I-10 East - Katy Freeway - World's WIDEST Freeway - Houston - Texas - 4K Highway Drive

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Mileage Mike Travels

Mileage Mike Travels

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is BIGGER in Texas, including the freeways. On this video we take a ride down the Katy Freeway from the suburb of Katy into Downtown Houston. The widest section occurs around the 13:45 mark.
Filmed: December 2021
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From Wikipedia:
From the western suburb of Katy to downtown, I-10 is known as the Katy Freeway in Houston. This section was widened in 2008 to as many as 26 total lanes, counting the six lanes of the access (frontage) road, which feature traffic signals, and driveway access and are not limited-access and therefore not technically part of the freeway itself but are directly adjacent. Between the West Beltway and the West Loop, the Katy Freeway features a basic configuration of 14 lanes, featuring seven lanes each direction. This cross-section swells with auxiliary lanes, ramp lanes, and the inclusion of the frontage access roads, although those lanes are controlled by traffic signals. Including auxiliary lanes, ramp lanes, and the access frontage roads, the minimum lane count is 22 total lanes. In this section, the width is 24 lanes at multiple locations and up to 26 lanes east of Gessner Road (12 main lanes, eight lanes of access roads, and six mid-freeway HOT/HOV lanes). From the Fort Bend county line to I-610, there is a minimum of four main lanes in each direction. The maximum number of undivided lanes at any point on the freeway is nine in the eastbound direction approaching Antoine Drive (though this includes one exit-only lane); this is one of the widest sections of undivided highway in a single direction in the world. The widest right-of-way, 556 ft (169 m), occurs at the Katy Freeway's intersection with Bunker Hill; at that point, the expansion plans called for six main lanes plus two toll lanes in each direction along with 10 lanes on the feeder/frontage roads. While this section still features 14 through continuous lanes through the Bunker Hill interchange, when auxiliary lanes, ramp lanes, and the frontage access roads are included, the actual striping after construction delineates 29 lanes, including all 26 of the planned lanes plus an additional lane in each direction to enter or exit the toll lanes and one more turn lane on the eastbound feeder road.
Between I-610 and I-45 west of downtown, the interstate contains at least five main lanes in each direction. Before 2008, this section had traditionally been the widest section of I-10 in the Houston area and the only one with a significant portion below grade. A project completed in 2014 added one extra auxiliary lane in each direction between Shepherd Drive and Taylor Street.[citation needed] In addition, the eastbound feeder road that ends at Studemont was extended to Taylor Street. As I-10 travels through downtown, it junctions with I-45 and I-69/US 59. Both interchanges feature left exits, allowing several lane shifts for through traffic. I-10 provides access to Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Astros, and also runs through the campus of the University of Houston-Downtown
The section east of downtown Houston is officially known as the "East Freeway", although it is widely known by locals as the Baytown East Freeway or colloquially shortened to the Beast, due to a marketing push by Baytown,[citation needed] one of the largest cities in the Greater Houston Area. I-10 reaches Beaumont at an interchange with US 69/US 96/US 287 and it runs concurrently with the US Highways for 2.63 mi (4.23 km) and curves to the east again at a second interchange. At College Street (US 90), I-10 expands to eight lanes. I-10 meets US 90 again near the recently reconstructed Purple Heart Memorial Bridge over the Neches River; these highways travel concurrently the remainder of the way across the state. I-10 reaches Orange County and passes through the towns of Rose City, Vidor, Pinehurst, and Orange. Business US 90-Y splits off and comes back to I-10 near the Sabine River Bridge over the Sabine River. At the river, I-10 finally leaves Texas and crosses into Louisiana.

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@MarcBookPro
@MarcBookPro 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Katy from 1999-2014 and got to see the entire widening process from start to finish. Starting at SH 6, the present day westbound frontage road was actually a separate road called Old Katy Rd. Between that and the old frontage road was a power easement and defunct railroad track. That gives you an idea of how much right of way was used to widen the freeway.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sounds like a massive undertaking, and quite expensive.
@cforcat1005
@cforcat1005 2 жыл бұрын
That’s cool; I’m glad you got to see that.
@PelicanGuy
@PelicanGuy 2 жыл бұрын
I believe the width of the right of way was over 500 feet, correct?
