Jackson Jambalaya

Very, very poor planning by MDOT. Slowing the flow of traffic on I-55 and closing Hwy 80, you have set up rush hour disaster. People trying to get to Jackson will be severely negatively affected by this every morning. Very poor planning.

1) MHP will have to find another location for the holiday touch-your-nose and blow-test.

2) How will folks find Romantic Adventures?

3) How will this affect the under-the-bridge dwellers? Will Chokwe grant them free passage, compliments of City Council, to Lakeland Drive?

Did MDOT even consider these important issues?

Well, 10:19, with your engineering degree, surely you can tell us WTF else could be done in order to perform necessary repairs?

thanks for the video Kingfish. Love snoopy and woodstock. Schulz was a genius.

6 months. While in NC they are completing the same in 3 weeks.

The Chinese have invented a shovel that stands up by itself, so DOT could probably reduce the number of workers assigned to this project. They could also save money by not having to purchase as many clipboards.

Former MDOT employee here. The District 5 Bridge Inspectors, and the engineers in charge, likely found something that expedited the need for a closure and remediation. Go watch a video of a bridge collapse during rush hour and ask yourself if the "minor inconvenience" is worth it?

A couple of MDOT workers are standing around looking at the ground when one suddenly steps on a snail. The other worker asks "why did you do that?" He replied "that snail has been following me around for two days."

All you smarty pants realize that a major bridge fell down this year and killed people right?

Minor inconvenience?

They should close all roads in Jackson

@1:38 PM waiting in your comfy car in traffic is a minor convenience compared to escaping from your sinking car in the Pearl River due to a bridge collapsing. Bridges collapsing is a serious issue all over the USA right now.

If you are going downtown from rankin county you are basically screwed.

If my truck fell into the Pearl River I wouldn't want it back...

For all you engineers and MDOT employees, past and present:

The Trans-Alaskan highway was completed November 24, 1942.

That highway was 1700 miles long.

Construction began on March 9, 1942.

One thousand seven hundred miles took 7 months and 15 days.

Lean on your shovel while you consider those facts.

If you plan to drive to downtown Jackson from Rankin County, you are already screwed before you crank the truck.

Another former MDOT employee here. This is prototypical MDOT. Left and and right hand working on their on respective schedules with no communication. And, I would presume that if there was imminent danger of a bridge collapse, they would have closed the bridge a month ago when they announced the project. I also presume that both I55 and Hwy 80 bridges are not imminently dangerous at the same time. If they are this is a failure to monitor and maintain over time.

Investment pro tip: Buy stock in clipboard manufacturers because MDOT will be buying 1,000s of them for this project.

7:33–Thank you.

I'm on the road all the time, a lot of that time on 55 north of Grenada to the state line at Tennessee and a lot of that time also on Highway 7 between Batesville and the west side of Marks.

Wish I had a half-dollar for every time I see a new white DOT pickup with a man sitting behind the wheel on the side of the highway. Often as many of six of them within a quarter of a mile. What are they accomplishing sitting in the trucks?

CBO Duty- Clip Board Operator

In all fairness, MDOT very likely has some dedicated hardworking employees working out in the field. It could happen.

Is the daily car count on hwy 80 between I-55 and State St. really that significant? Or, is this just another trolling bitch session?

Point is…morning rush hour, I-55N, 2 lanes, some would be using 80, but it’s closed. Accident happens on I-55, Or bridge freeze over. All rush hour traffic trying I-20 to State Street, or old Woodrow Wilson bridge to get to State Street to get past backed up or blocked I-55. Much more than a minor inconvenience. And imagine Emergency Vehicles trying to get through. I’ve seen I-20 back up past Pearl during morning rush hour. This will be daily with this setup. Lord help the commuters low on gas, or really need to pee. And not saying that to be funny, it can be very serious with us older people

Fear Not, Peeps: At least a third of us are in real good hands with Willie Simmons (Almost 60-year PERS Employee) guiding our concrete and asphalt futures.

For the guy who wants fifty cents for each employee in a white truck, I'll just take a dollar for every ribbon-cutting photo-shoot with Willie in attendance.

He can't tell you what the composition of asphalt is, but he can work that monthly expense report.