re: Baton Rouge- Only a handful of properties will be bought out to widen I-10

Pretty much and a handful of politicians

Bridge is three lanes each way.
At down ramp it narrows to two lanes going West and one going East.

At that point 110 connects to 10 exacerbating the problem.

Widening 10 helps ease traffic headed to Downtown from the East. Widening 10 helps get people heading East off the bridge and it helps people leaving Downtown.

Is it the magic bullet? No, but it's an important factor.

They were there before they built I 10.

Now folks who live down 12 and who moved there after 12 was built are s different story.

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Westbound has a lot less issues than eastbound when it comes to the bridge. It clogs up because mouth-breathing dipshits like yourself get in wrecks or their car breaks down and/or catches on fire.

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You are retarded if you think West bound has less issues. You are stating opinion for fact. Drive west any day of the week in rush hour and see how that works out for you stupid. You got called out on your stupid statement and now you are acting like a little pussy.

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Furthermore, I realize it’s happening. I just think it’s a band aid on an open wound. If you think there isn’t a far better alternative then you are just being argumentative.

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Its just a bandaid, adding lanes will only reduce to some degree the total time traffic is congested in a area, it will not eliminate congestion, that requires adding alternate routes. How do I know this, I took a class in traffic engineering in college.

You have a major interstate with one lane East bound, 60 style exit and entrance ramps, no shoulers for emergencies and merging interstates from the north and the east which help form a huge hour glass; you have to fix it when you can.

No, it's not the fix, but it is certainly part of any fix and should have been fine twenty five years ago.

Jimmy B already said he was going to build a new bridge, no worries.