| The above bar graph illustrates traffic projections for
Eighth Street in Goshen, IN. It shows that residential streets like
Eighth Street are likely to become significantly more congested if a bypass
is not built and if Madison Street is widened.
In April, 1998, at the request of INDOT (Indiana Department
of Transportation), MACOG (Michiana Area Council of Governments) used their
computer simulation program to make traffic count projections based on
several scenarios. The above graph is based on those numbers.
At
this link we can see how the limited access bypass assumption for 2015
was drawn in. It was a "C" shape beginning on the north at SR 15 north
of CR 26. It went west and south, connecting US 33 just south of CR 17.
It paralleled CR 17 and turned east between CR 38 and CR 40. It connected
with SR 15 between the two CR 40s in Waterford. It connected with
US 33 just north of CR 40.
If a bypass is built, there are
a number of other locations and routes that would need to by assessed before
proceeding. This bypass route was simply an assumption used to make
computer predictions related to traffic numbers in the event that a bypass
would be planned and built in a location that would facilitate much of
the Goshen traffic.
The illustration below is a scan taken directly from the
MACOG printout. It includes some of the traffic count projections for the
year 2015. Color was added to clarify the bypass location assumed in this
computer simulation prediction.
Link
to Central Business District Map and Traffic Projections
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