According to Inrix, a traffic information company that analyzes congestion in the nation’s largest metro areas, two IH-35 exits in Austin are the worst-congested spots in the state and also made the top 100 traffic bottlenecks in the country.
Inrix ranked the nation’s 100 most congested cities and 100 worst traffic bottlenecks. Austin ranks 35th in population and 26th in congestion. Austin’s trouble spots were the only two Texas bottlenecks in the top 100:
IH-35 Exit 235 to Martin Luther King Boulevard and 19th Street is the #1 worst in Texas and ranks 62nd nationwide
Just a few miles away, Exit 233 to Riverside Drive, was the state’s second-worst and 75th worst in the nation
Overall, the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area was the country’s 26th worst, just behind San Antonio at 25th. Dallas came in 5th and Houston 7th.
The best time to drive in Austin is on a Monday from 9 - 10 AM, but avoid Thursdays from 5 - 6 PM.
Austin offramps two of the worst bottlenecks in the country - Austin Business Journal