Talk:Texas State Highway 45

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[edit] Two sections

There are two things incorrect with the current revision. The length listed is only for the Southern segment of this route. The northern toll road is mostly open (from SH 130 to RR 620).

Also, the termini are not fully correct, as mentioned above. Two completely separate pieces of this roadway are open. Kraft 15:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

I added both set of termini to the page. I couldn't find any style rules that matched with this situation. I'm looking for a reference source for the open sections of the north tollway in order to correct length.Kraft 15:35, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, I realized that after I made the change, the northern section doesn't show up on any of the maps, at least Mapquest and Google. I was trying to find the actual mileage of the northern section that is open. There is a similar situation in the San Antonio area, SH 211 has two seperate sections, but the article for it doesn't exist yet, so it hasn't been addressed. Hmm, I may need to make an adjustment to the infobox. --Holderca1 15:37, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The turnaround time, I believe, for a the data set for Google Maps and Mapquest is a few months from when the data provider has the new information (they use the same source usually). Since the northern section opened this week and how seperated the sections are, it is very understandable to have a good amount of confusion. These two segments are the full length of Loop 1 apart- 22 miles! --Kraft 15:56, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, they could of put it on there months ago as a future highway or something, it's not like a highway is something that can be built in a few days. Just out of curiousity, do you know why they gave this highway a state highway designation rather than a loop designation. The strange thing is, the ultimate plan for 45 is a loop around the city, while Loop 1 isn't, they could almost just switch the two, although that would just lead to mass confusion. --Holderca1 15:59, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Hmmm, this is interesting, 1, 45, and 130 all show up on Mapquest when you are zoomed out, but when you zoom in, they disappear.--Holderca1 16:17, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

What zoom level? They aren't showing up for me. Good call about a future highway- has Mapquest/Google done that for other roadways? Regarding the SH vs LP designation. Darn good question. I thought that was odd too. TX is weird with "Loop" designations. In most cases, a Loop is a roadway that connects two other system roadways together, circular or not. In this case, Lp 1 connected, more or less, 183 SB to 290 without having to go out to east Austin or 35. Weird. I really have no idea why 45 is not a "loop". --Kraft 19:44, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

They show up on mapquest at zoom levels 4-6,it shows SH 130 from US 183 to I-35 in Georgetown, and SH 45 and the SL 1 extension, all shown in green. Green is mapquests designation for a toll road. --Holderca1 14:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)