Try to be anywhere on time during rush hour No matter what highway you’re driving on between 4 and 7 p.m. (more or less) during the week, you’re bound to be sitting in traffic. The same goes between 6 and 9 a.m. Just plan on spending another 30 minutes on the road than you usually would. Photo via Wikimedia Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Large Texas metropolitan cities are traffic quagmires. 

But when congestion is compared to Houston, Dallas and Austin, San Antonio actually fares better in terms of congested roadway, according to an interactive map by the Texas Department of Transportation showing the state’s 100 most congested roadways. 

The state’s most congested roadway is in Austin. The second, third and fourth designations land in Houston, with the Dallas and Fort Worth area claiming the fifth, sixth and seventh most congested roadways. The most congested roadways in San Antonio start ranked at 32. 

San Antonio most congested roadways are where you’d expect:

Here’s how Austin fared:

Traffic in Houston looks like a nightmare:

Just forget about driving in the Dallas/Fort Worth area:

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Mark Reagan isn't from Texas, but he came here as soon as he could. He got his start on the windy plains of southwest Kansas at the Dodge City Daily Globe where he covered education and eventually served...