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[machpost]

Similarly, completing US 48 would connect the inland port at Front Royal to points west.

If the traffic increases on the Virginia portion to the point where congestion or accidents become problematic, it will force Virginia's hand eventually.

They seem more than willing to add endless lanes to other big highways in Northern Virginia.

I'm guessing that I won't see a completed, four lane highway from I-81 to I-79 in my lifetime, so at the very least it would be nice to see some truck lanes added to the 2-lane portion of 48 between Strasburg and Wardensville.

[Bitmapped]

Similarly, completing US 48 would connect the inland port at Front Royal to points west.

If the traffic increases on the Virginia portion to the point where congestion or accidents become problematic, it will force Virginia's hand eventually.

They seem more than willing to add endless lanes to other big highways in Northern Virginia.

I'm guessing that I won't see a completed, four lane highway from I-81 to I-79 in my lifetime, so at the very least it would be nice to see some truck lanes added to the 2-lane portion of 48 between Strasburg and Wardensville.

Some climbing lanes, turning lanes, and spot improvements are likely to be adequate for Virginia's portion of US 48 for the foreseeable future.

[sprjus4]

They seem more than willing to add endless lanes to other big highways in Northern Virginia.

And yet somehow I-95 is still just six general purpose lanes south of the Occoquan, and daily backups every afternoon continue due to the lane drop.

I think what you meant is they are willing to add endless toll lanes where they can just hand it off to a private company.

[tmoore952]

They seem more than willing to add endless lanes to other big highways in Northern Virginia.

I'm guessing that I won't see a completed, four lane highway from I-81 to I-79 in my lifetime, so at the very least it would be nice to see some truck lanes added to the 2-lane portion of 48 between Strasburg and Wardensville.

But if the earlier poster is to be believed, adding these truck lanes may be tricky, depending on where the existing houses and businesses are. 
I also cannot see at this point how they could possibly do the part between Wardensville and the state line given the terrain, but I'm also not a civil engineer.

[sprjus4]

They seem more than willing to add endless lanes to other big highways in Northern Virginia.

I'm guessing that I won't see a completed, four lane highway from I-81 to I-79 in my lifetime, so at the very least it would be nice to see some truck lanes added to the 2-lane portion of 48 between Strasburg and Wardensville.

But if the earlier poster is to be believed, adding these truck lanes may be tricky, depending on where the existing houses and businesses are. 
I also cannot see at this point how they could possibly do the part between Wardensville and the state line given the terrain, but I'm also not a civil engineer.

They're doing some impressive earthmoving work down near US-58 at Lovers Leap. Also take a look at the amount of earthmoving work in West Virginia with the construction of Corridor H and also US-121 Coalfields Expressway. It's certainly possible...