Comments on: I-10, Nine Mile Road Interchange Construction Will Not Include Diverging Diamond

By: Right

Right — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 15:30:38 +0000

If going by 9 Mile road widening math, completion of this should be around 2031!

By: From Alabama

From Alabama — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 11:49:49 +0000

There is a diverging diamond in Malbis, AL and I hate it!! I make frequent trips to Pensacola and so glad I don’t have to deal with one there.

By: George

George — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 02:16:44 +0000

Diverging diamonds are wonderful to those that take time to learn how to use them.

By: Kevin M Ladnier

Kevin M Ladnier — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:56:10 +0000

I’m just here for all the comments from the traffic engineers commenting on what FDOT should and shouldn’t do.

By: G

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:50:12 +0000

The overpass on I10 is damaged and worn out. Heavily loaded trucks from the GE plant have to exit at exit 5 and then get back on I10 bypassing the overpass.

By: Jim Stanton

Jim Stanton — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:51:08 +0000

FDOT can go ahead and start this job since they have completed their 3 workdays a year on U.S. 29 in Century for this year.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:09:20 +0000

55 million and 4 years of headaches for nothing. There’s nothing wrong with the interchange now.

By: Beulah Boy

Beulah Boy — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 17:21:49 +0000

The needed more clearance on Hwy 29 so they dug down about 2 feet under the overpass and repaved to give them the clearance. Problem solved in quick time
without affecting I-10 traffic. I had heard about 2 ys ago they were going to dig down on 9 mile the same way to give more clearance but guess they decided to change the plans.
4 yrs to completion is again unreal since it took them that long to complete the 4 lane of
9 mile.
Here we go again..

By: Greg Owen

Greg Owen — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:35:21 +0000

I just realized it now says the plan doesn’t include the diverging diamond. I am relieved to hear this.

By: Greg Owen

Greg Owen — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:32:41 +0000

I do not want to see a diverging diamond built at this location where me and my family work and live.

There is Nothing….Nothing Intuitive or safe about a Diverging Diamond Interchange. Instead of traffic traveling in a straight line, The traffic crosses oncoming traffic twice. A normal left turn crosses traffic once. How is this considered “safer”? It is not…

The number of accidents and confusion I see on these interchanges is astounding. For example, A young driver wrecked into my wife on one of these exact type of interchanges due to the changing lanes at the last second where they converge.
These interchanges are built so that the left lane ends in a left only turn which causes a lot of last minute lane changes merging back to the right as people attempt to go straight through the end of the interchange instead of being forced to turn left onto the interstate. This is VERY UNSAFE and causes severe traffic flow issues and accidents.

Stop building these terrible interchanges!