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Texas State Highway 99, also known as the '''Grand Parkway''', is a Texas Highway , which opened its first section in 1994 . When Texas State Highway 99 is complete, it will be the third Loop within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the inner loop and Texas Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway) being the middle loop. The proposed 170-mile loop has been divided into eleven separate segments for construction and funding purposes. Currently, only two of the eleven segments are either complete or under construction. Segment D, which was the first section opened, runs from north of Interstate 10 , west of Houston, to US 59 in Sugar Land , where it terminates and changes to Texas F.M. 2759 . Segment I-2, which began construction in 2003 , runs from Interstate 10 east of Houston south to Texas State Highway 146 in Baytown . FUTURE CONSTRUCTION The next section that will be constructed will most likely be either Section E, F-1, F-2, or G, which are located northwest and north of Houston. Section E will run from the northern terminus of Section D north to US 290 . Section F-1 will start at the end of Section E and end at the intersection with Texas State Highway 249 . Section F-2 begins here and terminates at Interstate 45 . Section G starts at the end of Section F-2 and travels to US 59. Future sections of the Grand Parkway will most likely be built as Tollways in conjunction with the Harris County Toll Road Authority to speed up the loop's completion. Western sections of the Grand Parkway have been mentioned as possible Bypass routes for the Houston section of the proposed Interstate 69 extension to the U.S.-Mexico Border . OPPOSITION Some groups in some neighborhoods are opposing the idea of the Grand Parkway going through their neighborhoods. For instance, a group called "United to Save Our Spring" is trying to stop the Parkway from going through a neighborhood off of Texas F.M. 2920 . Despite the name, the neighborhood is located in the boundaries of Klein Independent School District , and it is not located near the area considered to be "Old Town Spring"; Spring is an unincorporated community and does not have any official boundaries. The area has a Spring address because it is served by a post office designated as "Spring" near or on Texas F.M. 2920. EXTERNAL LINKS
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