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AcE_Wolf_287:
--- Quote from: In_Correct on March 29, 2020, 08:18:31 PM ---A second North South Interstate would end up being U.S. 281. It is west of Austin, so there is your bypass. Project Tracker has numerous upgrade projects for U.S. 281 so it will be here eventually. ... Some of the projects are supposed to happen this year.
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1. Probably I-37 Extension,
2. not from that far, i mean like a 15-25 mile Bypass 3di Route
sprjus4:
There's already a north-south bypass for I-35... SH-130. For those who are willing to use it, it's very effective at avoiding the mess that I-35 through Austin is. More than once, I've been able to travel from Georgetown to San Antonio and vice versa during peak hours without hitting any congestion. It costs almost $20 for toll-by-plate from I-10 to I-35 North, but well worth it for a long-distance trip. It's about 90 miles long, and has a speed limit of at least 80 mph, 85 mph south of SH-45.
SH-45 is a loop around the east side that utilizes a segment of SH-130.
US-183 between SH-71 and US-290 is currently being upgraded into a toll freeway with frontage roads, again built to interstate standards. That will form an "inner" loop utilizing I-35 near Downtown, SH-71, and US-290.
It's not interstate highway, but is toll freeway built to interstate standards.
AcE_Wolf_287:
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 29, 2020, 10:52:19 PM ---There's already a north-south bypass for I-35... SH-130. For those who are willing to use it, it's very effective at avoiding the mess that I-35 through Austin is. More than once, I've been able to travel from Georgetown to San Antonio and vice versa during peak hours without hitting any congestion. It costs almost $20 for toll-by-plate from I-10 to I-35 North, but well worth it for a long-distance trip. It's about 90 miles long, and has a speed limit of at least 80 mph, 85 mph south of SH-45.
SH-45 is a loop around the east side that utilizes a segment of SH-130.
US-183 between SH-71 and US-290 is currently being upgraded into a toll freeway with frontage roads, again built to interstate standards. That will form an "inner" loop utilizing I-35 near Downtown, SH-71, and US-290.
It's not interstate highway, but is toll freeway built to interstate standards.
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I don’t think making US 290 a toll wouldn’t be worth it but it gives them the funds to make I-69, I-369, and I-14
sprjus4:
--- Quote from: AcE_Wolf_287 on March 29, 2020, 11:39:24 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 29, 2020, 10:52:19 PM ---There's already a north-south bypass for I-35... SH-130. For those who are willing to use it, it's very effective at avoiding the mess that I-35 through Austin is. More than once, I've been able to travel from Georgetown to San Antonio and vice versa during peak hours without hitting any congestion. It costs almost $20 for toll-by-plate from I-10 to I-35 North, but well worth it for a long-distance trip. It's about 90 miles long, and has a speed limit of at least 80 mph, 85 mph south of SH-45.
SH-45 is a loop around the east side that utilizes a segment of SH-130.
US-183 between SH-71 and US-290 is currently being upgraded into a toll freeway with frontage roads, again built to interstate standards. That will form an "inner" loop utilizing I-35 near Downtown, SH-71, and US-290.
It's not interstate highway, but is toll freeway built to interstate standards.
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I don’t think making US 290 a toll wouldn’t be worth it but it gives them the funds to make I-69, I-369, and I-14
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The freeway portion of US-290 west of US-183 is a toll road. The tolls are to fund the construction of that highway, not other roads.
Scott5114:
--- Quote from: In_Correct on March 29, 2020, 08:18:31 PM ---A second North South Interstate would end up being U.S. 281. It is west of Austin, so there is your bypass.
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SH-130...
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