The Washington Post today has a story on the completion of one of the largest interchange projects ever, the infamous "Mixing Bowl" in Springfield, Virginia. Anyone who lives in the Washington area or who commuted up and down the 95 corridor through the DC area has their own special tale(s) of horror regarding the Mixing Bowl. If you're looking for a little visual retrospective, or just learning about the intersection from hell for the first time, be sure to check out Beth Rado's photos of the project and the Springfield Interchange Flickr group..
Now that the project is done it's smooth sailing for the 430,000 cars a day traversing the intersection of Interstate 95, 395, and 495, right?
Generally yes, but today those 24 lanes are a highway to hell...
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Well, I mean yea!<... (Below threshold)1. Posted by J. Mark English
| July 18, 2007 4:08 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, I mean yea!
http://www.americanlegends.blogspot.com/
1. Posted by J. Mark English
| July 18, 2007 4:08 PM |
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Posted on July 18, 2007 16:08
2. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 18, 2007 4:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ugh, my sister lives in Springtuckey, awful place, in fact most of northern VA is awful.
2. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 18, 2007 4:54 PM |
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Posted on July 18, 2007 16:54
3. Posted by BlogDog | July 18, 2007 6:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Back when I used to live in Springfield and had to move from I-395 (interior lane) as it merged into I-95 (south from the beltway) over to the extreme right to exit into Springfield, I called it the "Slide for life."
Was not pretty.
D-Hoggs, you're just wrong about much of NoVa. Get out to Loudoun County (LoCo) and see how great it can be.
3. Posted by BlogDog | July 18, 2007 6:42 PM |
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Posted on July 18, 2007 18:42
4. Posted by pennywit | July 18, 2007 11:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
O, c'mon, you wusses. There's nothing quite like sliding across eight lanes of traffic in the space of a quarter mile to grow a little hair on your chest ...
--|PW|--
4. Posted by pennywit | July 18, 2007 11:14 PM |
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Posted on July 18, 2007 23:14
5. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 19, 2007 5:21 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
BlogDog, I enjoy Loudon, Leesburg, those areas, I grew up right on the Potomac on the Maryland side. I am more talking about Arlington/Alexandria/Springfield, everything is so sterile looking, zero personality, just an ugly place.
5. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 19, 2007 5:21 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2007 17:21
6. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 19, 2007 5:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Let me correct myself, obviously historic Alexandria is very nice.
6. Posted by D-Hoggs | July 19, 2007 5:23 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2007 17:23