Interesting read about the plans for IH-45 in Houston.
Houston’s $7 billion solution to gridlock is more highways
https://www.curbed.com/2019/8/5/20754435/houston-traffic-highway-i-45-north-txdot?fbclid=IwAR2p_3FIkRyC4N3l-aAkOHbapp13jBvlAEWTJpBPFS30DjhfJHECq4cUo2c
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Sounds like some want to change it but time appears to be running out.
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Strange bump to this thread I know but I have lived in both Manhattan and San Francisco and seen how the demise of the West End highway and the Embarcadero freeway went largely unnoticed by the commuters ( they simply found alternate routes )but the land values / development exploded in these areas. More than compensating for whatever it costs to remove the freeways and provide alternate roadways. Houston is looking at a 20th century solution for a 21st century problem.
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scott2 wrote:Strange bump to this thread I know but I have lived in both Manhattan and San Francisco and seen how the demise of the West End highway and the Embarcadero freeway went largely unnoticed by the commuters ( they simply found alternate routes )but the land values / development exploded in these areas. More than compensating for whatever it costs to remove the freeways and provide alternate roadways. Houston is looking at a 20th century solution for a 21st century problem.
If there's one silver lining to this whole thing, at least they're making the managed lanes 2-way, so Metro's commuter buses get traffic priority in both directions. But nothing anywhere close to this project should exist inside I-610.
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Looks like if they moved it to cover the northern suburbs, it would surround the entire DFW metroplex.
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That's an insane loop!
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Zmitz wrote:https://www.chron.com/houston/slideshow/How-big-will-the-Grand-Parkway-be-121140.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR25nM5uHrZzrrX1Z8rLaApni-9YjSebxeZoWvUgAYXGmYD9-c2NHYZcGZQ
Check out that comparison to the Metroplex!
In all fairness, this will look like child's play if DFW's outer loop ever comes to fruition.
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Addison wrote:Zmitz wrote:https://www.chron.com/houston/slideshow/How-big-will-the-Grand-Parkway-be-121140.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR25nM5uHrZzrrX1Z8rLaApni-9YjSebxeZoWvUgAYXGmYD9-c2NHYZcGZQ
Check out that comparison to the Metroplex!
In all fairness, this will look like child's play if DFW's outer loop ever comes to fruition.
Is this something people are talking about? I've never actually seen plans for a DFW outer loop but it wouldn't surprise me.
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eburress wrote:Addison wrote:Zmitz wrote:https://www.chron.com/houston/slideshow/How-big-will-the-Grand-Parkway-be-121140.php?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR25nM5uHrZzrrX1Z8rLaApni-9YjSebxeZoWvUgAYXGmYD9-c2NHYZcGZQ
Check out that comparison to the Metroplex!
In all fairness, this will look like child's play if DFW's outer loop ever comes to fruition.
Is this something people are talking about? I've never actually seen plans for a DFW outer loop but it wouldn't surprise me.
It's mostly in the planning phase right now and doesn't have state funding, but Collin County has already begun buying up land and adding pavement along the proposed route (search Collin County Outer Loop on Google).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_Loop_9
![Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Dallas-loop-9.jpg)
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It's the ever expanding DFW footprint. Never ends and there is nothing to stop it.