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Quote from: pctech on June 25, 2012, 11:42:43 AM
I took my first drive across the Audubon bridge north of Baton Rouge this weekend. It's very impressive indeed. There was hardly any traffic at all,( in either direction) I can't help but think that the money for this could have spent better somewhere else in the system. 

Have you driven the Sunshine or the Gramercy-Lutcher Bridges? Speaking of bridges to nowhere.
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brownpelican

Quote from: pctech on June 25, 2012, 11:42:43 AM
I took my first drive across the Audubon bridge north of Baton Rouge this weekend. It's very impressive indeed. There was hardly any traffic at all,( in either direction) I can't help but think that the money for this could have spent better somewhere else in the system.

LA 10 (and MS 26) makes up the Zachary Taylor Parkway, which is a proposed four-laning of the two highways stretching from I-49 near Washington to I-59 at Poplarville. The Audubon Bridge is part of the proposed parkway.


QuoteHave you driven the Sunshine or the Gramercy-Lutcher Bridges? Speaking of bridges to nowhere.

The Sunshine Bridge is a key route to Donaldsonville from eastern Ascension Parish, since Donaldsonville is the Ascension Parish seat.

The Gramercy Bridge was a bridge to nowhere, stopping at the two River Roads. Now you can get to I-10 and LA 3127

mcdonaat

I think that the four-laning of La. 10 is pointless when you're missing a huge chunk of the highway at Melville. Once La. 10 is four lanes the entire way, and the road has bypasses around Morganza, Washington, and the route is advertised as a different way to go than along US 190 between I-49 and US 61 (where a good chunk between the atchafalaya river and Erwinville is still 55MPH), you'll see some development.

Anthony_JK

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Actually, the Zachary Taylor Parkway uses LA 1 from Alexandria to New Roads, then LA 10 via the Audubon Bridge to St. Francisville, then LA 10 east to /Popularville. It doesn't use LA 10 through St. Landry Parish precisely due to the lack of a bridge at Melville...and now even the ferry is gone, too.

Thet proposed 4-laning would take place alont there, not along LA 10 past Washington.

And, if you really wanted to save some money, 4-laning US 71 from Meeker to the US 190 interchange just west of Krotz Springs would be more desirable. Only a bypass or widening at Bunkie would be needed, and a possible interchange with US 167 at Meeker.

mcdonaat

I would definitely four-lane La. 1 between Marksville and Alexandria, but the only thing I would change is moving the Zachary Taylor Parkway designation to La. 3170 between La. 1 and US 71/167. It connects better with traffic coming from the north, since you have to loop back under the Pineville Expressway to access La. 1.

Between Marksville and Simmesport, a four-lane would be handy, but you would need a new bridge at Simmesport crossing the Atchafalaya. La. 1 between Morganza and New Roads is very heavily traveled, so it would need a pretty decent four-lane. The old La. 3131 (Hospital Road) in New Roads is about to be four-laned, because a new Walmart is being built, along with decent development. You can piggyback along US 61, but the big problem would be Jackson and Clinton, since both downtowns are right on La. 10. Also, I don't ever see US 51 being four-laned along La. 10's route; I can see La. 10 being rerouted straight where it turns to the south at 51, and having it connect with La. 1059. I'm hoping La. 1 can be upgraded between Marksville and 3170 ASAP. I always take La. 107 north to Pineville just to avoid taking 1, because once you get stuck behind a truck going 40 in a 55, there's no chance to pass them.

brownpelican

They would have to do a bypass or convert some streets to one-way in Franklinton for LA 10...not to mention another bypass for LA 25.

mcdonaat

Just noticed a Louisiana bicycle map today in the DOTD building and picked it up. It's detailed, with bike routes marked in a highlighter-style stripe. Interesting, to say the least!

NE2

Quote from: mcdonaat on July 05, 2012, 08:08:42 PM
Just noticed a Louisiana bicycle map today in the DOTD building and picked it up. It's detailed, with bike routes marked in a highlighter-style stripe. Interesting, to say the least!
This one? http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/maps/
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mcdonaat

Quote from: NE2 on July 05, 2012, 09:46:54 PM
Quote from: mcdonaat on July 05, 2012, 08:08:42 PM
Just noticed a Louisiana bicycle map today in the DOTD building and picked it up. It's detailed, with bike routes marked in a highlighter-style stripe. Interesting, to say the least!
This one? http://www.dotd.louisiana.gov/maps/
Yes, but it printed like a normal state highway map. Full state, insets for metro areas, and a weatherproof material, kind of like a slick paper. It also has rules of the road, where not to ride, and a place to mark trip notes!

