Hiawatha "detours +++
Monday night I drove downtown from Hiawatha and noticed that the approach (7th Street?) is now two lanes. Still go no good signage on the barrels for the 35W-South ?394 exit or the the U of MN West Bank Washington Avenue bridge exit. I have to got to my dentist in Stadium Village Thursday and I plan to take the Franklin Avenue bridge because I can't figure out where the Washington Avenue Bridge exit is off Hiawatha. I have been driving this route for 25 years so it's not like I'm stupid.
I think that Mayor R.T Rybaks anti-car biase is coming out. First is the "light rail" on a replacement 35W bridge. I was thinking that out and perhaps if the bridge had arches there could be structural provisions for a LRT lanes in the level below the main deck. It would need dimensions much like the Minnehaha Park "tunnel" or half is split in two. That does not seem that difficult and industrial use of the railroad on the east bank will be eliminated in the near future.
Off subject, but another bridge over the Mississippi is the old railroad bridge now used as a pedestrian bridge by the U of MN. After going to the dentist I will check it out to see if it one or two track wide but it was built to heavy rail specs and seems in good condition. That's another Light Rail potential crossing point.
On the radio I heard a story of Mayor Ryback deciding to keep the 10th Avenue bridge closed out of "respect for the dead" and because it might be an investigative sight. This is nonsense. You can see as much from the opened Stone Arch bridge (or the evening news) and if the bridge is intact, what is there to investigate? They could close the "upstream" side bicycle land/sidewalk and enforce "no stopping on bridge" rules for cars and bicycles using the main bridge surface. This is a valuable traffic management asset being squandered.
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I think that Mayor R.T Rybaks anti-car biase is coming out. First is the "light rail" on a replacement 35W bridge. I was thinking that out and perhaps if the bridge had arches there could be structural provisions for a LRT lanes in the level below the main deck. It would need dimensions much like the Minnehaha Park "tunnel" or half is split in two. That does not seem that difficult and industrial use of the railroad on the east bank will be eliminated in the near future.
Off subject, but another bridge over the Mississippi is the old railroad bridge now used as a pedestrian bridge by the U of MN. After going to the dentist I will check it out to see if it one or two track wide but it was built to heavy rail specs and seems in good condition. That's another Light Rail potential crossing point.
On the radio I heard a story of Mayor Ryback deciding to keep the 10th Avenue bridge closed out of "respect for the dead" and because it might be an investigative sight. This is nonsense. You can see as much from the opened Stone Arch bridge (or the evening news) and if the bridge is intact, what is there to investigate? They could close the "upstream" side bicycle land/sidewalk and enforce "no stopping on bridge" rules for cars and bicycles using the main bridge surface. This is a valuable traffic management asset being squandered.
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