Highrise Tower Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 The freeway pillar in the middle of 59 & 610 by the Chronicle building is super tall. Any ideas of how many feet? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 59 & S. Rice next to the future Hard Rock Cafe & Hotel development. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 On 10/13/2019 at 7:51 PM, ekdrm2d1 said: The freeway pillar in the middle of 59 & 610 by the Chronicle building is super tall. Any ideas of how many feet? That's gonna be a nice view driving over that 😏 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 That's the rendering of the dedicated bus lanes. Theoretically, only buses should be on it - it's not going to be an HOV lane 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 59 near Newcastle. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amlaham Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 1 hour ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Does anyone else think this made 610 ugly 💀 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 8 minutes ago, Amlaham said: Does anyone else think this made 610 ugly 💀 That's like asking "If you leave water out in the rain, will it get wetter?" 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 I actually like the look of the new curvy ramp - it adds some design and visual interest to what would otherwise be 8 lanes of concrete and cars going 12 mph 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Highrise Tower Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Went on 610 tonight, knowing there is a total closure at the 59 spurs. Was not terrible. To be honest it was normal rush hour traffic. Only a 10 minute delay. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 14 minutes ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Went on 610 tonight, knowing there is a total closure at the 59 spurs. Was not terrible. To be honest it was normal rush hour traffic. Only a 10 minute delay. What section are they installing this weekend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 21 hours ago, Triton said: What section are they installing this weekend? Flyover. Here's more photos from today. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, ekdrm2d1 said: Flyover. Here's more photos from today. I go through this intersection twice a day and I have to admit, I've been impressed with the pace this project has been going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNAguy Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) On 2/1/2020 at 9:56 PM, ekdrm2d1 said: Went on 610 tonight, knowing there is a total closure at the 59 spurs. Was not terrible. To be honest it was normal rush hour traffic. Only a 10 minute delay. Edited February 3, 2020 by DNAguy 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 New sections went up today. Before: After: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxConcrete Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Taken Sunday Feb 2 Taken Saturday Feb 8. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 I heard a comment that the contract is 3 years ahead of schedule on this, which sounds like a lot until you remember the original project scope was for over 9 years 😬 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chi-Char-Hou-Dal Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 Williams Brothers are the single largest owner of American Crane's in the world, old school technology , American Crane Corporation was bought by Terex in the mid 90's and haven't built a new crane since. Pretty wild to see some of their bigger one's on jobs like this. I know there is a crane operator on here would be curious to hear his take on this random fact. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 3 hours ago, Chi-Char-Hou-Dal said: Williams Brothers are the single largest owner of American Crane's in the world, old school technology , American Crane Corporation was bought by Terex in the mid 90's and haven't built a new crane since. Pretty wild to see some of their bigger one's on jobs like this. I know there is a crane operator on here would be curious to hear his take on this random fact. Never operated an American but the oldest crawler I ever got the chance to operate was an old Bucyrus Erie crawler friction crane at a shipyard when I was first starting out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 These look to be about a month or more outdated but these are the pictures on the official website: https://www.dot.state.tx.us/hou610at69/index.htm 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 15 hours ago, Triton said: Is that huge hole for water detention? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 The giant hole appears in 2018 in historical street google earth photos. Before then, it was a few buildings around a concrete pad, with a culvert heading into the concrete pad. Looking further back on Google Earth, it looks like they may have dug something there in 2002; if I had to guess, it's a preexisting detention tank built in 2002 that they uncovered for this current project for some reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Flyover from last weekend. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highrise Tower Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 59 North near the Weslayan exit. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
por favor gracias Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On 2/11/2020 at 2:46 PM, BigFootsSocks said: I heard a comment that the contract is 3 years ahead of schedule on this, which sounds like a lot until you remember the original project scope was for over 9 years 😬 For reference, 23 miles of the widest freeway in the world (the Katy Freeway) was built in less time than that. I don't see how they get away with these kinds of time frames, tbh. This is one of the busiest intersections in North America. I mean...wtf? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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