Welcome to Drive Tour, a project created by me, Robert Travis Kirton, that shows you various road (especially toll roads) that I travel. It's a similar concept that a few KZread creators use, but I try to make it fun, entertaining and informative.
The concept is basically to make you, the viewer, experience the drive. I add different types of music as part of the experience, similar to if you were sitting in the vehicle listening to something like Spotify. I also narrate on some of the videos, so it's like listening to a driver/tour guide. Fun facts are also displayed on the bottom of the screen as well as GPS location and map information.
Come and visit with me and experience the joy that driving can be.
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I'm Arthur Bhutic. The addresses on I-610 between, I-10 East and Tx 225 be addressed East Loop South. The addresses on 610 between, I-10 East and North Wayside be addressed East Loop North. Calais Road at the South Loop tunnels the South Loop that this overpass is taken off. With Crestmont Street at the South Loop, the feeder rds too overpass Crestmont. On be side rds to access Crestmont. Feeder rds to depress below grade level at N Wayside, Lockwood, Hirsch, Irvington, Airline, Yale St, S Wayside, Cullen, and Stella Link Rd. Rds at 610 to depress below grade level be N Wayside, Lockwood, Hirsch, Irvington, Airline, Yale, Cullen, and Stella Link. Hirsch at 610 to be a wide mdn rd. I-610 depresses to grade level at Gellhorn N Wayside, Homestead, Lockwood, Hirsch, Irvington, Airline, Yale, Ella, Broadway, MLK, Cullen, Stella Link, Beechnut, Bellaire, and Westheimer. Rds to overpass 610 be Gellhorn, Liberty, Homestead, Fulton, Ella, Broadway, MLK, Kirby, Beechnut, and Bellaire. S Wayside at 610 be a 2 ln grade level express rd with parallel below grade level feeder rds. With the South Loop Extension at the east end of the South Loop be a 2 ln express rd with feeder rds. That be the express rd have above grade level ramps. That is Westbound South Loop Ext to Westbound South Loop and Eastbound South Loop to Eastbound South Loop Ext. Too the express rd get underground ramps with the Underground South Loop Express. That is Westbound South Loop Ext to Westbound Underground South Loop and Eastbound Underground South Loop to Eastbound South Loop Ext. The Westbound South Loop Ext Feeder Rds tunnel the South Loop to access Inside Westbound South Loop Feeder Rd. Only Eastbound South Loop Feeder Rd has access to Eastbound South Loop Ext Feeder Rd. Be a South End East Loop Ext. That is from the east side of the 610 on the south side of 225. Be a 2 ln express rd with feeder rds. The express rds be above grade level with ramps being Northbound South End East Loop Ext to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Southbound East Loop Ext. Too the South End East Loop Ext get an underground with the Underground East Loop. That is Northbound South End East Loop Ext to Northbound Underground East Loop and Southbound Underground East Loop to Southbound South End East Loop Ext. Be a tun from Inside Southbound East Loop Feeder Rd for Southbound South End East Loop Ext Feeder Rd. Northbound South End East Loop Ext Feeder Rd only merges right onto Northbound East Loop Feeder Rd. Be a North End East Loop Ext on the east side of the East Loop between, McCarty and Liberty. That be a 2 ln express rd with feeder rds. The Southbound North End East Loop Ext Feeder Rd tunnels the East Loop to access Inside Southbound East Loop Feeder Rd. Northbound East Loop have an overpass for Southbound North End East Loop Ext to access Southbound East Loop. Northbound East Loop Feeder Rd underpasses South End East Loop Ext. Only Northbound East Loop Feeder Rd has access to Northbound South End East Loop Ext Feeder Rd. Too North End East Loop Ext has access with Underground East Loop. That be Southbound North End East Loop Ext to Southbound Underground East Loop and Northbound Underground East Loop to Northbound North End East Loop Ext. Liberty and 610. Liberty has a 2 ln overpass. Too be interchange ramps. That be Westbound Liberty to Westbound 610 and Eastbound 610 to Eastbound Liberty. Too be interchange ramps with Underground 610. That be Westbound Liberty to Westbound Underground 610 and Eastbound Underground 610 to Eastbound Liberty. About the speed limit. The speed limit on feeder rds be 45. The speed limit on the frwy be 65. The speed limit in the underground express be 75.
From 13:36 to 14:44 on the top-left part of the screen, you erroneously put up HWY 287, not HWY 281.
You're kidding me? I was fighting with that during the entire video setup. US287 is a valid road, but it goes from Wichita Falls to Port Arthur, so I constantly get US 281 and US 287 mixed up with each other, even though they don't cross paths (at least not in Texas).
Mad respect on the and editing and processing Of this video. I made a video of loop 410 Almost a year ago. but this video is amazing. Great job on it.
Thank you very much. It great to hear comments from other KZread content creators, especially those that do the driving videos like I do.
How much time do you drive around 410?
I'm trying to remember since this was done late last year, but I think it took almost an hour to drive the entire length.
@@ki5aok I spotted some issues where the text is slightly out of the box, like the one at 5:26.
@@RoadsOfAsiaBen Missed it in editing. As you can see, it's not as easy as some think to create these videos, especially when one does it alone.
Great drive! This might be long comment because of multiple questions so read it carefully: Did you know that Interstate 465 around Indianapolis, Indiana has 9 routes that multiplex it (including future Interstate 69)? Here's the routes all running counterclockwise: Interstate 74 from exit 16 to exit 49 US 31 from exit 2 to exit 41 US 36 from exit 13 to exit 42 US 40 from exit 12 to exit 46 US 52 from exit 25 to exit 47 US 421 from exit 49 to exit 27 Indiana State Road 37 from exit 4 to exit 37 Indiana State Road 67 from exit 8 to exit 42 Future Interstate 69 from exit TBD to exit TBD Have you heard Interstate 515 in Nevada was replaced by Interstate 11 in May 2024? It starts at Arizona state line near Hoover Dam along US 93, then runs south of Boulder City, then runs along former Interstate 515 (US 95/93 still remains intact) until Interstate 15 interchange where it continues as US 95/Interstate 11 until at Kyle Canyon Road interchange where Interstate 11 currently ends. They're now proposing extension to Mercury. What do you think? Have you heard of Brightline West (that owns the Brightline passenger train in Florida) high-speed rail is under construction that will run from Las Vegas, Nevada, and then run on Interstate 15 in the median for most of the length until it stops at Victor Valley, California? They are also considering extending from Victor Valley, California to Palmdale, California. The service should begin in 2028.
Future I-69 around Indianapolis will go from Exit 5 to Exit 37. Interstate 11 is planned to go from Phoenix AZ to Reno NV. The section from Las Vegas to Phoenix is badly needed as there is no existing Interstate connection between those two cities. As for high speed rail from Las Vegas to California, I was not aware of that project. I know that, here is Texas, there has been a push to get high speed rail between Dallas and Houston, but I don't see that happening for at last another 10 years.
Nice tour! ❤
Thank you very much.
@@ki5aok your welcome
If you look at it now, its eztag only
I was able to check it out about a week after you left the comment. It's definitely EZ-Tag only, although they really need to rebuild those toll plazas to a more open design...but I"m sure that's coming next.
and then, in mid-september 2024 all the way to spring 2025, they install new toll gantries at all 6 toll plazas
@@WeatherAirCtrl672 That's good to hear. They definitely need to remove those toll plazas, especially the ones on the north and west side.
@@ki5aokand then all the way to south and east beginning at thanksgiving 2024 to spring 2025.
Great drive! Do you problems with your toll tag(s) where it is not read and they sent you invoice/violation mail? I had this happened occasionally when I use E-ZPass, even my license plate is correct so I had to call the toll agency to correct it.
