re: Miss. River Bridge Panel hears how new crossing will impact traffic (it's big)

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About 126,000 vehicles cross the Interstate 10 Mississippi River bridge each day, split roughly evenly between eastbound and westbound, according to today’s presentation

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MRB crossing south of Baton Rouge would save an astounding 1 million hours per yea

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So, you’re saying it would save 60 million minutes per year - equal to about 164,000 minutes per day.

So this massive, expensive project would save drivers on average a whopping 1.3 minutes per day. Incredible.