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re: WBRZ - Lawmakers to push toll route through Baton Rouge
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:11 pm to ProjectP2294
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:11 pm to ProjectP2294
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Maybe this will discourage idiots that live in Baton Rouge from using the interstate for local travel instead of using surface streets like they should.
And then all of the surface streets would be gridlocked.
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Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:12 pm to tetu
I've posted variations of this before but ensure that this occurs and is 4-laned divided highway with interstate-grade would solve nearly every problem.
That and finishing the i49 from Lafayette to New Orleans as well.
That and finishing the i49 from Lafayette to New Orleans as well.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:13 pm to SG_Geaux
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And then all of the surface streets would be gridlocked.
And the city will be forced to upgrade them.
Interstate highways are not for local traffic. It's the people of Baton Rouge's fault that they relied on it for that for so long.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:14 pm to Geauxld Finger
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A loop (for christ's sake Lake Charles has one)
My thoughts on an outer loop:
This would help the growth going on around Pville while also (hopefully) encourage some gentrification in the northern areas.
An inner loop within the established city limits is already under way, but still quite a bit off (and doesn't really address certain problem areas like College/Lee or Highland between campus and Lee).
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:15 pm to ProjectP2294
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Maybe this will discourage idiots that live in Baton Rouge from using the interstate for local travel instead of using surface streets like they should.
Why? The surface streets are barely able to handle the traffic it has now. Signals are not synced and the designs are terrible.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:18 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
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The surface streets are barely able to handle the traffic it has now.
Then upgrade them. That Baton Rouge has no foresight doesn't change the fact that interstates aren't there for local traffic.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:18 pm to tetu
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The Audubon bridge cost a fraction of what it will cost to build a bridge down here.
Audubon bridge cost $409m.
Just imagine adding right-of-ways, new paved interstates, and the other smaller bridges you'd need to form a complete bypass.
It would easily be over $2 billion. In order to be self-funded, I guess you'd need at least 80k riders a day paying $5 a crossing which is presently unattainable.
Using Florida blvd, Airline, and Oneal/thruway/hooper would be easier and quicker.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:20 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:18 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
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Why? The surface streets are barely able to handle the traffic it has now. Signals are not synced and the designs are terrible.
There's entirely too few contiguous surface streets in BR. The city should have never been allowed to grow in the manner it did.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:19 pm to ProjectP2294
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Interstate highways are not for local traffic.
Since when?? Go to ANY city in the US that has an interstate in it and you will find locals using it for local traffic.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:21 pm to LSURussian
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The only reason LC has a loop is because I-10 doesn't go through its downtown district. The loop connects downtown to I-10.
I-10 goes right past downtown in LC. LC has a loop because Israel LaFleur saw the city was expanding south and pushed for a bridge from south LC to sulphur. This way South LC residents that worked in the plants didn't have to drive all the way downtown to get across the lake/river.
I think you're thinking of Lafayette.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:27 pm to ProjectP2294
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Then upgrade them.
The city was not designed with the interstate in mind. There are hardly any frontage roads. There are too many people that won't sign off to allow the state or city to upgrade.
The local and state government are about band aids, not solutions.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:28 pm to mikelbr
St George will get a loop before BR does
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:29 pm to ProjectP2294
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Interstate highways are not for local traffic. It's the people of Baton Rouge's fault that they relied on it for that for so long.
Sorry to bust your bubble, but if interstate takes me 15 mins to get from point A to point B, as opposed to 45 mins on the surface roads, I'm taking interstate. You do agree with this, don't you?
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:30 pm to Bard
the bridge would have to be between plaquemine and white castle. There is no way a bridge could go anywhere in plaquemine. the room is just not there.
This post was edited on 3/12/14 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:34 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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There is no way a bridge could go anywhere in plaquemine. the room is just not there.
If there is enough political will, they can (and will) expropriate. With the downtown area being a bit old (and the RR going through the center of it), it would probably be tricky but they could definitely put up a bridge just north of the old Locks.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:36 pm to Bard
Just build us something!!!! Pretty please powers that be. Make it happen.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:36 pm to Bard
Loop through manchac swamp? Good luck with that.
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:36 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
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There is no way a bridge could go anywhere in plaquemine. the room is just not there.
Lulz
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:37 pm to SmellslikeKevinBacon
quote:I'd say between Bayou Paul and 74
the bridge would have to be between plaquemine and white castle
Posted on 3/12/14 at 1:39 pm to Bard
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but they could definitely put up a bridge just north of the old Locks.
Cries of racism would rain down from the heavens if they tried that. There is a whole lot of nothing south of plaq.
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