. The major street plan for Houston and vicinity, 1942 . ^^\^v^^%^^—1^^^^ v^^ .#<^^^^<e^ ^^ • SOAD CCALC or MILCt TYPICAL UNDEVELOPEDRADIAL THOROUGHFARES FROM THE MAJOR STREET PLAN CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONHOUSTON TEXAS. ^?IlUlAZ Sai^^ats^^ CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND BY-PASS THOROUGHFARES Next in importance are circumferential and by-pass thoroughfares. Theseconnections provide main routes of access across and around town withoutpassing through the more congested central areas. By-pass thoroughfaresmay greatly relieve the downtown area and the radial thoroughfares, ifproperly located. Housto
. The major street plan for Houston and vicinity, 1942 . ^^\^v^^%^^—1^^^^ v^^ .#<^^^^<e^ ^^ • SOAD CCALC or MILCt TYPICAL UNDEVELOPEDRADIAL THOROUGHFARES FROM THE MAJOR STREET PLAN CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONHOUSTON TEXAS. ^?IlUlAZ Sai^^ats^^ CIRCUMFERENTIAL AND BY-PASS THOROUGHFARES Next in importance are circumferential and by-pass thoroughfares. Theseconnections provide main routes of access across and around town withoutpassing through the more congested central areas. By-pass thoroughfaresmay greatly relieve the downtown area and the radial thoroughfares, ifproperly located. Houston is at present very inadequately supplied withthis type of circulation. Practically our only example is the Old SpanishTrail-Wayside connection, which is most serviceable and worthwhile. Anexample of a greatly needed unit of this type would be the Kiam-Sixth-White Oak-Quitman-Liberty Road connection. This route, if properly devel-oped, would provide a much needed connection east and west on the northside of Buffalo Bayou and would tend to relieve congestion on Washingtonand Franklin Avenues. The best example of a circumferential or loopconnection is the so-called Defense Loop, the completion of which isprovided for in
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