This is on Edwards Mill Rd in Raleigh. This was supposed to be for peak traffic going to the PNC Arena but I guess they just ditched it and paved it with 2 northbound and southbound lanes and 1 center lane.
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When I saw the thread title, I thought of Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY, which I remember having reversible lanes when we visited in March 2010, but I believe those have since been removed. Is that the sort of thing you had in mind?
Quote from: KCRoadFan on January 02, 2022, 01:29:59 AM
When I saw the thread title, I thought of Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY, which I remember having reversible lanes when we visited in March 2010, but I believe those have since been removed. Is that the sort of thing you had in mind?
Yes because it was listed under "North Carolina" on Wikipedia and I realized it was removed from that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_lane#United_States
The ones on High Point Rd in Greensboro have been removed also. I believe it was to reduce crashes. The same thing in Raleigh.
The (formerly) reversible Express Lanes on I-70 in St Louis are no longer reversible, and are in a permanent Inbound/Eastbound configuration - that Thru EB I-70 traffic cannot even take advantage of, as the Express Lanes rejoin the Mainline AFTER I-70 TOTSO for the Stan Musial Bridge and the Mainline and Express continues as the eastern terminus of WB I-44
When ISTHA rebuilt all the toll plazas in the 00s (I think?) to Open Road Tolling, Reversible Toll Booth lanes disappeared. They used to be commonplace at bidirectional plazas, with more lanes in the "peak" direction. Actually, the Reversible Toll Booth lanes may have disappeared in the 90s even - the dedicated 15 MPH I-Pass Only lanes were usually permanent once set up, so no more reversing lanes to get more coin machine collection at rush hour
I don't think either instance are really what you are asking, honestly. But both are removed reversibles
Trying to remember if reversible lanes were removed in the DC and Philly areas.
Quote from: Rothman on January 02, 2022, 01:46:57 AM
Trying to remember if reversible lanes were removed in the DC and Philly areas.
The Betsy Ross Bridge near Philly was originally 8 lanes wide with no barrier, so lanes could be reversed as needed. A fixed Jersey barrier was installed, and each roadway was remade into 3 lanes in each direction with no reversing option.
The Delaware Memorial Bridge had reversible lanes, in theory. Other than after the twin span was built, and all traffic used the new bridge while the old bridge was worked on, I've never come upon a source that detailed traffic was directed onto the opposing bridge due to an incident.
A project many years ago that removed the crossover signage and installed barriers all but eliminated the likelihood traffic would be routed onto the adjoining bridge for all but catastrophic events.
Even a bridge cable issue on the WB/SB span several years ago didn't force the issue - bridge traffic was narrowed down to 1 lane for a few weeks, and traffic was encouraged to use other Delaware River crossings.
I-90 between Seattle and Bellevue, closed in 2017.
The express lanes are being converted into a long-overdue light rail line that will feature the first fixed link for trains on a floating bridge. Scheduled to open in 2023.
A few old shots:
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When I visited DC in 2008, I remember seeing that Canal Road and Connecticut Avenue had reversible lanes. Are those still there?
Reversible lanes are dropping like flies in metro Atlanta. In the city of Atlanta, they've been removed on Memorial Drive and Northside Drive, and maybe on Dekalb Avenue. The ones on US 78 from the end of the Stone Mountain Freeway to Snellville were removed decades ago. The last ones I can remember are on GA 9 in Roswell, where there's an unfunded plan to eliminate them (https://www.roswellgov.com/government/departments/transportation/what-we-are-working-on/historic-gateway-project).
Opdyke Rd in Pontiac used to have reversible lanes near the Silverdome. Since that's gone, I assume the reversible lanes are gone too, but I haven't been in the area.
Quote from: Rothman on January 02, 2022, 01:46:57 AM
Trying to remember if reversible lanes were removed in the DC and Philly areas.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on January 02, 2022, 02:21:51 AM
When I visited DC in 2008, I remember seeing that Canal Road and Connecticut Avenue had reversible lanes. Are those still there?
Some reversible lanes here have been removed, some are slated for removal, some remain.
- 15th Street NW and 17th Street NW, both of them normally two-way, became fully one-way outbound and inbound, respectively, during rush hours but didn't use lane control signals–you had to see the signs or otherwise be aware of it. Caused major problems on the couple of holidays not widely observed by the private sector because the reversing was suspended on those days but many drivers operated as though it were in effect. The reversible operations on 15th Street were removed several years ago; I believe on 17th Street they were only recently discontinued.
- A large portion of Connecticut Avenue NW is partially reversible, again during rush hour when parking is banned. The road has six lanes; during rush hour, four lanes go in the peak direction and two go in the other, while at other times of day it's two lanes each way with the curb lanes used for parking. Again, there are no lane-control signals, just signs. The reversible operations were suspended in 2020 due to severely reduced traffic. I'm not sure if they've resumed, but the Mayor announced plans to discontinue them for good (in part due to crashes when people misunderstand how the lanes work or make left turns from the wrong lane) and to implement a road diet that would have two lanes each way, plus a two-way cycle track, and I think one lane of parking on one side of the street. (I may not have all of that quite right.)
Edited to add a link to an article about Connecticut Avenue (may be paywalled): https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2021/12/15/connecticut-avenue-bike-lanes/
- Canal Road continues with reversible operations. So does Rock Creek Parkway. Both of those are National Park Service roads. The Park Police continue to move sawhorses around and flip signs over at certain times of day.
- I-395 and I-95 in Virginia have a reversible HO/T lane carriageway that's being extended another ten miles further south. Most forum members know sprjus4 is a particular fan of this system.
