Texas Leads U.S. for the Most Truck Bottlenecks

The Lone Star State is leading the nation, again, but in a clogged sort of way.

According to the latest research from the American Transportation Research Institute, its annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, shows that Texas is leading the nation with 11 big ones — the most in the nation.

The 2018 Top Truck Bottleneck List assesses the level of truck-oriented congestion at 300 locations on the national highway system.  The analysis, based on truck GPS data from more than 800,000 heavy duty trucks uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location.  ATRI’s truck GPS data is used to support the FHWA-sponsored Freight Performance Measures initiative.  The locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations.

“Texas is not only a rapidly growing state, it is a state that connects America’s factories and farms with the world through our border and our ports – making the smooth movement of freight tremendously important to our economy,” said Texas Trucking Association President John D. Esparza.  “By identifying the areas where freight movements slow, ATRI has provided a roadmap for policymakers to target investments as they work to modernize our aging network of roads and bridges.”

The 11 bottlenecks in Texas are:

• No. 18 Houston:  I-10 at I-45
• No. 19 Houston: I-45 at US 59
• No. 23 Houston:  I-10 at US 59
• No. 29 Dallas: I-45 at I-30
• No. 34 Austin: I-35
• No. 41 Houston:  I-45 at I-610 (North)
• No. 48 Houston:  I-10 at I-610 (West)
• No. 58 Houston: I-610 at US 290
• No. 69 Dallas: US 75 at I-635
• No. 75 Ft. Worth: I-35W at I-30
• No. 93 Houston:  I-610 at US 59 (West)

“As the issue of infrastructure investment comes to the forefront on the national stage, ATRI’s report on truck bottlenecks could not come at a better time,” said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear. “The safe and efficient movement of freight should be a top priority in any infrastructure package, and this report identifies the areas where investment is most needed. Finding long-term, sustainable funding – like our proposed Build America Fund – to address these needs is critical and we urge Congress and the Administration to quickly move forward on a plan to tackle this growing crisis.”

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