Comments on: The non interstate interstate http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2008/04/21/the-non-interstate-interstate/ Road news. Pictures. Crazed ranting. Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:24:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Josh Bumgardner http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2008/04/21/the-non-interstate-interstate/comment-page-1/#comment-90848 Josh Bumgardner Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:55:49 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=158#comment-90848 I grew up in Shreveport and I know these roads all too well. Clyde Fant Parkway needs bigger exit signs. Except for 2 parks, it has exits rather than intersections for all of the highways it intersects with. Similarly, in Bossier City, the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway along the river. It now has somewhat of an exit leading onto the Shreveport-Barksdale bridge back into Shreveport, but just further north it has a traffic light at the intersection of McDade Street (LA 3105) which can be inconvenient. I prefer Clyde Fant to LA 1 (Market St/ Spring St and Youree Dr.) because you can bypass a lot of Shreveport pretty quickly; you just have to go slow through downtown alongside all the riverfront casinos. As far as LA 3132 (Inner Loop Expressway) goes, I lived and my family lives just north of Shreveport and I use I-220 and LA 3132 a lot to bypass around town or to get to 49 south. I've heard too, that if interstate 49 doesn't get built through Shreveport to interstate 220, that it would follow the inner loop and join with 220 to the northern exit. I absolutely hope this doesn't happen because it would make for a longer path around town and would completely miss downtown! Also, many believe it would greatly add to traffic around the Shreveport loop and especially add to the dangers of crashes or spills on the 2 mile long Cross Lake Bridge on I-220. Cross Lake is also the main water source for the city water in Shreveport. On a side note, I remember when parts of LA 3132 were still being constructed, mainly the overpasses. The West 70th St (LA 511) and Line Ave./Ellerbe Rd (LA 523) overpasses were the last things to be constructed and one was made to exit and wait at the red light before getting back on to travel southward. I grew up in Shreveport and I know these roads all too well. Clyde Fant Parkway needs bigger exit signs. Except for 2 parks, it has exits rather than intersections for all of the highways it intersects with. Similarly, in Bossier City, the Arthur Ray Teague Parkway along the river. It now has somewhat of an exit leading onto the Shreveport-Barksdale bridge back into Shreveport, but just further north it has a traffic light at the intersection of McDade Street (LA 3105) which can be inconvenient. I prefer Clyde Fant to LA 1 (Market St/ Spring St and Youree Dr.) because you can bypass a lot of Shreveport pretty quickly; you just have to go slow through downtown alongside all the riverfront casinos.

As far as LA 3132 (Inner Loop Expressway) goes, I lived and my family lives just north of Shreveport and I use I-220 and LA 3132 a lot to bypass around town or to get to 49 south. I’ve heard too, that if interstate 49 doesn’t get built through Shreveport to interstate 220, that it would follow the inner loop and join with 220 to the northern exit. I absolutely hope this doesn’t happen because it would make for a longer path around town and would completely miss downtown! Also, many believe it would greatly add to traffic around the Shreveport loop and especially add to the dangers of crashes or spills on the 2 mile long Cross Lake Bridge on I-220. Cross Lake is also the main water source for the city water in Shreveport. On a side note, I remember when parts of LA 3132 were still being constructed, mainly the overpasses. The West 70th St (LA 511) and Line Ave./Ellerbe Rd (LA 523) overpasses were the last things to be constructed and one was made to exit and wait at the red light before getting back on to travel southward.

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