Much to my surprise when recently viewing aerials (2005 or so) of Mobile County, work is well underway involving the Alabama 158 extension west from U.S. 45 to the proposed extension of Schillinger Road (Mobile County 31). Included in the extension is the upgrade of the intersection between U.S. 45 and Alabama 158 and the Alabama 158 grade separation with Mobile County 55 (College Parkway) to full interchanges. [...]
Interstate 10 drivers have one less issue to worry about when traveling through the Pensacola, Florida area now. Crews recently finished work on the first of two replacement spans for the Hurricane Ivan-damaged bridges over Escambia Bay. The new span, situated just south of the original bridges, currently carries two lanes of traffic in both directions. That is a temporary arrangement as construction workers continue to build the future westbound-only [...]
A new partial-cloverleaf interchange (Exit 105) opened to traffic on March 12, 2007 between Interstate 75 and Golden Gate Parkway near Naples, Florida. Golden Gate Parkway links Naples with Golden Gate as a four-lane divided surface arterial and the interchange should alleviate some traffic from nearby Pine Ridge Road (Exit 107). March 26, 2006 view of the interchange construction from Interstate 75 northbound. Source: "Golden Gate Parkway [...]
An article in today's Delaware News Journal updates us on the long planned widening of Interstate 95 between Exits 4AB (Delaware 1 & 7) and 5A/B (U.S. 202 & Delaware 141) through Christiana Marsh.1 This work follows area projects completed within the last ten years including the extension of the Delaware 1 (& 7) freeway to include a partial-cloverleaf interchange with Delaware 58 (Churchmans Road) and the replacement of the [...]
Two articles recently published in the Mobile Press Register highlight road projects pertaining to the Orange Beach area of south Baldwin County. Baldwin County, Alabama's largest and fastest growing, includes the beach resort communities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach. Opened in June 2000, the Foley Beach Express created a controlled access route around downtown Foley from Alabama 59 south to Alabama 180 in western Orange Beach. Initially the route [...]
Over the last few weeks I've taken time to fill in some of the gaps and otherwise expand our coverage of Interstate 95 from Savannah, Georgia north to the Virginia State line, and from New Haven, Connecticut to the Rhode Island state line as part over an overall effort to cover the freeway on AARoads. Carter documented much of Interstate 95 in the Carolinas during Summer of 2005 and his [...]
Today's thoughts involve reflections on the Interstate 95 corridor between Florida and the northeast U.S. The reviled freeway in some cases, Interstate 95 suffers from overrunning by travelers headed to/from Florida, a number that increases significantly every year. Respective DOT's are trying to keep up with growth with various expansion and interchange projects throughout the 800-mile drive from Daytona Beach northward to Washington, D.C. Profiled below are some of the [...]
On Friday December 5, 2006, the final leg of the Daniel Webster Western Beltway, otherwise known as Florida 429 Toll, opened to traffic in northern Osceola County. Consisting of a four-lane toll road between Interstate 4 (Exit 60) and U.S. 192 (Exit 6), the latest segment of "The 429" provides a seamless freeway connection between Interstate 4 and Florida's Turnpike near Ocoee and U.S. 441 (Orange Blossom Trail) at Apopka. [...]
A few updates, some rants and other observations of Delaware Roads - late 2006. So much for the new "Delaware 141 Spur" being an actual spur. Instead the "Spur" is a relocated Delaware 141 mainline. Why is it so difficult to get the nomenclature right in the state of Delaware? If the road was an actual spur, it would not be considered the Delaware 141 mainline, especially with Delaware 141 [...]
Day three involved a short excursion into Charleston, North Charleston, James Island, and the Battery. Entering Charleston via Interstate 26 eastbound, new signs for the U.S. 17 Arthur Ravenel Bridge adorn sign bridges along the freeway. Compare this image to that from 2004. South Carolina 700 (Folly Road Boulevard) splits from U.S. 17 just west of the Ashley River. South Carolina 700 spurs southward [...]