- Arlington County, Virginia, used to have a relatively short segment of reversible lanes (with lane control signals) on Columbia Pike west of Washington Boulevard up to the top of the hill near Bob & Edith's Diner. They were removed perhaps 20 years ago. Very few drivers ever used the third lane created by the reversible operations, so there arguably wasn't a lot of benefit to them other than for the few of us who used the third lane as a passing lane, and they also wanted to create pedestrian crossing islands and the like because that area has a lot of bus riders who need to cross the street. I'm guessing they perceived a safety hazard in having pedestrian islands in the middle of the road with the next two lanes flowing in opposing directions to each other.
- Also in Arlington, when I was growing up Wilson Boulevard had reversible lanes between a point just east of Seven Corners and a point just west of the area we now know as Ballston. That system used lane control signals. It was removed sometime during the 1980s, as it no longer existed by the time I got my driver's license in 1989. I don't remember whether there were crash issues, lack of benefit from the reversal, etc.
There might be other current or former reversible lanes in the DC area, but those are the ones I remember. In particular, I don't know about the Maryland suburbs because I've always lived in Virginia.
Tappan Zee Bridge, when the bridge was replaced.
Charleston SC used to have three I am aware of:
Both McMillan Ave and Reynolds Ave between US 52-78 and the Naval Shipyard, removed around 1980±
The northbound Cooper River Bridge built in 1966 had them, but I don't know if they were ever used to have all lanes heading northbound (it had a 2-1 configuration), as trucks were banned from the 1929 southbound bridge as far back as I can remember (mid 1970s) and they used the newer bridge's reversible lane. These two bridges were replaced by the Ravenel Bridge in 2005.
Charlotte used to have some by the former Coliseum on Tyvola Rd way back when if I remember right. They were redrawn a few years after it was shut down.
Lake Shore Drive and I recall Hollywood and Peterson Avenue in Chicago.
Carnegie Avenue in Cleveland, OH used to have reversible lanes but they were removed about 15 years ago.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on January 02, 2022, 01:29:59 AM
When I saw the thread title, I thought of Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY, which I remember having reversible lanes when we visited in March 2010, but I believe those have since been removed. Is that the sort of thing you had in mind?
Yes, those got removed sometime around 2015 I think.
* The original Daniel Boone Bridge on US 40 - US 61 at Chesterfield, MO used to have a reversible lane until the first twin span (now the current westbound bridge) opened in the early 1990's.
* IIRC the former MO 115 bridge across the Missouri River at St. Charles used to allow reversible operation.
The South Side Bridge from downtown Charleston, West Virginia into the South Hills district had a reversible lane back in the 1960s and 1970s. Since it was traditionally the main route south out of downtown, I always thought that it once carried US-119 and WV-14 (later WV-214). That was incorrect, as the Southside Bridge has never carried a major route number.
Even after completion of the I-64 Fort Hill Bridge into downtown Charleston, the Southside Bridge remained packed during rush hour. Wonder if that still holds true?
Fall Creek Parkway in northeast Indianapolis used to have a reversible middle lane, but I haven't driven that road in ages...is it still there?
There used to be reversible lanes on Coliseum Dr south of Pine Chapel Rd in Hampton, VA. They went away when Convention Center Blvd connecting to Armistead Ave was built and Coliseum Dr itself was rebuilt.
Used to be reversible lanes on Asylum Ave in Hartford, CT. Used to be overhead arrows, but they've since been removed. Now it's just permanent 4 lanes (2 in each direction).
Back when there were only 3 tunnel bores on the CA-24 Caldecott Tunnel, the center bore was reversed a couple times a day, depending on traffic patterns. Once the fourth bore was opened, the former center bore was converted to eastbound-only traffic.
Quote from: 3467 on January 02, 2022, 10:53:23 AM
Lake Shore Drive and I recall Hollywood and Peterson Avenue in Chicago.
Yes, northern part of LSD/US-41, between Oak St. and Hollywood. There used to be hydraulic posts that would go up down to indicate when lanes were in use, but were removed, mostly due to age.
However, the reversible lanes on JFK X-way, I-90/94, are too 'popular'.
Columbia Parkway (US-50) in Cincinnati was 5 (very narrow) lanes wide and used to have a center reversible lane. Then they changed it to 3 inbound, 2 outbound, probably 20+ years ago. More recently, parts of it have been reduced to 4 lanes, two in each direction.
Quote from: cabiness42 on January 02, 2022, 01:21:45 PM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on January 02, 2022, 01:29:59 AM
When I saw the thread title, I thought of Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY, which I remember having reversible lanes when we visited in March 2010, but I believe those have since been removed. Is that the sort of thing you had in mind?
Yes, those got removed sometime around 2015 I think.
Not that far back. They were disabled at the beginning of the pandemic. Restriping took place in November 2020.
https://www.wdrb.com/news/drivers-on-bardstown-road-will-see-big-changes-as-traffic-patterns-shift-nov-4/article_600c483c-197c-11eb-ac97-7fe2d905dca8.html
Quote from: frankenroad on January 03, 2022, 04:14:17 PM
Columbia Parkway (US-50) in Cincinnati was 5 (very narrow) lanes wide and used to have a center reversible lane. Then they changed it to 3 inbound, 2 outbound, probably 20+ years ago. More recently, parts of it have been reduced to 4 lanes, two in each direction.
Multiple roads in Cleveland had reversible lanes up through the start of the 21st century. (Euclid, Chester, & Carnegie, among others, just on the east side alone)