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dvferyance:
--- Quote from: JoePCool14 on February 02, 2023, 04:14:06 PM ---In your opinion, what should replace 794 between the 94 interchange and the Hoan Bridge?
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Why would anything replace it? They just rebuilt it a little less than a decade ago why are we even talking about this?
JoePCool14:
--- Quote from: dvferyance on February 02, 2023, 07:23:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: JoePCool14 on February 02, 2023, 04:14:06 PM ---In your opinion, what should replace 794 between the 94 interchange and the Hoan Bridge?
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Why would anything replace it? They just rebuilt it a little less than a decade ago why are we even talking about this?
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I'm not the one saying it should be torn down. I was asking what the people who are okay with tearing it would prefer to see.
SEWIGuy:
--- Quote from: dvferyance on February 02, 2023, 07:23:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: JoePCool14 on February 02, 2023, 04:14:06 PM ---In your opinion, what should replace 794 between the 94 interchange and the Hoan Bridge?
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Why would anything replace it? They just rebuilt it a little less than a decade ago why are we even talking about this?
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The Marquette Interchange was replaced. Not I-794. And the reason we are talking about this is because there is a group in Milwaukee discussing it because the future of the Lake Interchange is being studied by WIDOT right now.
triplemultiplex:
The Marquette rebuild replaced all of 794 to river. The Lake Interchange was reconstructed as-is in 2014/15. Some of the bridges were redecked, the rest were resurfaced. Some of the ramps were replaced entirely. That was when they reconfigured a couple of the ramps to the current configuration.
Basically anything with blue steel girders was completely replaced. Anything with a box girder got resurfaced.
So it's a mix of totally new structures and fixed-up old structures.
All this suggests the tear-down idea is not a short term concept; likely no action this decade, if I were to guess.
In terms of what I'd like to see, the 'boulevard' concept seems like the default answer. Probably on Clybourn Ave. Question becomes where does the transition occur then? The river? West of the river, like 3rd St? The further west it is, the more expensive it gets because it begins to affect the elevation of the system interchange ramps.
Like I said though, this is at least a decade out. The wheels on a project like this are going to move slow.
The Ghostbuster:
When the portion of Interstate 794 between the Marquette Interchange and the Lake Interchange was being planned, there was a debate on whether it should be an elevated freeway or a surface boulevard. The then-mayor wanted a surface boulevard and the common council wanted a freeway. The mayor vetoed the elevated freeway plan, which the common council overrode, and the freeway was built (ironically, that very same former mayor later said that building the elevated freeway was the right move): http://wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/eastwest.html. With that being said, I personally believe it is unrealistic to just remove 794 and move all traffic to the surface streets. I feel it is a needed connection. Is the support for getting rid of 794 widespread, or is it (as I suspect) confined to a small but vocal group of activists and planners?
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