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Re: VDOT: Please Close Inner Loop Exit 9B
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Subject: Re: VDOT: Please Close Inner Loop Exit 9B
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From: jdowning@ccmail.gsfc.nasa.gov (John Downing)
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Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1995 09:43:22
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Newsgroups: dc.driving
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Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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References: <3mn83q$5m4@news1.mnsinc.com>
In article <3mn83q$5m4@news1.mnsinc.com> ted@mnsinc.com writes:
>From: ted@mnsinc.com
>Subject: VDOT: Please Close Inner Loop Exit 9B
>Date: 15 Apr 1995 01:39:06 GMT
>So where and what is exit 9B?
>Exit 9B is an exit from the beltway inner loop to I-66 west.
>What's the problem?
>1. Exit 9B is a LEFT LANE EXIT. This backs up the beltway's left lane for about a
> mile with 55mph or slower traffic.
>2. There already exists another exit from the inner loop onto I-66 west just past the
> east 9A exit. Why 2 exits?
>3. Vehicles from route 50 trying to get onto I-66 are crossing 5 lanes within quarter
> mile to make this exit. 5 Lanes frigin.
This lane has been there for a long time, and has been rebuilt twice. The
other exit could not move the traffic volume efectively, in any case.
>Who's the DOT rocket scientists who allows this to continue?
These are the same people who spent $250,000,000 to widen ten miles of I-95
from 8 lanes to eight lanes.
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