The Grandview Triangle. It will always be the Grandview Triangle. You can call it three trails crossing if you want to, but to those of us who grew up with the traffic jams there, it will always be the triangle.
Now there is a massive engineering failure in the new highway system. Did you see the pictures on the news? Wow. An entire chunk of the big retaining wall slide down the hill. The wall was followed by tons of dirt and two lanes of westbound 470.
I remember when 470 did not exist. I remember when 435 did not exist. I remember driving to Lees Summit in 1978. I had to take Bannister road all the way out. Now some will be experiencing the same traffic patterns. If you want to get to Overland Park from Lees Summit, good luck.
I love and respect engineers, but you have to marvel at the way that God's world can confound our greatest designs. We have subdued much of the earth, but God is still God.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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Interesting note--my daughter was on her way to work last week in Overland Park and was caught in rush hour traffic in the triangle on that 470 over pass. She was talking to a co-worker on the her cell phone and expressed to her that she hated sitting on that "bridge" because it felt like it was moving. Most likely it was! ; )
Thank God no one was injured or killed when it collapsed like they did in the Hyatt years ago.
its not so bad, especially if you are an early bird...just take 71 north, turn left, take 71 south and then 435 west...no big deal really.
i lived in raytown and right after we moved around 1965 435 went in just blocks from where i lived... hard to imagine
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