Last week, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released its 14th annual list highlighting the most congested bottlenecks for trucks in America, and 12 Texas locations made the top 100, including eight in the Houston metropolitan area.

“Once again is Texas faced with too many freight bottlenecks on our highways,” said John D. Esparza, President and CEO of the Texas Trucking Association (TXTA). “With 12 Texas locations ranking among the top 100, these chokepoints disrupt the efficient flow of goods, impact our economy, and strain roadway safety and the environment. By leveraging ATRI’s comprehensive analysis, we can strategically address these critical bottlenecks, ensuring smarter infrastructure investments that benefit all Texans and keep our supply chain resilient.”

The 2025 Top Truck Bottleneck List measures the level of truck-involved congestion at more than 325 locations on the national highway system. The analysis, based on an extensive database of freight truck GPS data, uses several customized software applications and analysis methods, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations to produce a congestion impact ranking for each location.  ATRI’s truck GPS data is also used to support the U.S. Department of Transportation Freight Mobility Initiative.  The bottleneck locations detailed in this latest ATRI list represent the top 100 congested locations, although ATRI continuously monitors more than 325 freight-critical locations.

The 12 Texas bottlenecks are:

–No. 3   Houston: I-45 at I-69/US 59

–No. 9   Houston: I-10 at I-45

–No. 13 Dallas: I-45 at I-30

–No. 22 Houston: I-45 at I-610 (North)

–No. 30 Houston: I-10 at I-610 (West)

–No. 57 Houston: I-610 at US 290

–No. 61 Houston at I-610 (East)

–No. 65 Austin: I-35

–No. 73 Ft. Worth: I-35W at I-30

–No. 76 Houston: I-45 at Sam Houston Tollway (North)

–No. 77 Dallas: US 75 at I-635

–No. 85 Houston: I-10 at I-69/US 59

“As the Trump Administration and new Congress kick off the process of reauthorizing the federal highway bill, this report provides a precise blueprint on where to begin,” said American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear. “These traffic bottlenecks not only choke our supply chains, adding $109 billion annually to the cost of transporting the everyday goods that Americans depend on, but they also impact the quality of life for all motorists who rely on the national highway system to commute to work, school, church, and other life events.

Targeted investments to reduce this traffic congestion are exactly the kinds of projects, with a measurable return on investment, that taxpayers come to expect of their elected officials.”

For access to the full report, including detailed information on each of the 100 top congested locations, please visit TruckingResearch.org.

ATRI is also providing animations created with truck GPS data for select bottleneck locations, all available on its website.