Grand Oaks: IH-10 Katy @ Fry (W)
Grand Oaks combines a highway-oriented commercial corridor with the flat expanse of Texas’s Gulf Coastal Plain in a way that reflects its position on Houston’s western edge. The community lies around the meeting of Interstate 10, known here as the Katy Freeway, and Fry Road, where wide carriageways, freight traffic, restaurants, shops and service businesses shape the streetscape. I-10 is a principal east–west route through the Houston area and continues across the United States. Nearby Katy lends the freeway its local name; the city’s name comes from the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, commonly known as the Katy. This is an intensely car-oriented part of the metropolis, built around access to one of its major transport corridors.
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