U.S. Route 290
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Sep 11, 2026
Kona GallagherHOST
So I don't know.
Kona GallagherHOST
So again, she had a red 1986 Pontiac Fiero and was ultimately found in the 1200 block of West Loop North near 12th Street between I-10 and Highway 290, about three miles from the club.
Kona GallagherHOST
That's just for my people who understand Houston geography.
Ethan FlickHOST
Yeah.
StaceyGUEST
So Johnson City is... about 25, 30 minutes from Fredericksburg.
StaceyGUEST
But the highway that connects the two is Highway 290, and they call that the 290 Wine Trail.
StaceyGUEST
So all of the wineries, like 100 wineries, the majority of them are on this 290 Wine Trail route.
StaceyGUEST
And a lot of them, especially the newer wineries, are being built closer to Johnson City.
Joy SewingCORRESPONDENT
Location may have something to do with it.
Joy SewingCORRESPONDENT
The historically Black university sits on the rural outskirts of Houston, along US 290 in Waller County, on land that was once the Alta Vista Plantation.
Joy SewingCORRESPONDENT
But what began as the Alta Vista Agriculture and Mechanical College of Texas for Colored Youth has spent the past 150 years educating and nurturing leaders in Houston and across the country.
Joy SewingCORRESPONDENT
Prairie View is the state's oldest public HBCU and its second oldest higher learning institution.
KayGUEST
I'm certain you can find it in recent news articles.
KayGUEST
This happened in February of 2024 and It was in the 6300 block of West US 290 at 2.27 in the morning.
KayGUEST
It's a horrendous thing, but apparently he hit him, he got out, he tried to move the body, and then got back in the car like he was going to start it again.
KayGUEST
It was not good.