@KyrieEleisonMaranatha
@KyrieEleisonMaranatha Жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels it used to be only 3 lanes on each side and a center hov lane that went one way only during certain times. So 7 lanes total through the entire city.
@bobbylubana677
@bobbylubana677 Жыл бұрын
Where do u live now
@swinger9374
@swinger9374 8 ай бұрын
Time to add more lanes before it cloggs up 💪💪💪
@brentmims6012
@brentmims6012 2 ай бұрын
But yet oh so classic Texas!
@walkietalkie1973
@walkietalkie1973 2 жыл бұрын
Very wide but still gets so congested during rush hour. Will only get more congested over time
@davidcarias4407
@davidcarias4407 Жыл бұрын
Because adding lanes will never solve traffic, this is the perfect example
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
The Katy Freeway is perfectly exemplary of induced demand - more roads and lanes don't solve traffic, however hard you try
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
The Katy Freeway is perfectly exemplary of induced demand - more roads and lanes don't solve traffic, however hard you try
@Artuar3CRaFT
@Artuar3CRaFT Жыл бұрын
It’s so nice but at the same time, I can strongly agree with this statement, great explanation!
@vergildisparda
@vergildisparda Жыл бұрын
@@grassytramtracks That's because everyone's moving to the houston metro area. Traffic would be even worse if the highway wasn't expanded.
@TrulyUnfortunate
@TrulyUnfortunate 2 жыл бұрын
Lived in the Katy area for 56 years and watched I-10 go from two lanes to this. There were no subdivisions,it was all farmland from HWY 6 all the way to Katy Tx. Use to duck and goose hunt a lot of it.
@thevarietykid686
@thevarietykid686 2 жыл бұрын
Cool, so by 2 lanes do you mean 2 lanes total or 2 in each direction?
@TrulyUnfortunate
@TrulyUnfortunate 2 жыл бұрын
@@thevarietykid686 Two each way.
@thevarietykid686
@thevarietykid686 2 жыл бұрын
@@TrulyUnfortunate also when you say you lived in Katy for 56 years, when did you begin living there, was it 56 years ago or longer than that?
@TrulyUnfortunate
@TrulyUnfortunate 2 жыл бұрын
@@thevarietykid686 Born in the Katy area.
@rainbosprinkles6548
@rainbosprinkles6548 11 ай бұрын
I remember this. I lived in Bear Creek as a small kid then we moved put to Fry and Saums area. There was nothing in between hwy6 and fry. In Katy we had cows walking through our yards. Now, it's all concrete. I don't recognize it anymore.
@acricucci6188
@acricucci6188 Жыл бұрын
We lived in Katy from the time my daughter was 7 until she was 13 (the 1990s). Westheimer then was only two lanes and the Grand Parkway had just started building. She & her fiance were in Houston last week and took a drive past our old house (west of Cinco Ranch) plus other places she remembered. She says it "blew her mind" how much things have changed. I can hardly wait to see all her pics!
@Sniper-ng5nd
@Sniper-ng5nd Жыл бұрын
Wow it was two lanes? You would never know that based on how it looks today
@GamingWithLondon
@GamingWithLondon 2 жыл бұрын
WOAHHH, MIKE! Underrated video with me finally I get to see the amazing Katy Freeway from you! This is possibly your best video yet!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah definitely one of my favorites so far.
@jonthegamerboy
@jonthegamerboy 2 жыл бұрын
I'm so happy you made it to Houston! First time watching a Mileage Mike video and I knew the buildings and streets we were passing by! lol
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Lol yes finally here.
@w-josh
@w-josh 2 жыл бұрын
Great Video. Never thought I'd love the TXDOT road groove sound so much.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
@jonthegamerboy
@jonthegamerboy 2 жыл бұрын
Yep it’s my favorite road sound in America :D
@MasonColemanWright1234
@MasonColemanWright1234 Жыл бұрын
@@jonthegamerboy yup
@trevorjameson3213
@trevorjameson3213 Жыл бұрын
I'm not familiar with Houston at all, but I can tell it's definitely a huge city. I'm from Dallas and we have a few decently wide freeways too but none that go that straight and flat for such a long way. Anyway that was really fun to watch, really nice video!
@shivacarwashchannel
@shivacarwashchannel 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I been waiting for this one.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Finally in Houston.
