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I think 410, Inter 10, US 90 and Inter 35 are 10-12 lanes and with feeder roads reach 14-16 lanes in most parts of the city. San Antonio freeways are always under expansion it seems. Houston is the highway king but San Antonio is catching up.
that is all lies. first of all 410 is 49 miles long not 60.
and I have been on all those highways, you must be counting the feeder roads to get up to 12 lanes.
and Houston has about 4 times the number of highways that SA does. not comparable at all.
San Antonio's narrow little streets are nothing compared to the HOuston monsters. most of the highways in SA are 3 lanes in either direction while those in houston are 6 in either direction
Yeah San Antonio is more comparable to Dallas when it comes to tiny 3 lane feeder roads that end abruptly compared to Houston's 6 laners which run the entire length of the freeway.
He is correct about the freeways being 10-12 lanes. But Htown your the one that started knocking San Antonio freeways and roads. I think San Antonio and Texas have great highways.
well 10-12 are smaller than what I am used to. and for those to be the biggest are just hard on my senses
Yeah San Antonio is more comparable to Dallas when it comes to tiny 3 lane feeder roads that end abruptly compared to Houston's 6 laners which run the entire length of the freeway.
yeah I am accustomed to the 18, 20, 20something ones
Houston probably has the 3rd. tallest skyline but it maybe the overall # of buildings between both cities.
Buildings over 500 feet:
Houston : 30
Miami : 28
Buildings over 400 feet:
Houston : 52
Miami : 58
Also take into account that Miami is a small city at 35 sq. miles whereas Houston has 539 sq. miles and you have multiple skylines. Miami is more compact & dense. Perhaps that is why they ranked Miami third but that claim was made by some architectural website I think.
I believe the rankings are by MSA.
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yeah I am accustomed to the 18, 20, 20something ones
I don't see any feeders in this picture.
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Originally Posted by mikey1984
I think 410, Inter 10, US 90 and Inter 35 are 10-12 lanes and with feeder roads reach 14-16 lanes in most parts of the city. San Antonio freeways are always under expansion it seems. Houston is the highway king but San Antonio is catching up.
After a bit of investigation, it was apparent to me that Miami's numbers were not for the MSA but rather just for the 36 square miles of land that the city of Miami occupies. If you just add Miami Beach (and its 7 square miles of land), Miami's MSA matches Houston in the 500+ category. If you add MiamiDade's Sunny Isles Beach,(and its 1 square mile of land), you add 4 more 500+ buildings.
I doubt there are any buildings in either Broward or Palm Beach that are 500+ or more but there might be a few more in MiamiDade that I don't immediately come to mind.
Ok but then what would you do add Oakland to Sanfransico or Bellevue and Tacoma to Seattle. Best to keep city proper not metro areas.
lol, you don't believe me? Come see them, they are all huge.
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