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    I found this article about the freeway. Looks like they were asking that question 50 years and never answered it. https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Expansion-of-Alvin-freeway-may-yet-be-completed-1982804.php
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    I think it's remaining as-is for now, with maybe the new high speed rail line cantilevering over it. The Hempstead Tollway was supposed to be built along Hempstead Highway, but it got deferred and the plans were changed to put a 3 lane reversible managed lane facility down the middle of 290. TxDOT and Harris County couldn't reach an agreement on who would manage the managed lanes, so they were scrapped in favor of a single lane, reversible HOT lane that existed before the widening. In addition to that, TxDOT is considering making one mainlane into a HOV lane during offpeak hours to offer HOV access in both directions after the whole 290 project is finished. All of that being said, I think the Hempstead Tollway is part of the ultimate plan, but who knows? Perhaps it'll be built alongside the high speed rail line.
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    Probably was the old GH&SA line that had the bridge over Buffalo Bayou where the pedestrian bridge is now.
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    Spur 5 has always been intended to be part of SH 35. It's nothing new.
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    Hey neighbor! I can see your house from mine on the other side of the bayou.
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    There were apartments there until the 1980s.
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    Wow! That's nice. Are there other angles of this rendering available?
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    A sound barrier is going up at Ardmore and Tampa, and as of last week, they've started re-energizing some of the freeway lighting, with more sections being re-lit each night. Most of the lampposts have new LED lights, which I'm glad to see instead of removing the lampposts and slapping high mast lighting as they've done on almost every other freeway in town.
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    Sprint seems to have a dead spot on Will Clayton Parkway between Wilson Road and Old Humble Rd. I know it's not as densely populated as most other areas, but it's not the middle of nowhere, either.
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    Bus manufacturers learned to build stronger buses after the Grumman 870 A-frame crack issue in the early 80s that impacted transit fleets nationwide, including Houston. Potholes in places like NYC were causing the frames to crack and the buses to sag in the middle and eventually stop. I wouldn't be surprised if Westheimer was the cause of some of those frame cracks way back then!
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    I didn't know they were constructing a pedestrian bridge. I never saw one in the schematics.
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    I can't find any official mention of it, but word in the neighborhood is that the groundbreaking will take place on February 9th. I also heard that the store will be larger than what was originally planned. We'll see if that's the case once an official announcement goes out.
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    Fuddruckers is closed. I pass by there on a semi-regular basis and it shut down sometime in November or December 2018.
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    The City of Houston hasn't installed a new, permanent span wire traffic light installation in over 10 years. They've been phasing them out in favor of mast arm installations. You may think the entire span wire installation is new because the signal heads are new, but many of those new signal heads are just replacements. The City started phasing out the old 8" signal heads about 20 years ago and started replacing them with 12" signal heads. A few years after that, they started replacing incandescent and neon signal bulbs with LEDs. The replacement of 8" signal heads and incandescent lights got further accelerated after Ike damaged lots of lights. While the signal heads may be new/new-ish on a span wire installation, the wires and poles may be close to 60 years old.
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    So the last cloverleaf interchange in Houston will be replaced with the first SPUI in Houston. Interesting!
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    I passed by the other day and it looks like they've started powerwashing the exterior.
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    Looks like the San Jacinto St. extension will happen with the relocation of I-45/I-10. It'll be a tunnel underneath the freeway and the railroad with connections to the feeder road. You can see it in the presentation. http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/nhhip/north/Public Meeting_North Side_Final Rev.pdf
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    Schematics have been released for the expansion of I-10 in Colorado County. As expected, it'll be 3 lanes minimum in each direction to just west of Highway 71. The biggest surprise in the plans is a realignment of I-10 between Alleyton Rd. and Columbus to eliminate curves. The new I-10 bridge over the Colorado River will be 8 lanes wide. Schematics: http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot/get-involved/ykm/i-10-sh71-fm2761/092518-schematic.pdf Project Website: https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/get-involved/about/hearings-meetings/yoakum/092518.html
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    Plans state construction of the tollway extension won't be complete until March 2023. The goal is to have the I-45 reroute around Downtown complete by 2026. There are stubouts in the current interchange to accommodate the Hardy extension, but I don't know if they'll briefly use them to access the Hardy extension until the new interchange is complete.
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    According to an old topographic map from the early 20s, Old Main was the original route before the current route was built. Main St. ended at current day Holcombe. Main Street Road intersected with Main St. near its terminus. That part of Main Street Road still exists in the Medical Center as a small stub called Old Main St. between Main and Fannin. Main Street Road then followed current day Fannin and Knight Rd before jogging to the SW and crossing the tracks to join the route parallel to the tracks (currently US90A). The maps don't say what the road parallel to the tracks was called back then, but it was probably known as Holmes Rd.
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    I miss Guy's. They had the best burgers. I went there during their final days of operation and bought a few of their final burgers, BBQ plates, and smoked turkey legs. My parents used their BBQ for my high school graduation party. They moved around over the years from what I've seen in old newspaper ads. Their final location was on OST between Yellowstone and Telge.
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    And they're at it again. Just started in the Community Announcements forum.
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    I saw some in Austin over the weekend.
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    Editor and HAIF are the admins. Editor hasn't been online since June 18 and HAIF hasn't been online since August 2017.
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