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Article #21541Re: VA & MD Beltway
From: Steve Snyder
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 13:31
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 13:31
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In article <1niq7qINNdr6@access.digex.com> mikej@access.digex.com (Mike Jacobs) writes: > >my experience has been that in VA, traffic moves reasonably well, with >the occasional slow down; but as soon as I cross the American Legion >Bridge into MD, slam on those brakes, it's parking lot time! traffic >becomes a crawl. > I think the problem with the Beltway in MD north of the Legion Bridge is that it splits into 2 lanes going towards I-270 and 2 lanes going towards Bethesda, which soon becomes 3 lanes only to become 2 lanes again at Rockville Pike. Poor design! It's this losing of a lane or two that causes all of these backups. Remember a few years ago before the American Legion Bridge was widened to 4 lanes each way there were always backups at the bridge, but since it was widened, the backups at the bridge have pretty much vanished. Anyone remember when the Beltway in VA was TWO lanes each way? Steve USGS
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,9faf379951625d76 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1993-03-10 05:53:51 PST Newsgroups: dc.driving Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!darwin.sura.net!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!sunai.er.usgs.gov!ssnyder From: ssnyder@sunai.er.usgs.gov (Steve Snyder) Subject: Re: VA & MD Beltway Message-ID: <1993Mar10.133121.7042@rsg1.er.usgs.gov> Keywords: car, roads, highways, aggrivation, the usual stuff... Sender: news@rsg1.er.usgs.gov Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA References: <1niq7qINNdr6@access.digex.com> Distribution: dc Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1993 13:31:21 GMT Lines: 20