Ever hear of ah gazillion dollar federal project once called "The Dangerfield Reach" ?
Lone Star Steel wanted it. E. Tx. Chambers of Commerce wanted it. Jefferson even wanted it (tourist barges - riverboat gambling possibility).
BUT Caddo Lake folks, environmentalist (and Bop) fought it.

Guess who won ?

How would you like a barge canal in your backyard ?

(Well, Alaska did have their "bridge to nowhere" did they not ?)

Dallas once tried to turn the Trinity River into an intercoastal waterway so they could be a "port" city. Thought it would be an economic engine for Dallas. Would have cost $40 Bil in 1970 dollars. After much acrimony it was decided to let the voters make the decision.....voters narrowly turned them down.

And of course Dallas, with The Upper Neches River Water Authority seeing $$$$ signs in their pretty little heads, tried to build the Fastrill Dam so all those Dallas folk could water their lawns. Again, Dallas was outmaneuvered. Environmentalists, USF&W, and finally the nail in the coffin courtesy of the US Supreme Court.

Tx Hwy Dept - Lone High Bridge Fiasco...

Ever travel Hwy 31 Tyler to Waco ? Waco to Tyler ?

Hwy 31 West to East traffic two-lane bridge (to the south) over the Trinity River has a very high arch - especially built for the premature expectation of 1970's Dallas/Houston barge canal traffic below.

After 42 years Hwy 31 East to West two-lane bridge is still horizontally level.

Plan was to divert E/W and W/E two way traffic over the south high arch bridge while low bridge was demolished and then constructed into another high bridge.
Dual high bridges.
Now one bridge rising high up, the other horizontally flat. A monument to wasteful government tax dollar spending.

Trinity high bridge needs a good nickname.

Haha passed over said bridge last week and wondered WTH was going on with that

Yeah I've heard of all the above referenced projects. Good post.

Dangerfield reach would have made one sweat ski run from Caddo to Lonestar

Dallas wanting to be a port city is ludicrous. At least the voters realized that.

Anyone ever hear of the "Port of Tulsa" at Catoosa ?