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288 floods by design. That's going to happen regardless of any improvements due to the freeway being depressed and having a low crossing over Brays Bayou. As a 30+ year resident of Riverside Terrace, I'd rather see 288 flood in a big rain event instead of Riverside Terrace, South Union, and the Med Center.
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Houston Veteran's Domiciliary At 4320 Old Spanish Trl.
JLWM8609 replied to Highrise Tower's topic in Texas Medical Center
What manufacturer dealership did that old building used to be? White/GMC? International Harvester?- 9 replies
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No wonder I was confused! That must be the jail.
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That rendering is really throwing me off. The area around UHD looks like it's reversed like it's mirrored, but then Minute Maid Park is in the right place. My head hurts! 😄
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I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
JLWM8609 replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
I can hear the chanting in Simlish!- 3,356 replies
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Thanks for the reminder!
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I noticed this last week. Unless that braided ramp on 610 is going to have a steep drop off, that sign assembly looks too short. The braided ramp project is separate from the 288 project so maybe the 288 project didn't take that into consideration.
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The Southmore bridge opening looks imminent. Traffic lights have been installed but not powered up. Tonight as I was driving past, I could see all the street lamps on the bridge and at the intersections were all illuminated. As far as walking across, I saw some of those orange, water filled jersey type moveable barriers to create temporary sidewalks on the road bridge while the pedestrian bridges are under construction.
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I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
JLWM8609 replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Yes. At the end of the day, this is a freeway relocation. We know TxDOT and drivers wouldn't get with actual removal of the freeway, but this looks like a removal to the layman, so they're ok with it.- 3,356 replies
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JLWM8609 replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Nah. If the area is the poor side, they get the double decker elevated freeway with some colorful bridge columns thrown in.- 3,356 replies
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I-45 Rebuild (North Houston Highway Improvement Project)
JLWM8609 replied to ToryGattis's topic in Traffic and Transportation
Or rebuild the Pierce Elevated where it is. I imagine in an alternate universe where the fortunes of Midtown and the East End are reversed, TxDOT is planning a double decked and cantilevered Pierce Elevated to carry 59/69 around downtown and along I-10 to reconnect the East End to Downtown.- 3,356 replies
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TD 14 has formed into Marco, so a thread name change is in order. TD 13 formed into Laura before TD 14 could strengthen.
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Southerly Houston Innovation Tract
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It'sstillpartofgreater3rdwardyouyuppiescum has a nice ring to it!
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I-10 expansion to 6 lanes all the way to San Antonio is coming. They're already working on it from I-410 with an eventual new stack interchange to replace the 60s era cloverleaf, to Loop 1604 in San Antonio, and of course they're working on it from Brookshire to just past Sealy on our end. It's coming together slowly. One big thing is they're going to reroute I-10 at Columbus and construct a new crossing over the Colorado River south of the current crossing. See my posts in this thread:
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Why not both? Don't let that guardrail hold you back!
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That is odd. I thought any bridge crossing a TxDOT maintained road was maintained by TxDOT?
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Per MaxConcrete's thread on aaroads.com, TxDOT is beginning the process to expand a 90 mile 2 x 2 lane section of I-45 between Houston and Dallas to 3 x 3 lanes, ultimately bringing I-45 to a minimum of 3 lanes each way along its entirely from Galveston to Dallas. Work will take place in the Bryan District through Walker, Madison, Leon, and Freestone Counties where it'll link up to already completed 3 x 3 sections in Walker and Navarro Counties. https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=26968.0 So it looks like many portions of I-45 will be in a state of extensive reconstruction through the 2020s and part of the 2030s including the current expansion in Galveston County and the North Houston Highway Improvement Project. Hopefully that high speed train will be operation by then so people can have an alternative to the construction zones on the way to Dallas and back. I guess we couldn't let I-35 between DFW and San Antonio have all the fun huh?
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I got my own answer today. I saw them demolishing the WB overpass.
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new bike paths around town
JLWM8609 replied to samagon's topic in Bicycles and Other Low-Impact Modes
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Didn't get any pics, but they switched the 288 NB traffic to the new NB lanes today. It'll be a while before people get used to the 610 exit being in the left lane. People were backed up at Yellowstone trying to make a u-turn back to 288 SB to 610.
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Could it be a mid 60s AMC?
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I wish I could find old pictures of what this area was like before the freeway.
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I can't tell from the schematic, but are they extending the current Almeda overpass structure, or constructing an all new overpass structure over Almeda and Cambridge?