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re: Is BR traffic really that bad?
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:27 pm to Croacka
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:27 pm to Croacka
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So a truck going from Port Allen to Livingston would save an hour by going south to Geismar than back up through Port Vincent area to get to Livingston?
They just need a flux capacitor.
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Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:30 pm to Croacka
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Do yall ever look at a map?
We need by-passes more than a loop.
1) A by-pass to route East/West traffic around BR so it doesn't have to travel through the current route.
2) A by-pass to link Ascension and Livingston so that traffic doesn't have to come into EBR to get from one to the other.
3) A by-pass to link the Westbank to _10 so they don't have to use the existing bridge and come through town.
For Item 1 I recommend a North by-oass using the "old bridge" and going through Central on to Walker.
For item 2 I recommend a link from 10 to 12 from around Gonzales to Walker.
For item 3 I recommend a bridge at St. Gabriel connecting 10 to La 1 and upgrading 1 to I-10.
All that needs to be done including widening of I-10 from the split to La. 415 including a bridge paralleling the existing I-10 bridge for East bound traffic only. The current I-1- bridge could be used for Westbound only with a designated lane for buses and emergency vehicles.
It will never happen in my lifetime.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:31 pm to Croacka
I know it doesn't seem like it, but trust me. A bridge going across the river along the Plaquemine ferry path comes out in Geismar. It takes 15 mins to get there from the MRB. On the other side, you come out in Geismar. You improve HWY 30 to I 10 and then put a new straight shot HWY down 431 and across the Amite River through all the woods and fields of LP to I 12.
I would put down $100 on a bet to time both routes if those were done.
I would put down $100 on a bet to time both routes if those were done.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:34 pm to Croacka
He's saying (and I was too), that a route of Hwy built along that route would trim the time off. Not the route now.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:35 pm to RealityTiger
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bridge going across the river along the Plaquemine ferry path comes out in Geismar.
I don't think so
quote:
would put down $100 on a bet to time both routes if those were done.
If you make i10 through BR quick again, the traffic will just use it again because it's much shorter (trucks especially)
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:37 pm to Croacka
I'm telling you it does. I use the ferry a few times a month.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:39 pm to RealityTiger
Dude, the plaquemine ferry puts you north of st Gabriel in what I guess is called sunshine
Geismar is still a good ways further down river
Geismar is still a good ways further down river
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:39 pm to RealityTiger
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the Plaquemine ferry path comes out in Geismar
The Plaquemine ferry landing is in St. Gabriel not Geismar.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:43 pm to Croacka
Seriously? 
Are you trying to argue this?
Are you trying to argue this?Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:44 pm to RealityTiger
I feel like I'm being trolled here
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:44 pm to doubleb
Excuse me. St. Gabriel which is a whole five minutes down the road.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:45 pm to Croacka
I feel like you're being obstinate just to be a prick.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:46 pm to RealityTiger
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Excuse me. St. Gabriel which is a whole five minutes down the road.
five more miles, five more minutes, more millions of dollars and a longer arc to the by-pass.
ETA... Geismar is roughly across the river from White Castle and not Plaquemine.
This post was edited on 7/1/15 at 4:48 pm
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:47 pm to Croacka
It's not just truck drivers that would take that route.
Anyone going to or coming from New Orleans takes that route instead of going through BR.
The enormous number of guys that work in plants along the river that live in Livingston will take the bypass istead of backtracking through BR.
The shorter route would be a loop thats north of BR, but there's nothing there of interest, nor will anyone build anything b/c there's an interstate there like they would if it's south of BR.
You at least get the thru traffic to and from NO off the interstate in BR, plus anyone else that feels its a shorter time to take that route to get to Livingston.
A loop would be about 100 miles long going south, and it's about 50 miles if you stay on 12.
Anyone going to or coming from New Orleans takes that route instead of going through BR.
The enormous number of guys that work in plants along the river that live in Livingston will take the bypass istead of backtracking through BR.
The shorter route would be a loop thats north of BR, but there's nothing there of interest, nor will anyone build anything b/c there's an interstate there like they would if it's south of BR.
You at least get the thru traffic to and from NO off the interstate in BR, plus anyone else that feels its a shorter time to take that route to get to Livingston.
A loop would be about 100 miles long going south, and it's about 50 miles if you stay on 12.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:48 pm to RealityTiger
Ok, well this is your route vs the one I think makes more sense
I guess that southern route does look an hour shorter
I guess that southern route does look an hour shorter
Posted on 7/1/15 at 4:50 pm to TeddyPadillac
Yall put too much stock into people going to/from NOLA
That's not the biggest chunk of traffic that goes through Baton Rouge
Hell, anyone driving on I10 between Gonzales and Laplace could tell you that
That's not the biggest chunk of traffic that goes through Baton Rouge
Hell, anyone driving on I10 between Gonzales and Laplace could tell you that
Posted on 7/1/15 at 5:03 pm to doubleb
quote:
1) A by-pass to route East/West traffic around BR so it doesn't have to travel through the current route.
2) A by-pass to link Ascension and Livingston so that traffic doesn't have to come into EBR to get from one to the other.
3) A by-pass to link the Westbank to _10 so they don't have to use the existing bridge and come through town.
Problem solved:
Posted on 7/1/15 at 5:04 pm to Croacka
More through traffic uses 12 than 10 to NO.
Posted on 7/1/15 at 5:05 pm to doubleb
Exactly
People fail to understand that
People fail to understand that
Posted on 7/1/15 at 5:06 pm to burgeman
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