cspwal Posted December 23, 2020 Share Posted December 23, 2020 These poles are only around the train tracks, I guess people jump off to catch a train ride. It looks like chain link fences on overpasses over train tracks is standard https://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/cmd/cserve/standard/bridge/rlstd032.pdf I'm not sure why 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Chainlink fencing over the railroad tracks is almost done for the northern tracks. Still need to do the tracks by the McKee housing and the tracks that run under UHD. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 20 hours ago, hindesky said: Chainlink fencing over the railroad tracks is almost done for the northern tracks. Still need to do the tracks by the McKee housing and the tracks that run under UHD. typical Houston, someone lost a ladder! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Looks like it will get 2 lanes, a wide outside shoulder and a tiny inside shoulder. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 From TxDOT: The Texas Department of Transportation will close the I-10 East Freeway eastbound and westbound mainlanes between I-45 and I-69 this weekend to continue the reconstruction of the Elysian Viaduct Bridge north of Downtown Houston. https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/media-center/local-news/houston/002-2021.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 12/23/2020 at 10:54 AM, cspwal said: It looks like chain link fences on overpasses over train tracks is standard https://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/cmd/cserve/standard/bridge/rlstd032.pdf I'm not sure why It's intended to keep hooligans from dropping stuff onto the tracks and trains. The same logic applies to street overpasses over freeways. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 I-10 closing likely to snarl downtown Houston traffic this weekend Dug Begley Jan. 21, 2021 Updated: Jan. 21, 2021 6:32 a.m. Highway officials are urging motorists to detour around downtown Houston if possible this weekend, as work on a major entryway to the central business district closes Interstate 10 in both directions from Friday night to Monday morning. Crews will close I-10 westbound at Interstate 69 and eastbound at Interstate 45 starting at 9 p.m. Friday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Various lanes, entrances and exits will be closed along the freeway, which is set to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday. Westbound traffic will be diverted to I-69 southbound and then I-45 northbound, where drivers can re-enter I-10. The eastbound detour will work in reverse, using southbound I-45 and northbound I-69. “It is strongly advised to seek an alternate route during this closure,” TxDOT said in a statement. The closing is needed for work along the Elysian Viaduct that spans I-10, Buffalo Bayou and a major rail line, now easily recognizable from the freeway because of the boldly painted new columns. Work began almost four years ago on the long-sought widening and rebuild of Elysian into downtown, just northeast of Minute Maid Park. Construction initially was expected to end by 2019, but early in the work Tropical Storm Harvey and related flooding significantly delayed work. The project’s price tag also has ballooned from $35.6 million to $48.1 million because of rising material, design and labor costs and additional work on the site. The new span will have two lanes in each direction along with shoulders and a five-foot sidewalk between Runnels and Ruiz when it opens in a few weeks, based on the latest schedule. dug.begley@chron.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Traffic all around this closure was very heavy. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I am so excited for 10 years of this with the i45 reroute. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 7:53 PM, hindesky said: The new span will have two lanes in each direction along with shoulders and a five-foot sidewalk between Runnels and Ruiz when it opens in a few weeks, based on the latest schedule. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 10:48 AM, mollusk said: It's intended to keep hooligans from dropping stuff onto the tracks and trains. The same logic applies to street overpasses over freeways. This is not correct, the fencing up so far is only near the train tracks, no fencing over IH 10. Which doesn't make any sense to me. How is anyone going to hurt the train? But someone could get killed if someone threw something off over the highway. Train fencing. No fencing over IH 10. The are 2 of these, one on the southbound side and another on the northbound. Seems to be doing zero work being done to finish them. Hopefully they place some kind of hard barrier near them or someone is going to be the newest Evil Kneivel on the northbound side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 5 minutes ago, hindesky said: The are 2 of these, one on the southbound side and another on the northbound. Seems to be doing zero work being done to finish them. Hopefully they place some kind of hard barrier near them or someone is going to be the newest Evil Kneivel on the northbound side. I think those will be the freeway entrances/exits to the Hardy Toll Road extension (when it gets started, whenever that is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Big E said: I think those will be the freeway entrances/exits to the Hardy Toll Road extension (when it gets started, whenever that is. Yeah, but why aren't they doing anything while they have full access to build them? The southbound one does go over the train tracks but the northbound one doesn't. Maybe that wasn't part of their bid? Balfour Beatty is the contractor. Edited January 31, 2021 by hindesky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big E Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Just now, hindesky said: Yeah, but why aren't they doing anything while they have full access to build them? The southbound one does go over the train tracks but the northbound one doesn't. Maybe that wasn't part of their bid? My guess: nothing is being done on that because that is specifically part of the Hardy Toll Road extension, which would make it Harris County's issue (they maintain the toll road). The viaduct replacement is probably being done by the city of Houston. