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I66/Somerset Northern Bypass, Somerset KY

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skluth:

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--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 05:51:38 PM ---
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--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 05:15:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rothman on March 19, 2023, 03:54:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 11:39:04 AM ---So what do you propose? No bypass?

Freeways are not simply based off traffic volumes. And freeways aside, the need for a bypass isn’t strictly “high traffic volumes”.

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Makes me wonder what other needs would justify a bypass.

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A routing that is designed to carry regional traffic (i.e. origin/destination outside the town). A bypass can be as little as a super-two with at-grade intersections. Something that routes through traffic around a population center.

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Why would you need to route regional traffic around a population center?

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Because it is through traffic?

Take a look at a route like US-58 across southern Virginia. Why does it bypass most of the towns / cities on the route? Should it just go through every single one?

It’s an arterial highway routing with high capacity… 4 lanes with town bypasses. The principle is no different here. Unless you’re trying to suggest this is a useless project and useless approach… then in that case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Why not go through every single one?

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Because people don't like their homes and businesses being taken by eminent domain and torn down. It's also usually less costly to go around a town than through it.

Rothman:

--- Quote from: skluth on March 21, 2023, 11:42:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: Rothman on March 19, 2023, 06:11:55 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 05:51:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rothman on March 19, 2023, 05:31:35 PM ---


--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 05:15:48 PM ---
--- Quote from: Rothman on March 19, 2023, 03:54:25 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 19, 2023, 11:39:04 AM ---So what do you propose? No bypass?

Freeways are not simply based off traffic volumes. And freeways aside, the need for a bypass isn’t strictly “high traffic volumes”.

--- End quote ---
Makes me wonder what other needs would justify a bypass.

--- End quote ---
A routing that is designed to carry regional traffic (i.e. origin/destination outside the town). A bypass can be as little as a super-two with at-grade intersections. Something that routes through traffic around a population center.

--- End quote ---

Why would you need to route regional traffic around a population center?

--- End quote ---
Because it is through traffic?

Take a look at a route like US-58 across southern Virginia. Why does it bypass most of the towns / cities on the route? Should it just go through every single one?

It’s an arterial highway routing with high capacity… 4 lanes with town bypasses. The principle is no different here. Unless you’re trying to suggest this is a useless project and useless approach… then in that case ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

--- End quote ---
Why not go through every single one?

--- End quote ---

Because people don't like their homes and businesses being taken by eminent domain and torn down. It's also usually less costly to go around a town than through it.

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Wait, why are we widening the road through town?

(Or, perhaps you should read the context of a conversation before jumping in...)

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