video follows US-59 in Downtown Houston , VIA Southwest Freeway To Rosenburg, Texas 30 Miles south of Downtown Houston. photographs provided couurtesey ''Eric Slotboom'' Of Houstonfreeways.com
It really is. Surprisingly, construction at I-610 is doing some nice progress with some beautiful widening at Sugar Land to Rosenburg *which should've been done wayy before* is going pretty good. Maybe traffic will not be so bad after all from I-610 South/West Loop to Rosenburg once it's all complete, huh?
As for the elevated freeways, they are mostly located in cities with multiple railroad lines going out in every direction. Not to many freeways go under a railroad, as the railroads were built long before the freeways. Railroads have higher clearances than vehicles.
SeaToby11 It's pretty common in the mountains of West Virginia and Pennsylvania for a rail line to go over an interstate, but those interstates are in deep rock cuts or valleys.
Wow, dude. I'm pretty speechless at all the editing you put into this. That was really intense, lol. GREAT video of what is my favorite freeway in the Greater Houston area. I never did drive it southbound, approaching downtown (only drove it northbound, once I got past I-45); that's an awesome view of the skyline. By the way, how old is that interchange at 1:30? That's probably the craziest assembly of ramps in North America.
One thing I've noticed about American freeways is that they are much above ground and made of concrete. In Australia we typically have them depressed into the ground allowing overpassing roads and interchanges to be lower to the ground, only the interchanges are built of raised concrete. Though our state governments have been looking into creating similar to American freeways.
Now this comment was 10 years old, but it's worth noting that the elevated highways are mostly only seen in urban areas. Rural highways are at ground level and crossroads pass over them. Often, rural highways are asphalt.
@ScrewdUPClickV2 Excellent choice of music, my man. I never get tired of this classic. I was hoping somebody would use it on a freeway video at some point. Also, am I making shit up or did I read somewhere that the I-610 US-59 interchange is the world's busiest, at about 650k AADT?
@aswchris No way, man! I have a lot of respect for US-59 (to get the full of it you really do have to drive it at night, though-with an amazing view of the Houston skyline on the background), but Katy Fwy is a thing of absolute beauty. There's just no comparison. It's infinitely more aesthetically pleasing and imposing, not to mention how much more modern it is. My favorite freeway stretch in Houston is, however, West I-610 southbound from I-10 to US-59, by far. Truly phenomenal.
Published on Mar 21, 2015 Transit Music Video - Season 8 Date : August 1, 2011 = Monday US 59 at Houston TX 3-6-2011 Fan Made Music Video HD # 63 Right Here and Right Now
6:20 ~ 6:45 That was an abrupt lane reduction! Eastbound US 60 (superstition Freeway) in Mesa, Arizona abruptly goes from 14 to 6 lanes after the Super Red Tan Interchange,(AZ loop 202).
Indeed. Through the Houston area (and from there down to Victoria at a minimum), they are pretty much one and the same. They even have exit numbers (!) on the stretch through Fort Bend County. Once it's done, I-69 as a singular highway will end south of Victoria (where 59 and 77 meet) and split in two: I-69W, which will follow 59 to Laredo; and I-69E, which will follow 77 past Corpus Christi going all the way to Brownsville. Now there is also an I-69C around the Edinburg/McAllen area; this will follow 281 from there to (I believe) George West, which is just west of I-37, where it merges with I-69W.
@Freshbott2 It varies from state to state. This is the way most Texas (or at least Houston) freeways are, but there are some just like those you describe in other cities like Chicago or Boston.
Once again, your usual roadgeek video magnificence. You make it look too easy! Now, when are you gonna do the Crosby Freeway including the new flyovers with I-610?
I believe Texas has already decided on the I-69 corridor, from Brownsville to a south and east bypass of Shreveport. It will have a intersection for I-20 east of Shreveport. There will be three spurs of I-69, I-69C following US 281 to New Allen, I-69W following US 84 to Laredo, and I-369 following US 59 to Texarkana. Most of the highway is already built as US Highways, but they will have to be improved in many areas to controlled access with intersections, over and under passes. There will also be a few short bypasses built around the smaller towns and cities.
Most of this interstate is already built in Texas as a divided four lane highway which will need to be improved with controlled access intersections. The most expensive stretch through Houston is already freeway status. The longest stretch not built as a four lane highway is the branch going to Laredo from Corpus Christi. So it shouldn't take too long for Texas to finish this interstate.
