Texas DOT Is Planning to Tear Down a Highway — Seriously

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By Angie SchmittApr 24, 2015, 10:35 am87 pts
The Pierce Elevated Freeway, near downtown Houston, has been proposed for removal by Texas DOT. Photo: TexasFreeway.com This may be the best evidence yet that attitudes about transportation are beginning to change in Texas’s major cities. As part of a plan to redesign and reroute Interstate 45 in the heart of…

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