@JayTheGreat_Gaming
@JayTheGreat_Gaming 2 жыл бұрын
So this has another stack interchange. Nice. Mike. You've outdone yourself. That means you did great. Keep these coming.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate it!
@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr
@MattSuguisAsFondAsEverrr 10 ай бұрын
the major expressway from the philippines where i live - the north luzon expressway - which is basically the only tollway in the region (besides the aptly-named south luzon expressway) spanning 50 km up from my city also expands to 6 lanes per direction by the second exit but gradually narrows down to 2 lanes per direction by the end (most of it is at least 3 lanes per direction)
@matthewivanjudeponciano1354
@matthewivanjudeponciano1354 9 ай бұрын
I think its a BAD idea for the Philippines to copy USA in terms of lane expansion. Most cars only have the driver as passenger. Imagine wasting money on road expansion that only 5 percent of road users benefit? In the city where I live, our road has 18 lanes! (9 lanes per direction) but still traffic. 18 LANES BUT STILL TRAFFIC! Improve Railway based transportation than personal transport. Lane expansion and Elevated roads DOES NOT SOLVE TRAFFIC. TRAINS DO! We should copy Europe / Asia. Invest in MRT Lines
@GarryBurgess
@GarryBurgess Жыл бұрын
That's how you don't do transportation.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels Жыл бұрын
😂
@E11or
@E11or 6 ай бұрын
As a german its insane seeing these overpasses and high bridges, viaducts and amount of lanes. Although i know that from a city planning and living point of view this is dystopian.But nonetheless really cool.
@aimxdy8680
@aimxdy8680 4 ай бұрын
The freeway is so wide that it’s pretty common to see people going 100+ mph and not noticing at all. People street race all the time on this freeway, so 200 mph seems more like it.
@E11or
@E11or 4 ай бұрын
@@aimxdy8680 yeah it looks like a concrete river😂
@Cycology_Major
@Cycology_Major 3 ай бұрын
Get yourself an 8-5 job in Houston, live a few summers here, then come back to compliment this fu*kery all you want.
@E11or
@E11or 3 ай бұрын
@@Cycology_Major im not complimenting…
@Carsamachar1111
@Carsamachar1111 3 ай бұрын
Come to Delhi then you will be amazed❤
@r2gh44
@r2gh44 10 ай бұрын
This looks so good! I wish I could drive there
@link2442
@link2442 2 жыл бұрын
All those years trying to make it as wide as it is and it still gets congested with traffic
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
Even though it's generally established that more roads and lanes don't improve traffic, it's popular because the average person doesn't know what induced demand is
@ZeusAVI
@ZeusAVI Жыл бұрын
Well Houston is growing pretty fast. If the population was stagnant or declining, like say a Detroit then traffic would flow smoothly. Even with that the part where the traffic usually backs up is where the lanes drop, not the wider sections.
@link2442
@link2442 Жыл бұрын
@@ZeusAVI Even if that were the case, the city is more preoccupied in expansion rather than investing on fixing the decaying infrastructure inside the loops. The idea that more parking lots and widening of the roads will clear traffic is the equivalent of saying that the cure for obesity is loosen up the pant belt
@ZeusAVI
@ZeusAVI Жыл бұрын
@@link2442 That’s a cute analogy but not really applicable in the way that you used it. Obesity/weight is a negative that one will attempt to reduce, population growth is seen by most cities as a positive that they’ll try to encourage and with a growing population, expanding transportation networks are required to facilitate said growth. The “solution” to traffic is near-zero or negative growth (population loss), just as the solution to obesity and requiring a larger belt is weight loss.
@link2442
@link2442 Жыл бұрын
@@ZeusAVI Nothing cute about it, just vast amount of space being wasted with subsidized parking and wide roads. Lager metropolis cities like Tokyo, Paris, London are cities much larger than Houston will ever be yet make wise use on how that infrastructure is being utilized.
@dbaldwin237
@dbaldwin237 Жыл бұрын
This is great. Are you planning to do the entire Grand Parkway (TX-99) on this trip?
@flydragon7256
@flydragon7256 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to Houston! I-10 From Katy to the 610 is the best freeway in the entire city. Also BEWARE: almost NOBODY follows the speed limit! (When it isn't congested anyways)
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Lol true
@kennypalermo9071
@kennypalermo9071 2 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels Can you do US-287? You will take US-59 out of Texas making our way to Arkansas.
