pl8dlikafiddle
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Malfunction junction - first I've heard of the term.I could give you a 10 page essay on SC roads and funding lol. They are making much better progress now since 2017 when they voted to raise the gas tax 2 cents every year for 6 years, which was the first increase in 30 years. The problem in SC is you have years and years of projects that never got remotely close to funded so now you're so far behind you're just treading water as quickly as you can. For example, I-85 widening from Spartanburg to the NC state line, the malfunction junction in Columbia where I-20, I-26, and I-126 all merge, I-26 widening, I-20 widening, I-95 widening, etc. The list goes on and on. 2 lane interstates is Dwight Eisenhower era and all should be outlawed and widened to 3 lanes minimum everywhere in the country. These SC highway projects were no brainers in 2000 and it's now 2021.
I used to make that Atlanta to Charlotte commute at least once every couple of weeks. It feels like that stretch of I-85 has been in construction for the last 10 years.