wondoring t1_j1asjxu wrote on December 22, 2022 at 10:46 PM

Really hope that left turn lane is going to be bigger once the bridge is open. It would back up sooo far during the pm rush hour. That’s gotta be fixed.

Steely_McNeatHouse t1_j1b71yw wrote on December 23, 2022 at 12:33 AM

better than no bridge. (shrug)

but yeah, this is very different from the proposed renderings. I assume it'll be two lanes each way until they replace that Parkway East bridge. Hopefully after that, it can go down to three, with two inbound and one outbound, which is the same standard as Forbes near CMU.

wondoring t1_j1cbkqo wrote on December 23, 2022 at 6:18 AM

The thing that frustrates me is the lack of improvements being made to the surrounding infrastructure on projects like these.

“How can we replace this bridge the quickest and cheapest and easiest? (Not the worst motivator)”

“We can make it the same width as before.”

“Oh, there were terrible backups and an additional lane is needed for a bigger turning lane”

“That’s outside of this project”

Stuff like that. When yeah, it’s nice that we have the beige back. But how about addressing the huge bottle neck while you’re at it.

Steely_McNeatHouse t1_j1dh6el wrote on December 23, 2022 at 2:25 PM

S.Braddock won't grow. Neither will Forbes in Sq.Hill. No matter how they configure lanes in the Frick part of Forbes, as long as the same volume of people are driving cars over it, it will be close to the same condition.