Austin: General traffic and roadway construction thread

[Chet Steadman 940]

This thread’s predecessor extended 80+ pages and over five years.  Most of it was bitching about the Mopac construction, which, not surprisingly, is still not complete and is now almost three years behind schedule.  Kirk Watson’s nephew got rich, residents of Austin got screwed.  And who really needs those soundwalls anyway?

On the near horizon for Austin is the Hwy 183 expansion to the airport (which actually appears to be ahead of schedule,) an I-35/183 flyover which is 15 years too late and $95,000,000 in sidewalk and bike lanes which were approved by the City of Austin voters this past November. And maybe tolls.  Or maybe not.  

Another sloppy, half-assed light rail measure is likely in the works too.     

Oh yea, and traffic still sucks.    

 

[DanRydell 799]

Was the Watson nephew thing actually true or was it just something some random Jeff Ward caller said and everybody ran with? 

[smokebomb 357]

Simulation of the newly proposed construction at the Y at Oak Hill:

 

[Armybrat 40822]

WTF? One lane flyover eastbound to 71?

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1084]

16 hours ago, smokebomb said:

Simulation of the newly proposed construction at the Y at Oak Hill:

 

Is that HEB open?

 

[Neonmoon 38129]

They just put up another light on 360 for the Granduca/ Apple Office. That should really help everyone out 

[texhorn 351]

1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

They just put up another light on 360 for the Granduca/ Apple Office. That should really help everyone out 

Probably not sync'd like the rest of them either 

[kevwun 15759]

I feel for anyone who has to go through the Y when they are building that because it's going to fuck up traffic there for years.  Traffic is going to be backed up on 71 damn near to 35 on occasion I'll wager.

Edited May 4, 2018 by kevwun

[kevwun 15759]

17 hours ago, Armybrat said:

WTF? One lane flyover eastbound to 71?

The building the pizza place on the corner is in is a historic landmark.  To do this project correctly, that building would have to be torn down which is going to cause them lots of problems.

[hayden_horn 11362]

18 hours ago, DanRydell said:

Was the Watson nephew thing actually true or was it just something some random Jeff Ward caller said and everybody ran with? 

i don't think it was ever properly vetted, but the caller sounded damn credible. 

there is no doubt that it was massively underbid, which is demonstrated by the shitshow still going on. so it was a sweetheart deal of some kind.

[hayden_horn 11362]

7 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The building the pizza place on the corner is in is a historic landmark.  To do this project correctly, that building would have to be torn down which is going to cause them lots of problems.

and i love austin pizza garden

[Armybrat 40822]

35 minutes ago, kevwun said:

The building the pizza place on the corner is in is a historic landmark.  To do this project correctly, that building would have to be torn down which is going to cause them lots of problems.

It can be moved , just like Round Rock's Stagecoach Inn was last week.

[kevwun 15759]

That would also work though it looks like the Pizza Garden might be quite a bit bigger than the Inn and is also two stories instead of one.  Moving it would be one hell of a project by itself.  I would think they'll welcome a move because the flyovers would make getting to it a bitch.

Edited May 4, 2018 by kevwun

[Washpark 176]

Here to preemptively complain about my commute going from 10 mins to 15.

[Paper_jam 831]

LOL at the traffic density (rather, the lack of it) on that TXDOT video.

 

[skipperj 377]

6 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

LOL at the traffic density (rather, the lack of it) on that TXDOT video.

 

Plus, apropos of Austin, driving slow as shit in the left lane.

[3adays 454]

Anyone caught up in the 620 wreck shit show? Roads been fucked all afternoon and still is. 

[burntorangebongos 10710]

I was. I got home at 9. I'm still decompressing. fuck.

[texhorn 351]

That kind of shit is why I moved out of Lakeway 6 years ago. I could not handle that commute any more.


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[phdhorn 6224]

19 hours ago, texhorn said:

That kind of shit is why I moved out of Lakeway 6 years ago. I could not handle that commute any more.


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And the good news is there supposed to begin a massive construction project from somewhere just past the damn up past Four Points.

I'd rather drive down a road full of IEDs with ISIS shooting at me than get on that shit for the next five years. Wait did I say 5 years, let's make it 10 years. Austin construction and all...

[Celery Man 20931]

Best thing about where I ended up is it's just a straight shot up Congress.  It may not always be quick, getting south of the river from downtown is horrible if I have to leave at rush hour, and the Disneyworld section of South Congress gets backed up too, but it's so great to just not be on the fucking highway.  And they actually did the construction at Oltorf pretty quick.

[3adays 454]

2 hours ago, phdhorn said:

And the good news is there supposed to begin a massive construction project from somewhere just past the damn up past Four Points.

I'd rather drive down a road full of IEDs with ISIS shooting at me than get on that shit for the next five years. Wait did I say 5 years, let's make it 10 years. Austin construction and all...

If I’m not mistaken, I think they’re going to redo a lot 620 towards Lakeway too. Going to be a fun decade out there. 

[Message Board User 12395]

 

[wood 11225]

On 5/3/2018 at 8:54 PM, Armybrat said:

WTF? One lane flyover eastbound to 71?

Seriously, wtf? It looks like there's plenty of room for another lane. Hope they use it.

[ROFL BOX 6647]

Avoid Oak Hill / Eastbound 290 on Monday, 08 Jul 24.

 

◇■◇■◇  I do not know how long this diverdion will last. ■◇■◇■

I have been informed that Highway 290 (currently 2 lanes) will be re-routed / diverted onto the jacked up access Road @ "The Buck Stops Here", follow that for maybe ¼ mile (including a stop sign that may or may not be modified) & then back onto 290 @ the current 290 / Circle Drive / Thunderbird traffic light.

☆SUPPOSEDLY☆ W bound 290 will not be affected.

I am certain Circle Drive will also be near to useless as it is already a well known bypass.

Srsly - the access road that is sonna handle that volume is insanely craptacular.  I can easily see this clusterfuck backing up past Trautwein.

[Steel Shank 9421]

aight

[Chopper 17230]

The President will be in town on Monday, July 15, to speak at the LBJ Library.  Plan accordingly.