Aka: "concreting the coast" to move traffic. Those who drive give the improvement a thumbs up!
ABC 7 News/Traffic/Wayne Freedman 7/13/15, 5:30 pm. "Positive reviews for San Francisco's new Doyle Dirve," includes video 2: 30 minutes.
| Thumbs up. I'll be back... to Pacifica |
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| Presidio Parkway, Doyle Drive, South of Golden Gate Bridge |
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| Doyle Drive bypass, 5/12/15 Marina to Highway 101 |
Caltrans crammed 10,000 man-hours of labor into 71 actual hours between Thursday at 10 p.m. and Sunday at 9 p.m., when the roadway opened eight hours early -- or actually on time, so ABC7 News has learned. ...
.... The
first time through, beware of a quick change in the striping as you
enter the southbound tunnel. It should be an issue for about a month. If you go through at 35 miles an hour, the CHP says you should be fine. Reviews
from drivers who took the road Monday morning are all positive. "It is
not perfect yet but they got it done on time as far as I know. I mean,
it's work in the right direction, I think," commuter Craig Dos Santos
said."
Related, road closure - ABC 7 Bay Area News/Traffic/Twitter. 7/12/15, "SF's Doyle Drive reopens early after weekend closure," includes video, 1.31 minutes. ... "A major road closure in San Francisco has come to an end hours earlier than planned. Officials had originally expected the Doyle Drive construction project closure to last from Thursday night through early Monday morning."
Related, background - Contra Costa Times/The Marin Independent Journal/Mark Prado, 5/22/15, "Planned weekend closure of Doyle Drive in San Francisco postponed." "....The new roadways will have wider lanes and safety shoulders, which didn't exist on the old Doyle Drive. Drivers now use five lanes to go northbound and southbound on the existing viaduct, with traffic separated by a movable median barrier. Once the second viaduct is open there still will be another year's worth of work around the project, including removing a temporary bypass, replacing historic buildings and installing landscaping."
Note photographs. Ariel view from Press Democrat (Santa Rosa), blog/Road Warrior, 4/24/12, source Presidio Parkway.org. Tunnels construction from the related Contra Costa Times article, by Douglas Zimmerman/Special to Marin Independent Journal. Arnold Schwarzenegger "thumbs up" by Pablo M. R. from Thumbs and ammo blog, (real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude).
Posted by Kathy Meeh
Related, road closure - ABC 7 Bay Area News/Traffic/Twitter. 7/12/15, "SF's Doyle Drive reopens early after weekend closure," includes video, 1.31 minutes. ... "A major road closure in San Francisco has come to an end hours earlier than planned. Officials had originally expected the Doyle Drive construction project closure to last from Thursday night through early Monday morning."
Related, background - Contra Costa Times/The Marin Independent Journal/Mark Prado, 5/22/15, "Planned weekend closure of Doyle Drive in San Francisco postponed." "....The new roadways will have wider lanes and safety shoulders, which didn't exist on the old Doyle Drive. Drivers now use five lanes to go northbound and southbound on the existing viaduct, with traffic separated by a movable median barrier. Once the second viaduct is open there still will be another year's worth of work around the project, including removing a temporary bypass, replacing historic buildings and installing landscaping."
Note photographs. Ariel view from Press Democrat (Santa Rosa), blog/Road Warrior, 4/24/12, source Presidio Parkway.org. Tunnels construction from the related Contra Costa Times article, by Douglas Zimmerman/Special to Marin Independent Journal. Arnold Schwarzenegger "thumbs up" by Pablo M. R. from Thumbs and ammo blog, (real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude).
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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