I-5

[nexus73]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a “rural” stretch it can get congested.

Total agreement.  I-5 should be 6-laned to Cottage Grove.  The new I-5 bridges in Eugene/Springfield are set up for 6 lanes.  I asked ODOT when that would happen.  Their reply said in the 2030's.  Talk about lacking a sense of urgency...LOL!

Rick

[kkt]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a "rural"  stretch it can get congested.

Well, yeah.  But you could generalize that to I-5 should be at least three lanes each way from San Ysidro to Burlington, WA.

[Bickendan]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a “rural” stretch it can get congested.

Total agreement.  I-5 should be 6-laned to Cottage Grove.  The new I-5 bridges in Eugene/Springfield are set up for 6 lanes.  I asked ODOT when that would happen.  Their reply said in the 2030's.  Talk about lacking a sense of urgency...LOL!

Rick

That's sooner than I expected.

[kkt]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a "rural"  stretch it can get congested.

Total agreement.  I-5 should be 6-laned to Cottage Grove.  The new I-5 bridges in Eugene/Springfield are set up for 6 lanes.  I asked ODOT when that would happen.  Their reply said in the 2030's.  Talk about lacking a sense of urgency...LOL!

Rick

That's sooner than I expected.

yep.

[OCGuy81]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a “rural” stretch it can get congested.

Total agreement.  I-5 should be 6-laned to Cottage Grove.  The new I-5 bridges in Eugene/Springfield are set up for 6 lanes.  I asked ODOT when that would happen.  Their reply said in the 2030's.  Talk about lacking a sense of urgency...LOL!

Rick

That's sooner than I expected.

And extra lanes in Portland!! (Cue the crickets)

[skluth]

I should add one important note if I-5 from Eugene to Salem.

IT NEEDS THREE LANES!!

A lot of truck traffic on that stretch and for a "rural"  stretch it can get congested.

Total agreement.  I-5 should be 6-laned to Cottage Grove.  The new I-5 bridges in Eugene/Springfield are set up for 6 lanes.  I asked ODOT when that would happen.  Their reply said in the 2030's.  Talk about lacking a sense of urgency...LOL!

Rick

That's sooner than I expected.

And extra lanes in Portland!! (Cue the crickets)

And the BANANAs.

[SeriesE]

Plenty stretches of I-5 needs a 3rd lane, like from CA-99 Wheeler Ridge to I-580.

[pderocco]

The 31.5 mile arrow-straight stretch around Albany OR is interesting in theory, but not when you actually drive it.

The most interesting thing about I-5 is all the bits of old US-99 you can get to in No CA, OR, and WA that are near it.