Quote Originally Posted by Plutonic Panda View Post
Dirt berm's take up a lot of ROW, no? That could work. It'd certainly help for ice storms. They are mentioning several new grade sections so it certainly seems like they are trying to avoid bridges as much as possible. ODOT always seems to do that anyways, vs. Texas seems to love build bridges. I love bridges personally, but I think an at or below grade would be best here.
I have doubts about at grade or below grade; below grade under a river, then either side of the bridge is already pretty high and there is not much reason to mess with the city streets height either. They have tones of ROW to start from with like forty feet on either side, plus if they move the lanes to the center and the exits to the right hand lanes.