When was loop 610 built

Widening of the western half of the south loop to southwestern corner to 10 lanes is completed. The new retractable roof football stadium, Reliant Field, will open, adjacent to the Astrodome. Photos taken December 22, , except as noted as it crosses the Houston Ship Channel. Bridge Clearance is feet 41m , unusually low for a major crossing newer crossings are feet 53m or higher. Just days before this photo was taken, a ship's crane collided with the bridge deck and knocked out a large hole in the pavement, forcing the closure of 3 northbound lanes.

This view looks east. Historic construction photos. Looking south along with the ship channel bridge in the background. The Ship Channel Bridge has 10 lanes. The four-level stack at the intersection of the East Loop and IH This stack was completed in the early 's.

Aerial view of the interchange at the East Loop and IH If you look closely you can see the stub-outs and embankment for the future connections to the Northeast Freeway, which will begin at this interchange. Construction on the connections to the future Northeast Freeway is scheduled to begin in This aerial view was taken around This is a typical section of the northeast section of Loop Originally planned to be a "Defense Loop" to carry armed forces around the center part of Houston, voters approved a bond for the loop's construction in May , although construction didn't start until the s because of restricted resources during wartime.

In , the completion of the Interstate 10 East interchange completed the loop as Houstonians know it today. Jay R. Jordan covers breaking news in the Houston area. Read him on our breaking news site , Chron. Interstate is an urban freeway that forms a forty-two mile loop around the traditional inner city of Houston, Texas. One smaller loop lies within it, created by Interstate 45, Interstate 59 and Interstate 10 crossing paths and encircling what is known as downtown.

Two larger loops encircle it — one being Beltway 8 and the other Highway 6. Formal plans to construct a highway around Houston began to formalize in the s during World War II.