Yearly Archives: 2014

Mid-South Road Trip – May 20 – Shreveport, Texarkana, Little Rock, Clarksdale, MS

Day 2 of the whirlwind trip took us around the Shreveport freeway system, northward along new Interstate 49 to Arkansas, around Texarkana on the new I-369 and AR 549 freeways, and northeast to a revisit of the Little Rock Interstates. Meandering southeastward, we crossed the doomed Clarendon Bridge over the White River toward U.S. 49 through Helena-West Helena into Mississippi. Zigzagging southward, we ended up in Vicksburg. Interstate 220 provides [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:56-05:00May 29th, 2014|Arkansas, Highways, Interstate Highways, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U. S. Highways, United States|Comments Off on Mid-South Road Trip – May 20 – Shreveport, Texarkana, Little Rock, Clarksdale, MS
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Mid-South Road Trip – May 19 – Pensacola, FL to Shreveport, LA

Took Interstate 10 westbound from Northwest Florida to Lake Charles, Louisiana, then U.S. 171 north to Shreveport. Redocumented all of I-10 west to Lafayette, all of I-12 west, Interstates 110 and 210. Took new coverage of I-10 west to Lake Charles and all of U.S. 171 north toward Shreveport as well as photographing the south ends of U.S. 165 and 171. The first construction of note on the day is [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:57-05:00May 27th, 2014|Alabama, Highways, Interstate Highways, Louisiana, Mississippi, U. S. Highways, United States|4 Comments
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Interstate 269 in Mississippi Progress

AARoads contributor Chris Kalina traveled through the Memphis area on Saturday March 8th and took a look at progress for construction of Interstate 269, the Memphis outer beltway. Work is underway along the entire corridor from Interstates 55 & 69 east to Tennessee 385 (Bill Morris Parkway) at Collierville. Tennessee is scheduled to complete their portion of I-269 by 2015, with work continuing through northern Mississippi until 2018.1 A great [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:57-05:00March 10th, 2014|Highways, Interstate Highways, Mississippi, United States|5 Comments
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South and Southwest Florida Road Report – March 5, 2014

Interstate 75 south at the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County. The first of several construction projects encountered yesterday involves widening of Interstate 75 through Lee County, Florida, including the 1.6-mile project to expand the Caloosahatchee River. The $72-million project kicked off here in January 2013 and runs through fall of 2015. Construction is part of the final phase to expand all 33 miles of I-75 through Lee [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:58-05:00March 5th, 2014|Florida, Highways, Interstate Highways, United States|Comments Off on South and Southwest Florida Road Report – March 5, 2014
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