[DaTrain]

A few times I used Elysian Street between Houston DT and Hardy some time ago. But here's what puzzles me: everytime I went down the Viaduct, there are hardly any cars (I like see an average of four cars in that stretch either direction), and I don't think a wider Eastex is the only reason it has to do with it just cause the street is a shortcut to the Hardy Toll Road thanks to the nauseating North Freeway. It's gotta be something else that makes the mile-long bridge so abandoned-looking, like a ghost ramp to nowhere cuz it makes no sense. No trucks, and it being 50 years old is another story since I hear it'll get torn down for the Hardy Extension in who knows when. What's up with this? And it's the only other way into downtown from the north by street; Main Street is the other; why doesn't it get that superfreeway streetlike treatment the way Memorial and Allen Parkway does?

[kjb434]

The Elysian Viaduct will be torn down and rebuilt as part of the Hardy Toll Road Extension. The right of way is being secured currently. HCTRA will move forward when they feel the need to. The slow down in moving forward came when TxDOT started the process of planning the reconstruction of I-45 North from I-10 to the Beltway.

[sevfiv]

i have somewhat recently walked beneath the viaduct - i always found it interesting and sad...

the ghpa has some information on its update page, too: http://ghpa.org/update/

[torvald]

sevfiv, on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006 @ 4:25pm, said:

i have somewhat recently walked beneath the viaduct - i always found it interesting and sad...

the ghpa has some information on its update page, too: http://ghpa.org/update/

the latest update on that page is upsetting!

so much for the good brick award.

[musicman]

My mom grew up on the northside. Born on Pinckney and later moved to Nance in the mid-40's near the current Elysian Overpass. In her opinion the neighborhood was very stable even after the Elysian was built because no homes were taken for its construction. She said several of her friends lived on Elysian and the overpass was their front yard view. She believes the I-10 land aquisition and eventual construction beginning in the 60's did more harm than Elysian. She mentioned a Jones Elementary was completely destroyed as well as the homes of many of her longtime friends.

A few yrs ago we took my grandma back to the nance property to get a few memories. While she still owns the property, there were only a couple of homes she clearly remembered including Last Concert which I didn't know was a cousin of ours back then.