.
* Take the TX-146 exit south from I-10 right after the Old & Lost River/Trinity bridges. There's a few lights, then you reenter a freeway.
* Take TX-146 across the Houston Ship Channel bridge, then exit TX-225 west on past the San Jacinto monument.
* Take the I-610 south/west exit to loop around downtown to the TX-288 south in the Reliant Stadium area (the key phrase here is "around downtown.")
* There is some construction at the 610/288 interchange, but another earlier post has said it is complete now.
TX-288 is a freeway several miles south of the 610 interchange.
I like the High Island/Bolivar/San Luis Pass/Surfside route, but this will give you a change of scenery without as much traffic and hassle as going through downtown Houston.
one_strange_texan
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