Re: Route 81 Problems Again

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From: C. P. Zilliacus
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 00:00

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In <77alpc$uuc$2@callisto.clark.net>, ken$corn@clark.net writes:
>In dc.driving shane@ibm.net wrote:
>
>: 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.
>
>If it had been due to that, why would they have allowed trucks there in
>the first place?  Or for that matter why build a subpar lane in the first
>place?  
 
 Ken, the assertion that you quoted is not correct.

 The left lane in these places is "full-depth," and can
 handle axle loadings by trucks.

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From: cpatz@ibm.net (C. P. Zilliacus)
Subject: Re: Route 81 Problems Again
Date: 1999/01/11
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