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Author Topic: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway  (Read 1674 times)

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Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« on: July 24, 2010, 08:23:03 PM »
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragmentaryevidence/3267570815/



Wonder what other roads received this award...
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2010, 08:20:15 PM »
I can tell you some that ought to - Arroyo Seco Pkwy, Bronx River Pkwy., Robert Moses Pkwy. (Niag Falls section)
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2010, 08:22:18 PM »
would I-280 between San Jose and San Francisco count as urban?  It's certainly very scenic.
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2010, 09:11:28 PM »
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2010, 08:22:18 PM
would I-280 between San Jose and San Francisco count as urban?  It's certainly very scenic.

I know that 280/the Junipero Serra Freeway has often been labeled as the "most beautiful freeway in the world" (probably a debatable term though) so I think it'd count.

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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2010, 02:32:08 AM »
I'd say that's a very subjective and debatable title. I daresay that I-84 from Hood River to Troutdale is very much in the running, and that's not by far the most scenic freeway out there.
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2010, 09:18:54 AM »
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2010, 04:50:40 PM »
What's the innovation? Looks like a standard diamond interchange to me.
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2010, 05:02:52 PM »
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 27, 2010, 04:50:40 PM
What's the innovation? Looks like a standard diamond interchange to me.

I guess the bridge design \ / was innovative at one time.
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2010, 05:58:26 PM »
Oh. That design is a bit unusual but crops up a few times in southern Oklahoma and on I-435 in Johnson County, KS (as well as I think at the I-435/70 interchange).
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Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2010, 09:27:39 AM »
They're all over the place along I-5 south of Portland :?
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