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re: Final three routes for new bridge released.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 4:52 pm to Jimbeaux28
Posted on 5/28/22 at 4:52 pm to Jimbeaux28
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Glad none include the Bluebonnet corridor as a possibility!
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Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:22 pm to Upperdecker
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Glad none include the Bluebonnet corridor as a possibility!
My parents live near there and they noticed develop construction had begun last week after halting a few months ago. That was the clue that it didn't make the top 3. Thank God.
Posted on 5/28/22 at 5:54 pm to Slippy
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There will be 3 lanes of flowing traffic all the way from the bridge to College.
Incorrect. The turn off the bridge on I-10 east will stay 2 lanes. The difference is the right lane won’t be exit only at Washington Street anymore
Posted on 5/28/22 at 6:01 pm to Cosmo
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And if it doesnt include a connector to 10 west of lobdell it wont help much
Amen
Posted on 5/28/22 at 9:52 pm to doubleb
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Their studies have over 24,000 cars a day using the bridge.
If you believe 80% of those cars would be taken off the 10 bridge you have improved traffic. Widening 10 through BR as they are doing now will also improve traffic. That’s two big deals.
I guarantee you that a lot of plant workers who live on the east side would certainly use the new bridge instead of the ones we have now. Of course it would have to be accessible on each side of the river.
And I understand your strategy. Eventually it might happen, but the bridge would be built and opened before all that could be done.
Oh no doubt. I just hope they plan to connect it quickly (but unlikely).
Posted on 5/29/22 at 7:44 am to Slippy
Can Plaquemine handle all that extra traffic going through it's downtown area on LA 1 is a good question too.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 8:06 am to nbern2022
A north bypass that diverts traffic coming off the old bridge and north I-110 to Hwy 408 would make a huge dent in the I-10/I-110 and Airline traffic clusterfrick.
This would keep Airline to local traffic and reduce the number of non-local traffic taking I-110 south.
This would keep Airline to local traffic and reduce the number of non-local traffic taking I-110 south.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 8:48 am to supadave3
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My parents live near there and they noticed develop construction had begun last week after halting a few months ago. That was the clue that it didn't make the top 3. Thank God
Anyone know what they are putting on the south side? They drove a bunch of pilings for a decent sized pad and now have a construction trailer out there
Posted on 5/29/22 at 9:26 am to udtiger
Are there plans available anywhere to see what is being developed on both sides of the BB corridor?
Posted on 5/29/22 at 9:47 am to fjlee90
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Edit: Airline should be rebuilt as 3 lanes each way, interstate style with feeders. Airline should have no stops and should have an easy connect with 10 in Baton Rouge and it’s southern connection.
It's been a long time, but I remember something like this being proposed in a mayor's race a long time ago (William Daniels maybe?). Anyway, I always thought it was a good idea. Basically, the plan was to use the Huey P Long bridge and airline as a northern loop. It was a pretty aggressive plan b/c it required elevating some of the roadway/loop over airline. But Baton Rouge should have made these steps decades ago. The more delay, the harder it all becomes to fix.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 11:14 am to Shexter
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Needs to start at the end of Gardere or Bluebonnet and end somewhere behind Dow Chemical north of Plaquemine.
This is the only reasonable solution - or somewhere near the ferry. But instead these morons are building a bridge in the boonies with no connections where nobody lives.
Insanity!
Posted on 5/29/22 at 11:20 am to LT
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This is the only reasonable solution
There is nothing reasonable whatsoever about dumping traffic off this new bridge onto either gardere or bluebonnet. In fact, that is about the dumbest and most shortsighted option of all of them.
Neither road has even the potential to be expanded to accommodate the amount of traffic that would be using them to get to 10 off this new bridge. Bluebonnet can’t handle the amount of traffic it has now.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 11:20 am
Posted on 5/29/22 at 11:46 am to nbern2022
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new bridge released. by nbern2022
Can Plaquemine handle all that extra traffic going through it's downtown area on LA 1 is a good question too.
They need a bypass around the city connecting to the new bridge.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 11:50 am to udtiger
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Anyone know what they are putting on the south side? They drove a bunch of pilings for a decent sized pad and now have a construction trailer out there
It is a new charter school.
Btw, the preliminary plan for a river bridge at that location showed the bridge ramps located in front of that school. A bridge there would destroy that development and surrounding neighborhoods. It would throw do much traffic on Bluebonnet, Burbank, Siegen and Highland that these arteries would be overwhelmed.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 11:52 am to notbilly
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Basically, the plan was to use the Huey P Long bridge and airline as a northern loop
When the HPL bridge was built that segment if Airline to the Nesser overpass was designed as a northern by pass around BR.
That was early 1940s.
That route should have been maintained and made a limited expressway years ago.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 12:11 pm to doubleb
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Btw, the preliminary plan for a river bridge at that location showed the bridge ramps located in front of that school. A bridge there would destroy that development and surrounding neighborhoods. It would throw do much traffic on Bluebonnet, Burbank, Siegen and Highland that these arteries would be overwhelmed
Thankfully, the three finalists are all in Iberville
Posted on 5/29/22 at 1:26 pm to doubleb
I understand why the connector is needed, it would definitely be awesome for the traffic. But I feel like some of you BR folk are severely underestimating the amount of traffic that brusly, Addis, plaquemine put onto that bridge.
With the population growth the last 20 years that little single on ramp onto the bridge is just not sustainable any longer. It’s gotten quite ridiculous actually.
I’m not saying the connector isn’t the main goal. But a bridge for local traffic is needed really badly.
I do agree though that south of plaquemine is probably least efficient for local traffic, it may seem to make more sense in the long run for a connector.
With the population growth the last 20 years that little single on ramp onto the bridge is just not sustainable any longer. It’s gotten quite ridiculous actually.
I’m not saying the connector isn’t the main goal. But a bridge for local traffic is needed really badly.
I do agree though that south of plaquemine is probably least efficient for local traffic, it may seem to make more sense in the long run for a connector.
Posted on 5/29/22 at 4:12 pm to Blue Crawfish
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understand why the connector is needed, it would definitely be awesome for the traffic. But I feel like some of you BR folk are severely underestimating the amount of traffic that brusly, Addis, plaquemine put onto that bridge.
With the population growth the last 20 years that little single on ramp onto the bridge is just not sustainable any longer. It’s gotten quite ridiculous actually.
I’m not saying the connector isn’t the main goal. But a bridge for local traffic is needed really badly.
I do agree though that south of plaquemine is probably least efficient for local traffic, it may seem to make more sense in the long run for a connector
This seems true. Go to Google Maps and play around with the depart time to see how much traffic is flowing onto that bridge from the river plants.
ETA: Also an offramp from I-10 eastbound would take the Lafayette interstate travelers down a bypass and let them loop back on I-10 around the Dutchtown area.
Not the prettiest solution, but probably quickest and cost effective.
This post was edited on 5/29/22 at 4:21 pm
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