It happens occasionally...more so with the EZ-TAG when I'm trying to use it on Grand Parkway (which is TxTag). This improved greatly when I switched over to TollTag (NTTA). Seems like HCTRA and TxDOT don't get along very well. I used to get violation notices from TxDOT because Grand Parkway was not a pay-by-plate system (unlike the other TxDOT toll facilities that were). I think that stemmed from the fact that HCTRA was suppose to manage the tolling part, and HCTRA doesn't do pay-by-plate (at least, not until COVID hit...but that will likely change back once the new toll gantries on the Sam Houston Tollway are opened later this year. However, either HCTRA didn't manage it from the start or dropped when COVID hit, because Grand Parkway (at least the TxDOT segments) do pay-by-plate. If it happens now, I get an invoice from TxTag stating I owe them money. No violations anymore. I remember the one at Morton Ranch Road and 99 Toll. They sent an invoice to me for three tag crossings in a row. Something was wrong with that reader (likely malfunctioning and needed a software reset).
@@ki5aok It's been over 3 weeks without community post update, are you okay? Please tell me that you're okay. I'll be sad if you don't post a new community post update and I'm very concerned about you.
great video, remember the north dallas north tollway extension turns cashless in late 2010, all ntta toll roads are the same date as the north extension they have to close cash collection to protect traffic on all ntta toll roads. just like from the rayburn tollway to i-35e are built without cash collection
Correct. Both NTTA and TxDOT went cashless around the same time (I believe NTTA was first, then TxDOT). HCTRA was the last holdout as they were still collecting tolls through a cash option until COVID hit. Most of their toll roads were already converted to all electronics with the exception of the Sam Houston Tollway (their cash cow). Sam Houston Tollway also the only facility in the HCTRA network of toll roads that has a pay-by-mail option. The others do not allow pay-by-mail. The only sections without a pay-by-mail option is the northeast section (that was built as all electronic as a start) and the Sam Houston Tollway Ship Channel Bridge (as that was converted to all electronic prior to COVID).
@@ki5aok yeah, all toll plazas already turned ez tag only because the people merged in the non-tag lane is dangerous. they install the new gantry system in fall 2024 so they can turn all-electronic gantry.
@@WeatherAirCtrl672 So they finally got moving on that electronic gantry project. According to the last update I got from HCTRA (which was a few months ago), they were looking for someone who could do it in a short time frame and was submitting bids for it. They had talked for a long time on going all electronic, and they did convert Hardy Toll Road to all electronic before Grand Parkway Segment G opened. All the other roads were either already all electronic (i.e. Westpark) or they had already converted it (i.e. Fort Bend). Sam Houston Tollway was the last one.
@@ki5aokOklahoma and Kansas are converting to cashless and should be finished by late 2024 or early 2025. Meanwhile, the Central Expressway Expressway Authority is the only agency in Florida that is not cashless. On their main toll plaza, you have the option to pay exact change, change provided, pay-by-mail (for higher cost than cash), or E-PASS/SunPass/E-ZPass.
@@RoadsOfAsiaBen I thought Oklahoma and Kansas would've been completely cashless by now.
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I would like to see what actually 85 mph you drove, but not double play back speed on screen, it made nonsense..
Start from 14:37. That part is 85 mph. That extends all the way to the end (I did have to slow down to make the turn onto I-10 East.) To be honest, I was driving around 85-90 mph in this area. Too bad the first video going from I-10 to I-35 ended with the camera looking up at the sun for 3/4 of the run. That particular time I was running 105+ mph, passed only by a BMW who wanted to see what their car can really do.
Hi tai felicity found your video! ❤
Cool. I have another one that is going through final rendering.
great video, beautiful toll gantries. they will be same as harris county operates the toll cameras are same as txdot from 2009 to summer 2017
Thank you for the complement on the video. I think most of the toll roads in Texas use those cameras. I know NTTA upgraded to those about 10 years ago. I remember the old system where it used a spotlight to highlight your plate. Worked okay until the light bulb burned out, then the camera couldn't see anything at night.
Great drive! Remember I showed you differences between NTHS numbering system in mainland China and the numbering system in the US that I showed you the video? Well mainland China has changed that in 2017 for the auxiliary only to remove the "W", "E", "N", "S" suffix and changed to 4 digit auxiliary numbering. Here's the format and this is for auxiliary only and nothing else. GXXxx where: The first two digit is a primary route, the third digit indicates Spur (联络线), Parallel (并行线), and City Ring (城市环线). The last number is additional 9 auxiliary routes. GXX1x: Spur Expressways - equivalent to US auxiliary Interstate first digit odd number GXX2x: Parallel Expressways GXX0x: City Ring Expressways - equivalent to US auxiliary Interstate first digit even number The exception for this is listed below. G9901 to G9912 - Metropolitan Area Ring (都市圈环线), added in 2022, equivalent to US auxiliary Interstate first digit even number. There's no G99 Expressway but China tried to proposed G99 Taiwan Ring Expressway but it is not reorganized due to political reasons and Taiwan uses their own numbering system. It was canceled in 2017 and was removed off the book in 2022. Facts: The G4218 Ya'an-Yecheng Expressway (auxiliary of G42 Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway) is the world's longest spur expressway in the world at currently at 1,975.508 km (1,227.524 mi). When fully finished, it would be over 4,000 km long (2485+ mi) but this progress has been slowed due to difficulty of building it over the mountains and other terrain steepness. Still, this is longer than any of auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US combined. If you gonna ask why this is a long spur. Because according to China National Highway Network Planning (2013-2030), all prefecture-level capitals and an absolute majority of counties must connect to the NTHS network. This results a lot longer spur expressways than the spur Interstate Highway in the US.
That's just too complicated to work with. China needs to simplify. As for that spur route: 1. Any spur route that is over 1,000 miles long needs to be its own route. This looks like a misunderstanding of exactly the function of a spur route. 2. They're having troubles going over the mountain? Have they considered burrowing a tunnel or two? Granted, those aren't cheap to do, but unless they're trying for the world's tallest bridge again (which would be stupid in mountainous terrain), I would do the tunnels.
Very helpful video for travelers
Why, thank you. I'm glad this is helpful for those who are not only want to explore and are not able to due to life events such as work, family, etc., but hopefully it will help travelers who are going to these destinations and want to know what to expect from the roadways in that destination. If there's anything you can suggest that you think would improve the videos, please let me know, as I'm always open to comments and suggestions, especially if it will help improve this channel.
6:18 I think it is interesting that some of the apartment complexes south of the PGBT/I-30 interchange in Garland were rebuilt after the December 2015 tornado despite long-standing plans to extend PGBT south of I-30.
You noticed that as well. I know they are actively talking about the extension, so not sure why they decided to rebuild when they're going to have to tear them down when the expansion gets underway.
Great drive and first! Texas and Florida toll roads are common, but what's different about Florida toll roads compared to Texas toll roads listed below? -Florida uses unified highway shield with the integrated word "TOLL" in black text in yellow background on the top, used to be white text with green background. The exception for this is the Florida's Turnpike and the Extension. Texas as you mentioned uses various marker for toll roads depending who owns them. -The following operators who runs the toll roads in Florida: Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - division of FDOT. Central Florida Expressway Authority (CFX), created to replace Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority (OOCEA) in 2014. Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority, owns the Lee Roy Selmon Expressway (State Road 618 and the unsigned State Road 618A for the reversible express lanes). Lee County Miami-Dade Expressway Authority Leon County Public Works Department Osceola County Public Works Department Texas on other hand has bunch of toll road operators so I'm not gonna listed here. It's time consuming. -ETCs: Florida: SunPass (FDOT)*, LewWay (Lee County)**, and E-PASS (CFX)***. Texas: TollTag (NTTA), TxTag (TxDOT), and EZ TAG (HCTRA), all three of them works in OK, KS, and parts of toll roads in FL. Doesn't work in with E-ZPass and that is owned by Central Florida Expressway Authority in Florida. *SunPass works parts of toll roads in Texas (Mini and Pro transponders) and where E-ZPass is accepted. And also in OK and KS. **LeeWay is accepted only in GA, FL, and NC. ***E-PASS works where E-ZPass is accepted with the Uni transponders. -Florida has a toll road that isn't a freeway, the Goldenrod Road Extension (CFX), Orchard Pond Parkway (Leon County Road 0344), a privately built and operated by Leon County Public Works Department, and Osceola Parkway (Osceola County Road 522) operated by Osceola County Public Works Department. Texas has no toll roads that isn't a freeway. -Texas has one toll tunnel, the Addison Airport Toll Tunnel (NTTA) where Florida doesn't have one. What's the same? -2-lane freeway Texas: Grand Parkway (SH 99) Segments H and I-1, SH 49 around Tyler, and southern portion of Chisholm Trail Parkway. Florida: State Road 538 (Poinciana Parkway). -Express lanes, not gonna listed here due to long list. -Toll bridges, not gonna listed here due to long list.
