nolaboy

It was 70 for the whole stretch when I drove it but articles I read said it was to be 80 as well.

Why do you say "hopefully" no additional feeders? Just curious.

I dont believe they extend north of Franz and I dont think they are planned to be built on any of the new segments.

I drove this segment north bound early yesterday and you are forced to take the direct connector to 290 east or west. This is very similar to how 99 northbound used to force traffic to the I-10 east direct connector (except you don't get forced onto the feeder to go west). I believe all four direct connectors are open to access to/from segment E and both sides of 290.

Land has started to be cleared for the continuation north of 290.

I also finally drove I-45 in Spring/Woodlands and saw that the columns for the overpasses at Grand Pkwy have already been built. They are moving very fast in that area!

I wasn't aware that the JP Morgan Chase name was dropped. When did this happen?

Haha nice! Thanks for the correction.

ChevronPhillips is a chemical company, not to be confused with the former ConocoPhillips.  ChevronPhillips is headquartered in the Woodlands.  

Correct but just to clarify, ConocoPhillips split into Conoco (upstream) and Phillips66 (downstream) last year. ChevronPhillips (CP Chem) is a joint venture between Chevron's and Phillips' chemical divisions and has been around for over a decade (a few years before Conoco and Phillips originally merged).