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NOLA East: Phantom Interchanges
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:41 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:41 am
Screwing around on Google Earth after looking up the new Dixie Brewery location and I noticed three interchanges off of I-10 in NOLA East.
Were these ever used for anything? Or were they prepared with the thinking that the city would expand eastward?
The easternmost interchange looks to connect to the levee road so I guess there were also plans to continue Hayne Blvd. (LA-47) along the levee.
Just curious if anyone knows the history behind these interchanges.
Were these ever used for anything? Or were they prepared with the thinking that the city would expand eastward?
The easternmost interchange looks to connect to the levee road so I guess there were also plans to continue Hayne Blvd. (LA-47) along the levee.
Just curious if anyone knows the history behind these interchanges.
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Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:43 am to DustyDinkleman
The area became a refuge before development could begin.
Per Wikipedia:
This is because the present-day refuge was for decades slated as the site for an enormous, master-planned community named, in various iterations, "Pontchartrain", "Orlandia" and "New Orleans East". Three interchanges with I-10 were constructed to accommodate the development; two of the three were never used and appear as "ghost exits" to contemporary motorists.
Per Wikipedia:
This is because the present-day refuge was for decades slated as the site for an enormous, master-planned community named, in various iterations, "Pontchartrain", "Orlandia" and "New Orleans East". Three interchanges with I-10 were constructed to accommodate the development; two of the three were never used and appear as "ghost exits" to contemporary motorists.
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 11:46 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:43 am to DustyDinkleman
That’s where you dump the bodies.
I mean, where you can bird watch.
I mean, where you can bird watch.
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 11:44 am
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:43 am to DustyDinkleman
to ease traffic congestion for body dumping
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:44 am to DustyDinkleman
They were made to have easy access to rabbit hunting.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:44 am to DustyDinkleman
Disney, baw.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:44 am to DustyDinkleman
Clearly photo shopped. Louisiana does not plan ahead for roadways and these so called interchanges.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:45 am to CaptainsWafer
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That’s where you dump the bodies.
Actually, it seems like it is the tire dump and preferred car torching area.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:46 am to DustyDinkleman
Amazon HQ2
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:47 am to TheWiz
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:48 am to DustyDinkleman
On Google streetview there is an old man taking a shite in the brush on the lake side of the Michoud exit.
This post was edited on 8/8/18 at 12:38 pm
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:49 am to DustyDinkleman
It's not complicated. The East was booming in the late 70s. Lots of new homes and townhouses were being constructed. Expansion towards Slidell was the next step. Then oil crashed in the 80s and the real estate market in the East followed suit.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:51 am to vistajay
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Then oil crashed in the 80s and the real estate market in the East followed suit.
Same with the Apollo space program shutting down in the late 70s.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:51 am to fightin tigers
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On Google streetview there is an old man taking a shite in the brush on the lake side of the Michoud exit.
Yep. That’s an unlucky time for street view to drive by.
Which OT’er has parents that drive a brown Toyota Sienna?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:52 am to vistajay
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Then oil crashed in the 80s and the real estate market in the East followed suit.
So 1960s deseg cases didn’t have anything to do with it?
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:55 am to member12
The standard Louisiana politics rumor is that numerous lawmakers indirectly owned portions of the property. They then got the exits built and built up support for development, they then sold the land for a huge profit. The oil crash and the fact that it is a swamp led to no development.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:56 am to fightin tigers
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On Google streetview there is an old man taking a shite in the brush on the lake side of the Michoud exit.
Confirmed. And looks like his wife is bringing him a rag of some sort to wipe with.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:57 am to vistajay
It's also pretty expensive to build on a marsh. I have a family friend that lost a bunch of big equipment trying. He just gave up
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:57 am to pjab
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slated as the site for an enormous, master-planned community
This. I have a scan of an old concept "plate" drawing labeled "New Orleans East, Incorporated" where homes with water access and shopping was planned off all of these exits between I-10 and US Hwy 11. If I knew how to post a picture of it, I would.
Lake Forest Blvd was supposed to be the "New" New Orleans, rivaling St. Charles and surrounding areas in affluence. There are some large homes near there now that were already built.
Just look at the "New Orleans East" sign that is still there as you are leaving the city. The entire area was supposed to be developed.
Posted on 8/8/18 at 11:59 am to member12
Nope.
There were a lot of post-war GI Bill homes, then second generations living in the East until the early 1980s when the oil boom in Louisiana occurred. Corporate offices all closed and merged with the bigger ones in Houston. Those lucky enough to keep jobs had to move to Texas.
Many of those middle class families out there either moved with the jobs, or lost jobs. Funny, nationally, the 1970s was badly affected by a recession, except for Louisiana. The 1980s, nationally, was a boom-time, except for Louisiana. Both phenomena due to the petroleum business.
You had the OPEC oil embargo of the early 1970s that drove the economy of the U.S. in the dumper, but it spurred exploration and production here. Once that was settled and imported oil got cheaper, it suppressed exploration and production here.
As housing in the East became available and affordable, the crime increased, driving out the longtime residents.
There were a lot of post-war GI Bill homes, then second generations living in the East until the early 1980s when the oil boom in Louisiana occurred. Corporate offices all closed and merged with the bigger ones in Houston. Those lucky enough to keep jobs had to move to Texas.
Many of those middle class families out there either moved with the jobs, or lost jobs. Funny, nationally, the 1970s was badly affected by a recession, except for Louisiana. The 1980s, nationally, was a boom-time, except for Louisiana. Both phenomena due to the petroleum business.
You had the OPEC oil embargo of the early 1970s that drove the economy of the U.S. in the dumper, but it spurred exploration and production here. Once that was settled and imported oil got cheaper, it suppressed exploration and production here.
As housing in the East became available and affordable, the crime increased, driving out the longtime residents.
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