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[kkt]

Nice to see the rainbows are still painted over the portals to the Waldo Tunnel!
Who paints those, anyway?  Caltrans?  The GG Bridge District?

[formulanone]

I don't know how to add the pictures directly.

Right-click the image, copy the URL (with WikiPedia, they append a "File:" description for the entire image page with attribution, et al).

Then, use [img ]http://www.site.com/file.jpg[/img ]
(remove the space after "g" but before the "]".)

Quote an image in someone's post, and edit to see how it works.

[Ian]

This may not be considered a "best of" photo to most, but I'm always impressed with this photo I took last Summer in Gilford, NH

[KEVIN_224]

It still beats the state route signs in Massachusetts. This one is in Worcester, about a block from their Amtrak/MBTA train and Greyhound/Peter Pan bus terminal.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

A services sign (with amazing picture quality) along SPID (TX 358) in Corpus Christi

A vista of CA-210 as it descends a hill. Taken eastbound.

Two signs along I-210 east. We're also along the carpool lanes.

A traffic signal in Salinas at the Constitution Blvd/Independence Blvd intersection. With a great backdrop of trees

[Ian]

It still beats the state route signs in Massachusetts. This one is in Worcester, about a block from their Amtrak/MBTA train and Greyhound/Peter Pan bus terminal.

While the Massachusetts shield is a little bland, I do love their green paddle signs like the one in the photo.

[AsphaltPlanet]

A few more of mine:

Approaching Atlanta along I-75/85 North:


Approaching Downtown Boston along Interstate 93:


Interstate 90 along the southside of Boston:


Future I-86 east of Binghamton:


The Carpool flyover ramp that links the 91 and 57 Freeways in Orange County California:

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Those are some nice pictures AsphaltPlanet!

I have a question though, in the third picture, it shows that the speed limit is 45. 45 along an interstate? Seriously?

[national highway 1]

Well, it is in an urban area (Boston) and the right of way is pretty narrow there, thus the 45mph speed limit.

[KEK Inc.]

Those are some nice pictures AsphaltPlanet!

I have a question though, in the third picture, it shows that the speed limit is 45. 45 along an interstate? Seriously?

40 is the lowest speed limit you can have on an Interstate.  That's also approaching the Big Dig.

[NE2]

40 is the lowest speed limit you can have on an Interstate.  That's also approaching the Big Dig.

Is that so? I thought I-278 had some 35 mph.

[Steve]

40 is the lowest speed limit you can have on an Interstate.  That's also approaching the Big Dig.

Is that so? I thought I-278 had some 35 mph.

Correct. There is no "lowest". It's all contextual. You could have 25 mph at the end of an Interstate if it has enough of a curve to it. Not to mention I-90's speed limits drops down into the 20s or 30s approaching toll plazas in MA.

[KEK Inc.]

40 is the lowest speed limit you can have on an Interstate.  That's also approaching the Big Dig.

Is that so? I thought I-278 had some 35 mph.

Correct. There is no "lowest". It's all contextual. You could have 25 mph at the end of an Interstate if it has enough of a curve to it. Not to mention I-90's speed limits drops down into the 20s or 30s approaching toll plazas in MA.

Maybe it varies by states.  According to the variable speed zones page on the WSDOT website, they don't allow speed limits lower than 40 MPH.

[KEVIN_224]

That second Boston picture (showing I-90) looks to be from the Albany Street Bridge, not far from South Station. You're looking west there.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

The Bixby Bridge along the scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur on the Pacific coast.

[AsphaltPlanet]

Bixbi Creek is beautiful. The drive along the Pacific Coast Highway between LA and San Francisco is on my bucket list.

[kkt]

The Bixby Bridge along the scenic Highway 1 in Big Sur on the Pacific coast.

A great photo of a great bridge.  Thanks for posting.

[1995hoo]

40 is the lowest speed limit you can have on an Interstate.  That's also approaching the Big Dig.

Is that so? I thought I-278 had some 35 mph.

There's also a 35-mph limit on a short segment of I-395 in DC where it goes down a ramp to connect to the Third Street Tunnel.

[Takumi]

From Saturday.

Looking northbound up US 1 where it crosses the Nottoway River between Brunswick (where I'm standing in a parking lot) and Dinwiddie Counties.


US 58 west of Big Fork, where it splits from US 1 in Mecklenburg County.


VA 4 heading south from Kerr Dam.


VA 92 westbound (actually heading north) between Boydton and Chase City.


VA 47 southbound (actually heading east) between North View and South Hill.

[PurdueBill]

Took this last Thursday night on Mass Ave NB south of downtown Boston; the goal was the ancient button copy sign but the T bus just starting to pass by as the shutter snapped gave it a neat feel.  I'm no pro photographer so I'm sure that technically this photo is all wrong, but it's not bad for me.  The Pru is the tall building ahead.

[KEVIN_224]

Here's how Google Maps handles that same sign during the day, very close to your angle:

http://g.co/maps/g97yj

[CanesFan27]

Hey that Kerr Dam shot looks familiar.


VA 4 around Kerr Lake by Adam's Journey, on Flickr

[Jim]

Eastbound on I-90/Mass Pike descending from the Berkshires toward the runaway truck ramp and the bridge over the Westfield River.  Added bonus: it's the tail end of foliage season.  October 25, 2007.

[Steve]

Took this last Thursday night on Mass Ave NB south of downtown Boston; the goal was the ancient button copy sign but the T bus just starting to pass by as the shutter snapped gave it a neat feel.  I'm no pro photographer so I'm sure that technically this photo is all wrong, but it's not bad for me.  The Pru is the tall building ahead.

What.. the... hell. I've been on Mass Ave how many times, and never noticed anything like that? What's the cross street, I'll grab it when I go to Maine over Memorial Labor Day.

EDIT: Never mind, found it. To all interested - right clicking on the photo shows you Patriot Self Storage. No longer the name, but it resolves to 968 Mass Ave.

[PurdueBill]

What.. the... hell. I've been on Mass Ave how many times, and never noticed anything like that? What's the cross street, I'll grab it when I go to Maine over Memorial Labor Day.

EDIT: Never mind, found it. To all interested - right clicking on the photo shows you Patriot Self Storage. No longer the name, but it resolves to 968 Mass Ave.

Funny that the self-storage place has their old name out there...you'd think that they would want to post their current name (CubeSmart Storage apparently).  I took a bunch of pics of this sign.  With flash, the ancient button copy lights up spectacularly.

I tried sharing the pic on the Alps Roads facebook page, Steve...do you want it for your web site?  I got a couple other good pics last week in Maine and Mass that maybe you would like too.  (For example, the statement that the US 1B shield error for NH 1B may make up the only US 1B shield out there turns out wrong because Maine has some 1Bs and even a "Business US 1B" assembly up! )