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New Bridge over Mississippi River at least 4 years from groundbreaking
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:00 pm
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New Baton Rouge bridge over Mississippi River years from groundbreaking
Business Report
Engineers studying the feasibility of a new bridge across the Mississippi River south of Baton Rouge are making progress, but the project is still years away from a groundbreaking, much less completion.
At a meeting this afternoon at the state Capitol, consultants and engineers for the state told members of the Capital Area Road and Bridge District it will be late 2022 before a planning study, currently underway, is completed and late 2024 before they finish the environmental assessment, which is a key piece of the project design.
Planning for a new $1 billion bridge was always going to be time consuming and complex. What’s adding to the challenges of designing the new span is finding a location that is feasible not only in terms of traffic flow and connecting roads on both banks of the river but also accounts for obstacles beneath the surface of the river.
The OT has already decided on the bridge placement. Option 4 is the most likely, but Option 1 or 2 is also OT approved.
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Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:03 pm to goofball
Just fricking pick one and go with it already.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:04 pm to goofball
Might as well start working on Nicholson now because it is nowhere near ready to handle that volume of extra traffic
I'm sure the U Club is going to be thrilled with that news
Do they still have their own security cop letting traffic out that backs up in U Club in the morning?
I'm sure the U Club is going to be thrilled with that news
Do they still have their own security cop letting traffic out that backs up in U Club in the morning?
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:06 pm to goofball
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District it will be late 2022 before a planning study, currently underway, is completed and late 2024 before they finish the environmental assessment, which is a key piece of the project design.
How? How does it take 3 years for an environmental
Impact study?
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:06 pm to goofball
This just in:
“Water is still wet under the bridge that still isn’t there”
“Water is still wet under the bridge that still isn’t there”
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:06 pm to goofball
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and late 2024 before they finish the environmental assessment
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:08 pm to goofball
Hang everyone involved
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:08 pm to goofball
All of those options will require MASSIVE improvements to Hwy 1 and Hwy 30 to accommodate the project. Lord help us all. We're in for a clusterfrick.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:09 pm to Oilfieldbiology
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How? How does it take 3 years for an environmental
Impact study?
Bribery, nepotism, graft, etc.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:10 pm to goofball
Wherever they build it, they need to build it far enough down to atleast implement a loop back up to i10 and i12. Exiting two miles before the current bridge would be an awful idea, hopefully they have enough sense to have the connection back a ways on the west side.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:16 pm to BorrisMart
If you thought Baton Rouge surface traffic was bad before wait until they add another bridge to the mix
It's gonna be ten times worse
Then all the bottle neck traffic at the current bridge is going to make going through the city interstate system even worse
A loop is needed to make the entire grid work that bypasses Baton Rouge
It's gonna be ten times worse
Then all the bottle neck traffic at the current bridge is going to make going through the city interstate system even worse
A loop is needed to make the entire grid work that bypasses Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:19 pm to nicholastiger
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If you thought Baton Rouge surface traffic was bad before wait until they add another bridge to the mix
It's gonna be ten times worse
Then all the bottle neck traffic at the current bridge is going to make going through the city interstate system even worse
A loop is needed to make the entire grid work that bypasses Baton Rouge
This. They might as well light that $1B on fire. Or save it to put toward a $20B loop.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:21 pm to goofball
China would have this done by next Thursday.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:22 pm to lnomm34
"New Bridge over Mississippi River at least 4 years from groundbreaking"
In Louisiana years that means 20 dog years!
4 year projection X 5 time line delay periods = 20. Its a formula that has never been wrong.
In Louisiana years that means 20 dog years!
4 year projection X 5 time line delay periods = 20. Its a formula that has never been wrong.
This post was edited on 3/30/21 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:25 pm to goofball
This will be done about the same time the “future I-49 corridor” from Lafayette to Nola is completed.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:31 pm to Ssubba
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China would have this done by next Thursday.
And it would have collapsed the following Monday.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:32 pm to lnomm34
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All of those options will require MASSIVE improvements to Hwy 1 and Hwy 30 to accommodate the project. Lord help us all. We're in for a clusterfrick.
There will be time to do it. The bridge will take 7-8 years to build.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:32 pm to nicholastiger
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A loop is needed to make the entire grid work that bypasses Baton Rouge
that is what I'm saying. if they put an exit for a new bridge right before the current bridge its just gonna cause problems on that side. It needs to completely go below the city down to Gonzales or something and swing back up to i12 somewhere to completely take that traffic out of the city.
This post was edited on 3/30/21 at 1:47 pm
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:33 pm to nicholastiger
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Might as well start working on Nicholson now because it is nowhere near ready to handle that volume of extra traffic
Local and state funding already being lined up to widen it between LSU and U-Club.
Posted on 3/30/21 at 1:35 pm to Oilfieldbiology
quote:
How does it take 3 years for an environmental
Impact study?
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