How many lanes does your widest highway have?

Greg Haynes · 10-14-2004, 08:24 AM

Living in Delaware our widest highway would be 4 lanes in each direction. So while I was sitting in traffic wishing we had more lanes I wondered how many lanes other states have?

So my silly question is how many lanes does your largest highway have?

Curious to see the results and to figure out why there is so much traffic.

Jay H · 10-14-2004, 08:30 AM

I think there is a section of the GSPin NJ down by Clark/Westfield that is 5 lanes but I hardly ever travel down there that way... And I'm not sure if it's both directions. Of course, it doens't last long and is due to just exits and on ramps...

Jay

Nathan*W · 10-14-2004, 08:31 AM

The James River bridge through Richmond, VA is 5 lanes in each direction.

And it's a parking lot during rush hour.

Scott Merryfield · 10-14-2004, 08:50 AM

I-96 heading into/out of downtown Detroit has five lanes -- 3 express lanes (with only one exit for several miles) and two local lanes, which have lots of entrances/exits. I think I-75 around Pontiac/Auburn Hills is now five lanes, too.

John Alvarez · 10-14-2004, 08:54 AM

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The James River bridge through Richmond, VA is 6 lanes in each direction

That's the one with tolls isn't it? on parts of I-95 we have 6 each way in Fl.

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Michael Varacin · 10-14-2004, 09:43 AM

No matter how many lanes, it will never be enough.

As soon as they add more lanes, it makes it easier for people to commute...so more move further away. Then the extra lanes get crowded...they build more....it's easier to commute again, so people move even further away, and the cycle starts over.

Birth control is the only solution.

Nathan*W · 10-14-2004, 09:57 AM

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That's the one with tolls isn't it? on parts of I-95 we have 6 each way in Fl.

I'm sorry, I had it wrong. The JRB IS on I-95 and is (now) free of tolls. It's a 6 lane (3 each way) bridge. Here's a pic of the JRB. No, the one I was talking about is the Powhite Bridge, which is 10-lane (5 each way) and is part of I-195 (Powhite Parkway), a spur out on the city to Southside that does feed into the cities main toll plaza.

Jason GT · 10-14-2004, 10:29 AM

Have any of you guys been to Southern California?

I've visited - and IIRC you'd have, in some areas, 6-7 (maybe even up to 10, if memory serves) lanes each way.

You also have gridlock at 11pm at night.

@#$%!

Khoa Tran · 10-14-2004, 11:01 AM

yup only in southern california you cut across 6-7 lanes just to get to an exit

Todd Hochard · 10-14-2004, 12:16 PM

I cannot stand Orange County traffic! Nice weather, absolutely RUINED by all the frickin' people.

IIRC, isn't the 285/75 intersection north of Atlanta about 8 lanes in each direction? I remember being stuck there a few years ago, at 3pm, while trying to get to a friend's place in Marietta.

Here in Orlando, 4 lanes in each direction is as big as it gets.