I-49 update

[RedTails]

What’s the plan for the Evangeline Thruway? Overpass, or a completely different route from the Ambassador Caffery 90 intersection

Raised interstate that runs near the railroad track directly west of Evangeline Thruway ending at either Pinhook or Kaliste. I think Kaliste.

https://lafayetteconnector.com/

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[CajunEXPRESS]

This is crucial to Lafayette parish. No doubt many people in Lafayette have become like frogs placed in a big pot of water as the heat has been rising for years. Everyone I know who visits Lafayette can’t believe the traffic that moves like Steens Blue Ribbon pours on a frosty morning.

[ZoomZoom]

It might be a test pile. We're there 4 reaction piles driven next to it? Looks like they are fast tracking this one. If they are driving piling before any embankment is placed. The west side service road is better than the old lane of 90 it replaced.

Prestressed concrete beams have come a long way. Let's hope they don't screw up their deflection calculations when they place the concrete deck. Some of the overpasses headed to Morgan City are like washboards

Best I could tell was the first pile. They were driving at an excavated area, a few feet below grade. Looked over at it when the light changed.

[HelmutVII]

Best I could tell was the first pile. They were driving at an excavated area, a few feet below grade. Looked over at it when the light changed.

Right I saw that too. But they had groups of battered piles closer to Broussard from the intersection. So I suspect minimal embankment for the overpass.

[moorecajun]

It might be a test pile. We're there 4 reaction piles driven next to it? Looks like they are fast tracking this one. If they are driving piling before any embankment is placed. The west side service road is better than the old lane of 90 it replaced.

Prestressed concrete beams have come a long way. Let's hope they don't screw up their deflection calculations when they place the concrete deck. Some of the overpasses headed to Morgan City are like washboards

Edit: That was a bridge, not just an overpass.

There is one on the other side of Morgan City that is like a carnival ride!

[Big Tyme]

All of those street-level round-abouts!!

[Big Tyme]

Edit: That was a bridge, not just an overpass.

There is one on the other side of Morgan City that is like a carnival ride!

Makes the drive interesting. Very nice harmonics.

[Cajun90]

Edit:

There is one on the other side of Morgan City that is like a carnival ride!

The only road section in America where you can get "seasick".

[HelmutVII]

The only road section in America where you can get "seasick".

it has put me to sleep a few times.

[ZoomZoom]

Right I saw that too. But they had groups of battered piles closer to Broussard from the intersection. So I suspect minimal embankment for the overpass.

Probably like the Jefferson Island overpasses, low angle of approach.

[HelmutVII]

I suspect it will be like this. US 90 at HWY 88 ....4.71 miles to the south of the Albertsons project

[RaginCajun77]

Are we taking bets on when the I-49 connector project through Lafayette begins?