What happens when there is a fender bender or semi-trailer breakdown in the west bound, single land of the MLK?

Good point Bud…this was very poorly thought-out (read, not at all). We’ll see tomorrow morning when the congestion is almost as bad as it’s been the past 8 workdays. Reduce the incoming traffic by one lane for the busiest part of the day (AM rush hour) and you’re asking for it. Doesn’t take an engineer to figure that out.

They are trying to make it safer not reduce traffic…

It won’t be safer, with traffic backing all the way to the Interstate every morning. Those cars hanging out in the fast lanes will present much danger - just like the Eureka I-44 situation in the summer, when traffic waiting to get into Six Flags backs to the Interstate - trucks rolling through at high speed have clipped many a stopped car there. I contend that the new signage and speed limits on the bridge had already vastly improved safety.

Stephanie, I know they are doing it in the name of safety but they had a choice on which lane to take away…they chose completely WRONG!!

We will see what will happen tomorrow morning. Bud is exactly right, what are they going to do when there is a fender bender in that single lane during rush hour in the morning? You know it is going to happen with the rushed commuters in the morning all wanting to push their way to the front just like they have been doing for the past week and a half!!! And if you are already in the King bridge traffic you can’t get out of it. You will just have to sit and sit and sit….

“Try to keep it civil”…I’ll try. If you aren’t a traffic or civil engineer, please keep your “technical” comments to yourself - you are not qualified to say that the project was poorly thought out, or that they chose the wrong lane, etc. And yes, I am qualified to say this…I work in traffic engineering.

What exactly are you all whining about? You sh#@ for brains should thank your lucky stars EVERYDAY that we don’t charge you a toll to come to our state. You morons wouldn’t have this problem if you stayed on your own side of the river. We really don’t need you or your tax dollars here. So please, stay out of Missouri’s left lanes while driving 50 mph (it’s called a passing lane folks, slower traffic KEEP RIGHT), stop worrying about your personalized license plates, and best of all, PAY FOR YOUR OWN BRIDGES. Why do we in Missouri need to pay 25% for this new fancy bridge when we will only use it 1% of the time?

Ok Eener, enlighten us with your “expert” analysis.

In my (apparently ignorant and uneducated) opinion they should have made that middle lane interchangeable. 2 lanes going westbound for morning rush hour, 2 lanes going eastbound during evening rush hour and events.

To Payforyourownbridge - do you really think the only people using MO bridges are IL commuters going to/from work? You need a course in interstate commerce (and anger management).