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| Fast Facts - By the Numbers |
| Existing I-40 |
- Number of lanes: 6
- Maximum safe speeds on some curves: 50 mph
- Number of vehicles per day it was designed to carry: 76,000
- 120,000: Number of vehicles per day it currently carries
- Construction was finished: 1965
- Original cost: $12.25 million
- Current annual maintenance cost: $1 million
- How often portions of the bridge are inspected: 6 months
- How often most bridges are inspected: 2 years
- Access points to or from downtown: 5
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New Alignment |
- Number of lanes: 10
- Maximum safe speeds: 70 mph
- 173,00 Number of vehicles per day it is designed to carry
- Miles long: 4.5
- Access points to and from downtown including the new boulevard: 12 (see Access Points for New Alignment for specifics)
- Blocks south of existing expressway in a railroad corridor: 5
- Over 1 million square feet of bridge deck on 34 bridges
- Square yards of pavement: 580,000
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