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State Highway 99 (SH 99), also known as the Grand Parkway, is a beltway in the U.S. state of Texas.Its first section opened on August 31, 1994. When the route is completed, it will be the longest beltway in the U.S., the world's seventh-longest ring road, and the third (outer) loop of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area, with Interstate 610 being the first (inner) loop ...
The Grand Central Parkway was first proposed in 1922, as a scenic drive along the high ground of east-central Queens. [4] By the time construction began in 1931, it had been reconceived as extending northwestward to the Triborough Bridge, then in the planning stages, and connecting on the east with the Northern State Parkway, also in the planning stages, thereby among other things providing an ...
When the Grand Parkway is finally finished, the massive 180-mile loop will connect the farthest outskirts of the Houston area, but at a cost. When construction on Grand Parkway finishes, tolls ...
Fort Bend Parkway Toll Road - from Beltway 8 / Sam Houston Parkway to SH 99 (Grand Parkway) SH 122 or SH 122 Toll (cancelled) - formerly used for entire route while it was being built. Eventually, it was decided that the toll road would not use state funding, so the SH 122 designation was no longer necessary.
The interchange with Grand Central Parkway was rebuilt from early 2015 to February 2018, with the replacement of the three overpasses carrying I-495 over the parkway. The $55-million (equivalent to $65.7 million in 2023 [22]) reconstruction included extending merge lanes, replacing and adding lighting, and improving drainage structures.
Large street projects around Springfield that have been under construction will finally reopen to traffic in 2024. Here's what to expect.
Here are resources with links to live updates to help navigate summer construction, including maps, event calendars and traffic information. WA has over 90 road construction projects this summer ...
The beltway's construction was done in a piecemeal fashion, beginning with the opening of West Belt Drive and Roark Road, two surface streets, in the mid-1970s. Efforts to construct a bridge over the Houston Ship Channel were stymied until the Texas Turnpike Authority (TTA) was able to do so as a toll facility in the late 1970s.