List of unused highways in Texas

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused ["US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing." City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml] .] "Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance." Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf] .] ["Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.", 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html] .] [Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html] .] ["PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT." New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html] .] [House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm] .] [Munroe, Tapan. "TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND." California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf] ] ["Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle." SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf] .] [Anderson, Steve. "CT 11 Expressway." New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/] .] or later closed ["Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation", Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html] .] ["R. v. Sanders", 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html] .] ["HIGHWAY CLOSINGS", R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html] .] . An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp [PDFlink| [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4] |286 KiB , accessed December 28, 2006] , stub street [Sommer, Dick. "Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community." Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf] .] [Bauserman, Christian E. "DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS." 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf] .] , stub-out, or simply stub [Geiger, Gene. "Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus." Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf] .] ["CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY." City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm] .] . The following is a list:

Texas

=Houston=

*Although the Crosby Freeway was planned to extend from the junction of the Baytown East Freeway (I-10) and the East Loop (I-610) to its current terminus in Crosby, the roadway originally terminated near the E. Sam Houston N. Parkway.Fact|date=February 2007 Traffic was forced to exit, with a long strip of unused roadway extending across the parkway. There were ramp stubs for the terminus of the proposed extension at the I-10/I-610 junction ramps. In 2006, TxDOT contracted for the construction of the extension. As of December 2006, construction had begun at the ramp stubs. See [http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=29.828625~-95.184813&style=h&lvl=15&scene=188866&sp=adr.Crosby%20Frwy%2c%20Houston%2c%20TX%2077049] for an overhead view.

* Near Katy, most of the segment of the Grand Parkway between the Katy Freeway and US 59 was constructed as a mix of main lanes and frontage roads, resulting in a string of split intersections. There are highway stubs at the transitions between main lanes and frontage roads. Although the road was constructed to make it relatively easy to upgrade to a freeway, there are no current plans to do so. [cite book | last=Slotboom | first=Erik | title=Houston Freeways: A Historical and Visual Journey | pages=319 | url=http://www.houstonfreeways.com ]

*East of the University of Houston campus, the Alvin Freeway (currently signed as Spur 5) ends in a freeway stub north of University Drive, with frontage roads continuing to an intersection with Old Spanish Trail. There are frontage road stubs on the south side of the intersection. The freeway has stubbed ramps for an interchange with Elgin St. Originally planned and funded in the 1960s, only an elevated section concurrent with the Gulf Freeway and the Spur 5 section have been completed. The remainder of the corridor is under study. [cite book | last=Slotboom | first=Erik | title=Houston Freeways: A Historical and Visual Journey | pages=265-266 | url=http://www.houstonfreeways.com ] See [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=29.717287,-95.335343&spn=0.006457,0.009624&t=h&om=1] for an overhead view.

*The South Freeway (SH 288) was designed to have express lanes in what is currently a grass median strip. [cite book | last=Slotboom | first=Erik | title=Houston Freeways: A Historical and Visual Journey | pages=184-193 | url=http://www.houstonfreeways.com ] There is a freeway stub at the northern terminus at US 59, with the design appearing to direct the unbuilt express lanes to Interstate 45 and the current lanes to US 59. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=29.731281,-95.371209&spn=0.003699,0.006652&z=17] The express lanes would end at the interchange with the South Loop, where stubs also exist on the mainline and on ramps. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=29.682087,-95.380136&spn=0.0037,0.006652&z=17] A feasibility study of the entire SH 288 corridor has concluded, with a recommendation to add two managed lanes in each direction, but there are no active plans to develop this section of the median. [ [http://www.dot.state.tx.us/local_information/houston_district/general_information.htm?pg=proj TxDOT Houston projects including SH 288 feasibility study] ] The freeway also has stub ramps at Old Spanish Trail and Yellowstone Boulevard; had they been completed, the ramps would have provided separate access to both roads, where currently they are both served with a single set of ramps. Viewable at [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=17&ll=29.699796,-95.375007&spn=0.004026,0.01075] .

*State Highway 225 was originally planned to continue as a freeway from its current terminus just west of the Interstate 610 Loop into downtown. The roadway was to be known as the Harrisburg Freeway. Due to neighborhood opposition and lack of funding, it did not progress past the planning stages and was deleted from the city's master freeway plan in 1992. When the interchange between the Loop and the La Porte freeway (SH 225 to the east of the Loop) was constructed in 1974, the freeway section of SH 225 continued a short distance inside the loop, with frontage roads and a cleared right-of-way extending to Lawndale Street, in anticipation of the extension to downtown. [cite book | last=Slotboom | first=Erik | title=Houston Freeways: A Historical and Visual Journey | pages=198-204 | url=http://www.houstonfreeways.com ] Viewable at [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=29.712167,-95.275605&spn=0.002022,0.003616&t=k&om=1] .

*On the south side of the city, along Beltway 8, there are numerous "future" exit ramps leading to the frontage road. Some have been constructed, such as "Future Kirby Drive," but there are no traffic lights installed at the intersection. Some haven't even been constructed at all, with the Beltway's overpass somewhat serving as a U-Turn. There isn't even evidence at one exit that anything is under construction, with scrubland bordering the frontage road. View it here: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=29.599823,-95.340407&spn=0.004049,0.01075&t=h&om=1]

=Irving=

*At the southern end of State Highway 161 at State Highway 183 near DFW, there was a stub of mainline highway and ramps around the interchange. State Highway 161 is now being constructed south of SH 183. [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&om=1&ll=32.839338,-97.017195&spn=0.008455,0.023732]

ee also

*List of unused highways in the United States
*List of unused highways
*list of ghost towns

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