Pappadeaux

[BoulderSooner]

You can't stay on the highways!

LHP and JKT don't connect in many directions, you have to exit onto Memorial to make the connection. Going north, you can go east but not west. You can't go either direction going south. Going west, you can go south, but not north. You can't go either direction going east.

North to West ramp and the East to South ramp are part of the access Oklahoma program ..

[stlokc]

My parents live literally within sight of that interchange and I agree that it is very poorly designed for the present day.

You have to remember though that when it was built there was no turnpike west of there and Portland was basically a country road north of there. It was basically the outer NW edge of the loop around town at the time. That's not an excuse, there still should have been better planning, but there was a method to their madness in 1990.

[bamarsha]

North to West ramp and the East to South ramp are part of the access Oklahoma program ..

That will be a start, but the current "new" configuration is terrible. I wish they would complete the entire exchange, though... especially with all the new things coming within a couple miles of it.

[bamarsha]

My parents live literally within sight of that interchange and I agree that it is very poorly designed for the present day.

You have to remember though that when it was built there was no turnpike west of there and Portland was basically a country road north of there. It was basically the outer NW edge of the loop around town at the time. That's not an excuse, there still should have been better planning, but there was a method to their madness in 1990.

I live a couple miles from it (and live a few miles from in it the other direction) and my kids go to school right by it. I realize that Mercy was the only thing to the west when it was built (and nothing to the north), but they should have left adequate room for expansion. Now it seems like there would have to be a bridge over Sonic (exaggerated, I know)... but the planning was horrible to non-existent. Portland is booming! So is west of LHP.

[ChaseDweller]

I marvel at how bad the design is for many of the interchanges on the turnpikes. They never seem to plan for any increase in traffic. The NB Broadway Extension to Kilpatrick is just a joke. SB to EB is terrible too. I know that one was added recently, but they made no plans for it when they built the original. That's just inexcusable.

[unfundedrick]

What is this thread about again?

[citywokchinesefood]

What is this thread about again?

Parking

[G.Walker]

This would do well in The Half or UNP in Norman.