re: How many of you baws went to the public meeting last night about the new bridge?

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So this location is the cheapest to build, improves traffic around Baton Rouge the most, gets the most usage, and generates the most toll revenue. All with zero impact to river navigation. But instead, this location was eliminated simply because someone saw "no bridge pier zone" on a map and mistakenly figured "oh well, I guess we can't build a bridge there."

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Where are you getting this?

They absolutely evaluated locations with “no bridge pier zones” the entire width of the river. In fact, the maps on the project website specifically differentiate between “no bridge pier zone” and “no bridge zone (span length exceeded).”

The exact option you posted was considered by the project as alternative “C-7-IV.” You’re right that it was eliminated before the navigational impacts were evaluated, but not because of the no bridge pier zone. It was eliminated because the traffic models indicated it would have low average daily traffic. LINK

There’s a discussion to be had about whether you agree with the traffic models, but your characterization of why it was removed appears to be false as far as I can tell.