@w-josh
@w-josh 2 жыл бұрын
I'm not surprised, Texas has the fastest drivers and average speed limits of 75mph. There is a specific highway in Texas (Texas 130) that has 85mph.
@torkelsonstan6967
@torkelsonstan6967 2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone follow the speed limit on any freeways?
@w-josh
@w-josh 2 жыл бұрын
@@torkelsonstan6967 if most people are going over the speed limit then it's illegal to follow the speed limit. It is illegal to impede traffic Edit: It’s actually never legal to go above the limit in most states.
@SilverWave64
@SilverWave64 Жыл бұрын
Take 4 lanes away and build two rail tracks instead.
@TheBlackAztec3
@TheBlackAztec3 2 ай бұрын
That’s a genius Idea now people can make a several hour walk from their job to the highway, climb some stairs that go all the way up to the highway and get on a train that drops them off at their exit then they can walk another few hours to their house or the nearest bus stop. Then they go home and sleep for 30 minutes before waking up at 3am just to walk 4 hours to get to a train and another several hours to get to work. Just Brilliant.
@SilverWave64
@SilverWave64 2 ай бұрын
@@TheBlackAztec3 Congratulations, you didn’t understand anything.
@affordablex4914
@affordablex4914 22 күн бұрын
@@TheBlackAztec3Lil bro has never seen a train in their life💀💀
@peterhiggins4212
@peterhiggins4212 Жыл бұрын
Sickening
@urneighborfromoutwest
@urneighborfromoutwest Жыл бұрын
I live in north Houston, and I can say that all the freeways are congested, but I-45 especially, and the Katy Fwy is usually pretty congested, looks like you got lucky.
@cyberRowboat
@cyberRowboat Жыл бұрын
haha maybe you just need to add a few more lanes im sure it will fix your traffic issues ;)
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz Жыл бұрын
​@@cyberRowboatnonsense! Widening never solves anything! Cant yall guys learn anything or yall just plain fucking dumb? If yall add more lanes, it becomes dangerous and more packed! Plus, if it gets congested, it will be more harder and longer to drive and exit!
@mattp0576
@mattp0576 10 ай бұрын
how tf is it usually congested with like 20 lanes bru 😭😭
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz 10 ай бұрын
@@mattp0576 it can because of demand. If theirs more traffic on the feeder road then the freeway, more traffic will come on the freeway. It doesnt STOP! it keeps building up!
@javierserrano8229
@javierserrano8229 2 жыл бұрын
I-10 (Katy Freeway) is the widest freeway I've ever seen in Texas.
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz Жыл бұрын
That is scary.... because think of all that traffic on there! and thats whats causes road rages!
@FilipinosaAmericavlog
@FilipinosaAmericavlog 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, nice video . Love it .
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@julinalilly7439
@julinalilly7439 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome drive along I 10 Katy Freeway Houston Texas!
@francilleirvin1696
@francilleirvin1696 2 жыл бұрын
yes more highways driving yes yes. thank you so much. you have a good day.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
More to come!
@francilleirvin1696
@francilleirvin1696 2 жыл бұрын
thank you .nice
@cforcat1005
@cforcat1005 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, finally my city!! Welcome to Houston!!
@FLLSpotter89
@FLLSpotter89 2 жыл бұрын
Does the TXDOT Road sound Remind me of the FDOT Bridge Sounds?
@GettinUp
@GettinUp 2 жыл бұрын
Man loved driving Houston into Katy then to Sugarland. Not for the faint at heart. I had a rental, and got stuck with a Mazda suv. Wish I had my mustang on them texas street.
@greciamejia8825
@greciamejia8825 2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Katy for 15 years and now in Brookshire. Still Houston surroundings. When I went to Tennessee some residents asked where do I come from I said Houston Texas and they were so excited and said “where all the crazy bypassed are at? I think that’s really awesome! Looks like some hot wheels stuff” lol I was happy to hear that from someone that doesn’t live in Texas
@kennethc9996
@kennethc9996 2 жыл бұрын
That wasn't Houston city limits when you were coming across the first stack. You were still in Katy. Great video!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Where do you estimate it starts? Google Maps shows the Houston limits right before the TX-99 interchange.
