re: I hope they aren’t planning on keeping the new Nicholson exit off the bridge the way it is

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I googled “ dotd, Baton Rouge, Nicholson”, here’s what I got.
Looks like the improvements are slated to start today. Details in wafb article.

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They made it worse...from your link:

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That could soon change. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) said starting Monday, February 19th, you won’t be able to turn right on Terrace Avenue from the exit anymore. That road will become a dead end. You’ll have to drive up one block to Oklahoma Street.

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“When you’re getting off the interstate, and you’re merging with Highland, it gives you a lot more room to navigate. So, you’re not going to have to make that hard right to Terrace,” said Communications Director for DOTD Rodney Mallett.

Mallett explained that this road construction project will open more avenues to help you get to where you’re going.

“Oklahoma shoots all the way through to River Road. So, you have better access to Nicholson, River Road which gives you better access to the Water Institute, to LSU and even to downtown,” Mallett explained.

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Almost everyone exiting is trying to get to Nicholson, not Highland. All they did was bottleneck it with a light at Oklahoma without the old yield lane at Terrace.

Why not leave both open instead of deadening Terrace?