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Re: Northway Exit 3 (& troy interstate)

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From: Don Perley
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1993 19:33
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In article <_zx4rd=@rpi.edu> wrf@ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin) writes:
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+   A watchdog group probably wouldn't do any good.  However, here are some
+   past technical errors to suggest things to try to catch.
+
+   1. The nasty combo of entrance and exit ramps on I-90, both eastbound
+   and westbound, west of I-787.  That's a textbook case of bad design.

For years I've been using (with plenty of opportunity) a paraphrase from
those amazing feats tv shows:

"Hey kids, this intersection was designed by a *PROFESSIONAL*! Don't try
to do it at home!"


With regard to the thread on the "Troy interstate," I believe most of
the land between 6th and 8th used to be a railroad, so not that many
houses were involved.  There was a station somewhere around where the Holiday
Inn was built, which explains why the RPI approach was built... not always
a stairway to nowhere.  This right of way  is now a bike path in Lansingburgh.
Apologies if this point has already been made.

-don perley

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From: perley@jethro.balltown.cma.com (Don Perley)
Subject: Re: Northway Exit 3 (& troy interstate)
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