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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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And despite the extra lanes, it’s still gridlocked. Maybe they need just one more lane…

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

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Unironically a single bike lane off to the side might have eased up traffic.

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26 points

one more lane train rail

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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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It makes a pretty compelling case for expanding the death penalty.

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Looks a bit jammed on the photo though. I’m sure one more lane will fix that. /s

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Just. One. More. Lane. Brooooo

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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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Highway planners are constrained by the fact that these roads can only be run through poor and usually black neighborhoods.

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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.

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Includes the express lanes and the frontage roads. It really shouldn’t, you aren’t supposed to just drive the entire trip on the frontage roads.

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Meaning it’s even wider than 26 lanes because of the space between the feeder and the highway, the extra shoulders, and barriers to the express lanes.

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But its Texas, we have space. Isn’t the point that its too many lanes/cars, not the space?

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