Unless something has updated since the release of Episode 29 (Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike - I-30), I think you have some information incorrect. As far as I know, TxDOT and HCTRA is negotiating with Florida for interoperability with TxTag and EZ-Tag. The only one that does interoperability is NTTA's TollTag (they usually do it first, then everyone else follows in two or three years, at least that is how it was with PikePass and the reason I have a TollTag rather than an EZ-Tag). (Update: The Florida SunPass Pro works on the following toll roads in Texas (according to the Sunpass Pro website) : All NTTA toll roads in Dallas and Fort Worth (this includes the Express lanes). All of CTRMA (Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority). This would include Loop 1 Express (not Loop 1 Toll at the north end of Loop 1), 183 Toll Road, 183A Toll Road, 290 Mopac Expressway (I guess I should have noted that on the videos...oops), SH-45 Toll Southern Segment (not the rest of SH45 Toll that creates the eastern loop around Austin), 71 Toll Express Lane. SH550 in Brownsville. SH49 in Tyler. What's not included: SH130 Toll SH45 Toll (all segments owned by TxDOT) All toll roads in Houston (Hardy Toll Road (including the Hardy Toll Road Airport Extension), Sam Houston Tollway, Westpark Tollway (both Harris and Fort Bend County), Grand Parkway (TxDOT and Fort Bend County), Fort Bend Toll Road, Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road, Katy Tollway/I-10 Managed Lanes, 288 Express (both TxDOT and Brazoria County) I would've included the upcoming Hardy Toll Road Downtown Extension, but by the time anyone decides when to actually build it, we should be accepting EZ-Pass. Technically (with exception in the Houston area), all Texas Toll signs look similar, with the white numbers on blue background and the word TOLL in the lower right. The only difference is the logo on the lower left, as it represents the agency who owns the toll road. Each of the regional agencies are operating as political subdivisions under the State of Texas (meaning they are individual entities that are operating under the watch of the state government). Houston is different, as each of the tolling authorities are county owned (i.e. Harris County Toll Road Authority, Montgomery County Toll Road Authority, Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority, Brazoria County Toll Road Authority). Each county can designate their own designs on the signage. Harris County takes a traditional approach and uses the pentagon symbol that is usually used to indicate a county road, with a change of color from blue to purple. Montgomery County and Fort Bend County uses their own custom design, and Brazoria County is currently using the standard Texas Toll sign (I'm sure they'll come up with something later). I should also mention that none of the Texas tags work on anything ran by the Central Florida Expressway Authority. Apparently, NTTA hasn't worked out an interoperability agreement with them yet (and the other two don't have interoperability agreements anywhere in Florida). I have read NTTA is trying to work something out, but if you say they are EZ-Pass, then it may be a while as NTTA would probably want to interoperate the entire EZ-Pass system into the TollTag system. Plus, that would give them a huge advantage over TxTag and EZ-Tag. I don't know about Florida, but if you exclude the toll bridges that separate Texas from Mexico, you have two: Lewis Lake Toll Bridge and the Mountain Creek Toll Bridge, both ran by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA). The Addison Airport Toll Tunnel (AATT) is a tunnel that allows Keller Springs Road to cross Addison Airport. It basically goes under the runway and taxiway. I've been on every toll road, toll bridge and tunnel in Texas (not including Express lanes) with the following exceptions: Mountain Lake Toll Bridge 360 Toll Road (this was built after I had left Dallas) The Florida's Turnpike (it's Florida's Turnpike, not Florida Turnpike...I've been saying it wrong for over 40 years) was the first toll road in Florida, just like the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike was the first toll road in Texas. The Florida orange growers needed a quicker way to get their produce to market, so the co-op donated land and built their own toll road. It was integrated into the Florida state system. I believe the arrangement is that if you are an orange grower and you belong to the orange grower co-op, then you get to use the toll road for free. Everyone else must pay (with the obvious exception to emergency personnel on duty). Did you know that Oklahoma has a special law enforcement company (company as in a platoon as opposed to a business) that enforces the law on their toll roads only? I know in Houston, the Constable offices will work each toll road, but I have seen Harris County Sheriff Department work it as well. Houston Police and Texas DPS cannot perform traffic monitoring and enforcement on the county toll roads. Grand Parkway can be monitored and enforced by TxDOT on TxDOT's segments.
This is cool. Any plans on doing the Dallas North Tollway or Sam Rayburn Tollway? Also any plans for OKC Freeways in the future?
Dallas North Tollway is next (Episode 32). Sam Rayburn is planned...I have to get back up to Dallas again to do the video on it. I have a list of roads up there to do, so it will take multiple trips. On top of that, I'm planning the video for I-35 through Dallas/Fort Worth. I have plans for that to be the third split-video I do, and that one project is an all-day event, as I have to either start at the Texas-Oklahoma border or Waco, film I-35 to either Denton or Hillsboro, film I-35E, then I-35 the rest of the way. Then I have to drive back to either Denton or Hillsboro and video I-35W. That is going to be a long day (around 12-14 hours if you count the drive time from Houston to where I start and from where I end back to Houston.
As for Oklahoma, eventually I'll get back up there (that's an even longer day...I really wished I had started my channel back in 2017 when I was going to do it as I was living in Allen Texas as the time and could do the Oklahoma freeways over a course of a few weekends. Of course, if you saw Episode 25, you would see the quality of the footage is nowhere compared to today, which is the difference between a Rovi dashcam and a GoPro).
Didn't hear this initially when I made this video, but there's a ding from my computer at 1:48. Had I caught that, I certainly would've re-edited the voice track. EDIT: Now that I listen to it over a year later, I really should have redone that voice track. That was painful to listen to. I guess it could be worse...it could be an AI voice. 😨
Cool drive tour. By the way, the new expansion of SH-146 in Kemah, Texas is now open.
I was on it last weekend (had to go get fish at the fish markets in Seabrook). That left exit to get onto the old bridge is a bit of a challenge if you're not expecting a left exit. I have plans on doing SH-146 for a while, but was just waiting for that new section to open. Now that it is, I can do my video from Baytown to Kemah. BTW, do you know how long that new expansion has been opened? Rebecca, my wife, was asking me on Saturday, and I didn't have an answer for her since I didn't know it was opened until we were on it.
@@ki5aok I don't know if SH-146 is the first freeway that uses the left exit in USA. It's said the new expansion is open by Fall 2023, but I think it's open in January 2024.
@@JavierSerrano22694 No, I can tell you the SH-146 isn't the first freeway that uses a left exit. There are several left exits in Houston alone (not including the Express lane entrances): I-10 East to I-45 North and South (two left exits in a row) I-10 East to I-69/US-59 North I-10 West to I-69/US-59 South I-10 West to I-45 South I-610 North (West Loop) to US-290 West I-69/US-59 North to Spur-527 SH-288 North to Sam Houston Tollway (South Segment) I-45 North to I-610 West (South Loop) SH-225 West to I-610 West (South Loop) I-610 West (North Loop) to I-45 South I-610 East (North Loop) to I-45 North Sam Houston Tollway South (West Segment) to Westpark Tollway East
@@ki5aok I think you're missing SH-288 North and South to I-610.
