On the way home, I threaded my way off of U.S. 1 onto I-40 and suddenly appreciated just how broken that interchange really is. There is zero distance for merging. It’s a “cluster,” no doubt about it. Makes me think the DOT engineers were high on crack when they put that together.
Another broken spot is the merge lanes for Western Boulevard and southbound I-440. It kills traffic during every rush hour. Traffic peels off on the right and peels on on the left: you have to look in two directions. Broken!
Other accidents-waiting-to-happen include the 70 and 401 split on the edge of Garner. In the mornings, cars regularly weave across five lanes of traffic to get where they’re going. That’s one reason I take an alternate route each day. Too dangerous.
How about Wake Forest Road north of the Beltline? You know the one: where the road was “widened” to six lanes by magically repainting the lines? You take your life in your own hands every time you drive on that road!
So what am I leaving out? Where are the other malfunctioning intersections in the Triangle area?