Sleep Inn & Suites / 2825 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Connecting to the Chevron parking lot and removing a portion of Northpoint Business Park to build (see the FM 2818 page), this hotel opened in 2017.
2799 North Earl Rudder Freeway
FedEx Ground built this facility in 2011 (right on the access ramp to the access ramp to North Texas Avenue) but moved out just a little over a decade later to new digs.
Arthur L. Davila Middle School / 2751 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Tucked into the corner of where Texas Avenue and Highway 6 join on the north side of town, Davila Middle School originally opened in 2008. Next door and connected with the same driveways is Bryan Regional Athletic Complex at 5440 North Texas Avenue.
Precision Hail & Collision / 2220 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
This collision/car repair center opened in 2022 at the site of what was formerly Penske Truck Rental. The building was built in the mid-1980s but unfortunately I could not find much about it.
CSA Construction / 2214 North Earl Rudder Freeway
This construction company currently occupies this small building that has been here since at least the mid-1990s. From 2010 to 2016 it was the home of WCTractor, prior to this it was K&K Cycle Works (2002 to 2009).
WCTractor / 1960 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
This WCTractor location appears to have begun operations in 2016, replacing their facility at 2214 North Earl Rudder Freeway.
Cy-Fair Tire / 1800 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Named after its original location, this tire servicing center was built in the late 2010s in a new building.
First Financial Bank / 1622 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
First Financial Bank was originally part of the Exxon strip (and started life as First National Bank) at 3402 E. Highway 21 (the bank had the 3000 address) but in the mid-2020s built a full stand-alone bank behind it.
Morningstar Storage / 1079 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
This was Lone Star Storage Center from its opening around the early 2000s to as late as early 2025.
UPS Distribution Center / 1069 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
This UPS facility previously was located on 2730 Osborn Lane until a new facility was built off of the freeway around 2021. While the 2730 Osborn facility still exists and is integrated with the new facility, it is no longer accessible to the public (this was part of a phase-out nationally, not to this one store).
Sam Rayburn Intermediate School / 1048 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
Sam Rayburn Intermediate School opened in fall 1989 as an east-side companion to Jane Long. Like Jane Long, it was a junior high, with "Sam Rayburn Junior High School" serving eighth and ninth graders, and in 1991, also like Jane Long, was retooled with grades 6-8 with "1449 S. East Bypass" and at the time the frontage roads were two way, which proved difficult as they were made one way in the early 1990s. To help with traffic issues, a new back entrance to Copperfield was proposed at one time, but later scrapped based on neighborhood resistance.
Econo Lodge / 1039 North Earl Rudder Freeway
This opened as Days Inn in late 2016 (with the sign actually saying "Days Inn Aggieland", though this was changed likely due to franchisee requirements) and was still a Days Inn in early 2025; however, as of June 2026 it is Econo Lodge.
Quality Inn & Suites / 1027 North Earl Rudder Fwy.
Quality Inn & Suites Bryan-College Station was opened around 2013 (maybe 2012). It has no direct access off of the frontage road, using Symphony Park Drive instead.
Imperial Chinese & Sushi / 980 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
This was built as a Tony Roma's in spring 2011 (though could've opened late 2010). It was an odd choice, even by that time the restaurant chain was deep in decline, and remains so, with less than a dozen restaurants remaining domestically. (After 2012, they didn't even sell any more domestic franchises for another six years.) In December 2012, Tony Roma's closed and Imperial Chinese & Sushi opened in July 2014 (though no relation to other previous "Imperial" restaurants locally). It's one of the relatively few true sit-down Chinese restaurants in town without a buffet, though in 2024 it closed for around a month due to lease issues.
Store House Storage / 971 North Earl Rudder Freeway
This three-story self-storage building was completed around 2024 and has back access onto Prairie Drive.
Aggieland Premiere LUX Cine 15 IMAX and Pizza Pub / 950 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
Aggieland Premiere Cinemas 16 opened in 2006, according to Cinema Treasures (and state taxpayer records back this up), ending a period of about four years where the only theater in the entire area was the Cinemark located further down. In 2013, it added an IMAX theater, though it didn't reduce the number of screens inside the theater. It also featured (initially) the Backstage Bistro, an eatery with higher-class food items than the typical concession stand fare.
I'm not sure when it assumed its current name, but the website can be found here.
