U.S. Highway 59 (
US 59) in the U.S. state of
Texas is named the
Lloyd Bentsen Highway, after
Lloyd Bentsen, former
U.S. senator from Texas. In northern
Houston, US 59, co-signed with
Interstate 69 (I-69), is the
Eastex Freeway (from
Downtown Houston to the
Liberty County/
Montgomery County line). To the south, which is also co-signed with I-69, it is the
Southwest Freeway (from
Rosenberg to Downtown Houston), which is one of the busiest sections of freeway in the
United States with a vehicle count, as of 2006, of over 330,000 vehicles per day just outside
the Loop.