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re: PSA - BR Traffic Just Took A Back Seat To Birmingham

Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:33 pm to
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:33 pm to
Are they at least going to expand capacity while rebuilding?
Posted by TOSOV
Member since Jan 2016
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:44 pm to
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I didn't venture too far off of the little strip with Texas de Brazil. The hotel and that street were OK. A quarter mile away was fairly rough.



The SEC offices were right around the corner. That was kinda cool to walk by and peek in the window.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:49 pm to
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The SEC offices were right around the corner. That was kinda cool to walk by and peek in the window

I watched the A&M game at the hotel bar. I seriously considered lighting a bag of shite on the front door step the next day
Posted by TOSOV
Member since Jan 2016
8922 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:50 pm to
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Annnnnd, traffic is starting to back up at 9:30 at night.


That sux. 14months? Geez. Thats like gonna change some habits/things permanently.

Was this not announced a while back? Sorry but if this wasnt plaster all over the news for the last couple weeks at min then the news is bad there.

I wonder how many new businesses have popped up along new traffic areas. And all the food/water kids for traffic. Ha.
Posted by Lawyered
The Sip
Member since Oct 2016
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Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:51 pm to
SO for example.. coming from Memphis toward Atlanta... will I have to go south on I-65 to 459 and then take that back north to 20?

WIll that be the best/ fastest way to get through this>
Posted by PortHudsonPlaya
Houston
Member since Jul 2017
3170 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:51 pm to
One day you people will wake up and realize there is a much better world outside of AL, LA, MS, and AR.
Posted by TOSOV
Member since Jan 2016
8922 posts
Posted on 1/21/19 at 9:53 pm to
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Metallica is in town at the BJCC with doors opening at 6pm.


When I was there, there was an nba game or some shite in town. Town of people walking around from random parking areas. definitely sounds like this is going to be hell
Posted by fillmoregandt
OTM
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 1/22/19 at 5:13 pm to
quote:

SO for example.. coming from Memphis toward Atlanta... will I have to go south on I-65 to 459 and then take that back north to 20?

WIll that be the best/ fastest way to get through this>


That's probably the easiest way from Memphis to Atlanta, which really wouldn't be that much longer than going 20/59 through downtown towards atl
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
34984 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:19 pm to
This was trying to go north on Carraway/26th st/Hwy 31 tonight.

It would have taken an hour or longer to get through this but I hopped over two blocks and ran 24th and was out of downtown in 10 minutes.

Thankfully the pass through traffic is following the detour signs.

I've never seen this many big trucks in downtown.

Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6503 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:25 pm to
I'm talking just about the city of Birmingham. The rest of city outside of downtown/Avondale resembles Jackson aesthetically and demographically. The suburbs are great though and way nicer than anything in Louisiana.
Posted by OKTGR580
Baton Rouge to Houston, TX
Member since Apr 2018
6318 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:42 pm to
Friendly reminder that Alabama got the buccees that Louisiana was supposed to get.


Melt. (They’ll say it’s just a gas station but they know they took a huge L)
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
34984 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 6:51 pm to
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I'm talking just about the city of Birmingham


That will change for the better this year.

A real estate company from Denver has bought 4-5 dorment buildings downtown and will remodel them this year as mixed use.

Another outside company just bought a pool hall on southside for 2.3 mil and is going to build a 17 story mixed use on that site. Downtown Birmingham is expected to blow up this year.
Posted by yaboidarrell
westbank
Member since Feb 2017
6503 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 7:07 pm to
That's great but a downtown resurgence has been happening in pretty much every mid-sized/big city around the country.

I have to admit Birmingham's future does look much better than BR though. If St. George happens, the city of Baton Rouge will basically become Jackson overnight.
This post was edited on 1/22/19 at 7:26 pm
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
96236 posts
Posted on 1/22/19 at 7:29 pm to
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All traffic from 20/59 will be diverted to carraway Blvd that runs in front of Top Golf




Yeah, that ought to do it.

I must be doing something right - the Good Lord got me out of the Ham - literally in the nick of time.
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