Nimo@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoProgress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down17
arrow-up1127arrow-down1imageProgress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes.lemmy.worldNimo@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squarewjrii@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·6 months agoCounting the service road is kind of cheating. In built up areas in Texas they’re de facto city streets that happen to exactly mirror the freeway. They have intersections, lights, businesses, etc.
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·6 months agoYep. Texas does that because of a state law that says any landowner with property adjacent to a highway has a right to access that highway.
Counting the service road is kind of cheating. In built up areas in Texas they’re de facto city streets that happen to exactly mirror the freeway. They have intersections, lights, businesses, etc.
Yep. Texas does that because of a state law that says any landowner with property adjacent to a highway has a right to access that highway.