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Title: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: bing101 on June 12, 2023, 06:58:29 PM
https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/ribbon-cut-new-480-valley-view-express-lane-bridge/95-9847cc38-5233-426b-b7e0-0d9d8912dfd9

This project has been around for 6 years.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: The Ghostbuster on June 12, 2023, 07:50:40 PM
Are express lanes common in the Cleveland area?
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: JREwing78 on June 12, 2023, 08:55:38 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on June 12, 2023, 07:50:40 PM
Are express lanes common in the Cleveland area?

I-271 has 14 miles of them between I-480 and I-90 on the east side of the Cleveland metro, in a 3x2x2x3 arrangement on about 400' of ROW.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 12, 2023, 10:49:12 PM
Quote from: The Ghostbuster on June 12, 2023, 07:50:40 PM
Are express lanes common in the Cleveland area?

Previously only along I-271 along the eastside.
Similar to I-270 on the eastside of Columbus.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: sprjus4 on June 12, 2023, 10:58:32 PM
It's important to note these Express Lanes in Ohio are not HO/T (High Occupancy / Toll) lanes or toll lanes. They are simply "through"  lanes that are separated from the local exits.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 12, 2023, 11:11:28 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on June 12, 2023, 10:58:32 PM
It's important to note these Express Lanes in Ohio are not HO/T (High Occupancy / Toll) lanes or toll lanes. They are simply "through"  lanes that are separated from the local exits.

They might have considered HO/T lanes for I-271 & 480 once upon a time, but Toll Lanes have never been considered for any existing highway in Ohio (excluding funding proposals for Brent Spence Bridge)
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: thenetwork on July 04, 2023, 12:48:17 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on June 12, 2023, 10:58:32 PM
It's important to note these Express Lanes in Ohio are not HO/T (High Occupancy / Toll) lanes or toll lanes. They are simply "through"  lanes that are separated from the local exits.

Think of them as more like the Express Lanes on the Dan Ryan in Chicago or the Jeffries Freeway in Detroit.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: Stephane Dumas on July 04, 2023, 01:10:49 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on July 04, 2023, 12:48:17 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on June 12, 2023, 10:58:32 PM
It's important to note these Express Lanes in Ohio are not HO/T (High Occupancy / Toll) lanes or toll lanes. They are simply "through"  lanes that are separated from the local exits.

Think of them as more like the Express Lanes on the Dan Ryan in Chicago or the Jeffries Freeway in Detroit.

And also to Hwy-401 in Toronto along with a small part of Hwy-400 north of Hwy-407.
Title: Re: I-480 express lanes to open Valley View Express Lane Bridge
Post by: CapeCodder on October 22, 2023, 08:06:32 AM
Quote from: thenetwork on July 04, 2023, 12:48:17 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on June 12, 2023, 10:58:32 PM
It's important to note these Express Lanes in Ohio are not HO/T (High Occupancy / Toll) lanes or toll lanes. They are simply "through"  lanes that are separated from the local exits.

Think of them as more like the Express Lanes on the Dan Ryan in Chicago or the Jeffries Freeway in Detroit.

I'd add I-84 and 91 in the Hartford area