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I think it's great, as I may find myself working in Portsmouth someday. Unfortunately, I bet the Dover Point tolls will go up. Don't see how it will be much more of an eyesore than it is now. It's not a landmark like the Memorial Bridge in Kittery/Portsmouth.
I could care less about the Mass folks - that bridge will be good for the local area....
Steve, I go to Portsmouth plenty often. I commuted there up until a year ago. The bridge was only bad on Fri afternoons going north. About a 15 min delay. After 14 yrs in L.A. 15 mins is nothing.
I think you are headed to Barrington right? In which case you could avoid the tolls by taking rt4.
Why don't I like it? The ride over that bridge is always a pleasant experience. It is small enough when you're on it you can fully take in the gorgeous views of Great Bay. That always relaxed me after a tough day. Now imagine another honking bridge next to it along with the sound walls they are planning. You wont know what you're missing.
apparently you've never sat in the daily traffic jam trying to get across that bridge at 5:00. It's about time that bridge was expanded. I pay $4. in tolls everyday traveling Route 16. Maybe you don't mind the delays, but most commuters want to get home sooner rather than later.
The new four-lane southbound bridge on the Spaulding Turnpike over Little Bay, between the existing Little Bay Bridge and General Sullivan Bridge in Dover will be a great improvement for the locals and will greatly ease congestion.
Once the new bridge is complete, crews will rehab the current bridge and improve the turnpike and ramps on the Newington side, including a roundabout at exit 3. The exit currently only provides access to Woodbury Avenue from the south, but the roundabout would provide a full exchange point and a new way to access Pease International Tradeport.
I also know there are a lot of accidents on that bridge, including a bad one my brother in law was involved in (hit by a semi and pushed up against the guardrail). I think we'll be thankful in 10 years for the upgrade when the projected increase of traffic starts flowing over the bridge. I agree, though, that the current congestion is nothing compared to LA.
Expanded capacity is a good idea but view blocking sound walls is a very bad idea.
I commute to and from Boston and the lane drop at Ex 1 on I-93N always causes a delay. I am amused that the expansion of the road to three lanes each way will be done AFTER I retire. Still it is interesting to watch a slow motion construction site. The project could be done in a couple years or less if they tossed some men and money at it.
There are no plans for a new toll plaza, but it is not out of the realm of possibility that it could be added as a funding source.
The project impacts 20 acres of wetlands, five historical properties, and two businesses that will be displaced. 31 properties are potentially impacted. Approximately 30 acres of partial property acquisitions could be needed.
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