Dacoma, Texas DPS Driving Test Routes

Practice your Dacoma driving test route

Real routes used for the Dacoma Texas DPS driver license office at 4545 Dacoma, delivered as a Google Maps GPS navigation file with turn-by-turn instructions included. No app, no account, no subscription.

Dacoma DPS driver license office details

Location: 4545 Dacoma, Houston, TX 77092-8613
Phone: (713) 683-0541
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Tuesday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Closed Saturdays. By appointment only.
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Other DPS driver license offices near Dacoma

If your appointment ends up at a different nearby office, here's how far each one actually is to drive from this location:

• Houston (East Freeway) DPS driver license office: 15.69 miles, about 24 minutes
• Humble DPS driver license office: 21.13 miles, about 29 minutes
• Baytown DPS driver license office: 29.96 miles, about 40 minutes

This driving test route runs 9.42 miles and takes about 29 minutes:

1. Drive northeast, 0.04 miles.
2. Turn left, 0.01 miles.
3. Turn left onto Dacoma Street, 0.12 miles.
4. Turn right onto Northwest Freeway Frontage Road, 0.30 miles.
5. Turn right onto Mangum Road, 1.34 miles.
6. Drive northeast on Watonga Boulevard, 0.21 miles.
7. Turn right onto West 43rd Street, 1.65 miles.
8. Turn right onto Ella Boulevard, 0.81 miles.
9. Drive south on Ella Boulevard, 0.01 miles.
10. Make a left U-turn to stay on Ella Boulevard, if permitted, 0.84 miles.
11. Turn left onto West 43rd Street, 1.32 miles.
12. Make a left U-turn at Glebe Road to stay on West 43rd Street, if permitted, 0.03 miles.
13. Drive east on West 43rd Street, 0.04 miles.
14. Make a left U-turn to stay on West 43rd Street, if permitted, 0.21 miles.
15. Turn left onto West T C Jester Boulevard, 1.84 miles.
16. Turn right onto Dacoma Street, 0.61 miles.
17. Turn left, 0.01 miles.
18. Turn right, 0.04 miles.
19. Your destination is on the left.

This is a sample route only. The full, current set of Dacoma driving test routes is included in the download.

Route breakdown

• Distance: 9.42 miles
• Duration: about 29 minutes
• Turns: 14 total, 5 left and 6 right, plus 3 uturn left
• Longest stretch: West 43rd Street, 3.25 miles

What to expect on the roads this route covers

West 43rd Street dominates this driving test route at 3.25 miles, close to 35% of the entire route, reflecting the more urban Houston traffic pattern that sets this route apart from this catalog's smaller-town routes.

Tips for this specific route

• Get comfortable holding speed on West 43rd Street. It carries close to 35% of this route's total distance.
• As a Houston-area office, expect real city-street and multi-lane traffic patterns here, not rural-road spacing.
• This route has a near-even turn split with 5 lefts and 6 rights, one of the more turn-dense routes in this catalog at 14 turns.