Foamcows said:
anyone know when they are planning on closing the Houston Ave bridge? seems like they are building what they can around it, but at some point, it will have to go.
ChipFTAC01 said:Foamcows said:
anyone know when they are planning on closing the Houston Ave bridge? seems like they are building what they can around it, but at some point, it will have to go.
Was wondering the same thing this morning. What's the long term plan for the bridge?
FHKChE07 said:
Yes. I-10 is going over Houston Avenue at the end of this project.
https://www.txdot.gov/whiteoaki10.html
swimmerbabe11 said:
Does anyone know when chartres and Lockwood will open back up?
WES2006AG said:ChipFTAC01 said:Foamcows said:
anyone know when they are planning on closing the Houston Ave bridge? seems like they are building what they can around it, but at some point, it will have to go.
Was wondering the same thing this morning. What's the long term plan for the bridge?
Somebody posted it is planned to be torn down and rebuilt in 2027...I think.
swimmerbabe11 said:
I know we are only supposed to complain on this thread, but driving down i-10 every morning, its hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and progress. Its really cool to see what humans can achieve.
swimmerbabe11 said:
I know we are only supposed to complain on this thread, but driving down i-10 every morning, its hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and progress. Its really cool to see what humans can achieve.
swimmerbabe11 said:
I know we are only supposed to complain on this thread, but driving down i-10 every morning, its hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and progress. Its really cool to see what humans can achieve.
Milwaukees Best Light said:
Send some of those guys down to 146 in la porte and Seabrook. They aint doing **** for progress.
schmellba99 said:swimmerbabe11 said:
I know we are only supposed to complain on this thread, but driving down i-10 every morning, its hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and progress. Its really cool to see what humans can achieve.
Road construction is weird, I've never been able to figure it out. At somet point you'll notice that all progress has stopped and nobody will be seen working on that stretch for several months at a time. Like time itself, it is inevitable. Enjoy the progress now while you can.
it is north of all that now. Between red bluff and spencer. It gets really bad by the port. All the trucks doing the fly over jam up the main lane. Going north they have it pinched to 1 lane and the port trucks join to make it 2 lanes. Accidents probably twice a week now that shut the whole mf'er. Terrible plan they made. Only 2 more years though.Sea Speed said:Milwaukees Best Light said:
Send some of those guys down to 146 in la porte and Seabrook. They aint doing **** for progress.
Isn't the whole thing open now though? Or is the bypass supposed to continue further south than it does? My commute to work is much better now that I can stay on a freeway essentially until 518.
schmellba99 said:swimmerbabe11 said:
I know we are only supposed to complain on this thread, but driving down i-10 every morning, its hard not to be impressed by the sheer scale and progress. Its really cool to see what humans can achieve.
Road construction is weird, I've never been able to figure it out. At somet point you'll notice that all progress has stopped and nobody will be seen working on that stretch for several months at a time. Like time itself, it is inevitable. Enjoy the progress now while you can.
Milwaukees Best Light said:Sea Speed said:Milwaukees Best Light said:
Send some of those guys down to 146 in la porte and Seabrook. They aint doing **** for progress.
Isn't the whole thing open now though? Or is the bypass supposed to continue further south than it does? My commute to work is much better now that I can stay on a freeway essentially until 518.
it is north of all that now. Between red bluff and spencer. It gets really bad by the port. All the trucks doing the fly over jam up the main lane. Going north they have it pinched to 1 lane and the port trucks join to make it 2 lanes. Accidents probably twice a week now that shut the whole mf'er. Terrible plan they made. Only 2 more years though.
schmellba99 said:
That was a different animal.
It's just something about road construction that is almost universal across the board - they hit a project hard in the beginning and then seemingly hit a point where it's time to just take a break from the job for a while and absolutely nothing gets done for weeks or even months at a time. Then one day it's time to get back on it and you'll see a hundred guys and all kinds of equipment up and down the stretch again.
I've worked for companies that had a road division and they couldn't explain it to me. I think it's almost a Pavlovian syndrome, kind of like how people randomly slow down at certain parts of 610 or 288 or wherever simply "because".
And then you have the perpetual construction projects like 45 South. That road will be under construction up to the point that the sun turns into a red giant and swallows up the earth. It's allah's will or something.
Milwaukees Best Light said:Sea Speed said:Milwaukees Best Light said:
Send some of those guys down to 146 in la porte and Seabrook. They aint doing **** for progress.
Isn't the whole thing open now though? Or is the bypass supposed to continue further south than it does? My commute to work is much better now that I can stay on a freeway essentially until 518.
it is north of all that now. Between red bluff and spencer. It gets really bad by the port. All the trucks doing the fly over jam up the main lane. Going north they have it pinched to 1 lane and the port trucks join to make it 2 lanes. Accidents probably twice a week now that shut the whole mf'er. Terrible plan they made. Only 2 more years though.
CDUB98 said:
I'd like to name a name, but that would likely get me in trouble.
I'll just say, a well known EPC in this city employs basically this same model, yet the owner/operators continue to give them multi-billion dollar projects.
It's a truly unethical way of running a company.
czechy91 said:
I am skating by because I either carpool or ride METRO and thus take the HOV into and out of downtown but I am worried that the HOV will be shut down eventually. If they do shut down the HOV the traffic will get even WORSE. Anyone with knowledge on how this will play out?
BTW - The linked TxDOT website for this project is worthless. When I-10 was being expanded you could see designs and understand what the final product would look like. On the current links it just regurgitates what happened and doesn't give schematics. Worthless if you ask me!
andrago94 said:
Somewhat related, but does anyone know why the intersection of Grand Parkway and I-10 in Katy is not finished? It's just been sitting there for months with lanes closed. All the work looks complete, except for painting lanes and removing cones.
CDUB98 said:
When last night's Taco Bell hits just right.
