Re: I-45 vs. I-35E
- From: "pigsty1953@xxxxxxxxx" <pigsty1953@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 24 Jan 2006 15:18:05 -0800
Mike Tantillo wrote:
> Jeff Morrison wrote:
> > I know that "suffixed" interstates weren't much of an issue when the
> > original system was being planned, but after my recent trip to Texas I
> > wondered something:
> >
> > Why didn't they just make I-45 the north-south 2di for Dallas? Instead
> > of breaking 35 into 35W and 35E, 35 could have gone through Fort Worth,
> > 45 could have used the north half of 35E, and the south half of 35E
> > could be an odd x35 or x45. Then I-45's north end would have been north
> > of the Metroplex instead of the 35s splitting there, and we've cut out
> > a pair of suffixes.
>
> I agree, although the designation of the road connecting I-35 coming
> from Austin to your proposed I-45 should be an even 3-di, since it
> would connect to I-35 and I-45 at its ends.
>
> >
> > One argument against it might be that then Dallas and Austin wouldn't
> > officially be connected by a single number. Another might be that the
> > necessary connection between the two at the time, if we use the same
> > alignments, was a toll road. But other than that, I don't see why that
> > couldn't have happened.
>
> I could see the first reason being valid...plus the fact that Fort
> Worth would feel left out without part of I-35 too. I never understood
> this until I was in DFW for the first time last summer....Fort Worth is
> not simply a suburb of Dallas like I had thought...its a seperate city
> in its own right, and a pretty big one at that.
There has always been a lot of jealousy and competition between Dallas
and Fort Worth.
I personally prefer Fort Worth to Dallas. It seem much more civilized
then Dallas.
Although in all fairness alot of Dallasites feel that Fort Worth is
nothing but a big cow town.
And Dallas is the center of the universe.
I think that Fort Worth would screem bloody murder if they did not have
a 2di n/s.
With their population I believe they have a right to one.
The biggest problem as I see it in Texas transportation is the lack of
an interstate/toll
bypass of Austin. Until on is competed, I guess to the east and going
east and south of
San Antonio, to my thinking, that is the biggest problem Texas faces,
not the numbering of interstate highways in the Metroplex.
Take care.
Randy in Fanwood, NJ
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