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re: Planned I-10 widening will involve replacing elevated highway through Baton Rouge
Posted on 9/18/18 at 9:17 pm to baseballmind1212
Posted on 9/18/18 at 9:17 pm to baseballmind1212
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It's ok guys. I hear Boh Bros. Will be doing the work.
The work has to be bid out. It can't be bid out until the plans and specs are done.
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Posted on 9/18/18 at 9:43 pm to AA77
Oh man. Baton for traffic is gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better.
Posted on 9/18/18 at 10:04 pm to AA77
Is it fixing the bridge going down to 1 lane? If not, this is all a bunch of zilch.
Beyond the bridge, the real problem is BR's refusal to build its own infrastructure over the years.
Beyond the bridge, the real problem is BR's refusal to build its own infrastructure over the years.
This post was edited on 9/18/18 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 9/19/18 at 2:15 pm to AA77
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Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Secretary Shawn Wilson says the 60-year-old structure is nearing the end of its life and will need to be replaced within 15 years anyway, so it only makes sense to do it now while adding a third lane in each direction.
That's a bunch of BS. It was also the same argument that anti-highway folks in New Orleans tried to use as an excuse to tear down the elevated Claiborne Expressway, "nearing the end of its life".
We're talking reinforced concrete structures here, not a pro sports stadium or an asphalt shingle roof. If inspected and adequately maintained, that stuff can last for a lot longer then 75 years:
Is the Greater New Orleans Bridge/Crescent City Connection and Pontchartrain Expressway, which is just as old (completed 1959) nearing the end of its life? No.
Is the Golden Gate Bridge, completed in 1937, nearing the end of its life? No.
Are the original trusses and rail supports of the Jefferson Parish Huey P. Long Bridge (completed in 1935) nearing the end of their life? No.
Is the Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, nearing the end of its life? No.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 2:52 pm to AA77
Go ahead and add 2 lanes while you’re add it.
Posted on 9/19/18 at 2:56 pm to AA77
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it also intends to replace the entire elevated portion of the interstate.
We're getting a tunnel under the Mississippi???!!!???
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
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