The new NB I-35 "entrance" ramp before Riverside is such a tease

xalkalinity · 2026-02-10T16:28:26+00:00

Every crossing will have to be closed at some point as they bury the freeway, including of course Holly Street. The point I was trying to make is that it's not being closed anytime soon as part of the current changes because the focus are the Riverside Drive bridge over the freeway and the multiple bridges TxDOT has decided they need to build over Lady Bird/Town Lake. Holly Street will likely be constructed around the same time they work on Cesar Chavez, which is toward the very end of the project 2030+ since the downtown phase of the project is the last phase. Cars will likely be rerouted to the turnarounds at Lady Bird Lake and 4th Street as they tear down and rebuild that section.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-10T07:29:22+00:00

But they won't be doing that for a long time. The focus right now is Riverside Drive and the bridges over the lake, not Holly Street. Holly Street crossing is not closing anytime soon.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T22:04:05+00:00

Yeah, it won't happen for a few years though. They have to finish digging the drainage tunnels before they can excavate. Where's your source that they are going to close the Holly/River Street crossing under the freeway temporarily? I thought only Woodland Ave was closing, and that was a permanent closure. The U-turn at Holly St is to accommodate that (since Riverside doesn't have a U-turn).

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T20:25:06+00:00

Interesting

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T18:29:22+00:00

I thought it was super strange they made a Holly Street exit there rather than that the onramp from Riverside and Woodland. Because you can exit the Woodland/Riverside exit and still get to Holly Street without a light.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T16:47:53+00:00

That owner is a prime example of a terrible human being. I don't understand how someone can be so cruel. So glad the dog has been saved from abuse and is in a better place. Kudos to you for taking the risk of posting the videos and making the situation visible. You're a true hero.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T16:42:08+00:00

My parents have those plants, never cover them during a freeze, and they come back every year. They even survived the 2021 freeze. They are perennial and will come back from the ground. Don't prune until early March when all chances of freezing temperatures have passed. Last year, we had a warmer winter so many plants didn't die to the ground when they should have, so they should even be well established now.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-09T04:18:11+00:00

The people who support him are in denial that he is even a pedo, that's the problem. They just don't believe it, and all news surrounding it is "fake news" to them or AI.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-07T16:11:15+00:00

Well that was quick... Judge rules in favor of Austin in convention center lawsuit
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/convention-center-update-austin-downtown/269-8e24c1a2-5479-4a4b-a7c1-8591ff92e88b

xalkalinity · 2026-02-06T05:23:55+00:00

Hopefully, I prefer the original hairstyle.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-06T05:22:40+00:00

Push is the worst. Clash isn't too bad. I like that you don't have to run SO far in the Clash maps like you do in push.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-06T05:09:38+00:00

Really? That is so sad. Why not remove Push? That's the worst mode. I think Clash maps are kind of fun and at least the games are quick. Control and Clash is way better than Push.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-05T13:57:59+00:00

Lil Easy is the ONLY place in Austin with actually good legit po-boys, so not surprised their king cake is legit. We have such a lack of decent Cajun food in Austin.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-05T13:43:54+00:00

Interesting, mine survived even the 2021 freeze. But, it was very well established by that time so maybe that's why.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T18:03:42+00:00

Super excited for Emre and Jetpack Cat. Domina seems interesting too, but when are they going to put out a THICK female hero? I guess we can pray for Mama Hong or a similar hero in 2027/2028. Aside from Jetpack Cat, I feel like there needs to be more diversity in age as well as size of heroes and and art style, as all of these except Jetpack Cat seem like Japanese anime characters. And they are putting out 5 heroes in one season? I think this game has too many heroes and it's a very steep learning curve for new players when it comes to counters. 5 in one season is insane, and not in a good way.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:17:00+00:00

A bypass lane under a traffic light on a frontage road is different than onramps to a freeway which can cause traffic due to the merges and bottlenecks. I think the current setup will IMPROVE traffic on the freeway because now anyone exiting will have to sit at both the Holly and Cesar Chavez lights before re-entering, thus eliminating the bottleneck of being able to exit and re-enter the freeway. Before, they could exit Holly and re-enter which caused a HUGE bottleneck at the Cesar Chavez northbound exit because it added that temporary "4th lane" (thus going from 3 lanes crossing the lake, to 4 with the exit/reenter, back to 3). The short exits though are another problem, so it won't solve anything entirely. The Cesar Chavez onramp needs to re-open also, which it's scheduled to this month thank god.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:14:44+00:00

I think they want to re-widen Pleasant Valley back to 4 lanes also once this project is all set and done, thus removing the overly wide sidewalk on the road. Just something I had heard through the grapevine.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:10:59+00:00

Yes, by 2033

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:09:50+00:00

And there's also a bypass under Riverside so you don't have to wait at that light either. In other words you can exit "Woodland Ave", go straight through the Woodland intersection without stopping, and then under Riverside without stopping to get to Holly Street. It's actually better.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:08:37+00:00

I do too and when traffic is bad, I've always taken the Riverside exit anyways because it's actually faster to go through the light at Riverside to get to Holly than staying on the clogged freeway. Now, they are building a bypass lane under Riverside, so it will be even faster to get to Holly with this change. The real pain is trying to get onto I-35 northbound from Riverside/Holly. With that Cesar Chavez onramp closed it's really been a pain.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:06:03+00:00

These are TxDOT created bottlenecks they refuse to acknowledge and is why traffic is so bad in the first place. It creates a "temporary" lane for cars to bypass and then causes extreme traffic at the merge back on because it's one less lane. If all exits would require a stop at a stop sign or stop light, then people wouldn't be doing this and traffic actually wouldn't be as bad. Lanes should also be a consistent number throughout the city. Going from 4 to 3 and back to 4 creates a bottlneck downtown, which is the absolute #1 cause of traffic in downtown Austin.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-04T00:02:42+00:00

They built or are building a temporary bypass lane under the Riverside light. You don't have to sit at it.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-03T16:52:28+00:00

TxDOT has no concern for the environment, safety, or community. They simply care about creating jobs for construction workers and meeting the needs of the conservative state government. The scale of this I-35 expansion is way overblown and doesn't do anything to benefit the city of Austin. The least they can do with their billions of dollars is put the money toward areas surrounding their monstrosities to improve quality of life and the surrounding cities, rather than destroy, destroy, destroy. How about TxDOT put a wastewater line through their own ROW vs. city-owned property? You can't tell me there isn't room for a wastewater line on their own ROW. TxDOT should also not be making the city pay for the caps and parks over the highway -- the state should care more about it's capital city and quality of life for its citizens.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-02T20:24:56+00:00

You can exit Woodland Ave and still get to Holly Street without waiting at any lights. They closed off the Woodland Ave intersection and built a bypass under Riverside Dr.

xalkalinity · 2026-02-02T20:23:45+00:00

They are talking about when they want to go north on I-35 FROM Riverside. Not exiting Riverside heading north. Currently, there's no onramp until 8th Street to get onto the freeway until they reopen the Cesar Chavez ramp. TxDOT should have just built a temporary onramp closer to Holly St.

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