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Houston Highways

Posted: 05 Aug 2019 12:40
by dfwcre8tive
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

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 09 Aug 2019 21:38
by Tnexster
Sounds like some want to change it but time appears to be running out.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 20 May 2020 18:02
by scott2
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.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 20 May 2020 22:02
by Parker Road
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.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 25 Jul 2020 11:29
by Zmitz
https://www.chron.com/houston/slideshow ... c2NHYZcGZQ

Check out that comparison to the Metroplex!

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 29 Jul 2020 11:08
by The_Overdog
Looks like if they moved it to cover the northern suburbs, it would surround the entire DFW metroplex.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 28 Aug 2020 17:25
by Tnexster
That's an insane loop!

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 22 Sep 2020 13:52
by eburress
That's some sprawl!

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 22 Sep 2020 17:08
by Tivo_Kenevil
If beltline was obese.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 18 Feb 2021 22:02
by Addison
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.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 01 Mar 2021 13:21
by eburress
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.

Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 01 Mar 2021 14:33
by Addison
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

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Re: Houston Highways

Posted: 02 Mar 2021 10:50
by Tnexster
It's the ever expanding DFW footprint. Never ends and there is nothing to stop it.