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Originally Posted by q12
This is actually three lanes under the overpass and a narrow sidewalk.
The nice thing about this overpass is it's wide enough for six lanes above to carry Highway 102. It's amazing that decades ago DOT had enough sense to build most of the Bi-Hi overpasses six lanes wide for future expansion. This includes the new washmill lake underpass which has five lanes above with room for atleast one more.
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My mistake, it is only 3 lanes but one lane looks to be wider than a normal width lane. When I checked this underpass fairly carefully with the ruler in Google Earth I get a clear width of 50 feet for the Kearney Lake Road underpass (
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=halifax...h&vpsrc=6&z=19). Although the Washmill Lake underpass was under construction when the Google Earth imagery (and Google Maps imagery) was updated, I get an opening width of 77 feet. So I feel confident that there is enough room for 4 lanes, sidewalks and bike lanes throught the Washmill Lake underpass.
I have a feeling that the 2 lanes will be increased to 4 lanes in a couple years once the focus on the budget over-run has been largely forgotten