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Progress: the Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, spans across 26 lanes making it the worlds widest. The freeway is broken down in to 12 main lanes (six in each direction), eight feeder lanes. (lemmy.world)

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[–] neclimdul 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah that's a better description.

Also of note this is part of the evacuation system for hurricanes. All lanes are outbown in an evacuation.

But it also kinda hides some of the crappyness. it was supposed to be on top of a giant underground flood diversion system which is a huge problem for Houston as you may have heard. Also the center was supposed to be for a commuter rail but we couldn't get the bond passed so that might happen someday...