apjung


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codyg1985

Quote from: apjung on July 14, 2012, 07:32:53 AM
Officials try to fix nightmare Slidell intersection
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/northshore/Officials-try-to-fix-nightmare-Slidell-intersection-162441496.html

I have learned to avoid the Gause Blvd when coming through. It is always a pain to get through that area. A SPUI would be nice since it would reduce the amount of traffic lights along Gause, but it won't help totally since there are about 675 traffic lights in the span of a mile along that section of Gause Blvd.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

codyg1985

Causeway set to get new toll collection system

Hmm, I am curious as to whether this news means that the Causeway bridge will implement EZPass?

QuoteRight now, the Commission is in the process of revising a $2.5 million proposal from a New York-based company.

"The one that we are recommending is on the Golden Gate Bridge (and) Chesapeake Bay tunnel,"  Dufrechou said. "It's very reliable, very robust, even if we have adjacent lightening strikes."
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

apjung

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Quote from: codyg1985 on July 16, 2012, 09:26:06 AM
Causeway set to get new toll collection system

Hmm, I am curious as to whether this news means that the Causeway bridge will implement EZPass?

Probably not, maybe they'll go with GeauxPass which will make it compatible with the Crescent City Connection and the LA 1 Expressway.
http://www.geauxpass.com/

Speaking of LA 1 Expressway, Somebody uploaded videos of almost the entire drive on the elevated Expressway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgQrOsFJ7k8 (southbound)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwUTcDr6knY (northbound)

brownpelican

Quote from: apjung on July 14, 2012, 07:32:53 AM
Officials try to fix nightmare Slidell intersection
http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/northshore/Officials-try-to-fix-nightmare-Slidell-intersection-162441496.html

Hammond has the same problem with the SW Railroad Ave (BUS US 51) and I-12 interchange. Fortunately, DOTD has a plan to revamp this interchange.

mcdonaat

What's the opinion of people on here to opening the old Vicksburg Bridge to bicycles or motorcycle traffic?

codyg1985

Quote from: mcdonaat on July 19, 2012, 03:05:18 AM
What's the opinion of people on here to opening the old Vicksburg Bridge to bicycles or motorcycle traffic?

I think that would be great. I don't see it happening though since the railroad would probably oppose such a move, even though the city of Vicksburg actually owns the bridge.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

mcdonaat

I'd say that it would be a great piece to add to a national bike route, along the old US 80.

Alps

Quote from: mcdonaat on July 19, 2012, 03:05:18 AM
What's the opinion of people on here to opening the old Vicksburg Bridge to bicycles or motorcycle traffic?
Absolutely. I was surprised that it's not. Maybe it could be open during daylight hours except when a train is on the bridge - you'd close it a half hour in advance and reopen it right after. I don't think that many trains use it. (Security issues, potentially?)

NE2

It would be no different from any other rails-with-trails installation. (The rail line is part of the "Meridian Speedway", an intermodal corridor between DFW and the I-85 corridor.)

Apparently the bridge maintenance people will ferry bikes and peds across: http://www.adventurecycling.org/forums/index.php?topic=7281.0
pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

mcdonaat

Im in favor of having a security checkpoint, but I'm also in favor of being able to bicycle across Without too much interference. It's only a bridge!!!

NE2

Quote from: mcdonaat on July 20, 2012, 01:39:12 AM
Im in favor of having a security checkpoint,
Why? What needs to be secured?
pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

mcdonaat

Quote from: NE2 on July 20, 2012, 01:44:06 AM
Quote from: mcdonaat on July 20, 2012, 01:39:12 AM
Im in favor of having a security checkpoint,
Why? What needs to be secured?
Maybe that was worded wrong... A checkpoint to determine the number of people using the bridge daily, with a log for bikers.

The road would become a haven for rail fans worldwide, as you could stand 5 feet from a train moving slow enough to photograph with detail.

agentsteel53

Quote from: NE2 on July 20, 2012, 01:14:26 AM
Apparently the bridge maintenance people will ferry bikes and peds across: http://www.adventurecycling.org/forums/index.php?topic=7281.0

is that the only way to get across legally?  or is there a bike provision on the I-20 bridge?
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Darkchylde

Looks like they're wanting to put another tunnel on the Trace and add a couple of roundabouts to LA 59.

http://www.nola.com/traffic/index.ssf/2012/07/improvements_on_louisiana_59_n.html



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