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SH 146 upgrade to freeway, Kemah/Seabrook
chays:
According to this article (https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/transportation/2021/09/22/completion-of-hwy-146-widening-delayed-until-fall-2023/) the completion date for the freeway conversion will be delayed until fall 2023.
I also learned this:
--- Quote ---As part of the project, a 5-mile stretch of Hwy. 146 between FM 518 and FM 517 will be widened from four to six lanes “to decrease traffic congestion; increase mobility; and improve hurricane evacuation, operational efficiency and safety along SH 146,” per TxDOT’s website.
The anticipated letting date—which is when bids will open for construction companies—for this section of Hwy. 146 will be in September 2022, but that is subject to change, according to George.
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Bobby5280:
The current TX-146 expansion project goes down to the intersection with TX-96. From that point down to the intersection with FM-1764 in Texas City it looks like it would be fairly simple to upgrade into a freeway. Only one spot along the way, on the North side of Dickinson Bayou, has any buildings that would have to be bought and removed.
The notion of expanding a portion of that existing section of TX-146 from a 4-lane street to a 6-lane street seems like a very modest, interim solution.
MaxConcrete:
--- Quote from: Bobby5280 on November 15, 2022, 04:46:48 PM ---The notion of expanding a portion of that existing section of TX-146 from a 4-lane street to a 6-lane street seems like a very modest, interim solution.
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The next SH 146 project, from FM 518 to Dickinson Bayou, is slated to receive bids in May 2023. Estimated cost is $177.8 million. As the news article mentions, the widening will extend the freeway southward with an overpass at SH 96. But south of SH 96, it SH 146 becomes a 6-lane boulevard on the minimum needed right-of-way.
Looking at the schematic, there is right-of-way acquisition on the east side of SH146 from FM 518 to Bay Avenue (just south of SH 96), including displacements at Meadow. There is no right-of-way acquisition south of Bay Avenue.
As far as I know, this widening is the ultimate design and no further expansion is planned.
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