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Title: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: US71 on April 08, 2021, 09:59:38 PM
ARDOT is proposing a rebuild of the  I-40/ AR 59 Interchange (https://talkbusiness.net/2021/04/highway-officials-present-plan-for-redesigned-i-40-highway-59-interchange) at Van Buren, including a  traffic circle  (https://www.ardot.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/04071Design.pdf) at EB I-40 and AR 59.

This is beyond needed. Wal-Mart and Aldi are just north of here on 59 and traffic is almost always a clusterf*ck.


Title: Re: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: Bobby5280 on April 09, 2021, 12:29:47 PM
I do not like the design of those exit ramps leading into that roundabout at all. The on and off ramps do not appear long enough. They're basically proposing an exit lane leading into a pretty sharp turn.
Title: Re: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: US71 on April 20, 2021, 05:40:09 PM
Quote from: Bobby5280 on April 09, 2021, 12:29:47 PM
I do not like the design of those exit ramps leading into that roundabout at all. The on and off ramps do not appear long enough. They're basically proposing an exit lane leading into a pretty sharp turn.

Did the same in Fayetteville at 49/ US 62
Title: Re: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: rte66man on April 20, 2021, 10:45:04 PM
Quote from: Bobby5280 on April 09, 2021, 12:29:47 PM
I do not like the design of those exit ramps leading into that roundabout at all. The on and off ramps do not appear long enough. They're basically proposing an exit lane leading into a pretty sharp turn.

Having trouble seeing how semis will make that w/o taking out something.
Title: Re: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: Bobby5280 on April 20, 2021, 11:18:57 PM
We had a semi roll-over accident here in Lawton today at the Rogers Lane exit with I-44. The exit ramps were recently remodeled with a couple fairly tight half loops. There is some updated imagery of it (and Fort Sill) in Google Earth (the rest of Lawton has 2015 imagery).

I agree that I-40 exit ramp design could see some of the same fun.
Title: Re: I-40 / AR 59 Rebuild
Post by: TheArkansasRoadgeek on May 01, 2021, 07:31:28 AM
They should coordinate that corridor from Pointer Trail to Rena Rd.

For a while I had a job in Sallisaw, it could use a coordination improvement or volume density update. Everyone blocks the Eastbound ramp despite signage stating not to.