Metro Bus 53 Briar Forest Limited to Westside HS (photos)

The 53 Briar Forest Metro Bus Line provides service to several schools in West Houston: 

Westside High School near Highway 6 and The Village School on Whittington Drive between Enclave/Eldridge and Dairy Ashford.

Final stop at Valedictorian Drive (Westside HS):

Metro Bus stop in front of Westside High School

Westside HS on Briar Forest Drive
14201 Briar Forest Drive
Houston, TX 77077

Map of Briar Forest Drive between Dairy Ashford and SH-6
Small pic of Westside High School (click to enlarge)

The Village School on Whittington

Brimhurst Bus Stop on Eldridge at Village on Parkway near CITGO

Eldridge at Katy Freeway Prime Office Space Development - Ground broken (construction pics)

Construction work (earth-moving and utilities installation work, to be more specific) has commenced on Energy Corridor office building development project that will bring to the West-Houston sub-market more than half a million rentable square feet of premium office space at the SW corner of North Eldridge Parkway and Katy Freeway. <-- Follow link to prior blog post with on-location pics of project site. 

This stretch of Eldridge Pkwy just North of Memorial Drive recently saw completion of a road widening road project (additional lanes added), and further road improvements are being implemented on the North side of Interstate 10 on the stretch that runs through the Addicks Reservoir wilderness and connects to Patterson Road, War Memorial Drive (Bear Creek Pioneers Park), and Clay Road, which has proven to be extremely dangerous and accident-prone, especially in wet conditions at night.  

CBRE Leasing Agent sign and rendition (computer-generated image)
of new office building being erected
at N. Eldridge Pkwy South of  I-10 Katy Fwy inbound feeder road

Metro Bus Service in the Energy Corridor District [photos]

Bus 53 Briar Forest Line - Bus Stop on Enclave Parkway

Bus stop marker for lines 75 and 131 serving the Energy Corridor area

"Buses Only" sign on connector bridge to Addicks Park & Ride lot;
which offers express bus service to Downtown and Medical Center

Bus 53 Briar Forest at CITGO complex on Eldridge Parkway

Metro Bus on Memorial Drive passing Terry Hershey Park & Trail
Eldridge Place office buildings in the background

Example of Metro Bus Shelter - this one at a High School on Briar Forest Drive

A 75 Eldridge Crosstown Bus heading South toward Westheimer Rd.
and on to Mission Bend Park & Ride

The recently installed bus shelter in front of Five Spice Asian Restaurant on Eldridge has
the energy corridor district signage on it; as do the street name signs in the area

Addicks Park and Ride Lot - Energy Corridor Metro Connection to Downtown Houston and Medical Center

Addicks Park & Ride - Left Exit sign on Katy Freeway going West | Katy Tollway

Overpass crossing Katy Freeway that provides access to and from Metro's Addicks Park & Ride Lot

North of the Freeway (I-10)

The Road Improvement Mess at N. Eldridge Parkway (Summer 2012)

Eventually, the traffic jams and inconvenience caused by midsummerly digging and road-widening work on Eldridge Parkway South of Katy Freeway should pay off. With several large-scale development projects on the drawing boards for nearby land, the demands on the infrastructure in the area will only increase. 

Mayor Parker's Rebuild Houston Project Sign
for North Eldridge Parkway Widening From Memorial Drive to I-10
Eldridge Southbound from I-10 feeder road reduced to one lane (July 15, 2012 photo)

Excavator on North Eldridge Parkway

Partial road closure on Eldridge (July 17, 2012 photo)

Roadwork at intersection of Memorial Drive and Eldrige Parkway
Looking North through the intersection

Looking South on Eldridge - Memorial Drive and McDermott Office Tower ahead (7/25/12)

Road construction ongoing on N. Eldridge Parkway (/7/17/12)

Esplanade torn up at South of intersection of Memorial Drive and Eldridge Pkwy (7/5/12)