And two years of IDL construction begins..

[Townsend]

The drive into work was so much nicer today! No backed up traffic coming into downtown from the west.

It was easier for me to get to Blue Dome after work last night.

Not easier than before construction started...just easier than when the IDL was closed.

[Red Arrow]

It was easier for me to get to Blue Dome after work last night.

Not easier than before construction started...just easier than when the IDL was closed.

Was the ride any smoother?

[Hoss]

Was the ride any smoother?

If you're talking about the 1st Street ramp from westbound 244, amen.  I'm going to give that a look next Tuesday (my next hockey game), as I had been taking 244 to the Cincinnatti/Detroit exit to get to the arena (which really is almost faster).  I know that was one of the last things they did.

[OSU]

If you're talking about the 1st Street ramp from westbound 244, amen.  I'm going to give that a look next Tuesday (my next hockey game), as I had been taking 244 to the Cincinnatti/Detroit exit to get to the arena (which really is almost faster).  I know that was one of the last things they did.

The first street exit is actually still closed...well as of this morning when the road was a pile of rubble.

[Hoss]

The first street exit is actually still closed...well as of this morning when the road was a pile of rubble.

Pile of rubble..you mean that ramp wasn't any different than that before they started?

[OSU]

Pile of rubble..you mean that ramp wasn't any different than that before they started?

Haha...It is now smaller pieces of rubble...

[Hoss]

Haha...It is now smaller pieces of rubble...

Everytime I'd come around that ramp, it was like riding perpetually on washboard.  I've had my car 3 years now and I'm surprised just riding on that hasn't required front end work and alignments.

[Red Arrow]

Haha...It is now smaller pieces of rubble...

If the rubble gets small enough, we could call it a gravel road and run a grader over it once in a while.

[Townsend]

Was the ride any smoother?

I was heading East from 75.  The road smoother?  yes.  The ease of use?  Still not so swell.  The traffic coming together is a pain in the butt.

[Conan71]

The drive into work was so much nicer today! No backed up traffic coming into downtown from the west.

Curious to see if that manages to improve the log jam east bound on the BA since north-bound IDL traffic doesn't have to come through.  I doubt it though since Tulsans don't have a clue how to merge and form a line.

I took the west loop around to the north this morning and it's fantastic.  So great not to have to drive over the glopped up repairs on the NW corner near the Tisdale split.

[Townsend]

Curious to see if that manages to improve the log jam east bound on the BA since north-bound IDL traffic doesn't have to come through.  I doubt it though since Tulsans don't have a clue how to merge and form a line.

It might take a few days before they discover it's open as well.

[Red Arrow]

I doubt it though since Tulsans don't have a clue how to merge and form a line.

Sure we/they do.  Come to a full stop and let 4 or 5 cars from other lanes proceed as an act of courtesy.   

[kylieosu]

Curious to see if that manages to improve the log jam east bound on the BA since north-bound IDL traffic doesn't have to come through.  I doubt it though since Tulsans don't have a clue how to merge and form a line.

I drive that way everyday, and it was actually a lot less congested this morning around 7:30. But it might have just been a fluke.