re: Passenger killed when car falls off interstate at Louise Street exit in BRLA

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Not the first time a vehicle has fallen off of I-10 between Acadian and I-110. Ever notice how they put the guard rails on backwards? Where if the car hits them the car will roll over the top of them. If they were on the right way they would block the car from rolling over. Don't know how no one at DOTD never figured this out after the first or second or third time it happened over the decades.

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That detail was a standard dating back to the late 50's early 60's. The purpose of the bridge barrier, as someone said, is to redirect a vehicle upright. Also, this particular design has a 10" curb. That take some doing to get above it in a typical vehicle.

The newest standard is 3' high single slope face. It's expensive to just demo the old rail and come back with new, and the delays to traffic would be massive. If they are going to touch those bridges, they need to wait until they can widen them and replace the railings then.