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re: I-12...Saw 18 wheeler run nissan off road .
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:40 am to LivingstonLaw
Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:40 am to LivingstonLaw
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When will they widen it?
Trying to follow this logic?
1. the car was either in the blind spot of the truck and does not know how to safely drive, or the trucker was not paying attention when they changed lanes - and widening the road would do what exactly?
We have portions of the intestate across the country with 6 lanes or more and this still happens. The road cannot change stupid driving.
Let's start blaming the individual drivers as it should be. 100,000 people transverse that roadway each day without a problem. About a half dozen retards screw it up for the rest .
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Posted on 7/29/25 at 8:40 am to LivingstonLaw
No Interstate should be fewer than 3 Lanes in each direction.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:03 am to Supermoto Tiger
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99.9999% of the problems are 18 wheelers. fricking hate em
Nope. The trucks aren’t the issue. It’s the Dei drivers. Blaming inanimate objects solves nothing.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:05 am to Supermoto Tiger
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99.9999% of the problems are 18 wheelers. fricking hate em
Considering 99.9999% of everything you own was brought to you by a truck, maybe it's our shitty roads that might be the problem.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:06 am to Cosmo
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But there is also a lot more of them because we consume a lot more bullshite than we did 20-30 years ago
And so much of it is not produced even regionally, much less locally.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:07 am to F1y0n7h3W4LL
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maybe it's our shitty roads that might be the problem.
And Louisiana has some of the most neglected highways in a country that largely neglects its highways.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 9:16 am to LivingstonLaw
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Louisiana has some of the most neglected highways in a country that largely neglects its highways
State legislature writes bills for highway construction but do not include funds for future maintenance.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:12 am to LivingstonLaw
Was it an Altima?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:15 am to LivingstonLaw
quote:Can you imagine if they added a lane to 12....it would be typical, add a lane into 12 eastbound, but do nothing with 10. It would screw up traffic at 3 AM.
When will they widen it?
Something has to give.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 10:16 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:17 am to LivingstonLaw
Possibly a dumb question. Why do we not build elevated express ways through major metro areas? Only have limited strategic off ramps. Would allow for traffic to by bypass metro areas, Houston, LC, Laff. Instead of greenfield loops, just put two elevated lanes over the existing interstate. There is no way that is more expensive then building loops from scratch.
This post was edited on 7/29/25 at 11:26 am
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:24 am to theCrusher
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They are trying to write and pass legislation to correct the issue.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 10:28 am to GREENHEAD22
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Possibly a dumb question. Why do we not build elevated express ways through major metro areas? Only have limited strategic off ramps. Would allow for traffic to by bypass metro areas, Houston, LC, Laff. Instead of greenfield loops just put two elevated lanes over the existing interstate. There is no way that is more expensive then building loops from scratch.
Where are you building them? How are you acquiring the necessary right of way? How are you incorporating them into the existing roadway system for these "strategic off ramps?" Who's gonna finance something like this?
Spoiler alert, bridges are fricking expensive
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:01 am to theCrusher
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First, there's plenty of money to expand I-12
There’s something like a $19 billion backlog of projects & maintenance in the state
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:24 am to LNCHBOX
All those same questions apply to loops and the never ending widening of lanes in the interstate. Drive from Covington to Houston. It is a construction shite show. Also the interstate already has the necessary ROWs.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:27 am to GREENHEAD22
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All those same questions apply to loops and the never ending widening of lanes in the interstate.
Sure but building on mostly level ground out in teh sticks is waaaaay cheaper and easier than building elevated sections in high density areas, plus does a lot more for the highway system's overall capacity
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Also the interstate already has the necessary ROWs.
Wut? So you want to build more interstate on top of existing interstate?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:51 am to stelly1025
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Was it an Altima?
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:54 am to LNCHBOX
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Wut? So you want to build more interstate on top of existing interstate?
I think he's saying widen within the existing median or shoulders, but then you run into issues with head-on crossover collisions, you're getting dangerously close to trees/ditches/canals if you go to the outside so you have clear zone issues.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 11:58 am to baytiger11
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We spend the funds we’re given to play catch up, honestly.
To do maintenance or preservation work, you should do it when the pavement is still in relatively fair to good condition.
Doing maintenance to pavement in poor condition or once the base has already failed is like putting a band aid on a stab wound.
It would take a departmental wide shift in philosophy to kill the worst first strategy.
We’re caught in a cycle where by the time we spent all this money completely ripping out the base and rebuilding a road, a new one is already in poor condition, and calls for the same treatment… instead of trying to do thin overlays and preventative maintenance actions while the pavement is still in good condition. Also many states have a higher budget than we do for these maintenance type projects.
ETA: this still is a surface issue and doesn’t fix the capacity issue, which it sounds like I-12 is.
Those types of interstate widening projects have to go through so many channels of environmental, real estate, etc and often have split funding of all types. Fed, state, grants, etc that have to be reviewed by all entities involved.
Not goofing, I wholeheartedly agree with you.
Posted on 7/29/25 at 12:48 pm to stelly1025
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