• thatwill@lemmy.world
    1181·
    1 year ago

    And despite the extra lanes, it’s still gridlocked. Maybe they need just one more lane…

    • whou@lemmy.ml
      601·
      1 year ago

      “I SWEAR BRO JUST ONE MORE LANE, ONE MORE LANE WILL BE ENOUGH!!!”

      • darvocet@infosec.pub
        16·
        1 year ago

        I e moved out of Houston but if i recall correctly they also removed the rail line that was adjacent to this highway for the expansion.

        There was a killer hamburger place off like Gessner that i still miss.

        • cron@feddit.de
          14·
          1 year ago

          An old railway running along the north side of the freeway was demolished in 2002 in preparation for construction which began in 2004.

          Form the wiki article linked above

        • notacat@mander.xyzEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Is Houston aware that some cities pay hundreds of millions of dollars to install a rail line to address this exact problem?