. The major street plan for Houston and vicinity, 1942 . NECTION—This project would extendfrom Wayside Drive at about Avenue U, over Buffalo Bayou east ofthe present bridge, and over Clinton Drive at the present it would continue northeast through the open area at the eastof the Port Terminal Railroad yards and join McCarty north of theMarket Street Road. This connection would eliminate the present verydevious route along CUnton Drive and through the congested area ofMcCarty Road between Clinton and Market Street Road. KIAM-SIXTH-WHITE OAK-QUITMAN-LIBERTY—This project,consisti
. The major street plan for Houston and vicinity, 1942 . NECTION—This project would extendfrom Wayside Drive at about Avenue U, over Buffalo Bayou east ofthe present bridge, and over Clinton Drive at the present it would continue northeast through the open area at the eastof the Port Terminal Railroad yards and join McCarty north of theMarket Street Road. This connection would eliminate the present verydevious route along CUnton Drive and through the congested area ofMcCarty Road between Clinton and Market Street Road. KIAM-SIXTH-WHITE OAK-QUITMAN-LIBERTY—This project,consisting of some wholly new right of way and considerable straight-ening and widening of existing right of way, would provide a mostvaluable east-west connection across the central part of the north would serve to feed traffic into both the Hempstead and Katy high-ways on the west and to the Beaumont highway on the east. Its devel-opment would also tend to remove some of the present traffic goingthrough on Washington, Franklin, and Navigation. 12. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAJOR STREET RIGHTOFWAY ACQUISITION 1941 City Planninj Conmissionof Houslonjexas NOTETHE FIRST EIGHT PROJECTSWERE ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCILAND $600,000 IN BONDS WE REVOTED FOR ACQUISITION OFRIGHT OF WAY FROM 1941-1943 WAUGH DRIVE — With a reasonable amount of development,Waugh Drive could become a much more convenient and efficientthoroughfare, capable of handling increased traffic loads. Of particularimportance is the elimination of the present jog between Waugh andYale at Washington Avenue and the widening of right of way be-tween Nevada and Westheimer, and between Washington Avenue andCleveland Park. KJRBY DRIVE—Kirby Drive forms an extension of Buffalo Driveand if further extended on the south would provide a very desirablenorth-south route. It has an existing right of way one hundred feetwide south to Westheimer, and this width could be extended to Bis-sonnet with little difficulty. However, Kirby Driv
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