@kennethc9996
@kennethc9996 2 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels Not exactly you're not officially in the city limits until you're around Hwy 6.
@hugobautista1324
@hugobautista1324 2 жыл бұрын
Katy or Houston same shit.
@1000rogueleader
@1000rogueleader Жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels Actually, Houston city limits starts even further back than where you marked them. Areas you had marked as Katy were actually in Houston. Katy city limits specifically stop at Katy Fort Bend Road, which is right where the on-ramp where you got on the Highway ends . After that, the areas along the freeway are areas that are under limited annexation to Houston. This means that Houston can say it owns it and collect sales taxes, but Houston doesn't have to provide a full suite of services, like fire or police. Houston full annexation city limits starts around Greenhouse Road, just west of the Texas Children's Hospital West Campus. After that, you enter Houston's energy corridor neighborhood.
@justinsmith2598
@justinsmith2598 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the awesome ride through Texas, Mike.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
👌
@kennypalermo9071
@kennypalermo9071 2 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels Do I-45!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
@@kennypalermo9071 soon
@flydragon7256
@flydragon7256 2 жыл бұрын
GA / NC / VA sounds mixed with TXDOT at the beginning (about 0:35 to 2:00)
@puppiesarepower3682
@puppiesarepower3682 Жыл бұрын
Dam; SH 99 is being taken seriously by TXDoT. I didn't expect to see an interchange. The last time I passed by the area was in July 2003.
@victortorres9679
@victortorres9679 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome to my home town!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Good to be here!
@masonwrightfreeway1234
@masonwrightfreeway1234 2 жыл бұрын
I been on the Katy Freeway Southwest Freeway and East Freeway in Katy Rosenberg Baytown and Beaumont or Sealy. Columbus Texas is about 75 miles from Houston.
@allen123636
@allen123636 2 жыл бұрын
Nissan GTR at 11:17 on the far right
@All_Thingz_Pertaining
@All_Thingz_Pertaining Жыл бұрын
I love at the 8:02 mark...I can get over with my DV Plates and ride without toll payments. I can't wait to get back to H-Town (Katy/Richmond).
@FroyoAnto
@FroyoAnto Жыл бұрын
what an infrastructural nightmare
@mergat2970
@mergat2970 4 күн бұрын
Not Just Bikes is crying
@flydragon7256
@flydragon7256 2 жыл бұрын
Did you do a night video of Houston's freeways? They're awesome at night!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
I have one coming. Didn’t get as much as I wanted due to the weather.
@ryanearles2024
@ryanearles2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels So, that means you didn't film much in Houston as you would hoped? Meaning fewer videos coming for Houston than expected?
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
@@ryanearles2024 No I have plenty of content, just not much night driving on the highways.
@ryanearles2024
@ryanearles2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@MileageMikeTravels Oh, ok. That's still cool! Because Houston is one of my favorite cities!
@MasonColemanWright1234
@MasonColemanWright1234 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanearles2024 I like Houston but I like San Antonio better because I took I 10 between Houston and San Antonio
@MasonLouisiana513
@MasonLouisiana513 Жыл бұрын
They expanded I 10 Katy Freeway from Exits 732 to 713 which is outside of Sealy
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz Жыл бұрын
😡 ugh! They need to stop!
@kertidrive365
@kertidrive365 2 жыл бұрын
좋은 영상 잘 보고 갑니다.
@anwaranis8492
@anwaranis8492 2 жыл бұрын
I do my graduation from Lamar university Beaumont Texas so from Houston to Beaumont I used to travel 3 days in a week to study my master in mechanical engineering and come back and do job in Westheimer and hillcroft.also I live for 8 years from 2000 to 2008 continuously on I 10 and highway 6
@PelicanGuy
@PelicanGuy 2 жыл бұрын
7:56: There's an excellent Drury Inn at the corner of the Katy and Texas Hwy. 6. I highly recommend it. Texas knows how to do it BIG, especially when it comes to stacks. This is a grand freeway. The first time I drove the Katy was westbound back in 2010. My ex and I arrived in town during the evening rush, but I was not sitting in traffic. I got in the tollway lanes and stuck to the lane marked "HOV".
@lajya01
@lajya01 3 ай бұрын
Living near a city that struggles to get more than sh*tty 2-lanes freeways, this video made me kind of jealous.
