Comment by throwaway2037

The whole highway from my hotel to downtown Austin was new.

> And how many new interchanges is Austin building per year? I guess two at max.

Sounds like someone who's never in their life driven in Austin.

It wouldn't surprise me to find it's nearly a half dozen per year, on a slow year. I only drive down there a few times a year and yet almost every time I go on my random route at least two stretches of road are just radically different from the last time I drove on it.

Sometimes it really feels like Texas' biggest industry is highway bridge/overpass construction.

If you've never experienced the rapid redevelopment of Texas exurbs and what not it's something of a marvel to behold, like watching a train wreck take place over months.