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Originally Posted by Gridlock
I was seeing 2 lanes plus hov westbound leading up to the surrey exits, which pissed me off, so I hope someone has a different count. The new overpasses were right next to the highway, with markings so I don't know how there could be more.
Buuuut...if that's the case, then traffic is still going to line up to get onto the bridge. The surrey on ramps don't merge into them anymore though.
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The five lanes (each way) are not all one wide road. I'm not ENTIRELY clear on the final configuration, but as I understand it, there will be something like "express lanes" that connect straight through from the bridge to 200th, and lanes that only enter/exit the bridge for the Cape Horn Interchange... so for example, if you're going from Langley to Coquitlam, you'd have dedicated lanes instead of mixing in all the traffic continuing on into Burnaby/Vancouver.
Like I say, I'm not 100% clear on the actual design, but that's the general idea. If you look at the project drawings, for example... it looks like you have four westbound lanes (one HOV, three regular) approaching 152nd... the far right lane splits off and goes around the 152 ramp; the 152 ramp is two lanes that split out, where the right one joins the "separated" far right lane and the left one merges into the other three main lanes. The two right-most lanes are separated from the other three by a barricade, and if memory serves, those split off at the Cape Horn Interchange... so if you're exiting at Cape Horn, you have to get into those lanes BEFORE getting on the bridge. Which, I think, will prove to be brilliant so you don't get those asswipes trying to cut over to the exit at the last second coming off the bridge.
And again, that's just my take based on bits I've read, the drawings I've seen, and how everything appears to be coming together. You can see project plans for the Surrey side here:
Project Designs - they actually have a lot of detail in the PDFs so you can zoom WAY in.
All the info is out there though - instead of getting worked up over what you THINK will be happening based on construction that's not even finished yet... just look it up!