Cotton Patch Cafe / 940 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
The second local location of Cotton Patch Cafe opened in summer 2007.
Valero / 901 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
One of the four Valero/Corner Store operations in town at the time of the Circle K takeover in 2018, but for whatever reason, Circle K did not take over this store (despite Google insisting otherwise). It was a Diamond Shamrock as of 2007, and going back further, was (likely) a Philips 66 under J.W.'s Country Stores. (See link).
Unico / Popeyes / 890 North Earl Rudder Freeway
This gas station initially had Popeyes and Shipley Do-Nuts when it opened as Max Food Mart back in 1997 and was Texaco before converting to Shell in 2003. Shipley exited around 2007 but Popeyes is still there. Additionally, it featured Baskin-Robbins inside the store when it opened (until at least 1999) and also was considered to be 2501 S. Hwy. 6 as its address before the Earl Rudder Freeway renumbering. It dropped the Max Food Mart name around the mid-2010s and around 2023 lost the Shell branding, so it's just painted white and called "Unico" now.
Twin Peaks / 768 North Earl Rudder Freeway
Opened in June 2021, this was originally Kreuz Market, a restuarant based out of Lockhart and opened in February 2, 2015, attached to the IHOP parking lot and the Best Western hotel behind it. Kreuz made a serious effort to make it just like the original Lockhart location, including trucking in coals from that location, and more controversially, the decision to honor the Lockhart tradition of not having forks or sauce. It was forced to adapt to the market (changed within two and a half months) and after an ownership change that franchised the store, the restaurant closed in September 2018. (Like the Premiere Cinemas description above, this is also something I originally wrote on Wikimapia).
IHOP / 758 North Earl Rudder Fwy.
Bryan gained its own IHOP restaurant in 2009.
Baylor Scott & White Clinic - Bryan Boonville / 748 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
This 11,325-square-foot family medicine clinic and full physical therapy gym (opened April 2013) was originally a facility for Scott & White and rebranded after the mid-2010s merger with Baylor Healthcare.
Aggieland Chevrolet / 738 North Earl Rudder Freeway
738 North Earl Rudder Fwy.: Until 2022, this Chevrolet dealership was Tom Light Chevrolet. They had built a new dealership here in 1993 moving from 500 S. Texas Avenue in Bryan. When it opened here it was addressed as "2525 Highway 6 South" and was Tom Light Chevrolet-Geo (by the late 1990s this name was dropped).
Bryan/College Station Toyota / 728 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
From 1999 to 2019 this was Atkinson Toyota, a Toyota dealership. In January 2019, owner Joe Atkinson retired and the dealership assumed its current name.
WoodSpring Suites / 620 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Opened in June 2013, this hotel opened as Value Place, a chain of extended-stay hotels. In 2015, Value Place became WoodSpring Suites (corporate rebrand to shed the cheap-looking image and logo), and in 2018 the chain became a part of Choice Hotels.
McDonald's / 608 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
This McDonald's opened in July 2014.
Exxon / 600 North Earl Rudder Freeway
Starting as a knockoff of Buc-ee's, this Stripes gas station is, unofficially, the largest 7-Eleven store in the United States (if not the world). This large size is probably the reason why the Stripes signage still hangs. See the corresponding blog post here.
Lithia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram FIAT of Bryan College Station / 301 N. Earl Rudder Fwy.
It appears this dealership opened as Bossier Chrysler Dodge Jeep in the mid-1990s with the address of 4100 Highway 6 South (as addresses in the "East Bypass" days were different). The Lithia name came in around 2006 after a brief two-year period as "Trademark Chrysler".
Wilton's OfficeWorks / 181 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Home of the aforementioned McCoy's, this became Office Furniture USA in 2000 and was eventually rebranded as Wilton's OfficeWorks. From 1982 to 1996 this served as McCoy's Building Supply Center.
Furniture Row / 281 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Furniture Row opened in 2003, as one of their centers featuring four inter-connected stores. Today, Denver Mattress (which they acquired) still holds its original name, from left to right it's Furniture Row Living (originally Sofa Mart), Denver Mattress, Furniture Row Bedroom (originally Bedroom Expressions), and Furniture Row Dining (originally Oak Express). The entire center runs about 55,000 square feet.
