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Atchafalaya Basin I-10 Bridge New Speed Enforcement
bwana39:
--- Quote from: bwana39 on July 10, 2022, 09:53:02 AM ---
--- Quote from: Plutonic Panda on July 10, 2022, 04:34:07 AM ---Hopefully the state government will come through and make speed enforcement through automated means illegal. This entire Via needs to be replaced and widened to three lanes each way.
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They JUST made it legal and only for the Atchafalaya Bridge.
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I was wrong. They also are doing it in school zones!
Urban Prairie Schooner:
--- Quote from: Bobby5280 on August 18, 2022, 02:09:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: ethanhopkin14 ---When I-35 was widened from 4 lanes to 6 lanes between Austin and San Antonio, most of the bridges ion San Marcos and New Braunfels were not rebuilt and are still the same old bridge with a lane slapped on it.
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That might be true for some I-35 bridges in San Marcos, but it's certainly not the case for New Braunfels. In New Braunfels I-35 was just a 2x2 lanes configuration with old, skinny shoulders in the 1990's but then widened to 4x4 lanes with modern shoulders. I-35 was effectively re-built through there. San Marcos got a more modest upgrade from 2x2 to 3x3. Still, some of the I-35 bridges in San Marcos did get fully replaced in that widening project. Today I-35 thru San Marcos needs to be built wider. The entire stretch of I-35 between Austin and San Antonio will need a minimum of 4x4 lanes. Any original bridges still left from the old 2x2 configuration will have to go.
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Perhaps DOTD is thinking that any additional widening of the Basin bridges will simply involve adding an inside lane, if the new additions to the west end of the bridge are any clue. This is related to the widening of I-10 to 6 lanes in the Henderson area.
bwana39:
--- Quote from: Urban Prairie Schooner on November 27, 2022, 01:50:09 PM ---
--- Quote from: Bobby5280 on August 18, 2022, 02:09:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: ethanhopkin14 ---When I-35 was widened from 4 lanes to 6 lanes between Austin and San Antonio, most of the bridges ion San Marcos and New Braunfels were not rebuilt and are still the same old bridge with a lane slapped on it.
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That might be true for some I-35 bridges in San Marcos, but it's certainly not the case for New Braunfels. In New Braunfels I-35 was just a 2x2 lanes configuration with old, skinny shoulders in the 1990's but then widened to 4x4 lanes with modern shoulders. I-35 was effectively re-built through there. San Marcos got a more modest upgrade from 2x2 to 3x3. Still, some of the I-35 bridges in San Marcos did get fully replaced in that widening project. Today I-35 thru San Marcos needs to be built wider. The entire stretch of I-35 between Austin and San Antonio will need a minimum of 4x4 lanes. Any original bridges still left from the old 2x2 configuration will have to go.
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Perhaps DOTD is thinking that any additional widening of the Basin bridges will simply involve adding an inside lane, if the new additions to the west end of the bridge are any clue. This is related to the widening of I-10 to 6 lanes in the Henderson area.
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I don't think in any realm that adding an extra lane to these 50 year old bridges is a viable solution. They are rated at a 6 out of 9 in condition. While they may be here for decades to come, just adding a new lane to each carriageway really is just just patching a problem, not really fixing them.
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