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re: Why is the LaDOTD still not embracing the inner loop?
Posted on 4/12/19 at 10:54 am to WeeWee
Posted on 4/12/19 at 10:54 am to WeeWee
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Not a bad idea. A little too extensive, but the same principle should be used.
I know Florida has a shite ton more people but they do have a 300 mile Turnpike from Orlando to Miami alongside I-95. It's well worth the tolls to use it.
We could do a 100 mile one from Laffy to Hammond along I-10/12. And build our box around BR to connect to it.
This post was edited on 4/12/19 at 10:55 am
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Posted on 4/12/19 at 10:56 am to WeeWee
have a friend who works for dept of transportation in new orleans, he said if they started planning the loop for BR today, it wouldnt be finished in our lifetime. which i 100% believe.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:15 am to WeeWee
I-10 is stressed all the way to Houston.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:17 am to WeeWee
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It has been three and half years since the inner loop was rejected. There has been a lot of talk about a new bridge and expanding I-10, which are all needed, but why has there been no movement on the easiest and most logical starting point since it is 100% funded by tolls?
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It would have extended 23 miles from I-10 near Pecue Lane in East Baton Rouge Parish, follow a revamped Airline Highway and go across the U.S. 190 bridge to a point on I-10 about 4 miles west of the La. 415 interchange in West Baton Rouge Parish.
No one is going to go up 415 just to come down Airline to 12 unless there's a major accident that has access from 415 shut down. Similarly, no one is going to go from 12, up Airline to 190 then back down 415 to 10 unless they absolutely have to.
Any loop that's going to do some actual good has to include a new bridge because it has to draw pass-through traffic away from Baton Rouge, not just re-route it through Baton Rouge in some other fashion.
The placement of railroads, the interstates, Southern, LSU and the state government campus severly hampers where an inner loop could go and limit its effectiveness.
A better option would be to expand Florida's 6 lanes from 110 all the way to Denham Springs, adding overpasses at places like Acadian, Wooddale and Sherwood. By improving those bottlenecks you entice more traffic to use Florida instead of 12.
Another option would be a couple more overpasses on Airline at places like Goodwood, Coursey and Old Hammond.
Ideally you could 4 lane Highland from LSU to Bluebonnet, but that's about as likely to happen as the state capitol is to move to Alexandria.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:22 am to I B Freeman
another possible solution would be to build a toll road from Vinton to Monroe.
There is a tremendous amount of traffic passing through Louisiana from the high population areas of East and South Texas to the high population areas of the Atlantic states and eastern Midwest.
A lot of people are transversing Louisiana just to get to a North South interstate feeding the two areas. NAFTA put a lot of stress on I-10 too.
To see this just look at i-10 traffic after it passes through Mobile (I-65) compared to what it is in say Holden before it gets to the first North South interstate (I-55).
A road from Vinton to Monroe would take a couple of hundred miles off a trip from Houston to Chicago or Houston to Nashville and we would feel that reduced traffic in Baton Rouge.
There is a tremendous amount of traffic passing through Louisiana from the high population areas of East and South Texas to the high population areas of the Atlantic states and eastern Midwest.
A lot of people are transversing Louisiana just to get to a North South interstate feeding the two areas. NAFTA put a lot of stress on I-10 too.
To see this just look at i-10 traffic after it passes through Mobile (I-65) compared to what it is in say Holden before it gets to the first North South interstate (I-55).
A road from Vinton to Monroe would take a couple of hundred miles off a trip from Houston to Chicago or Houston to Nashville and we would feel that reduced traffic in Baton Rouge.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:24 am to WeeWee
Loop plus bridge.
No Wilson, this could work.
No Wilson, this could work.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:37 am to mikelbr
The Florida Turnpike has been very successful.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 11:45 am to I B Freeman
Interstate 14 needs to happen.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 12:19 pm to I B Freeman
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another possible solution would be to build a toll road from Vinton to Monroe.
If memory serves, originally I-69 was supposed to come down through then follow 165 through Alexandria and then down to LC. Before leaving office J. Bennett Johnson was able to get it changed so that it skimmed through south Arkansas and then came into La only around Shreveport.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 12:44 pm to Bard
If it ever gets built in Texas and Louisiana as this map shows it will help a lot. Getting that East and South Texas traffic off of I-10 and onto I20 and I40 will be a huge relief to Baton Rouge traffic.
Posted on 4/12/19 at 12:46 pm to doubleb
If airline had service roads like Florida blv a lot of this traffic wouldnt be an issue.
Posted on 4/14/19 at 10:25 am to I B Freeman
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another possible solution would be to build a toll road from Vinton to Monroe.
There is a tremendous amount of traffic passing through Louisiana from the high population areas of East and South Texas to the high population areas of the Atlantic states and eastern Midwest.
A lot of people are transversing Louisiana just to get to a North South interstate feeding the two areas. NAFTA put a lot of stress on I-10 too.
To see this just look at i-10 traffic after it passes through Mobile (I-65) compared to what it is in say Holden before it gets to the first North South interstate (I-55).
A road from Vinton to Monroe would take a couple of hundred miles off a trip from Houston to Chicago or Houston to Nashville and we would feel that reduced traffic in Baton Rouge.
Then you are just moving the problem to I-20. There are already plans for east-west interstate in central Louisiana. That would take the pressure off.
Posted on 4/14/19 at 10:30 am to I B Freeman
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The Florida Turnpike has been very successful.
What has also worked extremely well is the express lanes on I-95 and the automated sensors that keep 18-wheelers out of the left lane. Trucks get a $137 fine if they pass under one of those in the left lane and there are sensors atleast every 5 miles. The combo of express toll lanes in the middle of I-95 and the sensors that keep trucks out of the left lane of the untolled parts of I-95 is something that could very easily be done in the medians of I-10/I-12. Separating cars and trucks will reduce the accidents which will reduce the traffic.
Posted on 4/14/19 at 10:53 am to Bard
J. Bennett Johnston was always doing what's best...for Shreveport.
This post was edited on 4/14/19 at 10:54 am
Posted on 4/14/19 at 12:06 pm to Bard
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A better option would be to expand Florida's 6 lanes from 110 all the way to Denham Springs, adding overpasses at places like Acadian, Wooddale and Sherwood. By improving those bottlenecks you entice more traffic to use Florida instead of 12.
This x100. Turn Florida (back) into an expressway.
Posted on 4/14/19 at 1:47 pm to uway
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Interstate 14 needs to happen
We will all be dead before that happens.
If an expressway was to be built over Airline, it would probably need to be with limited exits/entrances
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