Great drive and first! I already mentioned that about E-ZPass that I got from Massachusetts (MassDOT). What if I tell you that I also signed up for E-PASS issued by Central Florida Expressway Authority and have transporter shipped to here in Tennessee? E-PASS has the normal sticker (works in FL, GA, and NC only) which they are free, Uni original (white)/Uni Black portable that blends windshield ($14.95 plus tax, works where E-ZPass is accepted including FL, GA, and NC), or CollegePass sticker ($18.50 plus tax, works the same way as the normal free sticker in FL, GA, and NC). I chose the E-PASS Uni - Black transporter option because I can pay at Orlando International Airport parking lot whenever I go there for vacation or use as a backup in case of E-ZPass Massachusetts goes wrong and use it for rental car. I didn't go for SunPass (issued by FDOT division of FTE) because they had billing issues and complaints.
Be careful using two transponders that work on the same network. If both are in your car at the same time, you could be charged twice if the toll reader reads both transponders. This was the reason I removed my EZ-Tag from my windshield when I got the TollTag, as both transponders would work on every toll gate in Texas.
I'm Arthur Bhutic. Continued about the West Loop: There be a slant tunnel north of Richmond Ave for the Northbound West Loop Feeder Rd to access Northbound Post Oak Feeder Rd. There, be a slant pedestrian tunnel north of Richmond under the Northbound West Loop Feeder Rd to attach to the Outside Northbound Post Oak Feeder Rd. The Southbound West Loop Feeder Rd, must underpass the Northbound Post Oak Feeder Rd and Post Oak Main Rd. The Outside Southbound West Loop Feeder Rd must get a ped tun under Southbound Post Oak Feeder Rd. Must get interchange ramps with Westheimer Rd and Post Oak Blvd. With Westheimer, that's Eastbound Westheimer to Northbound West Loop and Southbound West Loop to Westbound Westheimer. With Post Oak, that's Northbound Post Oak to Northbound West Loop and Southbound West Loop to Southbound Post Oak. The interchange ramp from Northbound S Post Oak to northbound, just ends before Beechnut St. The interchange ramps from I-69 S to southbound, just ends before Westpark Dr. The interchange ramps from 69 to northbound, just ends before Richmond. The interchange ramps from I-10 to southbound, just ends before Memorial Dr. The interchange ramps from I-10 to northbound, just ends before Katy Rd. The interchange ramp from Eastbound US 290 to southbound, just ends before Hempstead Rd. Just at S Post Oak be 8 lns. Northbound between, S Post Oak and Beechnut be 4 lns. Southbound between, Beechnut and S Post Oak be 6 lns. At Beechnut be 12 lns. Between, Beechnut and Bissonnet St be 10 lns with 12 lns at Bellaire. Between the south side of Bissonnet and Westpark be 12 lns. Southbound between, 69 and Westpark be 5 lns. Northbound between, Westpark and 69 be 6 lns. Just at 69 be 10 lns. Northbound between, 69 and Richmond be 5 lns. Southbound between, Richmond and 69 be 8 lns. Between, the south side of Richmond and the south end of Post Oak be 16 lns. Between, the south end of Post Oak and the north side of Westheimer be 10 lns. Between, Westheimer and the north side of Post Oak Blvd be 12 lns. Between, Post Oak and the north side of Mem be 14 lns. Southbound between, I-10 and Mem be 5 lns. Northbound between, Mem and I-10 be 7 lns. Just at I-10 be 10 lns. Northbound between, I-10 and Katy Rd be 5 lns. Southbound between, Katy Rd and I-10 be 10 lns. Between, the south side of Katy Rd and the north side of Hempstead be 20 lns. Southbound between, 290 and Hempstead be 4 lns. Northbound between, Hempstead and 290 be 10 lns. Just at 290 be 8 lns. The Bus Rapid Transit Train Line on the West Loop must depress underground. Motor vehicle control safety chips: Too be embedded in the pavement. By that, vehicles with motor vehicle control safety sensors if on rds with motor vehicle control safety chips, would drive automatic instead of drive manually. By that, who's drunk or texting less or unlikely commit accidents. A driver's license can be bye bye. However, a driver's permit is required to be on the frwys. By that, who can be on the frwys be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Mildly Mentally Challenged, Mildly Mentally Challenged Below IQ 55, Older Seniors, and Youth's as young as Pre Teens. While who can be on the feeder rds be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Mildly Mentally Challenged Below IQ 55, Moderately Mentally Challenged, Centenarians, and Children. While with a small size vehicle which is simpler, doesn't require a driver's permit to be on the frwys. By that who can be in this vehicles on the frwys be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Mildly Mentally Challenged Below IQ 55, Moderately Mentally Challenged, Centenarians, and Children. While who can be in this vehicles on the feeder rds be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Moderately Mentally Challenged, Moderately Mentally Challenged Below IQ 25, Super Centenarians, and Children Under 5. Motor vehicle control safety chips be embedded on the North Loop; That's on the feeder rds as far east as Homestead Rd. That's on the frwy as far as Lockwood Dr. That's in the underground express as far east as I-69. Motor vehicle control safety chips be embedded on the South Loop Feeder Rd, between I-45 and Broadway Blvd. Motor vehicle control safety chips embedded on the West Loop; That's on the feeder rds as far south as Beechnut. That's on the frwy as far south as Bellaire. That's in the underground express as far south as 69. Be a small lane on the sides of rds: That's for atvs, bicycles, power bicycles, go-karts, mo-peds, and power scooters. Pedal bicycles must only be on the small ln on the feeder rds. The small ln on the sides of the feeder rds be separate not to be close, due to right turn and merge lns on the feeder rds. The small ln on the sides of the frwy be on the sides of the shoulder lns with barriers. With the small ln on the sides of feeder rds, at intersections have left turn tunnels and u-turn tunnels. The feeder rds must arch a little to make way for an exit ramp for the small ln to attach between, the small ln on the frwy and the small ln on the feeder rd, and to make way for an entrance ramp for the small ln to attach between, the small ln on the feeder rd and the small ln on the frwy. The exit ramps for the small ln must be after intersections. The entrance ramps for the small ln must be before intersections. On the frwy, the small ln must tunnel vehicle exit ramps and vehicle entrance ramps. Who can be in this small lns on the frwy be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Mildly Mentally Challenged Below IQ 25, Moderately Mentally Challenged, Centenarians, and Children. Who can be in the small lns on the feeder rds be Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Moderately Mentally Challenged, Moderately Mentally Challenged Below IQ 25, Super Centenarians, and Children Under 5. Even, Cerebral Palsy and Downs Syndrome who're Moderately Mentally Challenged, Profoundly Mentally Challenged, Centenarians Above 120, and 2 and 1/2 year olds can be on a pedal bicycle on the small ln on the feeder rds. Small lns on the North Loop; That's on the feeder rds as far east as Lockwood. That's on the frwy as far east as Hirsch. That's in the underground express as far east as 69. Small lns on the West Loop; That's on the feeder rds as far south as Bissonnet. That's on the frwy as far south as Westpark. That's in the underground express as far south as 69.
