The Texas Department of Transportation recently published a list of Texas’ 100 most congested roadways. While Austinites may already complain about traffic congestion, now they can see how their commute measures up to friends’ and neighbors’. Fourteen of the roadway segments are in Central Texas. Find out the ranking of roadways along with what, if anything, is planned to improve the roadways and the cost of improvements versus not taking action.

Ranking: 26

This segment has more than 1.36 million annual hours of delay* with an annual congestion cost of delay* of $28.32 million. A trip that takes 20 minutes in free-flow conditions will take approximately 28 minutes during rush hour. If no changes are made to the current transportation system, TxDOT projects that a trip during rush hour would take 45 minutes in 20 years. TxDOT has no plans to update this roadway.

Ranking: 44

This segment has more than 1.08 million annual hours of delay with an annual congestion cost of delay of $22.56 million. A trip that takes 20 minutes in free-flow conditions will take approximately 26 minutes during rush hour. If no changes are made to the current transportation system, TxDOT projects that a trip during rush hour would take 40 minutes in 20 years. TxDOT has plans to add managed lanes to help with congestion.

Ranking: 45

This segment has more than 570,000 annual hours of delay with an annual congestion cost of delay of $11.89 million. A trip that takes 20 minutes in free-flow conditions will take approximately 26 minutes during rush hour.

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