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  1. JLWM8609
    800 Bell St. needs a real smiley face at the top like your rendition does.
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    I like how 610 has been relocated into Brays Bayou.
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    There's still no connection to Veterans Memorial from I-45. I submitted the suggestion to construct a connection to Veterans Memorial from the NB feeder in the public comments, but I guess TxDOT doesn't think it's busy enough to warrant a connection. Also, looking at the I-10/I-45 section north of Downtown, the updated schematic doesn't include the proposed extension of N. San Jacinto to the intersection of Fulton and Burnett St. and the N. San Jacinto St. overpass over the UPRR. It's gonna be one heck of a transition from a depressed freeway east of Hardy to jumping to an elevated freeway that'll have to clear the tall overpasses at N. San Jacinto and N. Main that go over the UPRR.
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    There's no reason to be scared of a bridge based by age alone. An old, but well-maintained bridge is safer than a new but shoddily built bridge
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    Oh, wait. Not that rod.
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    That bridge is seemingly narrow for 1982 standards. I've seen bridges from the 70s that are wider and have full shoulders (cough cough, 610, cough cough), but Interstate design standards are different. I think I read somewhere that the current bridge is so narrow because it was originally planned to be a NB or SB only structure, but it would serve both NB and SB traffic until a twin structure could be built.
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    I think that will be implemented as they rebuild the interchange at 610 over the next few years.
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    I actually saw new supports and a new approach for the White Oak Bayou bridge. I've seen the work they've done to 45 on the west side of Downtown that replaced the bridge decking, but this looks like an outright bridge replacement or perhaps a widening.
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    Driving to the northside today, I noticed construction on I-45NB near White Oak Bayou and Quitman. I went on the TxDOT Project Tracker and found that the bridge and approaches at White Oak Bayou are being replaced. Given that bridges typically last 40-50 years (current bridge was built in 1961 and rehabbed in the late 80s/early 90s), I wondered if this new bridge would be incorporated into the new I-45 plans, or if it'll be demolished, giving it a shorter lifespan than usual. A quick look at the preliminary schematics shows the new bridges for the North Houston Highway Improvement Project will take different paths over White Oak than the current (and currently being constructed) White Oak Bayou Crossing. Seems like TxDOT wouldn't build a new crossing just to have it demolished in the next 10-15 years, unless the current structure is just that bad. That may very well be the case because the current structure is prone to potholes, the gradient causes a low clearance issue at the Hogan overpass, and there's that bad dip at the northern approach just underneath the Quitman overpass. If you want to find it, it's TxDOT Project # 050003044.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if roots were causing damage to the walls. Before the Memorial Day floods, I remember seeing water flowing from one of the walls underneath one of the overpasses. TxDOT had the right lane blocked off in that position. I wonder if these repairs have something to do with that?
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    Those bumps come from the bents that hold up the bridge deck. Before it was rebuilt, the bumps were bouncier and there were more expansion joints.
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    Sunday afternoon, I was riding along I-10 and noticed what looked like a new hotel under construction that was being demolished on Park Row just west of Barker Cypress. Did my eyes deceive me or am I right?
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    It's going to be Sewell Mercedes-Benz. http://www.houstonarchitecture.com/haif/topic/31397-sewell-mercedes-benz-at-i-10-and-highway-6/
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    Josh Burdick has some excellent videos on YouTube showing Houston in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It's wonderful to have such a blast from the recent past. Some of his videos feature things like a TWA DC-9 doing a powerback from the gate at HOU, Northwest Mall in full swing, the Medical Center, and Downtown. His father is Calvin Burdick and his photos of Houston from the 1960s have been featured here before. Here's his channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZCjCRwgHffcCCBLcy8sj8w
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    This photo is actually facing west. Some sleuthing on Google Street view puts it around here: https://www.google.com/maps/@29.7499523,-95.4949046,3a,70.5y,277.06h,82.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEXgIUsg7NkhuwjUdHXFu_w!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DEXgIUsg7NkhuwjUdHXFu_w%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D100%26h%3D80%26yaw%3D76.835274%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
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    Technically, it's still U.S. 59, and even w/o the exit numbers, it's an Interstate, although design exemptions were granted to a few stretches since they weren't up to Interstate standards. I think people will continue to call it "59" for a long time. I wonder if there are any old timers who still refer to I-45 as "75"?
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    Of course they'd complain in Katy about more traffic. More traffic means slower evacuations in case of a hurricane. Sorry, couldn't resist.
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    At some point, I-10, I-45, I-35, and other Interstates were all discontinuous. There were times when driving from Houston to Dallas, drivers would find that I-45 would end and traffic would funnel onto a narrow, curvy, accident prone 2 lane US75 and then resume freeway status again some miles later. Be patient, grasshopper.
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    The first I-69 sign inside the loop will go up in an unveiling ceremony Thursday morning (8/20) at 10:00am at 3110 Southwest Freeway. Sorry to any roadgeeks for the late notice. I just found out myself.
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    The Foyts are still in the car business. One of A.J.'s sons is currently the General Manager of Mercedes-Benz of Clear Lake.
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    I think they're installing traffic signals at W. Rittenhouse in conjunction with the project. Not sure if that has anything to do with the delay in opening the SB ramp.
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    Retrofit a driverless system into a 1979 Lincoln Continental with pillowtop seats and a jello tuned suspension and the passengers will have an isolation booth on wheels.
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    I never knew that Houston was a proposed site for the 1962 World's Fair. We could've had a Space Needle!
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    You're correct.
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