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 What Big E said. The contractors will go back and add barriers to block it off like you see on many unbuilt exits (the 59/69 North to I-10 West ramp for example had at some point a planned exit to Elysian street but the letters have been removed from the sign. You can still see it if you take that exit.) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Big E said: My guess: nothing is being done on that because that is specifically part of the Hardy Toll Road extension, which would make it Harris County's issue (they maintain the toll road). The viaduct replacement is probably being done by the city of Houston. That's correct about the toll road extension, but the viaduct replacement is a TxDOT project. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollusk Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Full Member 47370 6836 posts Location:Montrose Posted 21 hours ago On 1/21/2021 at 10:48 AM, mollusk said: It's intended to keep hooligans from dropping stuff onto the tracks and trains. The same logic applies to street overpasses over freeways. This is not correct, the fencing up so far is only near the train tracks, no fencing over IH 10. Which doesn't make any sense to me. How is anyone going to hurt the train? But someone could get killed if someone threw something off over the highway. Key words: so far. Fencing overpasses over freeways is very common, but not universal. As far as trains are concerned, they do have engineers in the locomotive cabs; I'm sure someone is creative enough to figure out what other kind of mayhem to deploy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Prepped to connect to Commerce St. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Fencing only over the railroads and not over highways or roads. This looks close to finishing, still needs stripping and working signal lights at Runnels St. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 it's almost time to get the car's tires rebalanced and front end checked in anticipation of some (murmuring unintelligble things about going slightly faster than the speed limit) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 11 hours ago, Tumbleweed_Tx said: it's almost time to get the car's tires rebalanced and front end checked in anticipation of some (murmuring unintelligble things about going slightly faster than the speed limit) On my honor, I never went faster than <insert excessive speed high enough to disqualify me from taking defensive driving to get out of the ticket here> on the old Viaduct. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 The gap between the Elysian and LaBranch has been filled in. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 It never ceases to amaze me how long this project is taking. I know it was planned to take this long from the start but when I see so many things finished in January and here we still are in April.... it just..... amazes me. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttuchris Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 It really is amazing. I moved downtown in September 2017 and this project was underway. You can see date stamps on the concrete, 2018, 2019, 2021. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 I guess the contractor didn't have a lot of incentive to finish early. granted I was a kid when it was being built, so things always seemed to take longer, but I always felt like the first section of BW8 between 59 and i10 took forever for them to open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 7 hours ago, ttuchris said: It really is amazing. I moved downtown in September 2017 and this project was underway. You can see date stamps on the concrete, 2018, 2019, 2021. I didn't know it's taken that long. The Atchafalaya Basin bridges didn't take this long to be built, seems like this project should've been completed at least a year ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TacoDog Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 12 hours ago, ttuchris said: It really is amazing. I moved downtown in September 2017 and this project was underway. You can see date stamps on the concrete, 2018, 2019, 2021. Same. Is this even a popular road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 They were prepping the intersection at Runnels for striping. Saw this equipment under the bridge that enables workers to do work under the bridge. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 I'm not sure what the experts call this piece of equipment but I saw a couple of workers using it and swinging under the Elysian St. bridge. It has a vehicle on top of the bridge that has counterweights that enable them to use it safely. They have prepped the intersections and the roads for paint marking. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 8, 2021 Share Posted May 8, 2021 Paint striping truck is on site. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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