June 2005 Update: The US 59/IH-10

IH 10 north of downtown: This section of freeway, opened on May 17, 1972, is simple andbasic in comparison to other freeways in the downtown interchange complex. The dedicationceremony coincided with the retirement of Albert C. Kyser, head of the TxDOT Houston UrbanProject Office from 1955 to 1972. Kyser and City of Houston Planning Director Ralph Ellifritwere the most influential persons in the design of the downtown interchange complex. (Photo:July 2002)The unbuilt: This view shows a section of the final plan for the downtown interchangecomplex, which was approved in 1963. The La Porte Freeway, also known as theHarrisburg Freeway for the unbuilt section inside Loop 610, was planned to terminateat US 59 near what is now the baseball stadium for the Houston Astros. The La PorteFreeway was cancelled in the mid-1970s due to community opposition and fundingshortages. It is the only part of the originally planned downtown interchange complex thatwas not constructed. (Map: HMRC)