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vtk:
Speed limits should be set by engineers, not politicians.
sprjus4:
--- Quote from: vtk on March 28, 2023, 07:41:24 PM ---Speed limits should be set by engineers, not politicians.
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Agreed 100%
A 65 mph speed limit on a super-2 highway should be fully allowable.
Similar to this, how was Ohio able to post 70 mph on some non-freeway divided highways? (US-30 specifically) I thought it was limited to fully controlled access highways.
PurdueBill:
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 29, 2023, 01:51:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vtk on March 28, 2023, 07:41:24 PM ---Speed limits should be set by engineers, not politicians.
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Agreed 100%
A 65 mph speed limit on a super-2 highway should be fully allowable.
Similar to this, how was Ohio able to post 70 mph on some non-freeway divided highways? (US-30 specifically) I thought it was limited to fully controlled access highways.
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Early in 2013 the limit on Interstates in Ohio was able to increase to 70. Later in 2013, further legislation passed that allowed 70 on non-interstates like US 30 between Bucyrus and Mansfield, which was all limited-access. Soon after, US 30 west of Bucyrus and other similar dual carriageways that were not limited-access were allowed to increase as well.
It would behoove Indiana to think about passing the pending legislation there for similar roads as well so that they can be at least 65 where safe. US 30 drops from 70 to 60 mph going into Indiana from Ohio, while the road is the same quality and type. No one goes the 60 anyway along there between the state line and I-469 except when there is a trooper in the median.
sprjus4:
--- Quote from: PurdueBill on March 29, 2023, 09:06:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 29, 2023, 01:51:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vtk on March 28, 2023, 07:41:24 PM ---Speed limits should be set by engineers, not politicians.
--- End quote ---
Agreed 100%
A 65 mph speed limit on a super-2 highway should be fully allowable.
Similar to this, how was Ohio able to post 70 mph on some non-freeway divided highways? (US-30 specifically) I thought it was limited to fully controlled access highways.
--- End quote ---
Early in 2013 the limit on Interstates in Ohio was able to increase to 70. Later in 2013, further legislation passed that allowed 70 on non-interstates like US 30 between Bucyrus and Mansfield, which was all limited-access. Soon after, US 30 west of Bucyrus and other similar dual carriageways that were not limited-access were allowed to increase as well.
It would behoove Indiana to think about passing the pending legislation there for similar roads as well so that they can be at least 65 where safe. US 30 drops from 70 to 60 mph going into Indiana from Ohio, while the road is the same quality and type. No one goes the 60 anyway along there between the state line and I-469 except when there is a trooper in the median.
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In regards to Ohio though, while non-interstates were allowed to rise, I thought legislation specifically limited it to fully controlled access. Is there somewhere that permitted non-limited-access divided highways to go to 70 mph?
Also - why is Ohio reluctant to raise highways in the east - such as OH-32 - higher than 60 mph? Or even US-30 east of I-71 for traffic bound to Canton? They are fully able to, but act like Indiana or Virginia with those roads where they are legislatively restricted to 60 mph.
I-55:
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 30, 2023, 02:37:22 AM ---
--- Quote from: PurdueBill on March 29, 2023, 09:06:44 PM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on March 29, 2023, 01:51:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: vtk on March 28, 2023, 07:41:24 PM ---Speed limits should be set by engineers, not politicians.
--- End quote ---
Agreed 100%
A 65 mph speed limit on a super-2 highway should be fully allowable.
Similar to this, how was Ohio able to post 70 mph on some non-freeway divided highways? (US-30 specifically) I thought it was limited to fully controlled access highways.
--- End quote ---
Early in 2013 the limit on Interstates in Ohio was able to increase to 70. Later in 2013, further legislation passed that allowed 70 on non-interstates like US 30 between Bucyrus and Mansfield, which was all limited-access. Soon after, US 30 west of Bucyrus and other similar dual carriageways that were not limited-access were allowed to increase as well.
It would behoove Indiana to think about passing the pending legislation there for similar roads as well so that they can be at least 65 where safe. US 30 drops from 70 to 60 mph going into Indiana from Ohio, while the road is the same quality and type. No one goes the 60 anyway along there between the state line and I-469 except when there is a trooper in the median.
--- End quote ---
In regards to Ohio though, while non-interstates were allowed to rise, I thought legislation specifically limited it to fully controlled access. Is there somewhere that permitted non-limited-access divided highways to go to 70 mph?
Also - why is Ohio reluctant to raise highways in the east - such as OH-32 - higher than 60 mph? Or even US-30 east of I-71 for traffic bound to Canton? They are fully able to, but act like Indiana or Virginia with those roads where they are legislatively restricted to 60 mph.
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It seems like Ohio never wanted to raise the speed limits on the hillier routes past 60 even when the limit on 30 was still 65. OH 32 / US 50 may be a higher design standard than US 23 south of Columbus, but the 4 lane portions of US 35 are still 60, US 23 is 60 (or lower) in many places, US 52 I think is 55 when not a 70 mph freeway. It really just seems to be a hills/plains divide.
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