Bossier’s Benton Road Overpass Officially Opens Monday January 7th

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Bossier’s Benton Road Overpass Officially Opens Monday January 7th

By Tom Pace, Executive Editor, SBLive!
January 8th, 2007

Finally. 11 months, and 11.7 million dollars later, Bossier’s Benton Road overpass is complete. Cars started traveling in both directions late Monday afternoon, as an e-mail from Bossier City P.I.O. Mark Natale notified the media. Construction began back in March of 2007, and finished this past weekend. Some final striping was added Monday.

Now, it only takes about one minute for motorists to drive the mile or so, from the stop light on Benton Road in front of McDonald’s, crossing over the Kansas City Southern railroad tracks, then, exiting at the stop light at the Kroger store, just south of the Benton Road intersection at East Texas Street.

Area merchants along Benton Road should also benefit from the overpass, as it’s expected to encourage more consumers to make their shopping trips to Bossier City.

Waiting for a KCS train to make its trek thru Bossier, stopping traffic for up to thirty minutes some times, has been a source of frustration for Bossier residents for many years.

As I drove across the overpass Monday about 5 o’clock, I marveled at how smooth the one-minute trip was. Congratulations Bossier, it’s the greatest stress reducer since the vibrating recliner.

[howela]

drove over it twice today.... once each way....
Weeeeeeeee..........

[j.nc]

Whenever I go home it amazes me how easy and quick it is to zip around Shreveport and Bossier. The traffic is almost non-existent (relatively speaking) but it is more than that - a matter of just having a decent road system. You may not think so, but the area does have a decent road infrastructure that can handle traffic well - even if a bit hairy at times.

[LateNight]

Originally Posted by j.nc

Whenever I go home it amazes me how easy and quick it is to zip around Shreveport and Bossier. The traffic is almost non-existent (relatively speaking) but it is more than that - a matter of just having a decent road system. You may not think so, but the area does have a decent road infrastructure that can handle traffic well - even if a bit hairy at times.

I've always enjoyed the fact, that it feels like I can get anywhere in shreveport/bossier in like 20 minutes.. and I live outside the city limits north of shreveport. that 20 minute rules applies, only if you are not anywhere near airline drive or south youree drive :-)


my morning commute consist of driving by farms and cows and horses.. I'll take that over the cluster @$@# of driving through a place like Dallas anyday.