@thevarietykid686
@thevarietykid686 2 жыл бұрын
This is not too far away from where I live!I live in the Houston area!
@ivanoffw
@ivanoffw Жыл бұрын
17:24 The white Acura sedan is the definition of the "left lane hog". Instead of widening the Katy Freeway, they should improve the interchange of I-10 and I-45, probably all of the slow down in traffic is people moving from the right to the left and vice versa, or people who try to outsmart everyone else by going in the faster lane to get around traffic, then create the same traffic for others when making quick lane changes using their brake before changing lanes at the last minute. I found that after the lunar eclipse a few years ago, it was faster to drive in the right lane of a four lane divided section of I-5 because most people getting onto the highway were trying to get into the left lane because they think it must be faster.
@MasonColemanWright1234
@MasonColemanWright1234 2 жыл бұрын
I been to Houston and Katy Texas.
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@jorgecardoso3876
@jorgecardoso3876 Ай бұрын
With so many lanes I wonder how often accidents (and people looking at them from opposite direction) will cause traffic. If you drive daily to work how often will you get stuck in traffic purely due to this? 5%, 10%, 30%, 50% of the days? I have only ridden on 2x by 3-4 lanes and with better quality entrances and driving than I see here and still it happens way too often (I would estimate about 5-10% of time).
@gilbertojode5073
@gilbertojode5073 8 ай бұрын
Respect to everyone who was involved in this project
@Healthytipswithant
@Healthytipswithant 2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see downtown Houston
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Very soon you will.
@masonwrightbuceesbeaver6189
@masonwrightbuceesbeaver6189 2 жыл бұрын
I been to Bucees in Katy
@badtry007
@badtry007 Жыл бұрын
are you allowed to overtake from the right side in america?
@w-josh
@w-josh Жыл бұрын
Laws say not to, but I dought that that law is enforced at all. Overtaking on the right wouldn't be so common if there weren't so many freaking left Lane hogs
@jonathanselevators
@jonathanselevators 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen in a lot of videos that the tone of the Texas road noises is really nice. However I’ve seen some other videos where the road noise sounds different. This. However is a good road noise and I’ve heard it on some other videos before. I hope when I get the chance to visit Texas my family chooses a car with the same exact tire noises.
@jonathanselevators
@jonathanselevators Жыл бұрын
Was in Dallas in June and got to experience the Texas Road noises. Just as good or better than I expected. Wanted to drive on them all day.
@Vahlee-A
@Vahlee-A Жыл бұрын
This is actually tied with the MacDonald/Cartier Freeway in Toronto
@danielklassen6667
@danielklassen6667 Жыл бұрын
Actually the 401 is wider because it is pure freeway. I-10 has Frontage Roads. The segment from the 403/410 to the 427 is very wide
@lajya01
@lajya01 3 ай бұрын
The GTA 401 is a 3x3x3x3 configuration and 4x4x4x4 in some segments so if you account for dividers spaces, the span of the 401 is probably wider. This segment of I-10 have 6 undivided lanes, though, which I don't remember seeing in Toronto.
@gc8024
@gc8024 Жыл бұрын
Glad I made it safe. Lol
@ryanearles2024
@ryanearles2024 2 жыл бұрын
That freeway thru Houston is drop dead gorgeous and wide! Just, wish there were some palm trees to go along with it. lol
@DWNY358
@DWNY358 2 жыл бұрын
I imagine last year’s deep freeze damaged many palm trees
@ryanearles2024
@ryanearles2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@DWNY358 Pretty likely. If there are any Palm Trees in Houston. lol
@mc64403
@mc64403 2 жыл бұрын
You should see it at rush hour, every lane full😁
@ryanearles2024
@ryanearles2024 2 жыл бұрын
@@mc64403 Geez, that jammed huh? Yikes...
@mc64403
@mc64403 2 жыл бұрын
You can fit the state of Rhode Island in Harris County. Every freeway is jammed packed at rush hour. It seems there is an 18 wheeler overturned somewhere everyday.
