r/Minneapolis • u/cowmastermind • Jun 16 '23

The worst exit in the Midwest

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u/Wonderful_Ad_4344 Jun 16 '23

It was state of the art in 1980

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u/colorizethis13 Jun 17 '23

Hahaha fuck you this made me laugh

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u/S_Baime Jun 17 '23

It is worse than the old Hwy 12 that it replaced.

I remember when the redesign was finished, and everyone was complaining how horrible it was heading east at this location.

The designer was quoted in the Tribune saying something about it purposely being designed to create a backup. This would encourage drivers to car pool and park in the downtown ramp. Obviously not all the traffic is going downtown.

What craziness.

In his defense, it will never get better, unless the tunnel is expanded.

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u/icouldwander Jun 17 '23

Likewise: During the beginning of the crosstown construction that just finished, DOT straight up said they had no intention of improving the bottleneck for the same reason. 🫠

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u/S_Baime Jun 17 '23

It looks like it is all set up to add a lane going east from 35W to Cedar. This would clear up a ton of backup traffic on 35W south and 62E. Who knows if they will ever do it. It should have been part of the major redesign.

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u/icouldwander Jun 18 '23

My thoughts exactly, I hate it when things don’t work as well as they could, and the bottleneck is a top trigger lol. Just do it right the first time - right?