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webny99:
--- Quote from: stevashe on March 06, 2023, 07:44:53 PM ---The Wikipedia Article for WA 543/BC 15, and its sources, seem to imply that trucks were at least discouraged at Peace Arch even before 1970, as they state that before the current routing of SR543 was constructed, the truck route of US 99 "ran east–west along D Street from US 99 to the Pacific Highway border crossing" (the crossing a mile east of Peace Arch that trucks now must use). Said current routing was opened in 1970, so that may have been part of the reason for the truck ban at Peace Arch.
The main reasons as far as I can tell are the lack of space at Peace Arch to accommodate proper truck lanes and inspection areas, and the desire to separate trucks out into their own facility. Even at the Pacific Highway Crossing, the truck lanes split off and take a different route through the customs area.
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Interesting, thanks for sharing. That Wikipedia article has more information than the one about the crossing itself, which gave a brief history but lacked in details. Based on that it does seem likely that trucks were discouraged from using the Peace Arch even earlier than 1970.
jakeroot:
--- Quote from: jay8g on March 06, 2023, 08:12:06 PM ---WSDOT posted the RFP for the major I-5 paving project (roughly Downtown to Northgate) today, and included in that were the original ROW plans for the initial construction of I-5. These are quite interesting as they show every building that was bought out and torn down to make way for the freeway -- something that's been discussed extensively, but the way it's presented here really makes it clear just how much there used to be where I-5 is now.
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That is amazing. Any idea why those ROW plans were included in that RFP?
I do like the name, "SEA FWY".
jay8g:
I don't know why, but it seems to be typical for WSDOT's design-build RFPs to include historic ROW plans like that.
pderocco:
--- Quote from: jay8g on March 06, 2023, 08:12:06 PM ---WSDOT posted the RFP for the major I-5 paving project (roughly Downtown to Northgate) today, and included in that were the original ROW plans for the initial construction of I-5. These are quite interesting as they show every building that was bought out and torn down to make way for the freeway -- something that's been discussed extensively, but the way it's presented here really makes it clear just how much there used to be where I-5 is now.
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Nice drawings, but too bad they didn't invent color until the late 60s.
roadman65:
https://goo.gl/maps/ouz9TJ7aJBLQhx577
Why isn’t the former Alaskan Way Viaduct in GSV 2016?
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