A heartwarming video has emerged of a motorist stopping on a motorway to rescue a kitten stuck on the road.

The dashcam footage, shot last week in Austin, Texas captures the moment a man got out of his car to pick up a small cat lost in the middle of the road.

"Kitten was on the freeway, thankfully, someone jumped out and grabbed it. Thanks to the good Samaritan who saved its life!" the filmer wrote online.