I'm Arthur Bhutic. About the East Loop: Must get interchange ramps with Future South East Loop Extension, Clinton Dr, Gellhorn Dr, Wallisville Rd, McCarty Dr, and Future North East Loop Ext. With Future S East Loop Ext, that's Northbound S East Loop Ext to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Southbound S East Loop Ext. With Clinton, that's Westbound Clinton to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound Clinton. With Gellhorn, that's Southbound Gellhorn to Southbound East Loop and Northbound East Loop to Northbound Gellhorn. With Wallisville, that's Westbound Wallisville to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound Wallisville. With McCarty, that's Westbound McCarty to Northbound and Southbound East Loop and Northbound and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound McCarty. With Future N East Loop Ext, that's Southbound N East Loop Ext to Southbound East Loop and Northbound East Loop to Northbound N East Loop Ext. Interchange ramps from Tx 225 to northbound, just ends before the Ship Ch. Interchange ramps from I-10 to southbound, just ends before Market St. Interchange ramps from I-10 to northbound, just ends before Gellhorn. Just at 225 be 10 lns. Northbound between, 225 and the Ship Ch be 5 lns. Southbound between, the Ship Ch and 225 be 6 lns. Between, the south side of the Ship Ch and the north side of Clinton be 12 lns. Between, the south side of Clinton and the north side of Market be 14 lns. Southbound between, I-10 and Market be 5 lns. Northbound between, Market and I-10 be 7 lns. Just at I-10 be 10 lns. Northbound between, I-10 and Gellhorn be 5 lns. Southbound between, Gellhorn and I-10 be 7 lns. On the south side of Gellhorn be 12 lns. Just at Gellhorn be 14 lns. Between, Gellhorn and Wallisville be 12 lns. On the south side of Wallisville be 10 lns. Between, the south side of Wallisville and the north side of McCarty be 12 lns. On the north side of McCarty be 10 lns. Between, McCarty and the N East Loop Ext be 16 lns. Between, the N East Loop Ext and Liberty be 14 lns. The rest be 16 lns. About the North Loop: The westbound must have an overpass to the west of Homestead Rd. That's for Eastbound Kelley to access Eastbound North Loop. The westbound feeder rd must tunnel Homestead, for the Westbound North Loop to access Westbound Kelley. Their, must be a slant tunnel to the west of Homestead, for Eastbound Kelley Feeder Rd to access Eastbound North Loop Feeder Rd. Too be a slant pedestrian tunnel under the eastbound feeder rd to the west of Homestead, to attach to the Eastbound Kelley Feeder Rd. The westbound, must have an overpass to the east of Hardy Toll Rd. That's for Eastbound North Loop to access Eastbound Kelley. The westbound feeder rd, must tunnel Kelley, for Westbound Kelley to access Westbound North Loop. Must be a slant tunnel to the east of Hardy, for the Eastbound North Loop Feeder Rd to access Eastbound Kelley Feeder Rd. Must be a slant ped tun under the eastbound feeder rd to the east of Hardy, to attach with Eastbound Kelley Feeder Rd. Must get interchange ramps with Homestead and North Main St. With Homestead, that's Southbound Homestead to Eastbound North Loop and Westbound North Loop to Northbound Homestead. With N Main, that's Southbound N Main to Eastbound North Loop and Westbound North Loop to Northbound N Main. Interchange ramps from I-69 to eastbound, just ends before Hirsch Rd. Interchange ramps from 69 to westbound, just ends before Jensen Dr. The interchange ramp from Southbound Hardy to eastbound, just ends before Jensen. The interchange ramp from Southbound Hardy to westbound, just ends before Irvington. Interchange ramps from I-45 to eastbound, just ends before Fulton Rd. Interchange ramps from 45 to westbound, just ends before Airline Dr. The interchange ramp from Southbound N Main to eastbound, just ends before Airline. The interchange ramp from Eastbound US 290 to eastbound, just ends before West TC Jester Blvd. From the west side of North Wayside Dr eastward be 16 lns. Between, N Wayside and Homestead be 14 lns. Just at Homestead be 12 lns. Between, Homestead and the west side of Hirsch be 10 lns. Eastbound between, 69 and Hirsch be 4 lns. Westbound between, Hirsch and 69 be 5 lns. Just at 69 be 8 lns. Westbound between, 69 and Jensen be 4 lns. Eastbound between, Jensen and 69 be 6 lns. Just at Jensen be 12 lns. Eastbound between, Hardy and Jensen be 5 lns. Westbound between, Jensen and Hardy be 6 lns. Just at Hardy be 10 lns. Westbound between, Hardy and Irvington be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Irvington and Hardy be 7 lns. Between, the east side of Irvington and the west side of Fulton be 14 lns. Eastbound between, 45 and Fulton be 5 lns. Westbound between, Fulton and 45 be 7 lns. Just at 45 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 45 and Airline be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Airline and 45 be 6 lns. Just at Airline be 12 lns. Eastbound between, N Main and Airline be 5 lns. Westbound between, Airline and N Main be 6 lns. Between, the east side of N Main and the west side of W TC Jester be 10 lns with 12 lns at N Main, Yale, N Shepherd Dr-N Durham Dr, Ella Blvd, and East TC Jester Blvd-W TC Jester. The rest to 290 be 8 lns, though just at 290 be 10 lns. About the South Loop: Must get interchange ramps with South Loop East Ext, Broadway Blvd, Reveille Rd, Mykawa Dr, and South Main St. With South Loop E Ext, that's Westbound South Loop E Ext to Westbound South Loop and Eastbound South Loop to Eastbound South Loop E Ext. With Broadway, that's Northbound Broadway to Eastbound South Loop and Westbound South Loop to Southbound Broadway. With Mykawa, that's Northbound Mykawa to Westbound South Loop and Eastbound South Loop to Southbound Mykawa. With S Main, that's Northbound S Main to Eastbound South Loop and Westbound South Loop to Southbound S Main. The interchange ramps from 225 to westbound, just ends before Old Galveston Rd. The interchange ramps from I-45 to eastbound, just ends before Broadway. The interchange ramps from 45 to westbound, just ends before Woodridge Dr. The interchange ramps from Tx 288 to eastbound, just ends before Scott St. The interchange ramps from 288 to westbound, just ends before Almeda Rd. The interchange ramp from S Main to eastbound, just ends before Kirby Dr. The interchange ramp from Northbound S Post Oak to eastbound, just ends before North-South Toll Rd. Just under 225 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 225 and Old Galveston be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Old Galveston and 225 be 8 lns. Between, the east side of Old Galveston and the west side of Broadway be 14 lns. Eastbound between, 45 and Broadway be 4 lns. Westbound between, Broadway and 45 be 7 lns. Just at 45 be 8 lns, though with acceleration lns to be 10 lns in between. Westbound between, 45 and Woodridge be 4 lns. Eastbound between, Woodridge and 45 be 5 lns. Between, the east side of Woodbridge and the west side of Mykawa be 10 lns with 12 lns at Woodridge-Telephone Rd and South Wayside Dr-Long Dr-Mykawa Dr. Westbound between, Mykawa and Martin Luther King Blvd be 5 lns. Eastbound between, MLK and Mykawa be 6 lns. Between, the east side of MLK and the west side of Scott be 12 lns. Eastbound between, 288 to Scott be 5 lns. Westbound between, Scott and 288 be 6 lns. Just at 288 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 288 and Almeda be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Almeda and 288 be 6 lns. Between, the east side of Almeda and the west side of Kirby be 12 lns with 14 lns at Fannin Rd. Eastbound between, Buffalo Spdwy and Kirby be 5 lns. Westbound between, Kirby and Buf Spdwy be 6 lns. Between, the east side of Buf Spdwy and the west side of Future North-South Toll Rd be 10 lns with 12 lns at Buf Spdwy-S Main and Stella Link. Eastbound between, S Post Oak and Future North-South Toll Rd be 4 lns. Westbound between, Future North-South Toll Rd and S Post Oak be 5 lns. Just at S Post Oak be 8 lns though with acceleration lns to be 10 lns in between. About the West Loop: Memorial Park must arch above the West Loop. The benefits will be more parkland for the park and more lanes for the West Loop. Buffalo Bayou at the West Loop must be piped, with hike and bike trail tunnels on both sides. The south end of North Post Oak must become part of the Southbound West Loop. Their, must be a tunnel from the Inside Northbound West Loop to access Northbound N Post Oak. Must be a slant ped tun from the Outside West Loop Feeder Rd to access the Outside Northbound N Post Oak. The west side of the Soutbound West Loop Feeder Rd must get a ped tun under N Post Oak. Southbound West Loop must have an overpass north of Richmond, for Northbound West Loop to access Northbound Post Oak Express Rd.
