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[ethanhopkin14]

Never underestimate the value of an interstate:

Cleveland ISD is the fastest-growing school district in Texas, Superintendent of Schools Chris Trotter said. The district, which currently has 8,600 students, might reach as many as 15,000 by 2025, he estimates. The district has grown nearly 125% since the 2014-15 school year, when it had 3,829 students, according to a November 2019 presentation.

Trotter attributed that growth, in part, to Cleveland ISD’s location, intersected by Interstate 69 and State Highway 105 northeast of Houston.

https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2020/10/01/cleveland-isd-breaks-ground-school.html

I have been banging this drum forever.  An interstate makes ALL the difference t so many things, not just that you can drive non-stop.

Yes, a freeway (Interstate if you must) does drive growth. That said,  Cleveland texas is about the urban sprawl from Houston. It is about the same distance from Downtown Houston as Conroe. The biggest thing Cleveland has going for it is the housing pricing is relatively low. Crime is relatively low.

I can certainly offer you another place that has grown similarly: Princeton TX. Princeton is 15 miles from a freeway of any type.  As far as that goes, Frisco and far north Plano were also on small roads when they began their rush.  SH121 was 2 lanes at places going either east toward McKinney and west toward Grapevine.  Preston Road (which is what the growth surrounded, was a four-lane road (mostly) . While Frisco went nuts after SRT was built and DNT were extended the need for the sprawl to spread northward was necessary even without roads.

Just like Frisco  grew up around Preston Rd (SH-289) and Celina and Gunter are sprawling, Cleveland would most probably have grown up without I-69.  That said, the growth makes I-69 be needed even more than before.

It's a combination of both.  Urban sprawl happens along freeways, because it makes a long distance not seem like such a long distance.  You can take towns out the same distance away from the core as Cleveland and Conroe is, but there isn't as much growth because there isn't a freeway (Dayton and Liberty). 

[TheBox]

Any news on the US 59/I-69 expansion in between Richmond-Rosenburg to Beasley and maybe Kendleton?

EDIT: and any news on the US 77/I-69 Driscoll and US 59/I-69 Nacogdoches bypasses too?

[MaxConcrete]

EDIT: and any news on the US 77/I-69 Driscoll and US 59/I-69 Nacogdoches bypasses too?

The work on I-69 at Nachogdoches was proceeding well when I drove through on September 7. See photos below. The section to the south of the elevated connector was not as far along but all right-of-way was cleared with work in progress.

Further south at Diboll, the forest was cleared from the right-of-way. As I've mentioned before, there is a tremendous amount of work still needing to be done to upgrade the corridor to Interstate standards all the way to Houston, and the projects in progress are addressing the worst slowdown locations.


Looking north along I-69, just south of Loop 224, on September 7, 2020



Construction of elevated connectors on September 7, 2020

[radDFW]

EDIT: and any news on the US 77/I-69 Driscoll and US 59/I-69 Nacogdoches bypasses too?

The work on I-69 at Nachogdoches was proceeding well when I drove through on September 7. See photos below. The section to the south of the elevated connector was not as far along but all right-of-way was cleared with work in progress.

Further south at Diboll, the forest was cleared from the right-of-way. As I've mentioned before, there is a tremendous amount of work still needing to be done to upgrade the corridor to Interstate standards all the way to Houston, and the projects in progress are addressing the worst slowdown locations.


Looking north along I-69, just south of Loop 224, on September 7, 2020



Construction of elevated connectors on September 7, 2020

I had no idea work on I-69 in East Texas was already started! Do you happen to have the current alignment plan?

[sparker]

EDIT: and any news on the US 77/I-69 Driscoll and US 59/I-69 Nacogdoches bypasses too?

The work on I-69 at Nachogdoches was proceeding well when I drove through on September 7. See photos below. The section to the south of the elevated connector was not as far along but all right-of-way was cleared with work in progress.

Further south at Diboll, the forest was cleared from the right-of-way. As I've mentioned before, there is a tremendous amount of work still needing to be done to upgrade the corridor to Interstate standards all the way to Houston, and the projects in progress are addressing the worst slowdown locations.


Looking north along I-69, just south of Loop 224, on September 7, 2020



Construction of elevated connectors on September 7, 2020

I had no idea work on I-69 in East Texas was already started! Do you happen to have the current alignment plan?

Building the town bypasses first and following up with interim connections is always a good idea re rural freeway corridor sections, particularly when dealing with ongoing inflationary realities.  Get as much of the most expensive structures and interchange-heavy segments out of the way initially then connect them as funding allows.

[TXtoNJ]

Building the town bypasses first and following up with interim connections is always a good idea re rural freeway corridor sections, particularly when dealing with ongoing inflationary realities.  Get as much of the most expensive structures and interchange-heavy segments out of the way initially then connect them as funding allows.

