10-95 Merger

[acme54321]

I think there may be a need for signage on roosevelt expwy....other than that, the only reason the interchange seems odd is because folks are used to going to the left or right...think about it....ther are many roads that exit the opposite way that may seem intuitive without creating propblems.

There is no sign indicating the left exit for through traffic from 10E to 95N.  Next time you go through look at how many cars are using that ramp.  Zero.  I don't know if I have seen anyone go up it yet.  The only signage for 95 north tells people to get into the center lanes where the DT exits are.

It seems odd to me that the two new ramps that are there to avoid all of the weaving are not even identified by signs on the appropriate roads   A center divider down the section where 17 comes in would help, so people cannot merge all the way accross and are forced to use the right side 95S exit and not weave over to the middle one.

[acme54321]

Agreed, TU, but right now a lot of people are trying to crowd into the single, right-hand lane to get to I-95S and it is created horrendous backups.

A sign on the Roosevelt Ave approach indicating to stay right to go to I-95S might help a lot.

Congestion of that single lane is also not helped by people who go 30MPH around it

[stjr]

Coming from I-95 northbound over the Fuller Warren, there is a lack of signage at the "Local Exits" ramp for downtown.  The only sign is the exit number with no street names at the ramp.  There was a temporary construction sign but it's now gone.

Also, out of three I-95 northbound exits for downtown, two remain accessible from the center "through" lanes.  However, those "through" lane vehicles need to cross two or three lanes to exit downtown (Union and Kings Rd. exits) so I don't see where the weaving is eliminated in that case.  This also makes the "local" ramp less than effective since only one of its three exits is exclusive to it. (And, that one exclusive "local" exit is for Monroe which appears will be going nowhere after its closed for the Courthouse.)

[CS Foltz]

The taxpayer paid for all those high tech information signs........why aren't they being used? Additional signage should be installed for enought ahead to be of use.......just common sense!

[fieldafm]

95 North has ample capacity... its the merging of 95South from I-10 East that has, and continues to be the problem.

IMO, all this did was create a big thoroughfare to Forrest where not much traffic existed previously, nor exists now... and the congestion problems are still there.

Great way to spend hundreds of millions of dollars, wouldn't you say?

[urbanlibertarian]

fieldafm, should folks like you going from Roosevelt to 95 south consider using the newly improved McDuff Av to get on 10 east to 95 south?

[fieldafm]

fieldafm, should folks like you going from Roosevelt to 95 south consider using the newly improved McDuff Av to get on 10 east to 95 south?

That's a REALLY good idea. I may try that on Tuesday(off Monday).  I'll get back to you and let you know.

I tried snapping a picture of the difference today, but traffic flow was running fairly swiftly on the left hand lanes so it was better to pay attention to actually driving so as not to cause an accident than focus on some social experiment, lol.

[Cliffs_Daughter]

Last night I drove up State to 95 S, and didn't know they were closing the 10 Westbound lanes.
All traffic was merged into the 95 Southbound side. An exit came up for Forest and I took it - I didn't want to do another late-night u-turn trip at San Marco like they did the last few weeks.

After I drive off I look up and notice a sign after my exit that was another ramp to 10 W. Had I known THAT, I wouldn't have bothered trying to get myself lost.

Does anyone else propose the idea for painting lane/exit markers on the roads?

[Dog Walker]

RE: The Forest Street Exit

I think it was put in to serve the large number of people who work in the Riverside Ave. high rises.  Blue Cross, Fidelity, Everbank Bldg., etc.

Before the construction of the new interchange and exit, anyone coming to work there from I-95 North took the Margaret Street exit to College or Post to get to Riverside Ave.  Anyone coming from I-10 West had to get off at Stockton Street and work their way through the neighborhood to College or Margaret and Post Street.

The flow of people coming from Riverside, Murry Hill, Avondale, etc. to get to downtown and Riverside Ave businesses already crowded these corridors.  The new Forest Street Exit is just two blocks from Riverside Ave and has three lanes directly there in the middle of the big building row.

Seems like smart planning to me and we are already seeing a reduction of traffic through the Post and Park Street intersection and through the neighborhood to College Street-Rosselle to Riverside.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I defended the interchange due to the route that I normally take - 17 to 95N, but today is a different story my friends. 

Driving from 295 -10E - 95N - plenty of signage telling me that 95S is the 2 left lanes, 95N is the next 3 lanes.  Once you get in view of the lane split - big sign reads (l to r) 95n - 95n - 95s - 95s- 95n - 95n - 95n - 95n - dt.

It might be part of the 'big plan', but if they just herded both left lanes (before you get to the 17 interchange) and made them stay there and not allow the merging 17 traffic to cross all the way over, a lot of the lane swapping and confusion would be eliminated. 

[Duke]

It might be part of the 'big plan', but if they just herded both left lanes (before you get to the 17 interchange) and made them stay there and not allow the merging 17 traffic to cross all the way over, a lot of the lane swapping and confusion would be eliminated. 

AMEN BROTHER!  Which according to the renderings of the project was supposed to be the plan to begin with.  Wasn't there supposed to be a barrier separating incomming from US17 from the existing traffic on 10?

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

I thought I had read something along those lines.  There also seemed to be a lot of road patching between cassat and mcduff, so maybe they are gearing up to start moving west with the project - it would kind of make sense that they don't jack the entire road up at once, since they have a lot of construction west of 295 also.

Maybe we're being too impatient and should let them actually finish (that makes me laugh a little - finish a road project) and then we can bitch about it. 

[ricker]

now DOW chemicals has identified a "shortage" in the necessary ingredient in road stripe paint.
NPR.

[ChriswUfGator]

I find it funny that I pointed out these problems awhile back, saying the new interchange is asinine and dangerous. Everyone defended it. Now that people have had a chance to use it themselves, as I did, they see the same problems.

Anyway I hope they fix this design, it really is dangerous and a pain.

[north miami]

fieldafm, should folks like you going from Roosevelt to 95 south consider using the newly improved McDuff Av to get on 10 east to 95 south?

Forgive if noted earlier by others- Northbound Roosevelt to I-95 South-rather than attempting a heroic leap over to the northerly lanes just stay put on the southerly side and another Southbound lane appears.........