Just like the past few months, not a lot of visible progress this month. There was some paving work on the southern section of the mainline. There also has been work going on just below the cemetery near the Browning Road overpass, although I have not been able to figure out exactly what they have been doing.
In this post I thought I would take a look at some of the recent aerial photos from Bing Maps. These appear to be from the fall of 2019.
In this picture you can clearly see the northern portion of the new mainline, this will ultimately connect the northern and southern portions for 295.
In this picture the blue lines show where the rest of the new mainline overpass will go. The red lines show the ramp from 42 north to 295 north a small portion of which has already been built. The yellow shows where the new ramp from 76 East to 295 South will be.
The yellow lines show where the rest of the 76 West to 295 South ramp will be. It will start on the ramp from 76 East to 295 North, cross over where the end of the Al-Jo curve is now, run along 42 South under Browning Road and then come up and join the mainline overpass. The blue shows where the ramp from 295 South to 76 East/42 South will go. This will start on the ramp from 295 South to 76 West cross under the 76 East to 295 North ramp, cross under 76 and come up on the other side and join the road southbound. Tunneling this ramp under 76 is going to be an interesting part of this project.
When everything is done, the current ramp from 42 North to 295 North, and the Al-Jo curve will be removed.
The current ramp that connects the southern portion of 295 to 76 will also be removed. Traffic from 76 East to 295 South will use the new ramp as shown above, and all traffic from 295 North to 76 West will use the ramp that is currently shared by the 295 North and 76 West local traffic.
