I-80/I-99 West Interchange

[Roadsguy]

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Ugh, 3/4 error on the BGSes on I-80...

[DJStephens]

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Ugh, 3/4 error on the BGSes on I-80...

A mish-mash of fonts and sizes.  Gosh that clearview is awful.   

[Ketchup99]

Update on this: Exit 163 is up and running, no construction going on atm.

That's great news! I'd love to somehow spread the word so traffic knows to stay on PA 26 to get on I-80 EB at the new Exit 163 entrance when the left turn from I-99 to I-80 EB backs up. With this new interchange open, there's zero reason to wait in line for that notorious left turn if there's any chance at all of a wait there. The new entrance to I-80 EB should get plenty of use after Penn State games for the next few seasons until the I-80/I-99 redesign is complete.

Oh, I'd rather not spread the word. It backed up a few days ago and I sat in traffic for about three minutes before going "hold up, I forgot, there's another interchange now!" and I was on the highway five minutes later. Don't want everyone else figuring out about this too.

This project also gives us a great opportunity to restore PA 26 onto its old routing: College Avenue to the Benner Pike and then through Bellefonte onto Jacksonville Road. Then, PA 150 can be truncated to Milesburg - and then extended all the way down US 220 Alternate, ending at US 322 just west of Port Matilda. Hopefully PennDOT takes advantage!

[webny99]

Update on this: Exit 163 is up and running, no construction going on atm.

That's great news! I'd love to somehow spread the word so traffic knows to stay on PA 26 to get on I-80 EB at the new Exit 163 entrance when the left turn from I-99 to I-80 EB backs up. With this new interchange open, there's zero reason to wait in line for that notorious left turn if there's any chance at all of a wait there. The new entrance to I-80 EB should get plenty of use after Penn State games for the next few seasons until the I-80/I-99 redesign is complete.

Oh, I'd rather not spread the word. It backed up a few days ago and I sat in traffic for about three minutes before going "hold up, I forgot, there's another interchange now!" and I was on the highway five minutes later. Don't want everyone else figuring out about this too.

My thought was that the backup could be removed entirely if enough people took the new interchange. The way the new interchange is laid out with a right turn from PA 26 and left turn onto the ramp with no cross traffic, it would take a crazy amount of volume for it to get congested and I don't see that happening.

The bigger issue might be that more traffic using PA 26 would create fewer gaps in traffic and longer backups for traffic exiting I-80 WB, making that gnarly left turn to I-99 SB even worse. Of course, traffic in that direction could use the new interchange too: they would still have to turn left onto PA 26 so that could back up, but at least it wouldn't affect the I-80 mainline.

[Bitmapped]

My thought was that the backup could be removed entirely if enough people took the new interchange. The way the new interchange is laid out with a right turn from PA 26 and left turn onto the ramp with no cross traffic, it would take a crazy amount of volume for it to get congested and I don't see that happening.

The bigger issue might be that more traffic using PA 26 would create fewer gaps in traffic and longer backups for traffic exiting I-80 WB, making that gnarly left turn to I-99 SB even worse. Of course, traffic in that direction could use the new interchange too: they would still have to turn left onto PA 26 so that could back up, but at least it wouldn't affect the I-80 mainline.

The ramp from I-80 WB to PA 26/I-99 SB is now signalized, so gaps in traffic aren't really an issue anymore.

[webny99]

The ramp from I-80 WB to PA 26/I-99 SB is now signalized, so gaps in traffic aren't really an issue anymore.

Interesting, I see that now in the most recent Street View. I guess I'm out of date as I haven't been through there in a few years. Is that a somewhat recent change?

[rickmastfan67]

The ramp from I-80 WB to PA 26/I-99 SB is now signalized, so gaps in traffic aren't really an issue anymore.

Interesting, I see that now in the most recent Street View. I guess I'm out of date as I haven't been through there in a few years. Is that a somewhat recent change?

Lights were installed by Aug '18 per StreetView, just not active yet at that time.
https://goo.gl/maps/V96cup6GPogZeMPQ6

[LeftyJR]

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I was so disappointed to see these.  I don't like Clearview, but when done right, it can look good.

Ugh, 3/4 error on the BGSes on I-80...

A mish-mash of fonts and sizes.  Gosh that clearview is awful.