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In reply to the discussion: What causes you to go into a rage while driving? [View all]kentauros
(29,414 posts)I am convinced that the 290/Hwy 6 interchange was designed and built by Aggies (it's the exit for College Station / Bryan, too.)
If you're driving west, you'll see the exit sign stating that the right lane is "Exit Only"
Okay, so you get over.
Only to see once you get up to the exit that it now has it's own lane, which is Exit Only, and your right hand lane is still there and going past the exit!
The sign should read:
[font color="green"]College Station / Bryan
Right Lane[/font]
but it doesn't, and causes anyone not familiar with the area to move over when they don't need to (I don't travel it often enough to remember that or the next one, so I end up making that same mistake.)
So, when you're coming back from Austin (or wherever) and driving east, here's what happens:
Two lanes of traffic, with traffic entering from the right, twice in a row.
That traffic entering from the right doesn't merge. They get their very own lane for a bit (maybe a tenth of a mile), then it merges with the right lane. Within a few more tenths of a mile, the traffic from the overhead lane to the right comes into play.
Sign in the left lane: Lane Ends MERGE RIGHT
65 MPH. No advanced warning. You either remember it's there, or you don't and end up in a close call.
So now, all traffic on the busy state highway must merge together to allow the sparse traffic on the right to get their very own lane out of two.
Damn Aggies!@#!
(the interchange on Google Maps for those that want to take the StreetView ride through it all)