WHEN DID INTERSTATE 610 MOVE FROM HOUSTON TO NEW ORLEANS?

[klifhanger]

On Tonights WFAA 5:30pm news, the story was the Katrina anniversary. The film footage shown was of the Recent Houston Floods a couple of months ago. The voice over by Brad Hawkins:"Evacuees remember Hurricane Katrina" Mrs ------shown here wading in her New Orleans Neighborhood." ..Video shows Interstate 610 plus two men rescuing someone from a car. When oh when are they ever going to get their act together ovver there?

 

[jcapriotti]

that's because i-610 is a bypass! and that allows it be in la. and therfore in new orleans! hope that helps..

 

[azumanga]

Though there's another I-610 that serves as an inner beltway around downtown Houston. Maybe the station got the two mixed up.

 

[jcapriotti]

hey'there azumanga john back again! the station got it right! the 610 they show is a 5mile stretch that runs north of downtown n.o! though i live in austin now,i'am a native houstonian! who remembers when 610 was our only loop! now we have three, god! it sucks getting old!! adios, amigo!

 

[easttxtv]

There can be more than one of the same 3-digit interstate number relating to a 2-digit interstate, as long as there aren't more than one in a state. The same goes for I-635 in Dallas...there's another I-635 in Kansas City as well--but again, different state. Another example, there are I-220 freeways in both Shreveport and Jackson, MS.

 

[FightingIrish]

Being the 'road geek' that I am, I had to drop in and say 'hi'.

Loops, bypasses and spurs of main interstates (also referred to as '3di's') can exist in multiple states, and in this case, I-610 can be found in both Houston and New Orleans.

Here's more about the two:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_610_(Texas)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_610_(Louisiana)

 

[klifhanger]

Garsh ,learn sumpin new everyday. I had no idea.