I'm Arthur Bhutic. A huge deal of an underground express is extremely urgent! Since the Early 2010's, 610 became a parking lot in record time! Plus the West Loop, between the Katy and Southwest Frwys became a parking lot outside of rush hour! East Loop Underground Express: Must get interchange ramps with Future South East Loop Extension, Clinton Dr, Gellhorn Dr, Wallisville Rd, McCarty Dr, and Future North East Loop Ext. With Future S East Loop Ext, must be Northbound Future S East Loop Ext to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Southbound Future S East Loop Ext. With Clinton, that's Westbound Clinton to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound Clinton. With Gellhorn, that's Southbound Gellhorn to Southbound East Loop and Northbound East Loop to Northbound Gellhorn. With Wallisville, that's Westbound Wallisville to Northbound East Loop and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound Wallisville. With McCarty, that's Westbound McCarty to Northbound and Southbound East Loop and Northbound and Southbound East Loop to Eastbound McCarty. With Future N East Loop Ext, that's Southbound N East Loop Ext to Southbound East Loop and Northbound East Loop to Northbound S East Loop Ext. The interchange ramp from Tx 225 to northbound, just ends before the Ship Ch. The interchange ramps from I-10 to southbound, just ends before Market. The interchange ramps from I-10 to northbound, just ends before Gellhorn. Under 225 be 10 lns. Northbound between, 225 and the Ship Ch be 5 lns. Southbound between, the Ship Ch and 225 be 6 lns. Between, the south side of the Ship Ch and the north side of Clinton be 12 lns. Between, Clinton and the north side of Market be 14 lns. Southbound between, I-10 and Market be 5 lns. Northbound between, Market and I-10 be 7 lns. Just under I-10 be 10 lns. Northbound between, I-10 and Gellhorn be 5 lns. Southbound between, Gellhorn and I-10 be 7 lns. Between, the south side of Gellhorn and Wallisville be 12 lns. Between the south side of Wallisville and the north side of McCarty be 10 lns. Between, McCarty and the Future N East Loop Ext be 16 lns. The rest be 14 lns. North Loop Underground Express: Must have ramps to the west of Homestead Rd. That is Eastbound Kelley to Eastbound North Loop and Westbound North Loop to Westbound Kelley. Must have ramps to the east of Hardy Toll Rd. That is Westbound Kelley to Westbound North Loop and Eastbound North Loop to Eastbound Kelley. Must get interchange ramps with Homestead and North Main St. With Homestead, that's Southbound Homestead to Eastbound North Loop and Westbound North Loop to Northbound Homestead. With N Main, that's Southbound N Main to Eastbound North Loop and Westbound North Loop to Northbound N Main. The interchange ramps from I-69 to eastbound, just ends before Hirsch Rd. The interchange ramps from 69 to westbound, just ends before Jensen Dr. The interchange ramps from Hardy to eastbound, just ends before Jensen. The interchange ramps from Hardy to westbound, just ends before Irvington. The interchange ramps from I-45 to eastbound, just ends before Fulton Rd. The interchange ramps from 45 to westbound, just ends before Airline Dr. The interchange ramp from Southbound N Main to eastbound, just ends before Airline. The interchange ramp from Eastbound US 290 to eastbound, just ends before West TC Jester Blvd. East of Homestead be 14 lns. Just under Homestead be 12 lns. Between, Homestead and the west side of Hirsch be 10 lns. Eastbound between, 69 and Hirsch be 4 lns. Westbound, between Hirsch and 69 be 5 lns. Under 69 be 8 lns. Westbound between, 69 and Jensen be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Jensen and 69 be 6 lns. Just under Jensen be 12 lns. Eastbound between, Hardy and Jensen be 5 lns. Westbound between, Jensen and Hardy be 6 lns. Just under Hardy be 10 lns. Westbound between, Hardy and Irvington be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Irvington and Hardy be 7 lns. Between, the east side of Irvington and the west side of Fulton be 14 lns. Eastbound between, 45 and Fulton be 5 lns. Westbound between, Fulton and 45 be 7 lns. Just under 45 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 45 and Airline be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Airline and 45 be 6 lns. Just under Airline be 12 lns. Eastbound between, N Main and Airline be 5 lns. Westbound between, Airline and N Main be 6 lns. Between, N Main and the west side of W TC Jester be 10 lns. Eastbound between, 290 and W TC Jester be 4 lns. Westbound between, W TC Jester and 290 be 5 lns. The rest under 290 be 8 lns. South Loop Underground Express: Must get interchange ramps with South Loop East Ext, Broadway Blvd, Reveille Rd, Mykawa Dr, and South Main St. With South Loop E Ext, that is Westbound South Loop E Ext to Westbound South Loop and Eastbound South Loop to Eastbound South Loop E Ext. With Broadway, that's Northbound Broadway to Eastbound South Loop and Westbound South Loop to Southbound Broadway. With Reveille, that's Northbound Reveille to Eastbound South Loop and Westbound South Loop to Southbound Reveille. With Mykawa, that's Northbound Mykawa to Westbound South Loop and Eastbound South Loop to Southbound Mykawa. With S Main, that's Northbound S Main to Eastbound South Loop and Westbound South Loop to Southbound S Main. Interchange ramps from Tx 225 to westbound, just ends before Old Galveston Rd. Interchange ramps from I-45 to eastbound, just ends before Broadway. Interchange ramps from 45 to westbound, just ends before Woodridge Dr. Interchange ramps from Tx 288 to eastbound, just ends before Scott St. Interchange ramps from 288 to westbound, just ends before Almeda Rd. The interchange ramp from Northbound N Main to eastbound, just ends before Kirby Dr. The interchange ramp from Northbound South Post Oak to eastbound, just ends before Future North-South Toll Rd. Just under 225 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 225 and Old Galveston be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Old Galveston and 225 be 8 lns. Between, the east side of Old Galveston and west side of Broadway be 14 lns. Eastbound between, 45 and Broadway be 4 lns. Westbound between, Broadway and 45 be 7 lns. Just under 45 be 8 lns. Between, 45 and the west side of Mykawa be 10 lns. Westbound between, Mykawa and Martin Luther King Blvd be 5 lns. Eastbound between, MLK and Mykawa be 6 lns. Between, the east side of MLK and the west side of Scott be 12 lns. Eastbound between, 288 and Scott be 5 lns. Westbound between, Scott and 288 be 6 lns. Just under 288 be 10 lns. Westbound between, 288 and Almeda be 5 lns. Eastbound between, Almeda and 288 be 6 lns. Between, the east side of Almeda and the west side of Kirby be 12 lns. Eastbound between, Buffalo Spdwy and Kirby be 5 lns. Westbound between, Kirby and Buf Spdwy be 6 lns. Between, the east side of Buf Spdwy and the west side of Future North-South Toll Rd be 10 lns. Eastbound between, S Post Oak and Future North-South Toll Rd be 4 lns. Westbound between, Future North-South Toll Rd and S Post Oak be 5 lns. Just under S Post Oak be 8 lns. West Loop Underground Express: Must get exit and entrance ramps with Bellaire Blvd. On northbound, the exit ramps to Bellaire starts just after Beechnut and the entrance ramp from Bellaire starts just before Bissonnet St. On southbound, the exit ramp to Bellaire starts just after Bissonnet and the entrance ramp starts just before Beechnut. Must have ramps just north of Richmond Ave. That is Southbound South End Post Oak Blvd to Southbound West Loop and Northbound West Loop to Northbound South End Post Oak. Must get interchange ramps with Westheimer Rd and Post Oak Blvd. With Westheimer, that's Eastbound Westheimer to Northbound West Loop and Southbound West Loop to Westbound Westheimer. With Post Oak, that's Northbound Post Oak to Northbound West Loop and Southbound West Loop to Southbound Post Oak. The interchange ramp from Northbound S Post Oak to northbound, just ends before Beechnut St. Interchange ramps from I-69 to southbound, just ends before Westpark Dr. Interchange ramps from 69 to northbound, just ends before Richmond. Interchange ramps from I-10 to southbound, just ends before Memorial Dr. Interchange ramps from I-10 to northbound, just ends before Katy Rd. The in interchange ramp from Eastbound US 290 to southbound, just ends before Hempstead Rd. Just under S Post Oak be 8 lns. Northbound between, S Post Oak and Beechnut be 4 lns. Southbound, between, Beechnut and S Post Oak be 6 lns. Just under Beechnut be 12 lns. Between, the north side of Beechnut and the south side of Bissonnet be 10 lns. Between, the south side of Bissonnet and the north side of Westpark be 12 lns. Southbound between, 69 and Westpark be 5 lns. Northbound between, Westpark and 69 be 6 lns. Just under 69 be 10 lns. Northbound between, 69 and Richmond be 5 lns. Southbound between, Richmond and 69 be 8 lns. Between, the south side of Richmond and the south end of Post Oak be 16 lns. Between, the south end of Post Oak and the north of Westheimer be 10 lns. Between, the north side of Westheimer and the north side of Post Oak be 12 lns. Between, Post Oak and the north side of Mem be 14 lns. Southbound between, I-10 and Mem be 5 lns. Northbound between, Mem and I-10 be 7 lns. Just under I-10 be 10 lns. Northbound between, I-10 and Katy Rd be 5 lns. Southbound between, Katy Rd and I-10 be 10 lns. Between, the south side of Katy Rd and the north side of Hempstead be 20 lns. Southbound between, 290 and Hempstead be 4 lns. Northbound between, Hempstead and 290 be 10 lns. The rest under 290 be 8 lns.
