The short controlled-access highway portion of US 90 Alternate—part of which has local access (right-in/right-out), but no median breaks – currently begins east of Present Street in Stafford just before the Sam Houston Tollway and ends just short of Interstate 610. The controlled access portion, with the section between Interstate Highway 610 to just west of Holmes Road was completed in 2002 and the section from just west of Holmes Road to just east of the Sam Houston Tollway completed in 2007 has 6 lanes without interior or exterior shoulder lanes, plus exit lanes and a maximum speed limit of  for most of its length.
The short controlled-access highway section of US 90 Alternate—some areas with local access (right-in/right-out) but no median breaks – begins east of Present Street in Stafford just before the Sam Houston Tollway and ends near Interstate 610. The controlled access part, from Interstate Highway 610 to just west of Holmes Road was completed in 2002, while the section from just west of Holmes Road to just east of the Sam Houston Tollway, which has six lanes without interior or exterior shoulder lanes and a maximum speed limit for most of its length, was finished in 2007.