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re: How many of you baws went to the public meeting last night about the new bridge?
Posted on 4/26/22 at 12:31 pm to Bard
Posted on 4/26/22 at 12:31 pm to Bard
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he yellow line is about where I would like to see the loop go with the current option.
drop that yellow line just a little bit and you can go straight through/over the swamp. Boggles my little brain why this path for a bypass/bridge doesn't show up on any of the suggestions/options. I used the Google thingy to measure distance and it's only 23 miles total. It's about 21 miles taking I-10. Don't take a DOTD Traffic engineer to figure out people would gladly drive an extra 3 miles to save an hour in traffic. And an I-10 Interchange at/near Bluff Road has been discussed anyhow. Makes too much sense I suppose. The bend in the river is the only thing that I would imagine prevents a bridge going there. Build a tunnel maybe(It's pretty narrow there)?
This post was edited on 4/26/22 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 4/26/22 at 12:48 pm to mikelbr
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drop that yellow line just a little bit and you can go straight through/over the swamp. Boggles my little brain why this path for a bypass/bridge doesn't show up on any of the suggestions/options. I used the Google thingy to measure distance and it's only 23 miles total.
Probably a combination of cost and (possibly) environmental impact.
That bridge location was evaluated but was eliminated in the round 1 screening. I agree that it would be a way more attractive location if it could be connected directly to I-10 through the swamp. The problem is that almost the entire portion from the bridge to I-10 in Ascension would need to be elevated, which adds a ton of cost and would be a pretty significant project on its own.
And again, that’s assuming it’s feasible from an environmental impact perspective (I don’t know the answer to that part).
Posted on 4/26/22 at 1:22 pm to mikelbr
I think a by pass through Iberville east through ascension is the best play too.
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