Christened 70 years ago today, Houston's Gulf Freeway is always under construction, long-time residents joke, because it is. Take a look at some of the milestones and changes along the way.
If Houston named freeways for elected officials, common in many cities, the Gulf could have become the Holcombe Freeway. Oscar Holcombe, mayor of Houston for most of the time between 1921 and 1958, pressed for the freeway, along with other projects such as the Main Street bridge, shown. In 1940, Holcombe inked a deal for the city to buy segments of the Galveston-Houston Electric Railway. The deal replaced the rails with a road, starting a trend in Houston of replacing trains.
A motorist finds his truck precariously perched on a median fence on the Gulf Freeway at FM 2351 near Ellington. Though a lifeline for commuters, the road also could be hazardous in inclement weather. Freezing drizzle iced highways, temporarily closing the Gulf Freeway from Almeda to NASA Road 1 and the Galveston causeway.Crews ready to open HOV lanes along the Gulf Freeway, as growth toward Galveston starts to make the freeway a crowded place, again, after the oil boom and bust.
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