Same—At specific crossings.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 38-19
in effectSec. 38-19. - Same—At specific crossings.
Upon the portions of the railroad lines set out in this section, the maximum speed authorized for any train or vehicle operated on the rails, when entering any street crossing, is as follows:
(1) Maximum speed of 30 miles per hour:
a. Upon the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Line, which generally parallels Harrisburg and Galveston Road, from a point 100 feet east of its intersection with 67th Street, to a point 100 feet southeast of its intersection with Park Terrace Boulevard.
b. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Line, which generally parallels Hardy Street, from a point 100 feet north of its intersection with Bennington Street, and including the short connecting tracks, to the east-west Houston Belt and Terminal Line just north of the North Loop Freeway, southerly to its intersection with the Gulf Freeway near Calhoun Road. This is referred to as the "Freight Main Line."
c. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line, generally parallel to and north of the North Loop, at its intersection with Hardy Street.
d. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line, which generally parallels South Wayside, from its crossing by the North Loop (137) just south of Settegast Yard, in a southwesterly direction, to its intersection with the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line which travels in a southerly direction toward Alvin, Texas.
e. Upon the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company Texas Line, which generally parallels Katy Road, between its crossing of White Oak Bayou (just west of North Shepherd Drive) and a point 100 feet west of its intersection with Gessner.
f. Upon the Missouri Pacific Line, which generally parallels Almeda Road, from a point 100 feet north of Almeda-Genoa Road to the south corporate limits of the city.
g. Upon the Port Terminal Railroad Association Line, which lies just north of Clinton Drive, from a point 100 feet east of its intersection with McCarty Road easterly to the corporate limits of the city at Green's Bayou, excluding that portion which lies within the City of Galena Park and Harris County.
h. Upon the Port Terminal Railroad Association Line, which generally parallels the Houston Ship Channel, from a point 100 feet east of its intersection with 76th Street, southeasterly to the corporate limits of the City at Light Company Road, excluding that portion which lies within the Houston Navigation District.
i. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Hempstead Road, from a point 100 feet south of Antoine to the north corporate limits of the city.
j. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels LaPorte Road, from a point 100 feet east of its intersection with Broadway easterly to the corporate limits of the city.
k. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Washington Avenue and Lyons Avenue, from the midpoint between Yale Street and Heights Boulevard east to a point 100 feet east of Bringhurst Street.
(2) Maximum speed of 40 miles per hour:
a. Upon Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railway Company Texas Line, which generally parallels Katy Road from a point 100 feet west of Gessner to the corporate limits of the city.
(3) Maximum speed of 45 miles per hour:
a. Upon the joint Texas Division of the Forth Worth and Denver Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Line, which generally parallels West 34th Street, from its junction with the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line near North Shepherd Drive, westerly to a point 100 feet southeasterly of Pinemont Road.
b. Upon the Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railroad Line, which generally parallels Galveston Road, from a point 100 feet south of Park Terrace Boulevard southerly to the corporate limits of the city, excluding the portion of such railroad line that lies within the City of South Houston.
c. Upon the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Line, which generally parallels Mykawa Road, from its junction with the Houston Belt and Terminal Line near the intersection of Griggs Road and Long Drive southerly to a point 100 feet south of Bellfort.
d. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line, which generally parallels West Hardy Street, from its junction with the Missouri Pacific Line near Turner Drive to a point 100 feet north of its intersection with Bennington Street.
e. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line from its intersection with the Gulf Freeway near Calhoun southerly to its junction with the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company Line near the intersection of Griggs Road and Long Drive.
f. Upon the Houston Belt and Terminal Line, which generally parallels the North Loop and 34th Street, from its crossing by the North Loop (137), just south of the Settegast Yards, westerly to its junction with the Joint Texas Division of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Line near North Shepherd Drive, excluding the zone which covers West Hardy Street.
g. Upon the Missouri Pacific Line, which generally parallels Almeda Road, from its junction with Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line near Knight Road, southerly to a point 100 feet north of Almeda-Genoa Road.
h. Upon the Missouri Pacific Line, which generally parallels Shreveport Road, from its junction with the Houston Belt and Terminal Railway Line near Hirsch Road northeasterly to a point 100 feet northeast of Tidwell Road.
i. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Holmes Road, from a point 100 feet west of its intersection with Long Drive westerly to a point 100 feet west of South Post Oak Road.
j. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Washington Avenue, from a point 100 feet southeast of Antoine Street easterly to a point midway between Heights Boulevard and Yale Street.
k. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Main Street, from a point 100 feet west of South Post Oak Road, westerly to the corporate limits of the city.
l. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, generally paralleling Hirsch Road, between a point 100 feet south of Quitman Street, and the north corporate limits of the city.
m. Upon the Southern Pacific Railroad line that generally parallels Westpark Drive, from the city limits to its junction with the Southern Pacific Railroad line that generally parallels Post Oak Road.
(4) Maximum speed of 60 miles per hour:
a. Upon the Joint Texas Division of the Fort Worth and Denver Railway and the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Line, which generally parallels Randon Road and North Houston-Rosslyn Road, from a point 100 feet north of Pinemont Road northerly to the corporate limits of the city.
b. Upon the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Line, which generally parallels Mykawa Road, from a point 100 feet south of Bellfort southerly to the corporate limits of the city.
c. Upon the Missouri Pacific Line, which goes to Beaumont, from a point 100 feet northeast of Tidwell Road to the corporate limits of the city.
d. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which parallels Liberty Road, from a point 100 feet east of Bringhurst easterly to the corporate limits of the city.
e. Upon the Missouri Pacific Line, generally parallel to West Hardy Street, from the north corporate limits of the city to its junction with the Houston Belt and Terminal Line near Turner Drive.
f. Upon the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line, which generally parallels Post Oak Road, from its junction with the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line just north of Katy Road southerly to its junction with the east-west Texas and New Orleans Railroad Line near the intersection of Main Street and Holmes Road.
(Code 1968, § 39-18; Ord. No. 69-2333, § 1, 12-17-69; Ord. No. 76-896, §§ 1—5, 6-1-76; Ord. No. 85-824, § 1, 6-4-85; Ord. No. 86-465, § 2, 4-2-86; Ord. No. 87-1726, §§ 1—3, 10-7-87)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH38RA_S38-19SATSPCRFetched: 10/26/2026