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If you had unlimited funding to improve traffic in BR
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:20 am
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:20 am
if funding was not an issue, what would you do to deal with traffic issues in Baton Rouge? Add 72 lanes to I-10? Loops?
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:21 am to phil good
First you're gonna need a nuke
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:21 am to phil good
Loop and widen i10 at the bridge
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Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:21 am to phil good
Bridges
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:22 am to phil good
quote:Move LSU's campus away from a decaying corpse of a city.
if funding was not an issue,
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:24 am to soccerfüt
Move I10 out of Baton Rouge completely. Treat the old I10 as Airline is treated today--old and decaying
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:24 am to phil good
Before anything else is mentioned...a loop around downtown. No reason 18 wheelers need to be driving through the heart of the city.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:25 am to phil good
I'd take the money and move out of BR
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:26 am to phil good
A lane for 18 wheeler traffic
A lane for female or those classifying as female
A lane for drivers under 21
A lane for the rest of us.
Concrete barriers between each.
A lane for female or those classifying as female
A lane for drivers under 21
A lane for the rest of us.
Concrete barriers between each.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:26 am to phil good
Add another bridge adjacent to the "new" bridge, and make it so eastbound and westbound traffic have their own span. And probably a loop too, just for good measure
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:27 am to phil good
2 Loops. Outter loop that would use highway 10 as the northern portion, i55 as its eastern portion and you would need to build the southern and western portions somewhere inside of laplace and the atchafalaya.
Inner loop could be baker, denham, praireville, PA.
Inner loop could be baker, denham, praireville, PA.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:27 am to soccerfüt
quote:
Move LSU's campus away from a decaying corpse of a city
I'd keep LSU and just remove the decay.
Imagine how great it would be if the presidents streets were nice and viable places to live.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:28 am to phil good
Loop for sure with two new bridges over the Mississippi.
Possibly a third bridge/spur from Plaquemine area that connects to I-10 and then Airline near Bayou Manchac.
Revamp Airline from the old bridge all the way out to where it hits the loop to make it limited access.
Expand 110 until it hits the northern part of the new loop.
Widen I-10 to three lanes each way out to the loop if not further.
ETA: And remove the I-10E Washington St. exit entirely.
Possibly a third bridge/spur from Plaquemine area that connects to I-10 and then Airline near Bayou Manchac.
Revamp Airline from the old bridge all the way out to where it hits the loop to make it limited access.
Expand 110 until it hits the northern part of the new loop.
Widen I-10 to three lanes each way out to the loop if not further.
ETA: And remove the I-10E Washington St. exit entirely.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 8:38 am
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:30 am to Adam4848
I said 25 years ago.
From I-10 @ Grosse Tete south to new bridge just south of Dow back to I-10 near Manchac then north to I-12.
Would have been easy if they had just bought up the land 20 years ago.
From I-10 @ Grosse Tete south to new bridge just south of Dow back to I-10 near Manchac then north to I-12.
Would have been easy if they had just bought up the land 20 years ago.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:34 am to phil good
If it were up to me, I'd build a bridge to the south, probably aligning with LA 30 on the east side of the river. That would divert traffic that is headed to areas south of BR, like Ascension Parish and NO area.
I would also widen the I-10 bridge and the corridor to the 10/12 split.
Bluebonnet, Perkins, College, Nicholson and Airline also need an overhaul to add capacity. Airline should probably be elevated with service roads for access to business, etc.
Besides the bottleneck at the I-10 Bridge, the biggest problem is local traffic using the interstate for local travel. The problem with solving that issue is that the local road network is so screwed up and disconnected that I don't know if its fixable without new routes that go thru significantly developed areas.
I would also widen the I-10 bridge and the corridor to the 10/12 split.
Bluebonnet, Perkins, College, Nicholson and Airline also need an overhaul to add capacity. Airline should probably be elevated with service roads for access to business, etc.
Besides the bottleneck at the I-10 Bridge, the biggest problem is local traffic using the interstate for local travel. The problem with solving that issue is that the local road network is so screwed up and disconnected that I don't know if its fixable without new routes that go thru significantly developed areas.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:34 am to Kajungee
Loops would be great, and adding more lanes to the bottleneck entry ramp after the MRB.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:37 am to phil good
2 loops 16 lanes wide. 8 East and 8 West. One loop from Port Allen to 4th club rd to hit 1-12 with no exits along it.
The other loop from port Allen to Perkins to hit I-10. No exits along the route. Keep the traffic moving East and West.
The other loop from port Allen to Perkins to hit I-10. No exits along the route. Keep the traffic moving East and West.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:39 am to phil good
There isn't a decent North-South route through the city (no, Airline does NOT count), which ruins all the major surface streets as everyone has to find their own way.
I would tie a I-210 loop in at 415 on the WBR side, run it down through Brusly and bypass all the through traffic and dump them back on I-10 at Prairieville. That would also help gameday traffic as folks going back to Lafayette and New Orleans could head south, and local BR traffic could disperse north.
My second priority would maybe work on Airline and make it capable of sustaining the volume of traffic that tries to get on it now. The problem will always be with a major surface boulevard/highway - if you make it better, that draws more business (and residential development nearby), which dumps more traffic.
Which is why my loop would be a problem - you would have at least 2 exits there, which will add traffic. So, it would be kicking the can down the road.
I would tie a I-210 loop in at 415 on the WBR side, run it down through Brusly and bypass all the through traffic and dump them back on I-10 at Prairieville. That would also help gameday traffic as folks going back to Lafayette and New Orleans could head south, and local BR traffic could disperse north.
My second priority would maybe work on Airline and make it capable of sustaining the volume of traffic that tries to get on it now. The problem will always be with a major surface boulevard/highway - if you make it better, that draws more business (and residential development nearby), which dumps more traffic.
Which is why my loop would be a problem - you would have at least 2 exits there, which will add traffic. So, it would be kicking the can down the road.
This post was edited on 6/19/17 at 8:41 am
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:40 am to saintsfan1977
I'd also fix that suicidal entry ramp at 10 and Perkins. Where you basically have to make a blind merge into 70MPH traffic.
Posted on 6/19/17 at 8:44 am to jdd48
No problem we will barricade the right lane for a mile before and after the exits at the beginning and end of the loop.
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