brijonmang Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Hope we don't get into a ring road contest. But we need to make America great again! We can't let the communists win!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Well there we go I was wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I don't like communists either especially after what they did to my family, but let us hope we let this one pass. Let the Chicoms ( or anyone else) hold the title of longest ring road. Just glad were are building the GP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackie21love Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 When ring road longer than a certain length, it will no longer have the "ring road" purpose anymore. Talking about Beijing, I have to say our roads are 100 years behind, both highway and local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADCS Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) When ring road longer than a certain length, it will no longer have the "ring road" purpose anymore. Talking about Beijing, I have to say our roads are 100 years behind, both highway and local. They're macadamized dirt roads and Belgian-block streets? Edited February 23, 2016 by ADCS 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Talking about Beijing, I have to say our roads are 100 years behind, both highway and local. They're macadamized dirt roads and Belgian-block streets? LOL Yeah, that was a pretty ridiculous exaggeration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 Considering they got a 2000 year head start on building roads I'd say being only 100 years behind isn't that bad 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Heard a rumor that segment G is opening today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 39 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said: Heard a rumor that segment G is opening today. http://www.khou.com/news/local/new-section-of-grand-parkway-opens-tuesday-1/107212168 News folks seem to agree, as do the highway signs. Now all of Kingwood will run to The Woodlands this weekend to try it out. Deerbrook Mall's days may be numbered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Got on the Grand Parkway at I-69, zoomed to 290 to Hockley and back. A dream drive. Beautiful trees along much of the route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Say "Goodbye, Beautiful Trees". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Now that segment is finished maybe they will go back to work on the segment between I-10 and Westpark toll road. That area has become much to congested. Stop and go traffic is pretty constant these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Segment H and I-1 as well as segment C are due for construction in late 2016 or 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Any news on segment H? Has a date been set for start of construction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADCS Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 41 minutes ago, Twinsanity02 said: Any news on segment H? Has a date been set for start of construction? http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/Audit-finds-faults-with-TxDOT-design-build-checks-9184040.php?t=0b0f5c7ecc438d9cbb&cmpid=reddit-premium There were a few tidbits in there - Construction to start next year Portions will be built as a Texas Super-2 (similar to the existing I-2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Segment H is well under construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronTiger Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 One the things they did do fairly recently is reconstruct the TX-146B/99 interchange in Baytown. For years (though around 2009 stop signs were added, followed by stoplights in 2013), 146B curved north and 99 ended in a T-intersection, but work began in 2016 so that 146B east went straight to 99, and you'd have to turn left (and crossover westbound 99) to get to 146B. As part of this, 99 was four laned out to FM 1405. That seemed to go fairly unnoticed...but knowing H is underway makes me all the more eager to finally get an update to Google Earth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 TxDOT may take Grand Parkway out of future highway plan Quote Southern segments of the Grand Parkway could be shelved for years if state transportation officials follow through on a plan to remove portions of the tollway in Fort Bend, Brazoria and Galveston counties from Texas’ 10-year highway plan. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 (edited) Senator says Grand Parkway funding will not be cut Quote Sen. Larry Taylor is optimistic that is not the case. Taylor posted on Facebook, in part, “I am proud to report I am working with the Texas Transportation Commission and I am confident that segment B&C of the Grand Parkway with remain in the 2020 UTP.” Edited August 3, 2019 by BeerNut 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luminare Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 On 8/2/2019 at 4:01 PM, BeerNut said: Senator says Grand Parkway funding will not be cut Completely sensible. While I fundamentally think we shouldn't be constructing new highways, it would be really dumb to not finish it all the way around. That is just asking for trouble down the road. Thanks for the update. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Also, if it's not completed all the way around it won't get the title of the longest ring road in the country at 170 miles long (currently I-275 around Cincinnati holds the title at 84 miles long) It would be longer than the outer orbital M25 motorway around London (117 mi) but no where near the road that encircles all of Iceland, which is 828 miles long 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Here's the current map that's on Tx-Dot's site https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/houston/sh99-grand-parkway.html That dip down below the words "Brazoria County" could be to use TX-35 for as much as possible - it's mostly the shortest route from the terminus to 35 that doesn't cut through Brazos Bend state park. What's more interesting is the turn south then east at 90 degree angles - it might be for the approach to 288, but it's more likely that it is to avoid someone's land East of 45 is buildt up down there, especially north of 517 as shown on the map - I wonder how they would push it through to 146 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skooljunkie Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 That 90 degree bend east of the Brazos River is done likely to avoid the bulk of state land at the TDCJ Darrington Unit plus it wiggles around to avoid existing housing along county roads east of FM 521. And yeah, there are some big names who own that land south of FM 1462, but it's also the path that affects the least number of existing homes and infrastructure. There are quite a few ranchettes and county roads with homes north of the jog. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) Judge urges voters to show support for Grand Parkway ahead of hearing to discuss completion plans Quote Galveston County Judge Mark Henry released a statement to his residents that said it would be "damaging" to scrap plans. His statement said in part: Grand Parkway segments B and C would connect I-45 in League City to IH-69 in Fort Bend County … Construction of these segments will create a critical hurricane evacuation route for our county, provide an additional corridor to improve mobility in the region, reduce daily traffic congestion, and increase economic development and growth in the region. If delayed or sidelined, the impacts on Galveston County and surrounding areas would be damaging. Our county is at greater risk than other counties in the region during an evacuation due to our main evacuation route being I-45 and being at the mercy of Harris County in giving us an opportunity to evacuate first. There are more than 4 million people located just north of the county line and if an evacuation order is ever issued, our existing evacuation routes could easily become overwhelmed, trapping much of our residents trying to evacuate. A fully constructed Grand Parkway would provide and additional and crucial lifesaving hurricane evacuation route for all Galveston County residents. For this reason alone, we need TxDOT to reconsider removing this project from their plans. Edited August 6, 2019 by BeerNut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerNut Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Grand Parkway stays put in TxDOT’s 10-year road plan Quote Southern segments of the Grand Parkway are good to go again, after state transportation officials in Austin backed off plans to shelve the projects and remove them from Texas’ 10-year transportation plan. The Texas Transportation Commission on Thursday approved the Unified Transportation Program, which sets out projects the Texas Department of Transportation has on the horizon. The program also includes an unprecedented $300 million a year for roadway safety projects, following on a pledge to cut roadway deaths along state highways by 50 percent by 2035. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Can anyone explain to me why the section in Brazoria County is so odd? Why is it not straight across... do they plan on having another highway out there sometime going towards Galveston...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspwal Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I think they are trying to provide access to all those smaller suburbs in between Houston and Galveston as opposed to Galveston access. A new spur running to Galveston, with new southern causeway, seems like a good idea though 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinsanity02 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Grand Parkway segment H and I are opening today. Good news for those of us who live in this section of the Solar system. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 4 hours ago, Twinsanity02 said: Grand Parkway segment H and I are opening today. Good news for those of us who live in this section of the Solar system. Would've been great to have when I used to have to drive from the Third Ward area to Huffman. Could've shaved 20 minutes off the drive time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freundb Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 When do we start on the next ring? 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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