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State to announce I-10 expansion today
Posted on 1/12/18 at 6:56 am
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Posted on 1/12/18 at 6:58 am to Murtown
If they don't get rid of the curve at the 110-10 merge, they are wasting their time. It doesnt matter if you have 100 lanes, coming down off that bridge then being forced into an 80degree turn is going to slow everyone and everything down.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:05 am to LSUTigerFan247
It's not the degrees of turn it's the forced into one lane that's the problem.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:09 am to wallowinit
Its the volume of traffic that is the problem.
There really needs to be a by-pass
There really needs to be a by-pass
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:12 am to wallowinit
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It's not the degrees of turn it's the forced into one lane that's the problem.
Yes that is a huge part of the problem, but brake lights from people slowing down to make the turn is what starts the chain reaction up the bridge. The lane ending doesn't help the matter.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:13 am to Murtown
I guess the state ran out of other bullshite to spend money on finally.
It's going to be a nasty few years but it will be worth it if they do it correctly.
It's going to be a nasty few years but it will be worth it if they do it correctly.
This post was edited on 1/12/18 at 7:17 am
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:19 am to member12
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if they do it correctly
This is LA. It’ll be late, over budget, and probably make traffic worse
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:27 am to Murtown
Does this mean they've given up on any BETTER solution to the problem (i.e., a loop or a bypass)? 
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:29 am to SMU Tiger Fan
No, Baton Rouge's need for a new bridge or loop doesn't change the fact that I-10 needed to be widened 25 years ago.
This would have to happen regardless.
This would have to happen regardless.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:37 am to Murtown
No loop, no care
Houston > Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
Houston > Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:40 am to Chicken
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Vidalia > Houston > Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
FIFY
ButtHutt GOAT
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:41 am to Chicken
I just don’t understand the thinking. Spend a half billion to put a band aid. Just get the money and build a loop
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:42 am to LSUTigerFan247
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f they don't get rid of the curve at the 110-10 merge, they are wasting their time. It doesnt matter if you have 100 lanes, coming down off that bridge then being forced into an 80degree turn is going to slow everyone and everything down.
So it’s taken over a decade to deal with the politics of simply adding a lane and it looks like we finally have a project, but you think it would be a good use of time to attempt to try and expropriate 13 city blocks of private property in a low income area in order to improve the curve off the bridge from 80 degrees to 60 degrees?
The alignment of the interstate is what it is. Adding a lane adds capacity. Improving the curve radius doesn’t.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:43 am to Murtown
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Just get the money and build a loop
I bet you were against the gas tax.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:44 am to Chicken
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nounce I-10 expansion today
No loop, no care
Houston > Lake Charles > Baton Rouge
Then why don’t you have university of Houston droppings? Seems you’ve made a living out of something in this town.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:50 am to Murtown
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I just don’t understand the thinking. Spend a half billion to put a band aid. Just get the money and build a loop
Just the bridge portion of a loop would cost more than this fix... but you're right it's just a band aid.
Still, if they can somehow take all three lanes from I-10 over the bridge, combine with the two lanes of I-110 coming south, and keep it at 5 lanes until the 10/12 split, that would without a doubt help things.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 7:57 am to member12
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if they do it correctly.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 8:01 am to LSUTigerFan247
This. fricking people need to learn how to coast.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 8:08 am to Murtown
I’ll look at this as glass half full. It’s not a study. It’s announced expansion for two lanes instead of one.
One small step forward.
One small step forward.
Posted on 1/12/18 at 8:33 am to TulaneUVA
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It’s not a study. It’s announced expansion
And it didn't take a gas tax.
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