The Most Important Building Projects for the United States
Highways in Charlotte
I found this great discussion on Urban Planet about road projects around Charlotte. What I like about it is that it's specific and regional. Here are some snippets:
The Yakin River Bridge is one of the key reasons why 85 has not been widened to 6 lanes in that area. Its an old bridge that has been labeled as structurally deficient. IMO its the best example of that the infrastructure bill should be addressing. It doesn't impact "traffic" in Charlotte, but it does impact the economy. If that bridge were to fail we'd be in a world of hurt since there isn't really another bridge over that river besides I-40 that could handle interstate levels of traffic.
a response:
Charlotte is a large trucking distribution hub and so if the Yadkin river bridge had to close that means added expense and time for a lot of companies to do business in Charlotte. Depending on how long it would take for them to build a new bridge it would be about $25M per year just in added fuel expense. Maybe that is small potatoes to you but to a distribution company they might decide to route cargo another way....or put it on a train and avoid Charlotte entirely.
The Yakin River Bridge is one of the key reasons why 85 has not been widened to 6 lanes in that area. Its an old bridge that has been labeled as structurally deficient. IMO its the best example of that the infrastructure bill should be addressing. It doesn't impact "traffic" in Charlotte, but it does impact the economy. If that bridge were to fail we'd be in a world of hurt since there isn't really another bridge over that river besides I-40 that could handle interstate levels of traffic.
a response:
Charlotte is a large trucking distribution hub and so if the Yadkin river bridge had to close that means added expense and time for a lot of companies to do business in Charlotte. Depending on how long it would take for them to build a new bridge it would be about $25M per year just in added fuel expense. Maybe that is small potatoes to you but to a distribution company they might decide to route cargo another way....or put it on a train and avoid Charlotte entirely.
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