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    After widening was completed in 2008, a portion of the highway west of Houston is now also believed to be the widest in the world, at 26 lanes when including feeders. - (Wikipedia)

    WTF

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        “I SWEAR BRO JUST ONE MORE LANE, ONE MORE LANE WILL BE ENOUGH!!!”

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          I e moved out of Houston but if i recall correctly they also removed the rail line that was adjacent to this highway for the expansion.

          There was a killer hamburger place off like Gessner that i still miss.

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            An old railway running along the north side of the freeway was demolished in 2002 in preparation for construction which began in 2004.

            Form the wiki article linked above

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            Is Houston aware that some cities pay hundreds of millions of dollars to install a rail line to address this exact problem?

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      That sounds like extremely bad planning. In essence they could have had several smaller highways that better suited the needs of the users without forcing them all onto this clusterfuck.

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        There’s already another highway 4 miles north and 4 miles south of it. There’s some 2-lane each way roads between, but anything bigger or more grade-separated would be further isolate communities, take away alternative transportation routes, and take away greenspace.