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[NCB]

The I-59/I-10 merge west of New Orleans is absolutely horrible.
I-10 and I-59 are both 3 lanes at that point, and they merge into each other and turn into one lane, and this is on a bridge over swamp. There are countless accidents and deaths there every year, and nothing has been done to change it. Recently however, there has been talk of putting in a new ramp, which is greatly needed.

Edited by NCB, 27 September 2005 - 10:44 AM.

[ctman987]

HARTFORD, CT

The CT River runs right thriugh central CT meaning that the river seperates Hartford and East Hartford and all of the eastern suburbs of Hartford. With this in mind there are only so many ways to cross the river unless you are going to swim. In downtown Hartford there is the Bulkley Bridge which is part of I-84 and the Founders Bridge which you can access directly from downtown and is not part of an intertstate.

Aeriel of I-84/I-91 interchange in downtown Hartford


I-84 and I-91 interect in downtown Hartford meaning that this and the fact that many people need to cross the river to get home can be a bad mess.

I-91N intersecting with I-84: This is not the worst interchange can be a pain as at the interchnge there is traffic from Rt.5/15 entering I-91 using two lanes then one line to go to I-84West or Trumbull Street (downtown) and then two lanes to continue on I-91N. With only 1 lane to get to 84 a line usually forms causing cutters which turns the area into congestion

Overview of I-91N with I-84 at the top of the picture foing from left to right


I-91S intersecting with I-84W and I-84E: Worse then the northbound interchange. There is one lane exit only lane on the right for I-84W which is right next to another exity only lane for State Street (downtown) then there are two lanes to continue on I-91S and a sharp curved exit to enter the Bulkley Bridge/I-84E to get to I-84E or Rt. 2

I-84W intersecting with I-91S and I-91N: The interchange itself is not that bad but the traffic in that area is horrendous. Before the 91 interchange there are two exit only lanes to exit to downtown Hartford, at this same exit there is an entrance ramp which means people exiting I-84 have to cross the people entering 84. To add to this the lane the people have to enter to stay on 84 is the lane used to exit to 91 which means there is a huge line of traffic and there are usually people cutting which means the line is usually very slow moving. After this the 91 lane splits for 91N and 91S so people have to move over if they want to get to 91N which is another exit/entrance ramp. The two left lanes of the highway are to continue on I-84E to cross the Bulkley Bridge which means traffic because there are not enough lanes. On the bridge there is then people entering the highway from downtown, the exit to East Hartford, exit to Rt. 2 and the option to continue on 84. NIGHTMARE again

I-84 in downtown going east



New Haven
Interchange of 91/95 causes nightmares as there are sharp turns, not enough lanes and lots of traffic.

Current interchange of 91/95


Proposed plan to reconfigure interchange

[blueblackcat]

DBR96, on Jul 14 2004, 05:16 PM, said:

SQUIRREL HILL/HOMESTEAD.

I don't think anymore needs to be said.

I second that.  I've always said, don't blame the tunnels.

[blueblackcat]

DBR96, on Jul 14 2004, 06:40 PM, said:

Basically, what you have to do if you want to head eastbound from this interchange is MAKE A DOUBLE-LANE CHANGE FROM A DEAD STOP ACROSS TRAFFIC MOVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. Whoever designed this interchange ought to have his civil engineering degree revoked.

A friend of mine said he met that man a few years ago while working at a local nursing home... he had told my friend that his biggest dissapointment in life is that he designed the parkway to carry just a fraction of the traffic it does now and at a lower speed, but that the congestation has never been addressed in any meaningfull way by subsequent planners.  I believe he said he wished he had never designed it.  

Edited by blueblackcat, 04 October 2005 - 01:39 AM.