The Smith Building / 161 N. Earl Rudder Freeway
Named for its largest tenant, Smith Dairy Queens Ltd., the franchisee of the local Dairy Queen (DQ) restaurants, this also features other office tenants like Van Dyke Rankin & Company, Inc.. The office building originally housed offices for a local branch of RE/MAX ("RE/MAX Select") in 2012 but it moved to a location on University Drive East just a few years later.
NTB Tire & Service Centers / 504 Earl Rudder Fwy.
Entering into College Station, the numbering resets with just Earl Rudder Freeway, though some sources use Earl Rudder Freeway South (this site will just use "Earl Rudder Freeway". This NTB (National Tire & Battery) retail store was built in 2008.
Ramada / 506 Earl Rudder Fwy.
The third and current Ramada Inn in College Station (Ramada by Wyndham College Station), debranding their Texas Avenue hotel. This opened in 2010.
Olive Garden / 510 Earl Rudder Freeway
Olive Garden opened here in very early 2005 after their old location had burned down.
Freebirds World Burrito / 700 Earl Rudder Freeway
This location of Freebirds World Burrito was built around 2006.
Chicken Express / 710 Earl Rudder Freeway
Chicken Express was built here around 2005 to replace their gas station location (see below).
Exxon 800-804 Earl Rudder Freeway
The Exxon here was built in 2000 and features a convenience store (Gateway Express Mart, later Drew's Exxon & Express Mart as of 2015). 800 Earl Rudder Freeway applies to what was originally Chicken Express (left in the mid-2000s for a new store), replaced with a Sonic (part of their big building boom in the mid-2000s), and then closed and replaced with a new restaurant that had not been in town before.
After Sonic closed in early 2011, this was a location of The Original Fried Pie Shop, one of their furthest south locations. It opened in August 2011 and became "Nana's Fried Pies" a year later, which lasted another six months before closing for good. Too bad, as TOFPS was an interesting concept, their pies were obviously better than anything you could get in a convenience store (or a Whataburger) and they had some savory meat pies too. By fall 2013 it became Kolache Rolf's, which remains to this day. The convenience store (802) hasn't much changes; nor has the Subway (804) with the exception of their newer (2002) logo.
To see the University Drive East page, head over here.
Hampton Inn & Suites / 925 Earl Rudder Fwy.
Distinguished from its older Texas Avenue counterpart with the "& Suites" part, this hotel was built in 2004. Behind the hotel is an old, unusable bridge that connected to the Greensworld holes.
Maria Mia TexMex Cantina / 1007 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This restaurant opened in May 2022. It replaced a Ninfa's Mexican Restaurant (moved from 1102 Harvey); which operated here from 2007 to 2019.
College Station Seventh-day Adventist Church / 1350 Earl Rudder Freeway
College Station Seventh-day Adventist Church opened around 2005.
Cinemark Movies 18 and XD / 1401 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This needs a better look on the blog, but this theater opened as Hollywood USA Movies 16, back in 1993. In the early 2000s it repainted and added stadium seating, and later added two new screens. I don't know when the name changed but it was about the time the marquee was just repainted as a mural and removed the movies showing.
Bubba's 33 / 1403 Earl Rudder Freeway
A location of this sports bar restaurant chain opened May 5, 2025 in what was once a seldom-used portion of Cinemark's parking lot.
Sam's Club / 1405 Earl Rudder Fwy.
Sam's Club opened around 1992. The gas station came about a decade later.
Rollo Insurance Group Inc. / 1500 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This insurance office was completed in 2020 on this narrow strip of land near the University Oaks subdivision. It has no access with any other side streets.
Allen Honda / 2450 Earl Rudder Freeway
Allen Honda moved here from 2401 Texas Avenue (Bryan) in 1985. Initially, the building, while having the address of 7600 East Bypass, mostly faced Southwest Parkway East. Small expansions were done around 2003 and an expanded car lot in 2008 (going back to Eastmark Drive) and in 2017 constructed a large new building facing the highway, with the old 1980s buildings facing Southwest Parkway East torn down and used for new lot.
Brenham National Bank / 2470 Earl Rudder Freeway
This bank opened a branch here in October 2006. It connects to Holiday Inn Drive, the access point leading back to the Holiday Inn.
Aldersgate Church / 2201 Earl Rudder Freeway
Aldersgate has been here since 1984 (when the frontage roads were two way), but under the old numbering was 6501 East Bypass. Originally it was Aldersgate United Methodist Church, but a split from the UMC had them rebrand to simply Aldersgate Church (and associated with Global Methodist Church).
