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
Texas Freeways: An Update For You (Sort Of)
No matter what city you travel to in the state of Texas, you will find road construction. It's seemingly endless. You might think that some of us are sentenced to having permanent construction zones the way we operate here.
Go to any place in Texas. Dallas. Fort Worth. Houston. Austin. San Antonio. Lubbock. Amarillo. El Paso. Go to any of them, and you will see some kind of new work in progress, nearing completion, or in the design stage. Each day before and after work, I drive on one of those freeways. It's State Highway 121 between Grapevine and Lewisville, Texas, as a temporary, four-lane freeway is being dramatically transformed to a permanent, ten-lane expressway. That had already been in the works for years, but it had to go through odd phases and even odder configurations. Nevertheless, that's being remedied now and completion is less than a year away.
Elsewhere, portions of Interstate 35 are being completely rebuilt, from San Antonio to Austin to Bruceville-Eddy to Dallas to Denton. Expansion abounds, with modernized updates. In Houston, work continues on the Grand Parkway, the new outer ring around the vast Southeast Texas region. I couldn't believe how quickly they finished that rascal in the last couple of years. You know, the portion from U.S. 290 northeastward past S.H. 249, I-45, and terminating (temporarily) at I-69. It's already on Houston TranStar's map, complete with DMS and all the ITS trappings. And in Lubbock, workers are still going at it on the Marsha Sharp Freeway (U.S. 82) between Wolfforth and Southwest Lubbock. Lately, there's been word that another lane in each direction will need to be added between I-27 and the Milwaukee Avenue exit.
Without me belaboring any more points, here's a link to TXDOT and all the big, juicy details in so many locations.
Projects and Studies
Man, do I live in one big-arse state or what?
Go to any place in Texas. Dallas. Fort Worth. Houston. Austin. San Antonio. Lubbock. Amarillo. El Paso. Go to any of them, and you will see some kind of new work in progress, nearing completion, or in the design stage. Each day before and after work, I drive on one of those freeways. It's State Highway 121 between Grapevine and Lewisville, Texas, as a temporary, four-lane freeway is being dramatically transformed to a permanent, ten-lane expressway. That had already been in the works for years, but it had to go through odd phases and even odder configurations. Nevertheless, that's being remedied now and completion is less than a year away.
Elsewhere, portions of Interstate 35 are being completely rebuilt, from San Antonio to Austin to Bruceville-Eddy to Dallas to Denton. Expansion abounds, with modernized updates. In Houston, work continues on the Grand Parkway, the new outer ring around the vast Southeast Texas region. I couldn't believe how quickly they finished that rascal in the last couple of years. You know, the portion from U.S. 290 northeastward past S.H. 249, I-45, and terminating (temporarily) at I-69. It's already on Houston TranStar's map, complete with DMS and all the ITS trappings. And in Lubbock, workers are still going at it on the Marsha Sharp Freeway (U.S. 82) between Wolfforth and Southwest Lubbock. Lately, there's been word that another lane in each direction will need to be added between I-27 and the Milwaukee Avenue exit.
Without me belaboring any more points, here's a link to TXDOT and all the big, juicy details in so many locations.
Projects and Studies
Man, do I live in one big-arse state or what?
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And yet another update: Interstate 14 signs are gradually being erected along U.S. 190 between Belton and Killeen. The project will take several months. Let's just hope they don't pull a Texarkana on us and drag this out forever. Why do I say that? Because the Atlanta, TX TXDOT district (which serves Texarkana) still doesn't have all of the I-369 signs up yet. A few appear on the freeway and on overhead signs on I-30, but still none along the feeders or approaches. That project started about, what, four years ago now?? Sad.
Nevertheless, here's the link to the I-14 signings.
Interstate 14 signs make appearance along U.S. 190 | Local News | kdhnews.comPosted 05-04-2017 at 05:08 PM by case44
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If I'm not mistaken, Texas has a higher (nominal) GDP than Canada, so it should be able to afford these projects.Posted 05-06-2017 at 12:36 AM by shoe01
