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Started by CoreySamson, June 14, 2021, 10:58:42 PM

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CoreySamson

IIRC they had to rebuild the main towers of the bridge from scratch, which is why the delay has been so long. Based on when I went over the old bridge there in August, the approaches are basically done (there are even BGSs up on the new approaches!). It also looks like the towers have risen up to the height of the old bridge.
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Quote from: ski-man on October 08, 2024, 02:24:48 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on October 08, 2024, 11:24:49 AMHorrible picture, but here's current progress on the SH 35 freeway @ Wheeler Avenue:



Image was taken right about here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVSnv35NhtwhDaMp7
So is SH35 moving further west and taking over the route the is currently Spur 5?
Whenever the new freeway reaches all the way to Alvin, then yes

Hence the name, Alvin Freeway
Wake me up when they upgrade US-290 between the state's largest city and growing capital into expressway standards if it interstate standards.

Giddings bypass, Elgin bypass, and Elgin-Manor freeway/tollway when?

ski-man

Quote from: TheBox on October 09, 2024, 08:44:13 AM
Quote from: ski-man on October 08, 2024, 02:24:48 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on October 08, 2024, 11:24:49 AMHorrible picture, but here's current progress on the SH 35 freeway @ Wheeler Avenue:



Image was taken right about here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVSnv35NhtwhDaMp7
So is SH35 moving further west and taking over the route the is currently Spur 5?
Whenever the new freeway reaches all the way to Alvin, then yes

Hence the name, Alvin Freeway

Spur 5 is up by UH, and just have not read anything on a new proposed route through South Houston to reconnect with the current SH35 that is called the Alvin freeway and goes to Alvin.

MaxConcrete

Quote from: ski-man on October 11, 2024, 03:23:56 PMSpur 5 is up by UH, and just have not read anything on a new proposed route through South Houston to reconnect with the current SH35 that is called the Alvin freeway and goes to Alvin.

The last I heard about the possible extension of the currently planned freeway (extending just south of Loop 610), Pearland was against the freeway, which would block the completion of a freeway all the way to Alvin.

I'm not aware of any planning in progress for an extension south of the currently planned terminus just south of Loop 610. I would like to see it extend to Beltway 8, which would terminate the freeway just north of Pearland. But if that happens it will be in the distant future, after 2050.

There's still plenty of work to be done on the planned freeway and $358 million direct connectors at Loop 610. Unfortunately that project has been delayed and is now listed for May 2027 bidding.

After that project at Loop 610, I'm expecting a long hiatus before anything else proceeds.
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Bobby5280

If the Grand Parkway can ever get completed that would be one way to attach that freeway in Alvin to the rest of Houston's super highway network.

TXtoNJ

Quote from: ski-man on October 08, 2024, 02:24:48 PM
Quote from: CoreySamson on October 08, 2024, 11:24:49 AMHorrible picture, but here's current progress on the SH 35 freeway @ Wheeler Avenue:



Image was taken right about here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/VVSnv35NhtwhDaMp7
So is SH35 moving further west and taking over the route the is currently Spur 4?

Correct, this is part of the long-planned (for more than 70 years now) Alvin Freeway.

TheBox

Some interesting screenshots of the Alvin Freeway video posted on a different forum site called Houstonarchitecture.com

















Wake me up when they upgrade US-290 between the state's largest city and growing capital into expressway standards if it interstate standards.

Giddings bypass, Elgin bypass, and Elgin-Manor freeway/tollway when?

CoreySamson

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Update on the 288 freeway construction between Croix Road and CR 60:

The main lanes of 288 are now open over the new overpass over CR 48 (Iowa Colony Boulevard) here. This is extremely quick progress on this project, especially considering that two years ago, work on the overpass had hardly started yet. GSV satellite imagery is also updated throughout the bounds of the project.
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