I presume that this very long post is if you were in charge of designing I-610 to modern standards, this is what you would propose. I can see you have taken a lot of time to think this out and, frankly for me, it's a bit hard to envision without actually drawing it out, because there is so much information here. I presume when you talk about lane counts, it's the number of primary lanes in each direction. I'll look for some time in the next week and I'll take your information and map it to the existing road. That should show me your idea. As for underground express, Episode 30 (I-635 in Dallas Texas) shows the LBJ Texpress Lanes, which are literally express lanes laid out in a trench between I-635. It looks impressive, but I can tell you it took about five years to build it and the costs were rather high. In the case of Dallas, private firms and the NTTA paid for those express lanes. Here in Houston, it will likely be TxDOT, possibly some private firms, and METRO paying for those express lanes (they might get HCTRA to help pay for them like they did with the Katy Managed Lanes, also known as the Katy Tollway, but other areas such as US-290, I-69/US-59 (both sides), I-45 (both sides), and SH-288 (TxDOT paid for the Harris County side while Brazoria County Toll Road Authority (BCTRA) paid for the Brazoria County side) HCTRA didn't contribute. In fact, HCTRA had a chance to build the SH-288 Express Lanes in Harris County, but they refused. I do know that HCTRA did dump some funds into a design plan for the Hempstead Managed Lanes project (also known as Hempstead Tollway). This project is separate from the US290 Express Lanes as it is an elevated structure following an abandoned railroad right-of-way from Cypress to I-610 in Houston. It would run mostly parallel with US290. This project is on indefinitely hold...it may be build, but I seriously doubt it. I think we'll end up with a complete SH-99 Grand Parkway before the Hempstead Tollway is built.
@@ki5aok Did you take my information and map it out to the existing road?
@@user-wf6oc3fe6s No, not yet. Been busy trying to secure employment and getting the next video ready for release.
@@ki5aok I'd be attending meetings about expanding 610. I work with truckers at Sunoco Truck Stop on the northwest corner of 610 and Wallisville by Chevron Truck Stop on the other side of Wallisville. You can see me there later on? I have Oriental Fruits that are Calimanci to share and it's juicy. It's from this Calimanci Tree in Northwest Harris County on Crazy Horse Trail by Bang Elementary School on the other side of Crazy Horse Tr. . I've got pictures of that. I can email that to you. Is the next video the Baytown-East Freeway?
@@user-wf6oc3fe6s Calimanci, you say? My wife used to have a calimanci tree in the backyard, along with a guava tree. Both used to produce fruit, but they were the unfortunately victims of the February 2021 deep freeze event. She also had a sizable a Chinese okra plant that also got hit in that freeze. The next video that I'll release today is the President George Bush Turnpike in Dallas. The next one I had planned is the Dallas North Tollway, but I can switch to the video of I-10 between SH-99 in Katy to SH-99 near Baytown, as that is the last freeway video that I haven't released for Houston.
I'm Arthur Bhutic. Intersecting railroad tracks be raised above grade level. I-610 over here be brought to grade level. Buildings along must relocate to vacant lands to make way for expansion. If no vacant lands available, must be raised above grade level. Complete feeder rds must be constructed. Must be 8 lns (4 lns 1 way). Current feeder rds must be moved from the road for expansion. Must be widened to 8 lns (4 lns 1 way). Exit ramps after intersections. Entrance ramps before intersections. Feeder rds must depress below grade level at Market St, Gellhorn Dr, Wallisville Rd, McCarty Dr, Liberty Rd, Homestead Rd, Jensen Dr, Hardy Toll Rd, Fulton Rd, Airline Dr, N Main St, N Shepherd Dr-N Durham Dr, Ella Blvd, West TC Jester Blvd, Old Galveston Rd, Broadway St, Reveille Rd, S Wayside Dr, Mykawa Dr, Martin Luther King Blvd, Holmes Rd, Scott St, Almeda Rd, Fannin Rd, Kirby Dr, S Main St, Future North-South Toll Rd, Beechnut St, Bellaire Blvd, Westpark Dr, Richmond Ave, Westheimer Rd, San Felipe St, Post Oak Blvd, Woodway Dr, Memorial Dr, Katy Rd, and Hempstead Rd. Feeder rds must tunnel depress below grade level at I-10 E and Tx 288. Feeder rds must tunnel I-69 N, I-45 N, I-45 S, I-69 S, I-10 W, and US 290. Feeder rds at driveways and intersections must have right turn and merge lns. Two inside feeder rd lns overpass Wallisville, McCarty, N Wayside, Broadway, S Wayside, Long Dr, Buf Spdwy, S Main, Bissonnet, Fournace, San Felipe, and Post Oak. Two inside feeder rd lns run above Below Grade Level Liberty, Holmes, and Scott, and the below grade level feeder rds of Market, Old Galveston, Reveille, and Mykawa. Minor rds that slant left at 610, the inbound minor rd must have a tunnel to the inside feeder rd on the other side. Too be a pedestrian tunnel under the feeder rd on the other side to attach. Minor rds that slant right at 610, the outbound minor rd must have a tunnel from the inside feeder rd on the other side. Too be a ped tun under the feeder rd on the other side to attach. Sides of feeder rds in developed areas must get sidewalks to not be close to the rd, to make way for right turn and merge lns. Sidewalks at intersections get sidewalk ramps. I-610 must be brought to grade level at Market, Liberty, Jensen, Hardy, Fulton, Airline, N Main, Old Galveston, Reveille, Mykawa, Holmes, Scott, Almeda, Fannin, Stella Link, Future North-South Toll Rd, Bellaire, Westpark, Richmond, Westheimer, Woodway, Mem, Katy Rd, and Hemstead. I-610 be brought to grade level at I-10 E, I-45 S, I-69 S, I-10 W, and 290. I-610 overpasses I-45 N and Tx 288. Holmes at 610 depressing below grade level be a blvd. Broad St at the South Loop and Evergreen St at the West Loop in Bellaire must tunnel 610. Then the 610 Overpasses over here be removed. Rds at 610 to be a wide median road be Liberty, N Wayside Dr, Lockwood Dr, Irvington, Fulton, Airline, East TC Jester Blvd, Woodridge Dr, Telephone Rd, S Wayside Dr, Long Dr, Scott, Buffalo Spdwy, Stella Link, Bissonnet St, Fournace Blvd, Woodway, and Mem. Rds to overpass 610 with parallel below grade level feeder rds be Market, Jensen, Hardy, N Main, Old Galveston, Reveille, Mykawa, Almeda, Fannin, Future North-South Toll Rd, Westpark, Richmond, Westheimer, Katy Rd, and Hempstead. Rds at 610 to be grade level main rds with parallel below grade level feeder rds be Gellhorn, Wallisville, McCarty, Homestead, Ella, W TC Jester, Broadway, S Wayside, MLK, Kirby, S Main, Beechnut, Bellaire, San Felipe, and Post Oak. At 610, I-45 N and Tx 288 be brought to grade level. Rds to overpass 610 be I-10 E, I-45 S, I-69 S, I-10 W, and 290. At 610 between, Shepherd and Durham be a grade level freeway. S Post Oak must have a viaduct over 610 to run inward with grade level feeder rds. Braeswood, must have a viaduct running over 610. I-610 be a 1 bridge overpass over Wallisville and McCarty, Shepherd and Durham, Woodridge and Telephone, S Wayside and Long Dr, Buf Spdwy and S Main, Bissonnet and Fournace, and San Felipe and Post Oak. The Sidney Sherman Bridge be lengthened and raised. The south end be halfway between, Tx 225 and Old Galveston. The north end be halfway between, Clinton Dr and Market. Must be raised to 209 ft, just like the Dames Point Bridge in Jacksonville, Florida. Too have 2 cable towers, just like the Arthur Ravanel Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina. Must be