Land Use Impact of Widening North Texas Avenue in a Developing Area of Bryan, Texas

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• Creators:
  Cosby, Pamela J. ; Womack, Katie N. ; Buffington, Jesse L.
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Corporate Contributors:
  Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Abutments Data Collection Highways Impact Land Use Planning Real Property Road Construction Traffic Lanes
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWATX78-225-6
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas ; United States
• Edition:
  Interim - September 1978 - August 1979
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
• Abstract:
  Previous studies on the effects of highway construction upon land use have focused mainly upon the effects of the construction of new highways. In view of a new emphasis upon upgrading and expanding existing facilities rather than building new ones, the need arises for information concerning the effects of such improvements upon land use. This information is particularly valuable in preparing environmental documents. This report relates the findings of research done upon an area of Bryan, Texas, where North Texas Avenue (business route of State Highway 6) was upgraded from a two-lane to a four-lane facility. The improvement took place in a developing area where the majority of acreage was unimproved. Land use changes were analyzed for both abutting and nonabutting properties that might have been affected by the road improvement. Data were collected for 1958 and 1964, which were both before construction began, and 1970 and 1977, which were both after the improvement was completed. Total acres in each type of land use in these four years and the types of changes between years were determined comparisons of the types and rates of development before and after the upgrading occurred were made. The data are reported in narrative and tabular form. Causes of development other than the improved highway were also researched and are reported. Highway planners should be able to use this report and subsequent reports of this study to make more accurate predictions of land use changes due to specific highway improvements in different areas.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  2~8-77-225
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:b18b6f7522404f83aadb5302d8848314d36f50fdf9e24543cf796e996fb36f89f66b85afc72834296b4f514d611479c6bb2b6d372344ab60e5d50151b015267d
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/85664/dot_85664_DS1.pdf
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