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==Transportation== ===Major highways=== [[Image:EnterFortBend.JPG|thumb|Farm to Market Road 1092, a major entry into the county]] {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Image:I-10 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 10 in Texas|Interstate 10]] * [[Image:I-69 (TX).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 69 in Texas|Interstate 69]] * [[Image:US 59.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 59 in Texas|U.S. Route 59]] * [[Image:Alternate plate.svg|20px]]<br />[[Image:US 90.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 90 Alternate (Texas)|U.S. Route 90 Alternate]] * [[Image:Texas 6.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 6|State Highway 6]] * [[Image:Texas 36.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 36|State Highway 36]] * [[Image:Texas 99.svg|20px]] [[Texas State Highway 99|State Highway 99]] β Grand Parkway (Under Construction) * <!-- Commented out: [[Image:Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road logo.png|20px]] -->[[Image:Fort Bend Toll Road.svg|20px]] [[Fort Bend Parkway]] * <!-- Commented out: [[Image:Fort Bend Westpark Tollway logo.png|20px]] -->[[File:Westpark Tollway.svg|20px]] [[Westpark Tollway]] {{div col end}} ===Major Farm to Market Roads=== {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * [[Image:Texas FM 359.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 359]] * [[Image:Texas FM 442.svg|20px]] [[List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (400β499)#FM 442|Farm to Market Road 442]] * [[Image:Texas FM 521.svg|20px]] [[List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (500β599)|Farm to Market Road 521]] * [[Image:Texas FM 762.svg|20px]] [[List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (700β799)#FM 762|Farm to Market Road 762]] * [[Image:Texas FM 1092.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1092]] * [[Image:Texas FM 1093.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1093]] * [[Image: Texas FM 1462.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1462]] * [[Image:Texas FM 1463.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1463]] * [[Image:Texas FM 1464.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 1464]] * [[Image:Texas FM 1876.svg|20px]] [[List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas|Farm to Market Road 1876]] * [[Image:Texas FM 2234.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 2234]] * [[Image:Texas FM 2759.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 2759]] * [[Image:Texas FM 2977.svg|20px]] [[Farm to Market Road 2977]] * [[Image:Texas FM 3345.svg|20px]] [[List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (3300β3399)|Farm to Market Road 3345]] {{div col end}} ===Airports=== {{More citations needed section|date=December 2010}} The sole publicly owned airport in the county is [[Sugar Land Regional Airport]] in [[Sugar Land, Texas|Sugar Land]]. Privately owned airports for public use include: * [[Houston Fort Bend Airport]] in an unincorporated area east of [[Beasley, Texas|Beasley]] * [[Houston Southwest Airport]] in [[Arcola, Texas|Arcola]] * Westheimer Air Park in an unincorporated area between Fulshear and Houston Privately owned for private use: * Cardiff Brothers Airport in an unincorporated area near Fulshear and Katy * Dewberry Heliport is a general-aviation heliport (privately owned, for private use) in unincorporated areas between Fulshear and Katy. The closest airport with regularly scheduled commercial service is Houston's [[William P. Hobby Airport]] in Harris County. Fort Bend County is also within the primary service area of [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport]] in Houston.<ref>"[http://system.gocampaign.com/files/file.asp?f=13224 Master Plan Executive Summary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711104249/http://system.gocampaign.com/files/file.asp?f=13224 |date=July 11, 2011}}." ''George Bush Intercontinental Airport Master Plan''. [[Houston Airport System]]. December 2006. 2-1 (23/130). Retrieved on December 14, 2010.</ref> ===Mass transit=== Fort Bend County officially created a department of public transportation in 2005 that provides commuter buses to [[Uptown Houston|Uptown]], [[Greenway Plaza]], and [[Texas Medical Center]]. It also provides demand-and-response buses to senior citizens and the general public that travel only in Fort Bend County.<ref>http://www.FBCTransit.org Fort Bend County Transit</ref> Parts of the county, such as Katy and Missouri City, participate in the [[Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County]] and are served by several [[Park and ride|park-and-ride]] routes. ===Freeway system=== The TTC-69 component (recommended preferred) of the once-planned [[Trans-Texas Corridor]] went through Fort Bend County.<ref>[ftp://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/i_69/maps/ TxDoT, TTC Section C & S, Detailed Maps 2 & 3, December 17, 2007]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> ===Toll roads=== The [[Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority]] in Sugar Land manages and operates tolled portions of these toll roads operating in the county: * [[Fort Bend Parkway]] * [[Westpark Tollway]] * [[Texas State Highway 99|Grand Parkway Toll Road]]
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