Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
I-69 Update: It's Now Official In Two Places
Posted 06-01-2013 at 05:36 AM by case44
Texarkana, come on down. Rio Grande Valley, come on down. At the risk of sounding too much like Johnny Olson, the landscape of Texas highways has just changed again. The Texas Transportation Commission just made an exciting announcement yesterday that is changing the way Texans travel forever.
Interstate 369 is now official on the west side of Texarkana, taking up space on the U.S. Highway 59 freeway for about 3 miles. It will eventually become part of the spur route which will traverse from the Interstate 69 interchange planned for the Tenaha area into Texarkana, spanning 118 miles through East and Northeast Texas. A lot of work will still need to be done in between those places and the towns along the route will eventually benefit from U.S. 59's transformation.
The other place is the Rio Grande Valley in deep South Texas. They just hit the jackpot practically, having gone from no interstates to three in just one day. Here's the dill, pickle: Interstate 69E just came true along U.S. Highway 77 from Raymondville all the way down to Brownsville, a 53-mile stretch. Interstate 69C will come into play from Pharr to just north of Edinburg, running along U.S. Highway 281 in that area, spanning 12 miles. That road will eventually connect with Falfurrias, Alice, and George West to connect with I-69W (which is not official yet but is the running name for the Laredo-to-Victoria route on U.S. 59). And, finally, Interstate 2 (which I alluded to in a previous post), will cover a 48-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 83 from Mission to Harlingen to connect with I-69E. It will also include an interchange with I-69C in Pharr. Since I'm planning to go down to South Padre Island around October, I'll plan on checking all that stuff out just to see how it's all turned out.
Signs with the new shields will be erected on roadside posts and masts over the coming days.
Things are really happening now with Texas highways. Still a ways to go with the rest of I-69, but significant progress has been made.
, the landscape of Texas highways has just changed again. The Texas Transportation Commission just made an exciting announcement yesterday that is changing the way Texans travel forever.Interstate 369 is now official on the west side of Texarkana, taking up space on the U.S. Highway 59 freeway for about 3 miles. It will eventually become part of the spur route which will traverse from the Interstate 69 interchange planned for the Tenaha area into Texarkana, spanning 118 miles through East and Northeast Texas. A lot of work will still need to be done in between those places and the towns along the route will eventually benefit from U.S. 59's transformation.
The other place is the Rio Grande Valley in deep South Texas. They just hit the jackpot practically, having gone from no interstates to three in just one day. Here's the dill, pickle: Interstate 69E just came true along U.S. Highway 77 from Raymondville all the way down to Brownsville, a 53-mile stretch. Interstate 69C will come into play from Pharr to just north of Edinburg, running along U.S. Highway 281 in that area, spanning 12 miles. That road will eventually connect with Falfurrias, Alice, and George West to connect with I-69W (which is not official yet but is the running name for the Laredo-to-Victoria route on U.S. 59). And, finally, Interstate 2 (which I alluded to in a previous post), will cover a 48-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 83 from Mission to Harlingen to connect with I-69E. It will also include an interchange with I-69C in Pharr. Since I'm planning to go down to South Padre Island around October, I'll plan on checking all that stuff out just to see how it's all turned out.
Signs with the new shields will be erected on roadside posts and masts over the coming days. Things are really happening now with Texas highways. Still a ways to go with the rest of I-69, but significant progress has been made.
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Wow! Such drastic change statewide. Since these are new interstates, will there be mile markers put up?Posted 06-01-2013 at 11:34 AM by malfunction
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Mile markers are a possibility, but only on the South Texas roads. The reason that is is that north-south interstates' mile markers usually begin at the southernmost point, so having them up in McAllen and Brownsville would make sense, as mile marker 0 will be located in those two places (on both 69C and 69E). I-2 should be able to have them for the entire route, as it's only going to be 48 miles (west-to-east) and no new freeway extensions are planned. Mile marker 0 for that should be located just west of Mission (as all east-west interstates' mile markers must begin at the westernmost terminus point).
So, to answer the question, I would expect them to in the Valley, but not yet in Texarkana. Or finished segments in Houston and Corpus, for that matter. The final alignment routings still have to be determined.Posted 06-02-2013 at 02:42 PM by case44
