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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue
Maybe you have talked about it before, but I didn’t put 2 and 2 together. Fair enough, I figured that the ramps from Highway 8 (Cambridge bound) and from King Street couldn’t all be merged before the river.
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The speed-change (acceleration) lane from ramp from King Street to the westbound 401 is already substandard in length. If an additional ramp were to be constructed from eastbound Highway 8 to the westbound 401, the speed change lane would need to cross the river to be of an adequate length.
When they replace the Grand River bridge, I'd assume they will first widen the westbound bridge to the north to divert westbound traffic onto the newly extended bridge. Once westbound traffic has been diverted onto the extended bridge, they can replace the existing westbound bridge. Once the existing westbound bridge has been replaced, they can move eastbound traffic to the replaced westbound bridge in order to replace the eastbound bridge. Once both the existing eastbound and westbound bridges have been replaced, traffic can be shifted of of the extended westbound bridge. The extended westbound bridge can then be used as speed change lanes from the ramp from Highway 8.
Sorry, that's a bit convoluted, it'd be easier to draw it out, but I don't have the time right now.
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