There's another Texas-specific justification here: there's no law limiting the 75 mph speed limit to specific highway types. A four-lane divided highway without controlled access is generally just as fast as a freeway so long as town centers are bypassed and major intersections are grade-separated.

[edwaleni]

EDIT: and any news on the US 77/I-69 Driscoll and US 59/I-69 Nacogdoches bypasses too?

The work on I-69 at Nachogdoches was proceeding well when I drove through on September 7. See photos below. The section to the south of the elevated connector was not as far along but all right-of-way was cleared with work in progress.

Further south at Diboll, the forest was cleared from the right-of-way. As I've mentioned before, there is a tremendous amount of work still needing to be done to upgrade the corridor to Interstate standards all the way to Houston, and the projects in progress are addressing the worst slowdown locations.


Looking north along I-69, just south of Loop 224, on September 7, 2020


Construction of elevated connectors on September 7, 2020

The pictures reference this part of the project.

https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/lfk/notices/090315-project-map.pdf

The full route schematic is here.

https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot-info/i69/projects/59/approved-schematic.pdf

[coolkevs]

I am unable to see the above pictures. Anybody else have that problem? Windows 10 laptop.

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I am unable to see the above pictures. Anybody else have that problem? Windows 10 laptop.

Google Chrome only allows HTTPS on this forum. HTTP photos won't show.

[TheBox]

I am unable to see the above pictures. Anybody else have that problem? Windows 10 laptop.

You can also right click on the picture(s) and "open image in new tab" so you can see them

[TheBox]

Any news on the US 59/I-69 expansion in between Richmond-Rosenburg to Beasley and maybe Kendleton?

[Bobby5280]

Construction is pretty far along on the I-69 segment from Rosenberg on Southwest down to Kendleton.

[Thegeet]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

[wanderer2575]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

[Life in Paradise]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

[1]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

There's a forum gallery, but I don't think everyone has access to it.

[rickmastfan67]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

ITB uploads his pictures to Flickr.

[Alex]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

There's a forum gallery, but I don't think everyone has access to it.

A few members requested access so they can upload photos or project graphics. Most members have places where they post their photos and hotlink from. The gallery helps with those who don't have that option, or don't want to create a new account at Flickr or whatnot just to share photos here.

[1]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

There's a forum gallery, but I don't think everyone has access to it.

A few members requested access so they can upload photos or project graphics. Most members have places where they post their photos and hotlink from. The gallery helps with those who don't have that option, or don't want to create a new account at Flickr or whatnot just to share photos here.

Then how did I get access?

[kphoger]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

ITB uploads his pictures to Flickr.

Yep.

I just checked his most recent post with pictures, and here is the pertinent info:

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[img width=800 height=533]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50869355327_e377a55e41_k.jpg[/img]

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[img width=800 height=1200]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50868541878_3a7d8eb8ba_k.jpg[/img]
Et cetera.  Those are images hosted on Flickr.

[edwaleni]

Hey guys, I want to upload a few photos of US 59 Construction in victoria from my Android. However, I can't figure out how to attach a file.

You can't directly attach a photo to a post.  You need to post the photo on a hosting site such as Flickr or Imgur and then include the link to the photo in your post.  Click the "Quote" link on a post with photos to see the syntax to use for the link.

I believe there may be a way you can.  Check the topic "Update on I-69 Extension in Indiana", and look for ITB's posts.  It appears he has a way that he has done it, since it doesn't look like he uses a link.

ITB uploads his pictures to Flickr.

Yep.

I just checked his most recent post with pictures, and here is the pertinent info:

Code: [Select]

[img width=800 height=533]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50869355327_e377a55e41_k.jpg[/img]

Code: [Select]

[img width=800 height=1200]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50868541878_3a7d8eb8ba_k.jpg[/img]
Et cetera.  Those are images hosted on Flickr.

When embedding images from Flickr, use the medium setting when exporting the URL.

Then only use the IMG icon above and remove the other formatting info when embedding the URL in the forum.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50868541878_3a7d8eb8ba_k.jpg

You should only see this:

 

[1]

Height above 600 for non-SVG files is discouraged, as it takes longer for the page to load with larger files, plus more scrolling. (Width above 800 is automatically downsized unless it's an SVG, but the forum won't change height automatically.)

[debragga]

Imgur is the easiest I've used. No account needed, just drag and drop to upload and copy the link.

[Echostatic]

I've also used imgur, for over four years now. Works like a charm although the compression is a little aggressive.

[GreenLanternCorps]

Don't know if this has been referenced before, but while playing around on Google Maps I found some September 2019 photos of construction for Ranch access on I-69E just North of Raymondville...

https://www.google.com/maps/@26.5979191,-97.7669605,3a,75y,16.57h,79.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5RnSs6JQPluYTtfWWLdfww!2e0!7i16384!8i8192