Yes, there's smooth asphalt, a nice grassy median, good curbs and a solid four lanes from Durand Avenue south past the intersection with KR. The Kenosha County portion of the state's $6.6 million project from KR to Carthage College, is proceeding at a good pace.
But what's with all the turn lanes? Just north of KR, for example, there are no less than four sets of turn lanes, from both north and south, that facilitate turns to .... um, nowhere. They're barely 300 feet apart. There's also a useless set of turn lanes just north of Chicory.
That's right: there are five sets of turn lanes in this short stretch of new highway cut into the median, and well-marked, but if you take them the only option is to make a U-turn and go in the opposite direction. There are no intersecting streets, no driveways, no curb cuts; nothing. Just the ability to make one U-turn after another. Some of the cuts are marked with Wrong Way signs to warn motorists they've just turned into oncoming traffic, but not all of them.
Surely someone can explain this? They look to us like accidents waiting to happen.
And then the folks on Hansche Rd. have no turning lanes for left hand turns. Typical Wis-DOT planning.
ReplyDeleteI think the provide u-turn options for people with driveways on the east side who may be coming from Racine and need to get home.
ReplyDeleteI have driven Sheridan Road daily for 30 years. It is obvious...if you lie on Sheridan Road, you need a way to get to and from your house from either direction. The turn lanes allow Sheridan Road dwellers to do this with safety.
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