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Gridlock on I-85

AUGUST 29, 2010 10:51 a.m. (0)

It’s arguably the most important section of Interstate 85 in South Carolina.

A 22-mile stretch from White Horse Road in Greenville County to State 129 in Spartanburg County is a key transportation artery – for tractor trailers supplying some of the Upstate’s biggest industrial plants and distribution centers, for Upstate residents working at them and other businesses located near them and for Atlanta- and Charlotte-bound traffic passing through.  Continue reading...

 

I-85, I-385: construction zone

Public input is sought on interchange fix

MARCH 13, 2011 9:41 a.m. (0)

Interstate 85 and Interstate 385 in and around Greenville will essentially be a construction zone for the next five or six years.

South Carolina Department of Transportation officials are accepting public comment on two options still under consideration for the biggest portion of it – a $235- million rebuilding of the I-85 and I-385 interchange.

The project is expected revamp one of Greenville’s busiest and most congested stretches of highway.  Continue reading...

 

Update desk: DOT mulls fixes to I-85

"Diverging diamond" formation being considered to alleviate congestion

MAY 5, 2011 10:45 a.m. (0)

One of the solutions being studied by the South Carolina Department of Transportation to ease congestion along a 22-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in Spartanburg and Greenville counties is being used at five sites in the country.

Diverging diamonds temporarily put drivers on the left side of the road at interchanges to eliminate the need for drivers to make left turns in front of oncoming traffic.

“It’s a radical approach,” said Michael Dennis, project engineer with the state DOT.  Continue reading...

 

Interstate-85 proposal coming in March

Plan aims to ease congestion from White Horse Road to State 129

JANUARY 26, 2012 12:05 p.m. (0)

A plan to ease congestion along a 22-mile stretch of Interstate 85 in Spartanburg and Greenville counties should be finished by April.

Columbia-based Civil Engineering Consulting Services has been studying options to alleviate congestion from White Horse Road in Greenville County to State 129 in Spartanburg County.

The stretch of interstate is a key transportation artery for tractor trailers supplying some of the Upstate’s largest industrial plants and distribution centers, for Upstate residents working at them and other nearby businesses and for traffic passing through on the way to Atlanta or Charlotte.  Continue reading...