Snapshot: I-81 bridge span deterioration
There are about 124 individual bridge spans that make up the viaduct portion of I-81. This snapshot highlights some of the deterioration that is setting in. For more info about bridge conditions along...
View ArticleSnapshot: Walking underneath the I-81 viaduct
Pedestrian count data were collected in a focused area along the viaduct during November and December 2009 and February and March 2010. Within this area the combined peak hour total pedestrian counts...
View ArticleSnapshot: Who takes the bus?
NYSDOT’s draft Technical Memorandum #1: Physical Conditions Analysis (Tech Memo #1) found that Centro’s core ridership is made up of transit dependent markets such as densely populated and low-income...
View ArticleSnapshot: Working near the I-81 viaduct
NYSDOT’s draft Technical Memorandum #1: Physical Conditions Analysis (Tech Memo #1) found that between 2002 and 2008, employment in the City of Syracuse dropped by approximately 11,000 jobs while...
View ArticleSnapshot: I-81 construction
The construction for I-81 began in the late 1950′s, after the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The elevated portion of the highway through downtown was completed in the 1960′s after the then current...
View ArticleSnapshot: Harrison and Adams street ramps hard at work
NYSDOT’s draft Technical Memorandum #1: Physical Conditions Analysis (Tech Memo #1) found that about 45,000 vehicles per day get on or off I-81 at the Adams/ Harrison street ramps.
View ArticleSnapshot: The War Memorial at Oncenter circa 1965
Looking west at the War Memorial at Oncenter in 1965 during the construction of I-81. The Oncenter is just one of the many uses that benefit from the downtown access that I-81 provides.
View ArticleSnapshot: Tight curves and narrow shoulders contribute to higher accident rates
Have you ever been on the I-81 viaduct when there’s accident? The accident rate on the northbound viaduct section of I-81 is more than three times the statewide average. And accident rates reach five...
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