@JohnDoe-gc1pm
@JohnDoe-gc1pm Жыл бұрын
She caught the Katy Left me a mule to riiide
@anwaranis8492
@anwaranis8492 2 жыл бұрын
Using 59 and 45 occasionally
@timmy7201
@timmy7201 Жыл бұрын
Those lane-huggers claiming the left lane would annoy me greatly as a European. The idea behind a freeway is to drive as much right as possible, using the left lanes only temporarily to pass slower vehicles. Here in Europe it's not allowed to pass slower vehicles at their right side, it must be the left side. People claiming the left lane to long, are also ticketed here in Europe for blocking traffic... Here in Europe, 75% of Americans I've seen driving in this video would've had a ticket within the first 15 min...
@sobbingmesa
@sobbingmesa Жыл бұрын
Y'all don't gotta do all this just build a Maglev
@encelade.
@encelade. 7 ай бұрын
Yeah let’s get right on that me and you both know it’s not happening
@Are427
@Are427 2 жыл бұрын
Speed limit on it seems like 90 lol 😆
@donavanjohnson409
@donavanjohnson409 2 жыл бұрын
Everything is bigger in Texas including interstate 10[Katy freeway]
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Yessir indeed!
@MarsNeedsGuitars1
@MarsNeedsGuitars1 2 жыл бұрын
sup Don
@donavanjohnson409
@donavanjohnson409 2 жыл бұрын
@@MarsNeedsGuitars1 nothing much
@anwaranis8492
@anwaranis8492 2 жыл бұрын
I belong to Pakistan and Houston was my second home
@jacobsoto5451
@jacobsoto5451 2 жыл бұрын
463 lanes but traffic is still bad
@ridgemeneses550
@ridgemeneses550 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! This freeway is amazing and the widest.
@arnibsharaf7632
@arnibsharaf7632 Жыл бұрын
Wide highways aren’t amazing
@ellixt4187
@ellixt4187 Жыл бұрын
There's nothing amazing about bad urban planning
@morganthebabygenuis
@morganthebabygenuis Жыл бұрын
I could drive this but only from the first exterior lane.
@anwaranis8492
@anwaranis8492 2 жыл бұрын
I live 8 years
@sr6061
@sr6061 2 жыл бұрын
Trying to figure out why I'm watching this
@LT2471
@LT2471 2 жыл бұрын
February 18, 2023
@RealTony123YT
@RealTony123YT 2 жыл бұрын
That is really wide of a highway
@rjmcallister1888
@rjmcallister1888 Жыл бұрын
Dang, Bubba, we need more lanes downtown! This is essentially insane, but considering Houston is number-4 market these days, and Texas does nothing small... Wonder if their EZ Tag is connected to most of the rest of the country's EZ Pass?
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz Жыл бұрын
Dang your old... im gonna stop you right there because adding more lanes is dangerous! Not just that, it makes traffic alot worst then it is! You will be stuck in one longer then the shorter freeways. And it will have trouble emptying the freeways because once people exit, the lanes becomes packed because of demand! Demand for small roads is needed too and houston is ignoring that! Its like they dont want people driving on the streets! Or they dont care! Hmm...
@Roadtripmik
@Roadtripmik Жыл бұрын
Some guy is still hogging the left lane… theres 6 lanes and people are hogging all of them
@bingbong9844
@bingbong9844 2 жыл бұрын
I ❤️ my city
@potatosalad5355
@potatosalad5355 2 жыл бұрын
Katy the town of actress Renée Zellweger ....
@acricucci6188
@acricucci6188 Жыл бұрын
Before bad plastic surgery ruined her face. I can't even pick her out of a crowd now, she looks so different.
@MPB059
@MPB059 2 жыл бұрын
I want to drive on this freeway!
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
You should. It’s quite the experience.
