Posts tagged 11th Street Bridges
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11th Street bridges design makes some improvements
JDLand got a copy of the current design for the 11th Street bridges project. The original EIS showed a potential layout for the ramps and bridges, but DDOT asked engineering firms bidding on the project to design their own implementations. Keep reading…
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Balance the flow, shorten the leg
DDOT is moving ahead with plans to rebuild and widen the 11th Street Bridge over the Anacostia with its stimulus dollars. The project will create a new local bridge so drivers, walkers and bicyclists can cross the Anacostia without merging on and off a freeway. It will also provide space for a future streetcar. However, it will also increase cut-through traffic, enticing some drivers… Keep reading…
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11th Street bridges, part 3: The New York Avenue trade
In part 1, we looked at the details of the approximately $500 million project to rebuild the 11th Street bridges across the Anacostia River. Part 2 discussed the conclusions of Smart Mobility’s report, which said the project would substantially increase traffic through DC while lowering traffic on 295 and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. Keep reading…
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11th Street bridges, part 2: Traffic effects
Part 1 looked at DDOT’s ambitious, $500 million project to replace the 11th Street bridges across the Anacostia. The reconstruction will add “missing” ramps and a local bridge, but also more traffic lanes across the river. What will be its ultimate effect? Keep reading…
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11th Street bridges, part 1: The plan
DDOT plans to rebuild the 11th Street bridges, which cross the Anacostia River from the Southeast Freeway to the Anacostia Freeway (295). DC will spend $500 million on the project, with the vast majority coming from local rather than federal coffers. The aging bridges need replacing, but the project does much more than repair the bridges. Keep reading…
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Freeways of the south and east
I’m working on a series about the controversial 11th Street bridge project and its impact on the DC region. To illustrate various proposals, I’ve created this diagram of the major highway routes between Greenbelt/New Carrollton and Springfield via DC and Arlington. Keep reading…
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Traffic is poisoning Ivy City
Tucked away in the not-so-scenic brownfields of the New York Avenue industrial corridor, buried between Gallaudet University and Mount Olivet Cemetery, is an isolated enclave of houses known as Ivy City. Theoretically, it is not a bad location: about a mile from New York Avenue Metro station and its actively redeveloping neighborhood, and walking distance to the scenic National… Keep reading…
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Weekend reading: taxes, fees, and the effect of bad planning
Gas tax comeback? Congressman-elect Gerry Connolly (D-Fairfax) suggested raising the gax tax to close huge budget gaps. With Mary Peters and her seemingly-irrational opposition to the gax tax in all forms on the way out, gas prices low, and budget deficits high, this makes some sense. (WTOP) Keep reading…
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Connecting communities (or not)
It was Councilmember Marion Barry (ward 8) who had the day’s most relevant quote. “Streetcars are about connecting communities,” he said, as he urged his colleagues to support the proposed 1.3-mile, $43-million Anacostia demonstration streetcar in his ward. There’s only one problem: the proposed line doesn’t connect communities at all. There’s no community on South Capitol… Keep reading…
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DDOT suggests cutting 395 to Mass Ave
DDOT has asked the TPB to study traffic on I-395 (the “Center Leg”) and evaluate the closing the section between Mass Ave and New York Avenue, according to WTOP. From their letter: Keep reading…