Theodore Roosevelt Expressway

Jake Neufeld · #1 Posted **May 14, 2009, 6:55 AM**

Informative website on the northern part of the "ports to port alliance" that would potentially create an expressway from SK to TX.

http://www.trexpressway.com/default.aspx

rrskylar · #2 Posted **May 14, 2009, 2:19 PM**

^ Does this really warrant a thread... a road from nowhere through nowhere to nowhere?

1ajs · #3 Posted **May 14, 2009, 5:30 PM**

it could....

thegreattait · #4 Posted **May 14, 2009, 10:13 PM**

Well it goes through nowhere but it does end up somewhere, like at a provincial capital city named Regina. However you are right not sure if this is thread worthy. Is this tied in with any sort of corridor planning or transportation hub. What's the bigger picture here?

Jake Neufeld · #5 Posted **May 14, 2009, 11:41 PM**

Biggar picture would be connecting SK with the USA via a four-lane corridor. From what I can tell Saskatchewan in the only province that borders the US, that doesn't have an interstate connection. This should help with access to the "bakken" oil formations as well.

I work for an exporting company in SK and having a good highway corridor directly south from SK would be a real benifit.

Here is a map showing the long-term plan.

newflyer · #6 Posted **May 14, 2009, 11:57 PM**

To be honest I don't see the demand. I have been through South Portal on many occations have never seen any pent up demand for expanded roadways on either side of the border. There is a reason there is no interstate through the lightly populated region. I expect this is little more than dreamers... dreaming in technicolor.
Nice map though.

At the end of the day its a US project... and not a Canadian (Man/Sask) project.

rrskylar · #7 Posted **May 15, 2009, 3:19 AM**

^ Or a few hundred miles east and a four-lane corridor from Winnipeg to Mexico is already in place, why the need to duplicate what already exists?

hexrae · #8 Posted **May 15, 2009, 3:38 AM**

To bypass it, let's move those federal dollars for CentrePort from Winnipeg to Regina...

Given the trade relationship with the US, sans recession, I wish this project all the best.

Andy6 · #9 Posted **May 15, 2009, 12:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

^ Or a few hundred miles east and a four-lane corridor from Winnipeg to Mexico is already in place, why the need to duplicate what already exists?

To save going hundreds of extra miles through Winnipeg?

newflyer · #10 Posted **May 16, 2009, 12:31 AM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

To save going hundreds of extra miles through Winnipeg?

Yeah .. all those people in Scottsbluff have been crying for the day they expand the highway to Saskatchewan for decades. This plan is more humerous than anything.... best of luck to it.

With that said the Mid-Continental Corridor in the US is to recieve significant upgrades in the coming years, under Obama, as it is turned into a super corridore.

As Winnipeg's status as a major hub is further expanded with the development of Centreport, the amount of infrastructure linking the city into the rest of the North America Inland Port Network will continue to witness massive levels of investment.

Andy6 · #11 Posted **May 16, 2009, 12:51 AM**

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Originally Posted by newflyer

Yeah .. all those people in Scottsbluff have been crying for the day they expand the highway to Saskatchewan for decades. This plan is more humerous than anything.... best of luck to it.

With that said the Mid-Continental Corridor in the US is to recieve significant upgrades in the coming years, under Obama, as it is turned into a super corridore.

Really? Why wouldn't the U.S. be at least as interested in building roads and infrastructure linking it with Saskatchewan and Alberta's energy resources?

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As Winnipeg's status as a major hub is further expanded with the development of Centreport, the amount of infrastructure linking the city into the rest of the North America Inland Port Network will continue to witness massive levels of investment.

It's more likely to end up as some sort of Provincial Tumbleweed Refuge. But dream on...

newflyer · #12 Posted **May 16, 2009, 1:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Andy6

Really? Why wouldn't the U.S. be at least as interested in building roads and infrastructure linking it with Saskatchewan and Alberta's energy resources?

It's more likely to end up as some sort of Provincial Tumbleweed Refuge. But dream on...

Much of the energy resources are moved by piplines and rail, not by truck transport.

Emerson is already the 4th busiest border crossing in Canada... and I can completely assure you that CentrePort will be massive. The demand is already in place.

VANRIDERFAN · #13 Posted **May 19, 2009, 5:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by rrskylar

^ Or a few hundred miles east and a four-lane corridor from Winnipeg to Mexico is already in place, why the need to duplicate what already exists?

Maybe they would like one that isn't closed for 3 months every year due to flooding.

jmt18325 · #14 Posted **May 20, 2009, 12:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN

Maybe they would like one that isn't closed for 3 months every year due to flooding.

This year does not equal every year. Also, as highway 75 is rebuilt, it is being upgraded to better protect from flood. Now the Americans just have to work on I29.

rrskylar · #15 Posted **May 20, 2009, 3:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN

Maybe they would like one that isn't closed for 3 months every year due to flooding.

Good one!

1ajs · #16 Posted **May 20, 2009, 4:45 AM**

well having the 2 coridoors would help speacly when u get a blizzard or flooding ect ect ect

mjpaul · #17 Posted **May 20, 2009, 6:17 AM**

Interesting how Winnipeg and Calgary posters say pooh pooh to this corridor highway and Saskatchewan posters are positive. I Love how they view us a threat.

I can understand why you want the traffic headed in your directions but Winnipeg and Calgary are 400 miles east or west of us. We are developing our own Global Transport Hub. Also, Saskatchewan is now, and will continue to be Canadas premier Oil Producer for decades to come.

This road (and Rail) corridor also goes through the heart of the Bakken Oil Field. (Sorry Alta, I cant get excited over the Tar Sands

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The Old Guard that has kept Saskatchewan down for the last 70 years are becoming extinct...

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New and Fresh attitudes here now.

MooseJets · #18 Posted **May 21, 2009, 12:38 AM**

So is it true Sask. has more oil than Alberta?

thegreattait · #19 Posted **May 21, 2009, 6:26 AM**

last I heard the numbers were very close, that is to say for conventional oil production. ie drill a hole and pump it.

Tar sands production Alberta still has Sasky beat hands down

Beltliner · #20 Posted **May 22, 2009, 3:25 PM**

If you look at the long game here, the grand idea is to extend the 190 kilometres from Lubbock, TX of I-27 a further 2,100 kilometres or thereabouts from Amarillo, TX to Regina, using a doozy of a pre-existing corridor:

US-287 from Amarillo, TX to Limon, CO: 547 km
CO-71 and NE-71 from Limon, CO to Scottsbluff, NE: 310 km
US-26, US-385, and US-16 from Scottsbluff, NE to Rapid City, SD: 406 km
I-90 and US-85 from Rapid City, SD to Williston, ND: 545 km
US-2 from Williston, ND to Cuthbertson, MT: 60 km
MT-16 from Cuthbertson, MT to US-CA Border: 101 km
SK-6 from US-CA Border to SK-1: 157 km

Is there enough AADT on SK-6 to justify bulking it up to the Diefenbaker Turnpike?