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10/110 merge discussion
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:27 pm
So the biggest bottleneck in the city is obviously the 10E becoming 1 lane at the merge.
Why not reduce 110 South to 1 lane before the merge so 10E could keep 2 lanes and Washington street is no longer an exit only lane type exit?
Or close the Washington street exit all together. The ghetto should not be served by the Eisenhower interstate system IMO.
Why not reduce 110 South to 1 lane before the merge so 10E could keep 2 lanes and Washington street is no longer an exit only lane type exit?
Or close the Washington street exit all together. The ghetto should not be served by the Eisenhower interstate system IMO.
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Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:33 pm to Cosmo
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Or close the Washington street exit all together
This is the most logical band-aid and would be the most effective. You close the exit and you can still use the existing footprint of the entrance and exit ramps to add an additional lane. Once that happens, you'll have about 1/3-1/2 a mile to merge from 4 lanes to 3.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:33 pm to Cosmo
Easily the biggest clusterfrick in the city and it blows my mind nothing has been done about it.
Outside of getting a loop, this seems like one of the most obvious things to fix.
Outside of getting a loop, this seems like one of the most obvious things to fix.
This post was edited on 4/17/15 at 1:34 pm
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:34 pm to Cosmo
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Why not reduce 110 South to 1 lane before the merge so 10E could keep 2 lanes and Washington street is no longer an exit only lane type exit? Or close the Washington street exit all together. The ghetto should not be served by the Eisenhower interstate system IMO.
Don't you live in NOLA? mind your own fricking business...keep that logic shite out of BR traffic discussions.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:35 pm to rlebl39
And it is a relatively cheap fix.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:45 pm to Cosmo
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Or close the Washington street exit all together.
Political impossibility.
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Why not reduce 110 South to 1 lane before the merge so 10E could keep 2 lanes and Washington street is no longer an exit only lane type exit?
Too late now. The better question would be why not widen I-10 to 4 lanes so that the lane that is exit only at Washington doesn't end. However, that would require moving George's Place out from beneath the overpass, another political impossibility with Smokey as a mayoral candidate for the next go-round.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:47 pm to Cosmo
Any satellite images of the area? I've driven that way before and never noticed it going down to a single lane. Never during rush hour though.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:48 pm to Cosmo
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Or close the Washington street exit all together. The ghetto should not be served by the Eisenhower interstate system IMO.
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Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:49 pm to JollyGreenGiant
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Any satellite images of the area?
Are you serious?
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:50 pm to Cosmo
quote:no
Why not reduce 110 South to 1 lane before the merge so 10E could keep 2 lanes and Washington street is no longer an exit only lane type exit?
quote:yes
Or close the Washington street exit all together. The ghetto should not be served by the Eisenhower interstate system IMO.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:50 pm to kingbob
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moving George's Place out from beneath the overpass
Where would I get my jalapeno cheese fries?
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:50 pm to kingbob
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Too late now.
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this would require no actual widening. Just restriping and resigning.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:51 pm to JollyGreenGiant
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I've driven that way before and never noticed it going down to a single lane. Never during rush hour though.
They have re striped the part that connects with 110 at the foot of the bridge. It now has 2 lanes and years ago it was just 1 lane. The only difference it has is it allows you to merge 1000 ft later.
Some will come in and say it is 2 lanes to 10 but it isn't because the right lane is an exit onto Washington st.
Basically entering BR you have a major interstate narrowing to 1 lane entering a city...pretty stupid.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:54 pm to Cosmo
quote:This has been suggested a few times and was officially deemed racist.
Or close the Washington street exit all together.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:57 pm to Politiceaux
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This has been suggested a few times and was officially deemed racist.
Yup. Doesn't matter that the Nicholson/Highland exit gets you to almost the same exact spot as does the Dalrymple one. In reality, it's the wealthy whites along the lake that don't want Washington Street closed because they are afraid that if Old South Baton Rouge loses their exit at Washington Street, then those poor, huddled masses will start using the Dalrymple one and driving near their mansions, and they CAN'T have THAT!
Posted on 4/17/15 at 1:59 pm to Politiceaux
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This has been suggested a few times and was officially deemed racist.
which i don't get...i hardly ever see CATS busses getting off there
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:33 pm to kingbob
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then those poor, huddled masses will start using the Dalrymple one and driving near their mansions, and they CAN'T have THAT!
True. Guess we'll have to get rid of the poors then.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:35 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
No need to fully "close" the Washington Street exit, just move it north by several thousand feet to where it is fed from 110 just south of the Government St exit.
Yeah yeah, I know that "left exits" are not current Interstate standards, but BR drivers have grown up using left exits to get into downtown, so let's add one more and fix the I-10 problem.
Time for a Paint party. Red = left exit off I-110. Blue = surface street to catch up with the existing frontage road (Braddock St.). Green = plenty of access points into the neighborhood from both I-10 and I-110. Easy peazy.
Yeah yeah, I know that "left exits" are not current Interstate standards, but BR drivers have grown up using left exits to get into downtown, so let's add one more and fix the I-10 problem.
Time for a Paint party. Red = left exit off I-110. Blue = surface street to catch up with the existing frontage road (Braddock St.). Green = plenty of access points into the neighborhood from both I-10 and I-110. Easy peazy.
Posted on 4/17/15 at 2:49 pm to Topwater Trout
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Some will come in and say it is 2 lanes to 10 but it isn't because the right lane is an exit onto Washington st.
Exactly. The far right lane doesn't count bc it's an exit only lane. That spot is literally the only spot on I-10 from coast to coast where it's one lane. I don't know how it passes interstate standards with only one lane in the first place.
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