10-95 Merger

[tufsu1]

with our tax dollars by the way!

do the folks who live/work there pay taxes?

[CS Foltz]

Of course they do...............at least I hope they do! Got nothing against AC Skinner or even the DR Horton projects! Those projects were not built until AC Skinner, the bridge that is, was completed then poof! Here comes DR with a megalopolis building project! They were not built until after the bridge was done so whose tax dollars were used? Theirs? Maybe, but concurrency sure has heck did not.............DR has a habit of talking big but putting the cost off on the public! I could use the old Bay Meadows Golf Course as an example! Both roads, Bay Meadows Circle East and West are "Private" not city nor county..........that means the area has to pay for road repairs and upgrades........not the city, county or state! That money comes out of my pocket, not your tax dollars like the Main Street upgrades did! There is a limit and when private enterprise takes advantage of private roads, without paying for the privilege, something is wrong here!

[videojon]

Construction concluding at intersection of interstates 10 and 95 in downtown Jacksonville


All lanes will be open by Friday night in the $152 million project.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-09-13/story/construction-concluding-intersection-interstates-10-and-95

[Dog Walker]

Let's hope the signs are ready too! LOL!

No matter what you think of the design, Archer-Western deserves major applause for bringing in this difficult, complicated project under time and under budget with minimal disruption to the surrounding neighborhoods and the traffic flow.

Be careful out there until you get used to the changes!

[Jason]

Glad to see this thing nearing the end.  It should start to work more smoothly once the public adjusts to it.

Now we have the I95 overland bridge replacement to look forward too! 

And the continued construction at I95 and JTB....

And the continued I10 widening...

[RiversideLoki]

Let's hope the signs are ready too! LOL!

No matter what you think of the design, Archer-Western deserves major applause for bringing in this difficult, complicated project under time and under budget with minimal disruption to the surrounding neighborhoods and the traffic flow.

Be careful out there until you get used to the changes!

Really, for all of the complaining (myself included) about the changes in traffic pattern, they truly did a great job with minimum disruption to traffic. Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance!

[CS Foltz]

The Five P's Principal..............ya gotta love em!

[ricker]

In the earlier renderings and scaled models available for public viewing, there was a barrier to be constructed separating lanes 2 and 3 on Interstate-10 east, beginning before US-17 traffic joined the flow into Downtown, quite a length before the current (pointless) last-minute divider.
THIS would have eliminated the 6 lane side swiping which is still permitted.
As the project rests now, "cross weave" will unfortunately continue.
I saw a Neon from Roosevelt smash into a Camry in lane3 on 10E and spin into the east/west dividing wall sending the Camry into the wall over Rosselle St.
Smoking tires and scared faces.

2 days prior, a Mountaineer was rear-ended by an idiot looking right at me. I was 2 lanes to her right entering 10w from Irene (stockton).

SLOW DOWN to 45MPH and for everyone's sake, why tailgate if you're south of Adams St, East of McDuff, or northwest of the FullerWarren bridge, people!

Oh unless you like paying more for insurance, being without a car, or are just plain stupid.

[Timkin]

Now , if PS #4 could be refurbed, the intersection would really be complete .

[acme54321]

The signage is horrible.  There is nothing indicating the left exit for 95N from 10E or the right exit for 95S from 17.  So the whole weaving deal is even worse now.

[ricker]

Agreed.
so succinctly stated.

[videojon]

The signage is horrible.  There is nothing indicating the left exit for 95N from 10E or the right exit for 95S from 17.  So the whole weaving deal is even worse now.

I too agree. I do like the interchange overall except for this great oversight

[fieldafm]

In the morning, unless you want to add about 10-12 minutes to your commute... you are essentially forced to cross over three lanes of traffic to get to the two far left lanes feeding I-10 East to I-95 South if you are merging into the highway from the Roosevelt on-ramp.  If you stay in the single lane to the right(that serves THREE lanes of feeder traffic) I have timed over a two-week period a 10-12 minute difference in commute time when compared to making the wayward lane dance to the left.

BTW, leaving at 10 minutes to 8 today, I arrived to work off Gate Parkway at 8:48AM.  That's a 58 minute commute, and I saw no evidence of an accident... just a bunch of Road Rangers trucks and two cement mixers blocking off lanes at the base of the Fuller Warren.  I hope there wasn't an accident b/c that would suck if someone is hurt... but all I see is a monsterosity of a money pit built that made no difference whatsoever to traffic.  I'm beginning to think I would literally pay MORE than I do in gas every month to ride commuter rail instead of going through all this GD traffic!!

[tufsu1]

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.

give it some time and folks will get used to the new pattern....and then everything will work more smoothly.

[Dog Walker]

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.