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270 ranked 45th in the nation’s worst commutes according to The Daily Beast.  Totaling 89 hours of congestion, and 1.26 miles long at its worst, earned 270 the spot.

On a comment attached to our snippet, they have a quote via the Post Dispatch from Maryland Heights Councilwoman Mary Nichols:

Replacement of the current design with the diverging diamond interchange will not only improve the flow of traffic along the 270-70 corridor, but it will also be a national example of innovation in highway safety and design.

“…but…” Nichols followed, “to do that, we’ll have to close the whole thing down for 2 years and then when its done it really won’t be much better, but it will look like it should be.”

via The Daily Beast