I-35/I-44 Interchange

[BoulderSooner]

That’s being considered actually believe it or not. ODOT will study that with the Flood Ave Interchange and possibly the Shields ramps further down the line. More general purpose lanes, auxiliary lanes, and service road reconfigurations are all part of the study which will soon be released.

keep in mind that left side exits /ramps while bad are much less of an issue then left side on ramps ..

the interchange that badly needs to be redone is the Turner turnpike and I35 ... the north and south ramps merging onto I35 are both dangerous in different ways .

south bound has a protected lane but lots of cars and trucks then try to quickly move across 3 lanes of traffic to exit on 122nd .. which causes issues ..

north bound is a very very small merge area and is terrible .

[Plutonic Panda]

keep in mind that left side exits /ramps while bad are much less of an issue then left side on ramps ..

the interchange that badly needs to be redone is the Turner turnpike and I35 ... the north and south ramps merging onto I35 are both dangerous in different ways . .

I couldn’t agree more. I’m perplexed that there isn’t more accidents here as I see more close calls at this interchange than anywhere else I’ve been. ODOT is planning on continuing the third NB lane through here somehow. Not sure how it will be done and the only interim configuration they should do is add delineators to prevent traffic coming off of the Turner to cut across the freeway to make the exit ramp. I know it’s a big trucking area and that could impact business but safety is more important.

[BoulderSooner]

ODOT is planning on continuing the third NB lane through here somehow.

north bound has the constant 3 lanes all the way ..

south goes down to 2 lanes .. for a little over 1000 feet ..

there does seem to be enough room currently to add a 3rd lane heading south .... so it makes me thing ODOT is waiting until some point in the future when the 2 off ramps off the turnpike are fixed ..

[Plutonic Panda]

north bound has the constant 3 lanes all the way ..

south goes down to 2 lanes .. for a little over 1000 feet ..

there does seem to be enough room currently to add a 3rd lane heading south .... so it makes me thing ODOT is waiting until some point in the future when the 2 off ramps off the turnpike are fixed ..

Sorry I meant SB.