page_title: Texas State Highway 249
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Texas State Highway 249 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: The frontage roads are signed as SH 249. On the mainlanes south of Spring Creek, they are signed as Tomball Tollway (HCTRA). North of Spring Creek, MCTRA 249 Tollway is signed on the mainlanes.
context_page_description: State Highway 249, also known depending on its location as the MCTRA 249 Tollway, Tomball Parkway, Tomball Tollway, Aggie Expressway, or West Mount Houston Road, is a generally north–south highway in Southeast Texas. The southern terminus is in North Houston at Interstate 45. The current northern terminus of the highway is east of Magnolia at the intersection of FM 1488.
context_section_description: The section of SH 249 north of its junction with Beltway 8 is referred to by area residents as the Tomball Parkway because it leads to and is the main road through Tomball. Along the east-west section between I-45 and West Montgomery, it is called West Mount Houston Road. West Mount Houston Road, however, actually extends east past the intersection of SH 249 at I-45.
caption: Westbound Zion Road at State Highway 249.  Tomball Tollway is maintained by HCTRA, while the 249 Tollway is maintained by MCTRA.  SH 249 is signed only on the frontage roads.
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