Truckers Rank I-85 and 285 as the #1 Slowest Interchange in the Nation (Atlanta: homes, elementary school)

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by goillini8

Can an outer loop be done at this point? Or at least a spur on one side of the metro? I think the answer is "of course" but it's always a matter of money. Plus, if an outer loop was to be built it takes a of time to get everything in place - legally, in terms of regulation, in terms of holding public hearings. If an outer loop is in any way a possibility in the future, they should start planning now.

An outer loop will never happen.

[Gulch]

Originally Posted by cqholt

An outer loop will never happen.

This. GDOT doesn't even want to hear the words "Outer Perimeter" or "Northern Arc" ever again.

[primaltech]

The best real hope of anything of the sort, is the widening of SR-20 between I-75 and I-85. But it won't be as a limited access freeway.

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by primaltech

The best real hope of anything of the sort, is the widening of SR-20 between I-75 and I-85. But it won't be as a limited access freeway.

It would be nice if some of the intersections could be replaced with overpasses.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by primaltech

The best real hope of anything of the sort, is the widening of SR-20 between I-75 and I-85. But it won't be as a limited access freeway.

Upgrade it to Super Arterial, with interchanges at intersection with other, major state routes and intersections with smaller roads.

[primaltech]

Yeah, if they widened 20 and reduced the # of stop lights by maybe 50-75%, there’s our Northern Arc/ Outer Perimeter.

Also the way GA-20 interacts with I-75 needs to be made into an interchange. With maybe at least a short stretch of freeway there, kinda like Freedom Pkwy.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by primaltech

Yeah, if they widened 20 and reduced the # of stop lights by maybe 50-75%, there’s our Northern Arc/ Outer Perimeter.

Also the way GA-20 interacts with I-75 needs to be made into an interchange. With maybe at least a short stretch of freeway there, kinda like Freedom Pkwy.

Full, staked interchanges with I-75, GA400, and I-85.

[primaltech]

I can envision a super-arterial highway, that's almost but not quite a freeway. Between Rome GA and Lawrenceville @ 316.

Between Rome and I-75, US-411 would be upgraded to a 6-lane, almost-freeway, with minimal if any stop lights. Then a direct full-stack interchange with I-75, and it continues east as SR-20. 6 lanes, minimal traffic signals, high speed limit, to Canton (with maybe 2 traffic lights in the city), simple interchange w/ I-575, then same thing to Cumming, full interchange w/ 400, then as many lanes as possible thru Forsyth and Gwinnett, with simple interchanges at I-985 and 316, and serious full-stack interchange with I-85.

So then maybe in total about half that entire route would be limited-access freeway, which could reflect as such on Google Maps. And it would be basically a new interstate bypass.

That would help Metro Atlanta so much.

[cqholt]

Originally Posted by primaltech

I can envision a super-arterial highway, that's almost but not quite a freeway. Between Rome GA and Lawrenceville @ 316.

Between Rome and I-75, US-411 would be upgraded to a 6-lane, almost-freeway, with minimal if any stop lights. Then a direct full-stack interchange with I-75, and it continues east as SR-20. 6 lanes, minimal traffic signals, high speed limit, to Canton (with maybe 2 traffic lights in the city), simple interchange w/ I-575, then same thing to Cumming, full interchange w/ 400, then as many lanes as possible thru Forsyth and Gwinnett, with simple interchanges at I-985 and 316, and serious full-stack interchange with I-85.

So then maybe in total about half that entire route would be limited-access freeway, which could reflect as such on Google Maps. And it would be basically a new interstate bypass.

That would help Metro Atlanta so much.

What state road between I-75 and 316 would you propose upgrading, without ROW purchasing and demo of existing development?

[Need4Camaro]

A Super Arterial like PIB would be awesome but I'm almost certain that NIMBY's would go off as it would begin to close resemble the Northern ARC but it would definitely be better than what we have...

..Who could we propose such an idea to?