Originally Posted by Chad300tdt

The speed limit is 45mph but cars go by at >60mph regularly. There is a large shopping mall less than 2 miles down the road and on holiday weekends the traffic backs up all the way past my house.

There used to be a shoulder on the road that was wide enough to park cars. They changed the traffic patterns about 3 years ago and eliminated the shoulder to provide a center turning lane. This change is what made the traffic travel at 60 instead of the 35 to 45 it used to be.

There's been talk of a bypass road for years, but the only thing being built are new developments.