Quote from: longhorn on April 08, 2024, 10:21:49 AMQuote from: kernals12 on August 27, 2022, 09:19:20 AMQuote from: Bobby5280 on August 26, 2022, 11:08:21 PMUpgrading US 281 to interstate standards would mean building it to a design speed of 75 mph. That's going to require flattening a lot of hills in Hill Country. And those frontage roads will sever natural habitats.Quote from: kernals12I don't see what use a US 281 freeway would be for anyone who is currently going along I-35.
Long haul commercial traffic going to/from Mexico and points in the US well North/Northeast of the DFW metro would use such a route to bypass the highly populated Austin and DFW metros. If US-281 was built as a freeway up to Wichita Falls it would connect directly into I-44 (which connects back into I-35 in OKC).
A better quality US-281 route would also improve military traffic between bases/posts in the San Antonio area, Fort Hood in Killeen and Fort Sill next to Lawton.Quote from: kernals12Also, I'd think twice before building an Interstate Highway through Texas Hill Country.
US-281 already cuts a fairly wide and direct path through the Hill Country. It wouldn't be hard to upgrade that highway to Interstate standards, even if it is flanked by frontage roads. The main areas where new terrain paths would be needed is for limited access bypasses in towns like Blanco, Johnson City, Burnet and Lampasas. Even if the rural stretches of US-281 are never upgraded to Interstate standards it's likely bypasses will be built for those towns in the not so distant future.Quote from: In_Correct on August 27, 2022, 01:32:24 AMPerhaps kernals12 has no idea how badly it is needed for U.S. 281 and other nearby Corridors to be upgraded. When ever on Interstate 35 any lanes close or all the traffic just stops for what ever reason, there are aggressive Commercial Drivers that want to go next, and shouts at other drivers that are In " Their " Way. Simply get most of these Commercial Drivers on U.S. 281 which all ready needs the additional lanes to be constructed.
I would not describe Interstate 35 as Flat.
You know that there are solutions to I-35's congestion besides paving over Hill Country, right? And this route would lure a very small percentage of the current traffic on I-35 simply because it goes through the middle of nowhere.
That is the thing, the traffic is coming whether you plan for it or not. So plan for it.
Why there is not a plan to reroute around Blanco is weird. And most towns would fight a re-route around town.
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