Third CCC bridge proposed

[PaulS]

why don't they just finish the tunnel?

[BigFish]

It will never happen! A second bridge will only cause more traffic having it merge back onto rt 6 off the bridge??? To make it viable they would need to widen the highway for miles and miles in either direction otherwise it will be a waste of money....just plain ignorance thinking out loud on their part!!

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

Originally Posted by BigFish

It will never happen! A second bridge will only cause more traffic having it merge back onto rt 6 off the bridge??? To make it viable they would need to widen the highway for miles and miles in either direction otherwise it will be a waste of money....just plain ignorance thinking out loud on their part!!

I think I heard that the plan was to have each bridge carry one direction of travel...
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[BigFish]

Originally Posted by BMEUPSCOTTY

I think I heard that the plan was to have each bridge carry one direction of travel...
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Point being....to disperse 2 bridges of traffic onto the same piece of highway that currently exists will not work.....it will only cause more traffic without widening the highway in both directions....thats the problem more or less....not so much the size of the bridge. Its never gonna happen!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Point being....to disperse 2 bridges of traffic onto the same piece of highway that currently exists will not work.....it will only cause more traffic without widening the highway in both directions....thats the problem more or less....not so much the size of the bridge. Its never gonna happen!

On-Cape travel all crosses the "new" bridge. Off-Cape crosses the old bridge. Won't be any worse than it is now. In fact, it'll be better because all 4 lanes of the old bridge will carry off-Cape traffic, not just two. They can make the first lane a dedicated merge lane from traffic coming off 6A, too. That merge now causes a lot of the Rte 6 back-ups coming off-Cape.

It's going to create a bottleneck the other way when the traffic coming down 3, and the traffic coming off the new "connector" funnels down to 2 lanes past Market basket, but it may eliminate the back-ups on 3 to past Cedarville.

[BigFish]

Originally Posted by Mike P

On-Cape travel all crosses the "new" bridge. Off-Cape crosses the old bridge. Won't be any worse than it is now. In fact, it'll be better because all 4 lanes of the old bridge will carry off-Cape traffic, not just two. They can make the first lane a dedicated merge lane from traffic coming off 6A, too. That merge now causes a lot of the Rte 6 back-ups coming off-Cape.

It's going to create a bottleneck the other way when the traffic coming down 3, and the traffic coming off the new "connector" funnels down to 2 lanes past Market basket, but it may eliminate the back-ups on 3 to past Cedarville.

Mike...re-read the part where I say the biggest problem is the existing highway system.....thus your bottleneck theory.

[BigFish]

Oh and for the $320 mill plus the additional cost over runs over time of about an additional $100 mill plus or minus $50 mill either way....its not going to make that much of a difference.....the highway is still just 2 lanes each way.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by PaulS

why don't they just finish the tunnel?

What have I been driving through?
I have to stop eating those brownies Raven gave me!
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