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries / 2505 Earl Rudder Freeway
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries opened Feb. 1, 2025. There was a time when it was open at the same time as Varsity Grillhouse but only for a week or so.
Academy Sports + Outdoors / 2511 Earl Rudder Freeway
Part of the new "Providence Park" development, this Academy opened in June 2017.
VeraBank / 2531 Earl Rudder Freeway
VeraBank opened its first area branch in June 2021.
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church / 2541 Earl Rudder Freeway
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church has had services here since the mid-1980s and originally had access to the nearby Westinghouse driveway (later Northrup-Grumman Road). While this road was later rehabbed to use as access to the new Academy sporting goods store, the access point is no longer used. In 2017, the access had point had been repaved and gated, probably for security reasons and to be opened at only certain points but within a few years large stones blocked the way, indicating the closure was permanent.
2421 Earl Rudder Freeway
This one-story office building (added to this page for completion purposes) sits on the corner of Raintree and Earl Rudder Freeway along with other almost-identical buildings that share the same parking lot. Officially, this small office park is known as Champion Creek and went up around 2007. While 2421 sits on the direct southeast corner of Raintree and Earl Rudder Freeway, from Raintree to the highway going clockwise is 2423, 2425, 2427, and 2429.
Extra Space Storage / 2474 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This three-story storage unit center built in front of the Holiday Inn (see blog post) and was completed in 2021.
A&M Church of Christ / 2475 Earl Rudder Fwy.
Over on the east side of the freeway is A&M Church of Christ. This was built in the early 2000s as a church, their old location was at 1901 Harvey Mitchell Pkwy. South, which was later purchased and renovated by Grace Bible Church as their Southwood Campus. (See the FM 2818 page).
2803 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This medical office building houses CHI St. Joseph doctors specializing in sports medicine and orthopedic surgeries. The building was built around 2009.
Crystal Park Plaza / 2700 Earl Rudder Freeway
Built in the mid-1980s but underused for much of the next fifteen years, Crystal Park Plaza has about five floors and several tenants including Bryan Broadcasting, which operates a number of radio stations (AM/FM) and print publications.
Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que / 3055 Earl Rudder Fwy.
This opened October 2019 and is a spin-off of a Llano barbecue restaurant (which I have eaten at), though it's not quite as good. Just after CarMax (which faces the highway, but neither has a highway address nor access), our coverage on the west side ends at the Texas Avenue interchange, due to the southbound frontage road curling down and connecting to Deacon Drive. As a result, the businesses on the west side until Rock Prairie Road are covered at the Texas Avenue South page.
3209 Earl Rudder Freeway
House-like two-story office building. As of this writing (June 2026) the upper level houses ASAP Roofing & Solar and in the 2010s suite 100 was the home of Little Guys Movers.
SpareBox Storage / 3201 Earl Rudder Fwy.
Between 2019 and 2022 this assumed its current name from the old name, All Seasons Storage Center, which it had since opening around 1999.
College Station Hyundai / 3405 Highway 6 South
Also known as Brazos Valley Imports (and formerly Garlyn Shelton Hyundai), this dealership moved here in late 2019 as part of the sprawling new Brazos Valley Imports auto dealership complex. (I'm pretty sure they're all under common ownership)
Mercedes-Benz of College Station / 3413 Highway 6 South
Most of the back part is unused (future expansion?) but to the immediate south is the Mercedes-Benz dealership.
BMW of College Station / 3417 Highway 6 South
This car dealership would be at the corner of Technology Parkway and Highway 6, but construction of the car dealership cut off Technology Parkway from Highway 6. Access to Technology Parkway is through a public alley behind the car dealerships.
McAlister's Deli / 3915 Highway 6 South
The second McAlister's Deli in the Bryan-College Station area opened in August 2024.
Courtyard at Marriott / 3939 Texas State Highway 6
Built in 2002 and dethroning what is now Hotel McCoy as the "furthest south hotel" (holding it for more than a decade before the Best Western at Arrington snatched it), this hotel features 119 rooms and six suites on three floors. An outdoor pool is located behind it.
Starbucks / 3985 Texas State Highway 6
Located at the corner of the northbound frontage road and Rock Prairie Road where where our next page, Highway 6 South, begins (merging the numbering between Texas Avenue South and Earl Rudder Freeway), this Starbucks began operations in January 2014.
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