Gridlock Hell
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Planning a road trip this summer but want to stay clear of gridlock and traffic jams? Well, the United States Federal Highway Administration recently released a report entitled, An Initial Assessment of Freight Bottlenecks on Highways that should help out.
One of their handy charts ranks The Worst Physical Bottlenecks in the United States according to the annual hours of delay experienced at each of the measured locations.
I can't tell you how overjoyed I was to discover that my home town of Los Angeles claims four of the top ten bottlenecks.
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Rank
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City
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Location
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Annual Hours |
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1
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Los Angeles
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U.S. 101 (Ventura Freeway) at I-405
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27,144
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2
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Houston
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I-610 at I-10 Interchange (West)
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25,181
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3
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Chicago
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I-90/94 at I-290 Interchange
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25,068
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4
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Phoenix
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I-10 at SR 51/SR 202 Interchange
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22,805
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5
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Los Angeles
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I-405 (San Diego Freeway) at I-10
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22,792
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6
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Atlanta
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I-75 south of the I-85 Interchange
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21,045
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7
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Washington
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I-495 at I-270 Interchange
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19,429
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8
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Los Angeles
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I-10 (Santa Monica Freeway) at I-5
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18,606
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9
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Los Angeles
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I-405 (San Diego Freeway) at I-605
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18,606
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10
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Atlanta
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I-285 at I-85 Interchange
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17,072
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jun 25th 2006 @ 8:12PM
law trainee said...
I graduated from UCLA and being near the 405/101 and 405/10 bottlenecks I can say from experience it really freaking sucks. I drove 2 miles in an hour for that 405/101 because it can be sooo backed up. There are several reasons why it is molasses. Firstly the bottleneck is at the bottom of a hill; everyone is braking and that is worse because of the huge disparity in driving speeds, secondly it splits into east and west 101; there are only one lane for each way at the bottleneck, thirdly there is a stupid off ramp right next to the lanes that further slows it down.
I'd like to just say for the record, the bottleneck could be totally diminished if the 405 to 101 west went .25mile beyond the 101 and circled back around and left the two lanes that split to east and west were merged for just west bound 101
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Jun 26th 2006 @ 2:56PM
LA ME said...
I live just four exits down from where the 101 meets the 405, and travel it every morning to work. Considering I get off the exit DIRECTLY before the 405 [Haskell]. So I can vouche for these studies that it is horrible. The trick is to carry a pistol and wave it frantically as you drive through the emergency lane. It really helps!
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Jul 1st 2006 @ 9:51AM
Johnny Handsome said...
I can't believe New York/New Jersey didn't make the list. Take a ride down Route 17 in Paramus New Jersey and you'll see what I mean.
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