AUSTIN | Transportation Updates

[The ATX]

Here's a rendering of a portion of the S. Austin expansion:


https://www.kut.org/transportation/2...h-austin-txdot

[urbancore]

Originally Posted by The ATX

Here's a rendering of a portion of the S. Austin expansion:


https://www.kut.org/transportation/2...h-austin-txdot

Please don’t let that be one lane in each direction.

Why not build it to handle 2 lanes?

Am I seeing this wrong? God I hope so.

[The ATX]

The elevated section is two lanes in each direction. There is a diagram showing the lane configurations in the link.

[IluvATX]

And when 20 lanes isn’t enough, they can just widen the upper deck to get the desired 36 lane freeway without affecting ROW.

[Tyrone Shoes]

Originally Posted by IluvATX

And when 20 lanes isn’t enough, they can just widen the upper deck to get the desired 36 lane freeway without affecting ROW.

They could always go up another level...tri stack it

[The ATX]

At least the commuters heading South to Buda/Kyle/San Marcos will have shade on part of their drive home.

[gillynova]

Originally Posted by The ATX

At least the commuters heading South to Buda/Kyle/San Marcos will have shade on part of their drive home.

Lmfaooo, totally agree with that. Already looking forward to the nice shade and HOPEFULLY faster travel times down south. Coming into downtown though.... might cause even more traffic with all the cars arriving near Lady Bird Lake all at the same time

[Armybrat]

I took this photo of my cousin on the I-35 frontage road by Elmhurst Drive in the summer of 1959.
That’s the Riverside bridge in the background.

https://media.surlyhorns.com/monthly...e1da6b14b.jpeg

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by Armybrat

I took this photo of my cousin on the I-35 frontage road by Elmhurst Drive in the summer of 1959.
That’s the Riverside bridge in the background.

https://media.surlyhorns.com/monthly...e1da6b14b.jpeg

She’s very pretty. Also: this photo is emblazoned in my memory from the few times you’ve posted in before. I associate it heavily with that time period in Austin history w/r/t I-35 construction.

[Armybrat]

That was before I-35 was constructed between 1st & 19th Street.
It was still East Avenue then with a bunch of traffic lights.
Rush hour lasted from 5pm until 5:20pm when the State employees left work at 5.

And there was no Town Lake yet - Longhorn Dam hadn’t been built yet.

RIP Cousin Joanne

[Lobotomizer]

Originally Posted by Armybrat

I took this photo of my cousin on the I-35 frontage road by Elmhurst Drive in the summer of 1959.
That’s the Riverside bridge in the background.

https://media.surlyhorns.com/monthly...e1da6b14b.jpeg

This kinds destroys the "just one more lane, bro" meme. Nearly 70 years later and that intersection is still pretty much exactly the same.

Austin's population in 1959 was like 180,000.

[Armybrat]

Originally Posted by Lobotomizer

This kinds destroys the "just one more lane, bro" meme. Nearly 70 years later and that intersection is still pretty much exactly the same.

Austin's population in 1959 was like 180,000.

Correct.

[gillynova]

I35 South

[ATX2030]

Project Connect trial halts, punted to Third Court of Appeals

by: Kelsey Thompson
Posted: Jun 17, 2024 / 07:00 AM CDT
Updated: Jun 17, 2024 / 11:01 AM CDT

https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic...inning-monday/

Ouch....

[urbancore]

Interesting concept

https://www.google.com/search?q=mono...fEZIJpdYc,st:0

[paul78701]

Highway coverings are coming to Austin. Here’s how to weigh in on design work:
https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic...n-design-work/

Link to the survey mentioned in the article:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G3JP6SQ

[drummer]

^ Thanks for sharing the survey.

[Tornado]

Originally Posted by paul78701

Highway coverings are coming to Austin. Here’s how to weigh in on design work:
https://www.kxan.com/traffic/traffic...n-design-work/

Link to the survey mentioned in the article:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/G3JP6SQ

I'd love to see more covered highways in Texas. I know El Paso is looking at covering their part of I-10 near downtown. San Antonio needs to cover 281 that runs between downtown and the area of the Alamodome.

[enragedcamel]

Why not just dig a tunnel.

[freerover]

Originally Posted by enragedcamel

Why not just dig a tunnel.

Txdot initially pitched a tunnel for the central section but it was double the cost and longer to build. We also don’t tunnel much in Texas vs building big elevated roads. That’s where all the experience is.