Hey Desoto. Get ready for the new Goodman Rd. coming.
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I hear you and I55 between Madison and Gluckstadt is where NASCAR drivers could come practice "bump drafting" . Hardly ever 2 days in a row go by without a wreck .
MDOT is building one at the intersections of Highways 15, 16 and at least 2 city streets in west Philadelphia and one of the reasons is to expedite log truck traffic to the Weyerhaeuser mill. Limiting tractor trailer traffic was not a design feature apparently. Not saying you're wrong. I have been wondering how that thing was going to work.
Sure is. Idk how I forgot about that as much as I sat in traffic on blackjack.
I’ve always blamed the Desoto County traffic problems on the cities hiring Ole Miss graduates. If they would hire State graduates those problems would be solved immediately. I mean look at all the know-it-alls we got on here!
I’m not sure if OB has a traffic engineer but he ain’t very smart if we have one.
I’m not sure if OB has a traffic engineer but he ain’t very smart if we have one.
It would be based on the diameter of the traffic circle. For instance if you have a thoroughfare, say a residential area, that you want to limit heavy truck traffic you can reduce the diameter of the traffic circle so big rigs can not maneuver around it. This will force all industrial traffic down another thoroughfare.
Exactly. I forget what businesses are even on Goodman because I avoid it so often.
I'm kinda all over the place. Spend most of my work weeks in DFW and have a little place in Starkville but home is Lewisburg/Desoto County.
I'll leave the ideas to fix the traffic problems to those who live there. I work in Desoto county fairly often and I avoid Goodman Rd at all costs. 269 is nice though.
Hernando has three and MDOT is adding another one in Hernando on Highway 51 at Green T road. There’s one on Highway 301 and Starlanding Road in western DeSoto County and it was a Godsend. Over the years there’s no telling how many fatalities have been at this intersection.
People that gripe about roundabouts don’t realize the benefits of them and the added safety. They dramatically reduce fatal accidents.
That's the thing. It doesn't seem to be near big enough, but I am no highway engineer. I guess we will see.
One of the funniest videos on the internet is when a traffic circle was opened in rural KY.
Literally backed up every freaking day because of wrecks. I avoid it as much as I can.