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Houston: driving practice routes

Practise driving on the streets of Houston on a 3D map — free, in your browser, with nothing to install.

The simulator opens on the city map, where you choose any route.

Map of Houston with its practice routes drawn in colour — First driveParkingJunctionsRoundaboutsRush hourDriving test practice

558Practice routes
962 miLength of all routes
27Different roundabouts
1,558Named streets

Route types

Type	Routes	Typical length	Typical time
First driveQuiet streets and simple junctions — a few easy turns	125	1.0 mi	3 min
ParkingA short drive that ends in a street with free kerbside bays	128	0.8 mi	3 min
JunctionsGive way, STOP and unmarked junctions on the side streets, with turns across the oncoming traffic — who goes first when there are no lights	126	1.4 mi	4 min
RoundaboutsOne or more roundabouts on the way	28	2.3 mi	7 min
Rush hourBusy avenues through the centre: traffic lights, lanes, turns across traffic	109	2.1 mi	7 min
Driving test practiceA drive like the practical test: from a test centre and back where one is known, over the roads and junctions the examiner covers.	42	6.2 mi	20 min

Test practice loops

The test drive here lasts about 20 min.

Loop	Length	Time	Roundabouts	Traffic lights	Turns	Main streets
1	5.3 mi	17 min	0	7	21	Market Street, Fidelity Street, Pleasantville Drive, Candy Street
2	5.3 mi	17 min	0	7	24	Central Street, Broadway Street, Manchester Street, Galveston Road
3	5.3 mi	17 min	0	13	17	Indiana Street, Welch Street, Westheimer Road, Fairview Street
4	5.4 mi	18 min	0	9	19	Market Street, Lathrop Street, McCarty Street, Labco Street
5	5.6 mi	18 min	0	13	15	Griggs Road, Martin Luther King Boulevard, South Loop East Frontage Road, Perry Street
6	5.6 mi	18 min	0	13	18	Yale Street, Columbia Street, Heights Boulevard, West 14th Street
7	5.7 mi	18 min	0	9	13	Tidwell Road, Turner Drive, Airline Drive, Luetta Street
8	5.7 mi	18 min	0	9	23	Eastex Freeway Frontage Road, Jensen Drive, Cavalcade Street, Gregg Street
9	5.7 mi	18 min	0	3	15	North Wayside Drive, Ley Road, Elbert Street, Touchstone Street
10	5.8 mi	19 min	1	11	19	Elysian Street, Runnels Street, Commerce Street, Hardy Street
11	5.8 mi	19 min	0	13	20	South Loop West Frontage Road, Cambridge Street, West Bellfort Street, Buffalo Speedway
12	5.9 mi	19 min	0	17	12	South Wayside Drive, Gulf Freeway Frontage Road, Idylwood Drive, Maxwell Lane
13	5.9 mi	19 min	0	17	15	Irvington Boulevard, Fulton Street, North Main Street, Quitman Street
14	5.9 mi	19 min	0	4	16	Cheshire Lane, Ella Boulevard, Pinemont Drive, Thornton Road
15	5.9 mi	19 min	0	18	17	Evergreen Drive, Lancaster Street, Chaffin Street, Woodridge Drive
16	6.0 mi	19 min	0	9	6	Bellfort Street, Jutland Road, Calhoun Road, Pershing Street
17	6.0 mi	19 min	0	3	18	North McCarty Drive, Bacher Street, Liberty Road, Mesa Drive
18	6.1 mi	20 min	0	9	15	Cavalcade Street, Hardy Street, Jensen Drive, Kelley Street
19	6.1 mi	20 min	0	11	20	Stella Link Road, Mulberry Lane, Weslayan Street, Bellaire Boulevard
20	6.2 mi	20 min	0	12	15	East Crosstimbers Street, Victoria Drive, Lyerly Street, Thornton Road
21	6.2 mi	20 min	0	11	10	Laura Koppe Road, East Crosstimbers Street, Allwood Street, Jensen Drive
22	6.2 mi	20 min	0	5	18	West Bellfort Street, Cambridge Street, East Almeda Road, Knight Road
23	6.3 mi	20 min	0	12	19	Yale Street, North Freeway Frontage Road, Werner Street, West Crosstimbers Street
24	6.4 mi	20 min	0	12	14	Berry Road, Tidwell Road, Fulton Street, Aldine Westfield Road
25	6.4 mi	20 min	0	15	13	Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Martin Luther King Boulevard, Griggs Road, Doulton Drive
26	6.4 mi	21 min	0	10	13	Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, Yellowstone Boulevard, Balkin Street, Doolittle Boulevard
27	6.5 mi	21 min	0	11	17	Eastex Freeway Frontage Road, Bennington Street, Kinkaid Street, Jensen Drive
28	6.7 mi	21 min	0	15	15	Bellaire Boulevard, Glen Arbor Drive, West Loop South Frontage Road, Beechnut Street
29	6.7 mi	21 min	0	13	10	Market Street, McCarty Drive, East Freeway Frontage Road, Wallisville Road
30	6.7 mi	22 min	0	3	13	North Wayside Drive, Tate, Sunbury Street, East Houston Road
31	6.7 mi	22 min	0	19	18	West Holcombe Boulevard, Bellaire Boulevard, Bellefontaine Street, Palmetto Street
32	6.7 mi	22 min	0	6	18	East T C Jester Boulevard, West 34th Street, Donna Bell Lane, Sherwood Lane
33	6.7 mi	22 min	0	19	21	Ennis Street, East Alabama Avenue, Delano Street, McGowen Street
34	6.9 mi	22 min	0	19	20	Lawndale Street, Woodridge Drive, Evergreen Drive, South 75th Street
35	6.9 mi	22 min	0	20	21	Greenbriar Drive, Almeda Road, University Boulevard, Cambridge Street
36	6.9 mi	22 min	0	6	29	Manchester Street, South Loop East Frontage Road, Narcissus Street, Griggs Road
37	6.9 mi	22 min	0	14	18	West T C Jester Boulevard, Dacoma Street, Sherwood Lane, Mangum Road
38	7.0 mi	23 min	1	9	18	Lockwood Drive, Tidwell Road, East Crosstimbers Street, Laura Koppe Road
39	7.1 mi	23 min	0	21	18	Chimney Rock Road, Westheimer Road, Fountain View Drive, Winsome Lane
40	7.1 mi	23 min	0	6	22	Fidelity Street, Market Street, Mississippi Street, Flagship Drive
41	7.1 mi	23 min	0	21	19	West Loop South Frontage Road, Richmond Avenue, Fountain View Drive, Chimney Rock Road
42	7.1 mi	23 min	0	33	19	Washington Avenue, West Dallas Street, Center Street, Montrose Boulevard

Streets on the routes

The streets the routes of Houston use most.

North Wayside Drive
Chimney Rock Road
Jensen Drive
Yale Street
Bellfort Street
Fulton Street
Griggs Road
Tidwell Road
Kirby Drive
Airline Drive
Broadway Street
Gulf Freeway Frontage Road
Westheimer Road
East Crosstimbers Street
Fannin Street
Market Street
Mercury Drive
South Loop East Frontage Road
Stella Link Road
West 34th Street
Almeda Road
Buffalo Speedway
Cambridge Street
Holmes Road

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How it works

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Drive it in 3D with traffic, signs and lights, then see what to work on.