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Re: Beltway Traffic Jams --I don't understand!!



Alex8940 (alex8940@aol.com) wrote:
: Can someone explain why between the hours of 4:30 and 7:00 there is a
: miserable backup on the interloop starting at Wisconsin Ave and stretching
: to Georgia Ave ?  I swear, as soon as we pass that exit the pace picks up
: from 15 mph to 45 mph.  What's strange is that very few cars get off at
: the exit, in fact, I've kept track of the cars along side of me and as
: soon as we all go over the bridge, all the cars speed up as if that bridge
: had been some kind of obstacle.

: What's going on ?????!!!!!!
: Claudia

That's the curviest section of the entire beltway right there.  You also 
have three very busy roads feeding traffic onto the beltway, and there's 
lots of lane switching.  (make that four roads--I forgot 270.)

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Kenneth T. Cornelius  
kencorn@clark.net     
                  


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