@VAStacker14
@VAStacker14 Жыл бұрын
Widest freeway and widest and biggest state
@shinmeg
@shinmeg 11 ай бұрын
I hate driving in Houston
@sunnychahal4306
@sunnychahal4306 Жыл бұрын
The 401 is wider than this
@Rebecca-zr3lu
@Rebecca-zr3lu 10 күн бұрын
Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. God bless you. 🤍🤍🤍🌈🌈🤍🤍🤍Thank you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your lord and personal saviour??? I do. 🤍
@tanakalottotexasprediction5512
@tanakalottotexasprediction5512 2 ай бұрын
Houston planing to build second floor IH 10 for flights cars FREE WAY 2030
@flyninja2590
@flyninja2590 2 жыл бұрын
Shit go during rush hour lol
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
Lol that would be a pretty long video
@masonwrightwhataburger1228
@masonwrightwhataburger1228 Жыл бұрын
That would be nice if you do I 10 Katy Freeway at night
@robertsteele5257
@robertsteele5257 2 жыл бұрын
Truckers Rock ! Let them truckers roll ! Let's go Brandon ! 🇺🇲💪🇺🇲💪🚚🚜🚛🚜👪👪👍🤠
@MileageMikeTravels
@MileageMikeTravels 2 жыл бұрын
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
@WARVIATION
@WARVIATION 6 ай бұрын
American highways look soo old but nice
@felipemendoza9446
@felipemendoza9446 2 жыл бұрын
Traffic still bad 7 am and 5pm two more lines please
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
Building more lanes will never solve traffic. When you build roads or build more lanes on existing ones, that then encourages more people to drive, and to change away from alternate routes they took before and traffic doesn't get better. Expanding the Katy Freeway to the monstrous size it is hasn't worked because building roads and lanes never has and never will
@Brand-pn5yz
@Brand-pn5yz Жыл бұрын
​@@grassytramtracksand they made most of the freeways tolls in houston making people take those free freeways! And they should of added i 69 as a seperate route but nope, it took over 59! Thats why its so congested because of the freeways being paid! They want money from us!
@kyleboyd1889
@kyleboyd1889 2 ай бұрын
What the heck
@Spido68_the_spectator
@Spido68_the_spectator Жыл бұрын
Left lane hogging by so many people doesn't help the freeway flow either
@gnnascarfan2410
@gnnascarfan2410 Жыл бұрын
All that widening and yet induced demand means it takes LONGER to travel on the Katy Freeway than it did pre-expansion. #epicfail
@MasonColemanWright1234
@MasonColemanWright1234 Жыл бұрын
They expanded I 10 from Brookshire to Sealy
@w-josh
@w-josh Жыл бұрын
How many thru lanes was it before expansion?
@MasonColemanWright1234
@MasonColemanWright1234 Жыл бұрын
@@w-josh 2
@TexanSlappy
@TexanSlappy Жыл бұрын
You're still holding on to that widely disproven bad interoperation from wired magazine. I guess building more hospitals encourages people to get sick, and building more police stations encourages crime. Induced demand is simply not true it was made up by Wired magazine who misreported what economists Duranton & Turner’s paper actually said. The paper compared daily kilometers of interstate highway driving with lane kilometers of interstates in the urbanized portions of 228 metropolitan areas. In the average metropolitan area, it found that between 1983 and 1993 lane miles grew by 32 percent while driving grew by 77 percent. Between 1993 and 2003, lane miles grew by 18 percent, and driving grew by 46 percent. That’s hardly a “perfect one‐​to‐​one relationship.” What actually is happening is population is growing faster than capacity, is what the Duranton & Turner reported. Not at all what wired magazines fuzzy thinking twisted this into the theory of induced demand.
@JUSAGUYNKY
@JUSAGUYNKY 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve seen wider!! Lol 🤡
@evansyourboy5032
@evansyourboy5032 2 жыл бұрын
This is just a horrible design. You can't even walk any where whitout driving. America is so car dependent. SMH
@grassytramtracks
@grassytramtracks Жыл бұрын
And it doesn't even work at reducing traffic - solving traffic requires a new philosophy towards cities and living spaces, NOT more tarmac
@ZeusAVI
@ZeusAVI Жыл бұрын
Sure you can. The core of most American cities (even Houston) have sidewalks, buses, and such. It’s just most people crying on social media want to live in suburbs, avoid city taxes, and whine about major cities that they don’t even live in, pay taxes to, nor vote in. Basically “cities need to have robust transit systems and density, but I still want to have my single family home and lower taxes from a distance”.
@rawhidelamp
@rawhidelamp Жыл бұрын
Id rather not have to walk 20 miles to get to the interior of the city
@istupiduser
@istupiduser Жыл бұрын
average eruopean
@rodrigomarques1075
@rodrigomarques1075 Жыл бұрын
@@istupiduser I would prefer that my taxes went to a train or something rather that that freeway
@alvaroprieto2092
@alvaroprieto2092 6 ай бұрын
Man the native americans were just chilling here, then there's this smh
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