I-80 in Stroudsburg

[Hwy 61 Revisited]

So apparently I-80 is going to be rebuilt in the whole area. Opinions?


http://www.i80project.com/

[3467]

Good it was needed at least 30 years ago last time I was on it

[Alps]

So apparently I-80 is going to be rebuilt in the whole area. Opinions?


http://www.i80project.com/

They're doing it in stages, but I have no idea when or if it'll ever be 3 lanes through the town. It needs to connect sections from the I-80/380 merge through to Exit 4 in NJ... good luck convincing the EPA on that one.

[artmalk]

But there was a Finding of No Significant impact - a FONSI!  Ayyy!


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[roadman65]

Looks like they are going to address the entrance ramps particularly the weave between Main Street and US 209 that has only 1000 feet of separation.

[KEVIN_224]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

[Alps]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

[Hwy 61 Revisited]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

There are long-term plans to widen it between 380 and the Columbia-Portland Interchange. I wonder how the hell they're going to rebuild that clusterfuck anyway.

[Alps]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

There are long-term plans to widen it between 380 and the Columbia-Portland Interchange. I wonder how the hell they're going to rebuild that clusterfuck anyway.

I have no clue how they're ever going to rebuild in NJ. PA can get it up to the bridge, you might in 20 years have a snowball's chance of getting a 6-lane bridge put in, but that snowball's gonna melt before you can widen in NJ. It's gonna be easier to pull an I-78 and do a new alignment south of Stroudsburg and tying in at I-380.

[Hwy 61 Revisited]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

There are long-term plans to widen it between 380 and the Columbia-Portland Interchange. I wonder how the hell they're going to rebuild that clusterfuck anyway.

I have no clue how they're ever going to rebuild in NJ. PA can get it up to the bridge, you might in 20 years have a snowball's chance of getting a 6-lane bridge put in, but that snowball's gonna melt before you can widen in NJ. It's gonna be easier to pull an I-78 and do a new alignment south of Stroudsburg and tying in at I-380.

I-480 to Bangor, anyone?

[mgk920]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

There are long-term plans to widen it between 380 and the Columbia-Portland Interchange. I wonder how the hell they're going to rebuild that clusterfuck anyway.

I have no clue how they're ever going to rebuild in NJ. PA can get it up to the bridge, you might in 20 years have a snowball's chance of getting a 6-lane bridge put in, but that snowball's gonna melt before you can widen in NJ. It's gonna be easier to pull an I-78 and do a new alignment south of Stroudsburg and tying in at I-380.

I did some fantasy musing scribbling on USGS topo map photocopies of the area a while back (late 1990s/early 2000s) and yes, upgrading I-80 to six lanes would be a major undertaking whatever way one goes there.  A six-lane ticket turnpike bypass (straight west from US 46/NJ 94 to the PA 33 corridor and back to present-day I-80)?  Start thinking about European-style tunneling and viaduct bridging.

A wild thought that I just had, and it is probably a complete non-starter, but how possible would it be to rebuild I-80 through the 'Gap' as three lanes westbound on the New Jersey side and three lanes eastbound on the Pennsylvania side?

Mike

[Alps]

I take it they won't touch the last exit heading east towards New Jersey? I haven't been on that part of I-80 since maybe the late 2000s. I remember how narrow some of the road was even then.

Well it's gotta be 2 lanes crossing the Delaware for the near term so that'll limit things.

There are long-term plans to widen it between 380 and the Columbia-Portland Interchange. I wonder how the hell they're going to rebuild that clusterfuck anyway.

I have no clue how they're ever going to rebuild in NJ. PA can get it up to the bridge, you might in 20 years have a snowball's chance of getting a 6-lane bridge put in, but that snowball's gonna melt before you can widen in NJ. It's gonna be easier to pull an I-78 and do a new alignment south of Stroudsburg and tying in at I-380.

I did some fantasy musing scribbling on USGS topo map photocopies of the area a while back (late 1990s/early 2000s) and yes, upgrading I-80 to six lanes would be a major undertaking whatever way one goes there.  A six-lane ticket turnpike bypass (straight west from US 46/NJ 94 to the PA 33 corridor and back to present-day I-80)?  Start thinking about European-style tunneling and viaduct bridging.

A wild thought that I just had, and it is probably a complete non-starter, but how possible would it be to rebuild I-80 through the 'Gap' as three lanes westbound on the New Jersey side and three lanes eastbound on the Pennsylvania side?

Mike

I think the PA side is protected. I don't see anything happening there with PA 611.