Red Line Death Watch Part 1

Courtesy M1EK  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 2:00pm

No, not like the GM Death Watch at my favorite car blog ; this is a "how long before somebody's killed" series.

Today, some pictures of the intersection I talked about on KUT last week .

First, the overheard. Imagine you're headed west on 51st across Airport because you just went to Home Depot and are headed back to Hyde Park or points south.

(Hint: Red River starts just south of this image as a turn off...



 

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