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I-70/71 Columbus Crossroads
vtk:
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--- Quote from: vtk on September 17, 2011, 12:44:19 PM ---Technically, it will be moved about 50 feet southward of the current I-670 EB lanes, and more noticeably, it will become a right-side exit.
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Isn't it right side now? At any rate, do you have any maps or drawings showing the finished project? I was bouncing around ODOT's site today and either I'm dumb or there is just too much bullshit and malarkey to wade through...I just can't seem to find anything showing the completed design.
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Currently, on EB I-670 past Third and Fourth Streets, the left three lanes are all EXIT ONLY for I-71 SB, Broad St, and I-71 NB. That's the I-670 design flaw I mentioned upthread which will be corrected by this project. As far as complete designs, I don't have anything concise enough to just throw up on the forum in 2 minutes. Actually, I can't seem to find a specific set of plans I thought I downloaded some time ago. But I do intend to prepare more illustrations for this forum thread representing the information I have. That includes first-stage (temporary) configuration for the first project, configuration on completion of the first project, and configuration on completion of all Innerbelt projects as currently designed.
6a:
--- Quote from: vtk on September 17, 2011, 05:17:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: 6a on September 17, 2011, 04:44:02 PM ---
--- Quote from: vtk on September 17, 2011, 12:44:19 PM ---Technically, it will be moved about 50 feet southward of the current I-670 EB lanes, and more noticeably, it will become a right-side exit.
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Isn't it right side now? At any rate, do you have any maps or drawings showing the finished project? I was bouncing around ODOT's site today and either I'm dumb or there is just too much bullshit and malarkey to wade through...I just can't seem to find anything showing the completed design.
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Currently, on EB I-670 past Third and Fourth Streets,
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I was asking about 670 WB, but that was based on my not being able to read Hot Rod's post correctly. :pan: As for plans, I have what I consider to be a fantastic rendering of things, but only for 70/71 and 71 north of 70. I saw the same type of rendering for the west side and the 670 junction but didn't save it for some reason (and I have no idea where I found them.)
6a:
ODOT twittered a link to the ODOT facebook page (and Jesus Christ my cat is going to be involved with social media next) but they put up before (L) and after (R) photos. Of course they weren't the same size so I did a half assed job at matching them :cool: Pretty sure you can click to make it bigger, I suck at flickr. I know the after photos are posted above, I thought it was nice to see a side by side.
71-670 by halah1.geo, on Flickr
vtk:
Here's my rendition of what Phase 1 of Project 1 is going to look like, based on the flyer on the project website about ramp closings:
Click for much larger version
Seriously, click to see the much larger version, as it shows much more than what can be shown directly in the forum.
Most notable:
* A whole lot of service ramps are closed.
* The system ramps from I-670 EB to I-71 SB and I-71 NB to I-670 WB ("through" on the Innerbelt) are closed. These ramps will probably close early in the project, because of the dependencies outlined below.
* There's a "temporary" ramp from WB I-670 to Spring St, probably to make up for the closing of the Third St exit. I put "temporary" in quotes because it looks a lot like the eventual Lester Dr exit which will terminate at Spring St, but then again I had to guess at the actual geometry of this ramp. I suspect construction of this temporary ramp won't begin until the Innerbelt through ramps are closed.
* EB I-670 is temporarily routed around the north side of Fort Hayes. This probably won't happen until the "temporary" I-670 WB to Spring St ramp is open.
* The Neil Ave ramp to EB I-670 is immediately shunted to the exit to Fourth St (which terminates at Goodale St / Civic Center Dr), which cannot be accessed from EB I-670. Essentially, this makes half of a split-diamond between EB I-670 and Neil Ave / Civic Center Dr.
I'm still not sure exactly when all this is going to start, but it should be fairly soon. Obviously most of this phase will involve tearing things out, but I had expected more temporary pavement would somehow be involved. If I'm right about that "temporary" ramp to Spring St, it will be interesting to watch construction of the first new pavement of the finished design take shape.
Edit 2011-10-06: updated map with observed I-71SB lane configuration, re-uploaded at more reasonable size, changed preview image
2011-11-16: updated map again, hopefully now shows all details correctly for phase 1
6a:
--- Quote from: vtk on September 24, 2011, 09:50:37 PM ---* There's a "temporary" ramp from WB I-670 to Spring St, probably to make up for the closing of the Third St exit. I put "temporary" in quotes because it looks a lot like the eventual Lester Dr exit which will terminate at Spring St, but then again I had to guess at the actual geometry of this ramp. I suspect construction of this temporary ramp won't begin until the Innerbelt through ramps are closed.
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I recall seeing something somewhere...possibly in the Dispatch that said basically what you're thinking. They phrased it as something like "a temporary ramp to Spring that will be made permanent in the future." The way they put it didn't make sense when I read it but now that you mentioned it that's most likely exactly what's happening.
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