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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Traffic warning: I72/55 mayhem
If any of my fellow Springfield people are planning to use this stretch of road, I have a cautionary tale.
I left home at 11am this morning and got straight on the highway at Stevenson heading East/South. On getting to the bottom of the whirlygig entrance ramp I immediately felt like I was in a parking lot. The traffic was almost stationary and it took about 40 minutes for me to get to where the I72 and I55 diverge. I could see up ahead that they are doing some resurfacing work (good choice of day folks!) on the I55 and the traffic was backing up considerably. So I was going to get off at 6th street but the 72 was clear from then onwards.
The East bound carriageway is fine so on the way home I came back and, after getting off at the Stephenson exit, I made a special effort to look right over the bridge and there were cars as far as I could see.
In summary, the I55/I72 is totally chock-a-block from at least South Grand until at least 6th street. It is possible it extends way beyond those points.
Traffic warning: I72/55 mayhem
If any of my fellow Springfield people are planning to use this stretch of road, I have a cautionary tale.
I left home at 11am this morning and got straight on the highway at Stevenson heading East/South. On getting to the bottom of the whirlygig entrance ramp I immediately felt like I was in a parking lot. The traffic was almost stationary and it took about 40 minutes for me to get to where the I72 and I55 diverge. I could see up ahead that they are doing some resurfacing work (good choice of day folks!) on the I55 and the traffic was backing up considerably. So I was going to get off at 6th street but the 72 was clear from then onwards.
The East bound carriageway is fine so on the way home I came back and, after getting off at the Stephenson exit, I made a special effort to look right over the bridge and there were cars as far as I could see.
In summary, the I55/I72 is totally chock-a-block from at least South Grand until at least 6th street. It is possible it extends way beyond those points.
Keep tuned ! for more quaintisms in the future.
Yep. It is I. Thanks for the welcome. I did get the info from the most recent email from your wife.
Simple to blog here. Nice as well.
sorry for the traffic, hopefully Lil Lucy wasn't crying and bugging. She is sure looking like a cutie pie these days.
Jesika