DonCheto

Or they could just bury the pierce elevated. It would be more economically feasible than trying to bury 59 and reconfiguring our entire freeway system within the CBD.

I thought about that, but what I don't want to see happen is create more traffic than what already exists. By submerging the elevated we wouldn't change any routes or eliminate any either. It would just be a tunnel, and connect DT to midtown.

Thanks for the welcome. Can we all just stay on topic now? I think the pierce elevated should be converted into a tunnel. Drivers have plenty of different routes they could take and I don't think traffic would be any different. Other than the traffic created by the construction I don't see how this could be a negative.

I apologize for making a thread about something that I felt was an interesting topic. I'm still new at posting on this forum, as you can tell by me posting a quote without a reply. I am not someone who has several usernames that is secretly trying to bash houston. I have lived here my whole life and I love my city. If anyone is ruining this board it's the people that continue to post irrelevant replies that have nothing to do with the OP.

No one is a puppet, I just decided to finally make an account. I've been coming to this website and many like it for years, but never had the balls to make an account. I'm a 21 year old college student who has a very strong interest in things going on in my city. I was reading the previous topic about the Houston freeways being done and decided, "what the heck" and made an account. It's understandable that you could have made the assumption of me being a puppet after posting so soon.

@Montrose 1100 You're right about the boulevard being pointless, maybe making a pierce a little wider and turning it into a major thoroughfare.

I know that this topic has been brought up before, but why shouldn't Houston turn the Pierce elevated into the Pierce tunnel? The portion of I-45 that separates downtown from midtown definitely creates a barrier that hinders that part of the city to truly feel as one whole continuous neighborhood. Neighborhood might be the wrong word but I-45 definitely creates an obvious physical and psychological barrier. Why not make the pierce elevated into a tunnel with a boulevard on top of that. People driving through downtown would have the option of taking the tunnel, no lights, just a freeway that turns into a tunnel. Or exiting pierce take pierce and hop back on 45. Some off and on ramps would have to be reconfigured but that's part of the construction. I don't know how this would create more traffic than what already exists. Don't start bashing me, I just want some further insight on why this could or couldn't work.