Re: Route 81 Problems Again

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From: shane
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00

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In article <770250$4ip$2@callisto.clark.net>, ken$corn@clark.net wrote:
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>There was a very marked and immediate improvement on the Beltway when
>trucks were banned from the left lanes.  Of course, that couldn't be done
>on a two-lane road such as I-81, but if it were widened....

I thought the ban was due to the fact (fiction?) that the road isn't rated
for more than 5 tons GVW in the left lane.  This was supposedly because the
left lane is a retrofitted shoulder lane on the Beltway between I-270 and
I-95, and for most of I-95 up to Delaware.

Shane

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Date: 1999/01/06
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