Most crowded local roads

[golden eagle]

In the Jackson area, the County Line Road area is always crowded. It's been that way for decades since Northpark Mall opened in 1984 and with subsequent development that followed. It's worst on weekends and during the holiday season.

[Takumi]

My city's most crowded road is Temple Avenue (VA 144), especially east of I-95. It connects I-95 to the mall, as well as the ever-expanding Fort Lee.

On a slightly larger scale, the most crowded roads in the Richmond area, in my experience, are Midlothian Turnpike (US 60) and Hull Street Road (US 360), both in Chesterfield County.

[colinstu]

43rd street in Milwaukee between National Ave and Lincoln Ave has turned into quite a snarl. A decade ago the land was empty lots and old factories.... now it's booming with stores and strip malls. The traffic signals made for no traffic simply can't handle the load it does now. Sure some of the timing has probably been changed, but this corridor needs to be upgraded into something more sophisticated badly.

[NE2]

Already discussed: https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6000

[Alps]

Sort of. But ADT doesn't tell the whole story. Sometimes, a crowded local road can be absent of traffic except during peak times. Not a local road, but an example that springs to mind of "ADT" vs. "crowded" is the I-280 (NJ) WB ramp to I-287 (via the I-80 Local roadway). During peak times, it jams up solid for a mile or more on 280, and that causes traffic to jam up on the merging 46 ramp all the way back onto 46, with spillover effects all over the Parsippany area. From 6:30 PM to 6:30 AM or from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM, there's practically no one on the ramp at all, and 46 traffic has no trouble getting on 80.

[vtk]

Hilliard — Rome Road, west side of Columbus, particularly just north of I-70.  Until last week, it was "crowded" all the way up to Roberts Road, but now it's a solid 4 (or 5) lane road so it's just the bit near Renner Road that's bad.  Come to think of it, Renner Road from just west of Hilliard — Rome east to around where it becomes Trabue Road is pretty bad.  The big problem is there's no local crossing of I-70 between its interchanges at Hilliard — Rome Road and Wilson Road, so the local traffic gets funneled to exactly the roads that are already busy with traffic getting on and off the freeway...

Actually, there are a number of roads around Columbus and no doubt around the country that have not seen capacity improvements in decades despite rampant development around them.  These are the most crowded local roads.

[jeffandnicole]

I think any roadway near a mall would probably make the list. 

[agentsteel53]

the east end of Mira Mesa Blvd in San Diego is crowded both by peak and AADT standards.  there are a bunch of malls just off I-15 and those really bring the people in.

[Sanctimoniously]

Here in Jacksonville (NC), the most egregious offender is Western Boulevard (NC 53). All of it is bad in and out of peak hours, but it's worst between Jacksonville Mall (which is not really what I'd call a mall) and the Marine Chevrolet dealership, at the north end of more shopping/eating/entertainment development there.

[roadman65]

John Young Parkway in Orlando from Central Florida Parkway to Sand Lake Road is always jamned solid between 5 and 7 in the afternoon.  Relief, though, is on the way.  Orange County is now widening JYP from the FL 528 interchange to the Florida Turnpike bridge.  That should ease some of the congestion there once it is finnished.

[NE2]

John Young Parkway in Orlando from Central Florida Parkway to Sand Lake Road is always jamned solid between 5 and 7 in the afternoon.  Relief, though, is on the way.  Orange County is now widening JYP from the FL 528 interchange to the Florida Turnpike bridge.  That should ease some of the congestion there once it is finnished.

Do you happen to know if the Destination Parkway bridge is open? This will provide an alternate access to the area just south of Sand Lake.

[roadman65]

John Young Parkway in Orlando from Central Florida Parkway to Sand Lake Road is always jamned solid between 5 and 7 in the afternoon.  Relief, though, is on the way.  Orange County is now widening JYP from the FL 528 interchange to the Florida Turnpike bridge.  That should ease some of the congestion there once it is finnished.

Do you happen to know if the Destination Parkway bridge is open? This will provide an alternate access to the area just south of Sand Lake.

I think they are waiting on the JYP construction as it appears the intersection with Destination Parkway was not included in the original project.  The bridge over Shingle Creek is done and the asphalt is laid, but it is not open to traffic with the new roadbed stopping 200 feet short of JYP.  The original undivided street is still there, but barricades stop you from riding on the new part.

[NE2]

John Young Parkway in Orlando from Central Florida Parkway to Sand Lake Road is always jamned solid between 5 and 7 in the afternoon.  Relief, though, is on the way.  Orange County is now widening JYP from the FL 528 interchange to the Florida Turnpike bridge.  That should ease some of the congestion there once it is finnished.

Do you happen to know if the Destination Parkway bridge is open? This will provide an alternate access to the area just south of Sand Lake.

I think they are waiting on the JYP construction as it appears the intersection with Destination Parkway was not included in the original project.  The bridge over Shingle Creek is done and the asphalt is laid, but it is not open to traffic with the new roadbed stopping 200 feet short of JYP.  The original undivided street is still there, but barricades stop you from riding on the new part.

That would be silly, since the bridge has the potential of helping to unclog John Young during construction. (Note that it connects to the light to the north, providing access to the commercial properties on that side of John Young, and the shopping center on the east side.)

http://ocfl.net/Portals/0/Library/Traffic-Transportation/docs/Current%20Status%20Report.pdf says construction is scheduled for October completion.