We couldn't get out

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Did they not have both sides of the freeway going toward Dallas?

No - we were East of Houston on 146, and they were only allowing the northbound lanes to be used. The state troopers drove by every hour of so to prevent people from using the southbound lanes. They said something about the fact that the way all the highways merged, it would not be safe to use both lanes. Plus, there weren't enough troopers/police to direct the traffic like that.

Plus, people were very frustrated and getting mad when people *would* use the empty lanes. Serious road rage. Houston did open some contraflow lanes on I-45, I-10, and Hwy 290, but the contraflow didn't start until you were almost 100 miles out of the city. And, they didn't get them running until almost 5:00 pm yesterday. I was still seeing live video of Houston gridlock on TV at 2:00 this morning, when I had cooled down enough to fall asleep.