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Posted by Marineaux on 11/3/22 at 9:49 am

Please let me know if you have one for sale. Thanks. Marino dot Corey @ Gmail dot com ...

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Posted by Marineaux on 2/13/21 at 10:52 am

Section 412, Row 15. $3,260 total. Please text at Two2Five77Three40Eight4 Thanks. ...

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re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/25/18 at 7:38 am

Boudreaux, what you say sounds like you know your stuff. Are you a Civil Engineer? Are you aware of any studies into the feasibility of a project like this that shows it wouldn’t work in a cost effective manner? ...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/25/18 at 7:03 am

Yeah, it seems like they are taking steps to fix the bottlenecks now. I live on the west side, south of BR. The backups to cross the bridge during peak times are insane. I wonder if bottleneck corrections are enough, so I keep thinking more crossings in addition to bottleneck fixes. Seems like t...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 8:41 pm

I really have no preference for one over the other. I like bridges and tunnels. I just saw how relatively inexpensive the GWT was in today’s dollars compared to the projected cost of single bridge and wondered if we could either save a ton of money with a single tunnel alternative or stretch the $1....

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 8:17 pm

[quote]All the TD civil engineers on page 1 don't realize the George Wallace Tunnel isn't dug into the ground[/quote] Rereading the Wiki, this seems to be accurate! Seems like it was built in sections, then sunk into place and connected under water with the water pumped out afterwards. Does this ...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 8:09 pm

The multiple tunnels in South Louisiana have already been discussed though. If they could build those, why can’t we build a newer, better one today with more technology and innovation? ...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 7:08 pm

[quote]An above ground tunnel may work though... [/quote] What exactly did you have in mind? If a tunnel wouldn't work (although I'm not sure I've read convincing support that it wouldn't yet), I'm all for thinking about creative alternatives to a $1.2M (and sure to be climbing) price tag for a ...

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re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 1:37 pm

[quote]Digging tunnels in Baton Rouge's soil would be an hilarious undertaking [/quote] Is Baton Rouge soil that much different than NOLA soil? ...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 1:36 pm

A lot of comments about how tunnels are terrible, or “I hate tunnels.” But I am trying to figure out how they are different from a traffic standpoint than a bridge. A friend of mine thinks people just slow down when driving through. In theory, I think you can have the same number of lanes as a b...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 12:34 pm

[quote]Forgets about Sandy? NYC flood-proofed a shite load more miles of tunnel than we would need. NYC tunnels 6 yrs after Sandy [/quote] Yeah I didn’t know about this work but that’s what I had in mind. Like the article says, huge flood gates for the entrances/exits. I’m sure those monsters ...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 12:29 pm

[quote]No way you could get a stable grade to that depth and back up in a short enough distance. It would be undrivable[/quote] Any idea what the channel depth is in Addis? There’s a turn there where the river is 4,500 feet across, so 1.5 the length of where the current bridge is now and the leng...

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re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 12:15 pm

Yeah this is the type of stuff I want to discuss becaus like I said, [b]on the surface[/b] it seemed logical without more information than I had. There are just so many variables. Someone earlier suggested perhaps the price of labor was cheaper back then which I guess makes sense. I would have thou...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 11:53 am

[quote]Imagine another 2016 flood.....with tunnels[/quote] I thought about this. Obviously we have levees, so I assumed the water level gets higher than the tunnel entrance/exit would be. I also assumed (perhaps wrongly so) that the only way that would be an issue would be if there was a breach i...

re: Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 11:43 am

[quote]Where did you get your conversion for 1973/$50M to 2018/$293M?[/quote] [link=(https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl)]LINK[/link] - limit is $10M so I just used that and multiplied by 5. ...

Why Not Tunnels?

Posted by Marineaux on 7/24/18 at 9:02 am

Are there any civil engineers or other similarly informed individuals in the OT who can talk about why tunnels aren’t being discussed as an alternative to a new bridge to solve Baton Rouge’s traffic problems? I’m sure it’s been considered and eliminated as a possible solution for good reason, but I’...

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re: Please Help ID this Grassy Weed (Update: New pics added.)

Posted by Marineaux on 7/26/15 at 9:39 pm

Thanks for all the tips. I'll definitely look into the pre-emergent as I haven't had an easy time finding a product like that. I will also keep at it with the Vantage to suppress as best I can. I think Gevans has it pegged. It appears that it is spreading to my yard from a neighbor's yard, and that ...

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