re: Baton Rouge I-10/I-12 switch approaching College Dr exit

A lot.

However, it is gonna be comical seeing all the people cry about how they missed the exit and they hate it.

Except now, everyone that wants to get off at college can do so and not hold the e tire interstate up trying to get over and find some way to skip the line

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Now if only we could get that motherfrickin washington street exit closed and have 2-3 lanes coming into BR.

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This is part of the MS River Bridge widening project.

ETA: That looking at the updated drawings (April 2023) it appears that the Washington St Exit will remain open but will only be accessible to those traveling eastbound across the bridge. It appears that there will be a barricade preventing I- 110 S traffic from utilizing the exit.

And now the people coming down 12 have to smush from 3 lanes down to 2 because the retards at DOT didn't create enough space at the new spot where 12 goes under 10.

This entire screwup is just Louisiana retards on parade. ""

That was my question. So now I-12 is down to ONLY 2 Lanes for that stretch ???. Asinine ! No wonder large cities laugh at this place

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Can someone explain to me one single positive this swap accomplished? Millions of dollars and years of construction and traffic is just as bad as ever.

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There's good and bad, but first understand that it's not complete yet.

The idea was that because College gets so much traffic, both 12 and 10 needed direct access to it in a way that didn't have one or the other having to cross 4-5 lanes of traffic in a mile of high-density traffic just to get to it. Previously, those coming from 10 had to struggle to get over to College, causing extra problems (I've driven this corridor daily from 12 for over a decade now). It needed to be addressed as there continues to be LOTS of traffic going that route.

Once the switchover from 10 was done, it fricked those coming from 12 as they all had to cram around the new curve then do the exact same thing people on 10 had been bitching about doing. But that was only temporary as a direct route from 12 was always in the works and opened up last Wednesday.

Currently the route allows travel ONLY to College, but eventually it will add Acadian (the outside lane will be forced to College, the next lane will allow access to Acadian and back to 10).

This will help once they get the whole interchange done and people get used to it, but it has its own drawbacks. Specifically, narrowing 12 down to 2 lanes to join up with 10. 12 gets noticeably more traffic through most of the day, so removing a lane of merging is annoying (especially since slow-asses seem to love to ride next to each other through this new corridor). Also, where it joins 10 is a bit awkward, but this may be addressed by bringing back at least some semblance of a breakdown lane on the left once everything is done.

Longer-term, this is part of the addition of an extra lane in either direction from 10-12 to 415. I haven't looked over the most recent plans deeply in a while, but I hope it at least adds the onramp from College as its own lane all the way down to the Acadian exit (which would then allow the current outside lane between the two to be the extension to the 10/110).

So wait...

#1: The plan is to pull Acadian over the RR tracks, with seven lanes? Or, if under, that narrow RR bridge will need to be rebuilt, right? With hopefully better drainage.

#2: The well-promoted "four through lanes" is only Westbound?

Hmmm

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They are widening I10 from the split to hwy 415.

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They’re widening the bridge too? Until another bridge is built this is lipstick on the pig

Yep, I didn’t even know they were making a direct exit for College on 12 until yesterday. I actually tried to take it but the vehicle behind me cut over and blocked my path and by that point I was already past it. It’s going to take some getting used to but seems like it will actually be for the best once everything starts opening up. For a while there, I thought they legit just swapped over the paths I-10 and I-12 took towards that merge and that was the point of my gripe lol.

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How do you not understand creating a bottleneck at a busy exit isn't the solution?

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I'm not defending the project or saying it will work. I'm just pointing out that most of the complaints and suggested fixes are clearly addressed in the scope of work of the projects.

ETA: After looking at the updated drawings (April 2023) it appears that the Washington St Exit will remain open but will only be accessible to those traveling eastbound across the bridge. It appears that there will be a barricade preventing I- 110 S traffic from utilizing the exit.