widened to 12 lns. Too be 2 additional bridges. That's feeder rd bridges. Must be 4 lns (2 lns 1 way). Too be shoulder lns. Too be sidewalks. Too be outside feeder rds parallel to the Sidney Sherman on grade level. That's to intersect Tx 225 Feeder Rds, Lawndale, and Clinton. Must have a ferry at the Ship Ch. Must be 4 lns (2 lns 1 way). Too get sidewalks to not be close to the rd. At intersections be sidewalk ramps. Future South East Loop Extension, 225, South Loop Ext, Lawndale, and Clinton, must overpass the feeder rds with grade level feeder rds. The rr tracks parallel to Lawndale and Clinton be raised above grade level. Pedestrian bridges including the ped bridge by the Reliant Stadium be converted into ped tunnels. By schools be ped tunnels. Intersecting pipelines have hike and bike trail tunnels. Sides of waterways under 610 in developed areas must get concrete hike and bike trails. Sides of piped waterways in developed areas must have hike and bike tr tunnels. The median except the West Loop in Memorial Park have an island median with plants and trees. Their some interstates that have that in Greenville, South Carolina. I've lived to the north-northwest of there up through 2019. An elevated shuttle line must run along the north side of the North Loop all east of W TC Jester. An elevated shuttle line must run above 610 at an east-west drainage south of Wallisville, Hardy, Airline, Shepherd-Durham, W TC Jester, Broadway, Woodridge, Long Dr, Stella Link, Braeswood Dr, Bellaire, Bissonnet, Richmond, Westheimer, Mem, Katy Rd, and Hempstead. Their is one being constructed in Greenville, SC. Must be above grade level rapid transit train lines running over 610 just west of 69 N, at Market, Liberty, Hardy, N Main, Old Galveston, Reveille, Mykawa, Almeda, Fannin, Westpark, Katy Rd, and Hempstead. Too, an above grade level rapid transit train line runs above the 610 Feeder Rds at Lawndale. I've rode this trains in Atlanta, Georgia. Due to flood tunnels to be constructed along waterways including the Ship Ch, subway lines can be constructed to the west of 69 N, and along Lawndale, Market, Liberty, Hardy, N Main, Old Galveston, Reveille, Mykawa, Almeda, Fannin, Westpark, Katy Rd, and Hempstead. Amtrak trains must run above 610 at just west of 69 N, at Liberty, Hardy, Almeda, Katy Rd, and Hempstead. A Future Texas Limited Passanger Train must run over 610 at Old Galveston. An above grade level magnetic levitation train line must run over 610 at Liberty, Hardy, Old Galveston, Katy Rd, and Hempstead.
I think I missed some context somewhere. You have a lot of information here, but I don't have a context to put it to. It sounds like you're trying to expand I-610, but I could be wrong.
I'm Arturo Bhutic. Of course, I'm trying to expand 610! It's too my wildest dreams! While I work with truckers at Sunoco Truck Stop on 610 and Wallisville Rd. I'd someday attend meetings for expansion of 610.
@@user-wf6oc3fe6sAh...I see. I left you a longer message on a later post.
All 4 videos uploaded, even with or without narration.
Another video that says "Split Screen, Here We Go", instead of "Split Screen, Here We Come".
Fixed that. This happens when one uploads four videos and trying to keep the title straight in the mind. I didn't succeed. :-)
2:35 Construction ahead.
Wonder why the title says "Split Screen, Here We Go" instead of "Split Screen, Here We Come". Nice video anyway.😮
Error on my part. It should be "Split Screen, Here We Go.' Fixed it on the other two videos.
A great tour to inform or to guide.other drivers
First and a great drive! Did the daylight savings time mess your sleep?
It throws me off for a couple of days. Apparently, it really threw off some of my regular listeners to my Monday Trivia Net program.
First and great drive! Isn't that crazy that the Express Lanes in Dallas and Fort Worth area has a 75 mph (120 km/h)? You don't see that outside Texas.
It's to encourage people to use the Express Lanes (so they can collect tolls). They don't do that here in Houston (although the Express Lanes at one time were 70mph while the main lanes were 65mph, but that was "corrected".
First and great drive! I am in vacation in Atlanta right now from Greater Knoxville for Spring Break so I can relax for a whole week.
Have fun!
Great drive and first! Did you know South Korea uses similar numbering system used by US Interstate but with differences for their expressways? Here's numbering rules for the expressways in South Korea: -Major routes are designated with two-digit numbers with north-south route with the odd number and east-west with the even number. Primary route ends in 0 or 5 while a secondary route ends in other digits. The exception to this rule is Route 1 Gyeongbu Expressway because it is first and most important expressway. -Branch routes has three-digit number where the first two number matches the parent route as opposed to US Interstate where the last two number matches parent route. For example, the Route 102 Namhae Expressway Branch 1 is branch of Route 10 Namhae Expressway. This can be either be a bypass or spur. -Ring expressways has a three-digit number where the first digit matches the postal code (equivalent to ZIP Code in the US). For example, the Route 100 Capital Region First Ring Expressway around Seoul comes from postal code 01XXX for that city. This differs from US Interstate where the first digit that has even number where it is bypass and ring roads. -Route 70-99 is not used. Reversed for designations in the event of Korean reunification (which it won't happen anytime soon).
I didn't know that at all. Good to know. Did you know that the US Highway numbering system (these are the ones with the black and white shields as oppose to the red, white and blue shields) have a numbering system that is opposite of the Interstate highway system: Routes are numbered with the last number being an even number if it was an east-west route and odd if it is a north-south route (same as Interstate highways). They are ordered from lowest to highest from east to west and north to south (as opposed to Interstate highways that are numbered from west to east and south to north). Three digit highways are suppose to be similar to that of the Interstate Highway system, odd first digit is a spur-like route that does not return to its parent route and even routes do return to the parent route. Suffix routes are more common on US Highways than on Interstate highways. Interstate highway system has the following suffix routes: The exception to this route is US-101, which is not a spur route of US-1 (US-101 is on the west coast while US-1 is on the east coast, some 3,000+ miles apart.) According to the AASHTO, US-101 is actually "Route 10-1" and is actually identified as a two-digit route (poor number planning on AASHTO as US-99 is too far inland) I-35E and I-35W in Dallas/Fort Worth and Minneapolis/St. Paul I-480N in Cleveland Ohio I-69E, I-69C, I-69W in Texas These are the suffix US highways: US-6N - Pennsylvania US-9W - New York to New Jersey US-11E / US-11W - Tennessee to Virginia US-19E / US-19W - North Carolina to Tennessee US-25E / US-25W - Tennessee to Kentucky US-31E / US-31W - Tennessee to Kentucky US-45E / US-45W - Tennessee US-49E / US-49W - Mississippi US-70N - Lebanon, Tennessee = Crossville, Tennessee US-70S - Pegram, Tennessee - Sparta, Tennessee There is also no I-50 and I-60 as AASHTO was concerned that the numbering would cause confusion in states where there would be an I-50 and a US-50 (and I-60 and US-60). However, this rule didn't hold well (future I-69 will cross US-69 in Texas and, even worse, I-41 would be concurrent with US-41 in Wisconsin.