TransporTation
Major Highways
- Interstate Highway 45 – 7 miles west
- Interstate Highway 10 – 26 miles north
Airports
- William P. Hobby Airport – 22 miles north; offers nonstop or direct service to more than 32 destinations throughout the U.S.
- George Bush Intercontinental Airport – 46 miles north; Houston’s largest airport; offers service to more than 170 destinations worldwide
- Ellington Field – 11 miles north; joint use civil/military airport that serves the U.S. military, NASA and general aviation tenants.
Ports
- Port of Houston – A 25-mile-long complex of diversified public and private facilities located just a few hours sailing time from the Gulf of Mexico. The port is ranked first in the United States in foreign waterborne commerce and second in total tonnage.
- Port of Texas City – Eighth largest port in the U.S. and third largest in Texas.
- Port of Galveston -- Located on the upper Texas coast at the mouth of Galveston Bay, just 30 minutes steaming time from the open sea. The location boasts facilities to handle all types of cargo, as well as the homeport to two Carnival Cruise Line vessels.
