Eager Road Exit Mess

"Wow, I'm driving into 3 lanes of oncoming traffic and I'm going to die!"

That's the feeling you get when you leave the safety of south bound I-170 and face three lanes of oncoming traffic, head on, with only a double yellow line separating you and them. Not exactly the feeling you want when traveling 40+ mph.

The feeling doesn't improve much once you actually get to Eager Road. There is a quick elevation change right before the intersection and the pavement is cobbled together horribly. It felt as though I was off-roading. I wasn't sure I was even in the right place, like maybe I took a wrong turn.

MODOT is supposed to put up some "raised pavement markers" where the double yellow lines now lie. I hope they are of the three foot high variety, to give more of a sense of separation between south bound and north bound lanes. Maybe we could also spring for a bit of pavement smoothing at Eager Road too.



Fox 2 NewS report: I-170 Drivers Confused