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Most congested intersections for truck traffic - 2014

Started by DevalDragon, December 19, 2014, 03:53:49 AM

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From Overdrive, the trucker's magazine. I like how they misspelled Cincinnati!

After assessing truck-oriented congestion at 250 spots on the U.S. highway system, the American Transportation Research Institute has unveiled a list of the top 10 highway intersections in the country for truck freight congestion:

    Fort Lee, NJ: I-95 AT SR 4
    Chicago, IL: I-290 AT I-90/I-94
    Atlanta, GA: I-285 AT I-85 (NORTH)
    Cincinatti, OH: I-71 AT I-75
    Houston, TX: I-45 AT US 59
    Houston, TX: I-610 AT US 290
    St. Louis, MO: I-70 AT I-64 (WEST)
    Los Angeles, CA: SR 60 AT SR 57
    Louisville, KY: I-65 AT I-64/I-71
    Austin, TX: I-35

ATRI says it compiled the list based on custom software applications, along with terabytes of data from trucking operations.

The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, surpassed the perennial first-place holder Chicago's Circle Interchange.

Official article link: http://goo.gl/ijePBV


NE2

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Quote from: DevalDragon on December 19, 2014, 03:53:49 AM
St. Louis, MO: I-70 AT I-64 (WEST)
This is a strange one. I guess it's a major merge point for cross-Missouri traffic.

Never mind - they fucked it up. They're actually talking about the downtown interchange. Here's the full list of the top 100.

Lolwut: 26 Brooklyn, NY: I-278 at Belt Parkway
I think they're trying to show that the Verrazano Bridge is congested.

Unless the PDFs are highly misleading, the methodology appears to be full of shit, counting speeds on surface streets near the interchanges.
pre-1945 Florida route log

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thenetwork

I am surprised that the Borman (I-80/94) between the Tri-State and the IN Toll Road is nowhere to be found, especially with all the truck traffic through there.

pianocello

Quote from: DevalDragon on December 19, 2014, 03:53:49 AM
highway intersections
   10. Austin, TX: I-35

lol what

So not only is their methodology skewed (according to NE2), but they use stretches of highway and call them intersections.
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN



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