Interstate Highways

University Parkway at I-75 DDI Progress – Sarasota, Florida

Construction continues on the $74.5 million project to convert the busy diamond interchange linking Interstate 75 with University Parkway in Sarasota, Florida to a large diverging diamond (DDI). Work runs through fall 2017 on what is touted as the state's first DDI. In addition to building new overpasses for Interstate 75 above University Parkway, the extended ramps to the east-west arterial, and the ten-lane wide DDI, construction also adds auxiliary [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:30-05:00October 17th, 2016|Florida, Highways, Interstate Highways|0 Comments
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Interstate Completion Watchlist

The often delayed interchange between Interstate 65 and the new Interstate 22 in north Birmingham is finally nearing completion. Although now 18 months behind schedule from the October 2014 target date, final paving along the two mile stretch between Coalburg Road and I-65 should be finished by June. A video story on the project: Finishing touches on I-22 in Birmingham Section 5 of Interstate 69 will be substantially complete by [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:30-05:00April 8th, 2016|Alabama, Indiana, Interstate Highways, North Carolina|0 Comments
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Updates and Road News for the week of February 1

This week we finished adding photos taken last month in Upstate South Carolina and moved on from there to additional material sent in from Peter in the Green Bay area. Carter shot some of U.S. 123 between Easley and Greenville, so we coupled those photos with previous photos he took in April 2014 and from a drive Brent and I did back in December 2008 to three new pages. U.S. [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:31-05:00February 5th, 2016|Illinois, Indiana, Interstate Highways, Kentucky, South Carolina, U. S. Highways, Wisconsin|0 Comments
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Updates and Road News for the week of January 25

Well no big snowstorm this week, at least for the east coast. The western U.S. however is receiving a large storm system, with heavy rains and mountain snows. Rainy now across #SierraNevada passes but that'll change this evening as snow levels drop. Plan ahead! #cawx pic.twitter.com/x3omK3JV2t — NWS Sacramento (@NWSSacramento) January 29, 2016 Now on to the road news and updates for this week at AARoads. Today we completed adding [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:32-05:00January 29th, 2016|Arkansas, Interstate Highways, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, United States|0 Comments
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South Florida Road Updates – January 23

Spent a few hours driving around South Florida, revisiting a few areas previously covered to see construction progress on a number of projects. The main changes throughout Broward and the Miami area involve adding high occupancy toll (HO/T) lanes and the conversion of toll roads to All Electronic Tolling (AET). Coinciding with the toll projects are additions of flyovers at some exits and a complete overhaul at others. [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:32-05:00January 25th, 2016|Florida, Interstate Highways|1 Comment
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Updates and Road News for the week of January 18

While a blizzard dumps one to two feet snow on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, here's a look at some of the updates at AARoads this week. Contributor Peter Johnson sent in some photos he took this week of Wisconsin 172, which we combined with some photos we took of the state trunk highway back in 2011 for a new guide. The short east-west route forms a freeway between I-41 and [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:47-05:00January 22nd, 2016|Georgia, Indiana, Interstate Highways, South Carolina, Wisconsin|0 Comments
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Georgia continues to switch to new sign standards

Disappearing from Georgia roads are the signs with the narrow width Highway Gothic series D font and the exit numbers posted above a horizontal rule. These age old standards are going by the wayside as signs with larger Highway Gothic Series EM and external exit tabs are added. Some freeways appear to be resigned whole sale, while other projects focus on a particular interchange, or series of signs. A telltale [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:48-05:00October 28th, 2015|Georgia, Interstate Highways, United States|1 Comment
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Mississippi Gulf Coast / Southeast Louisiana Road Notes

Finally getting around to reviewing a day trip we took on May 9 from Pensacola, Florida west to Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans and LaPlace, Louisiana. While we have extensively covered much of this region previously, several key projects are underway or were completed in recent years. Let's take a look at a few of them. The drive across Mobile was uneventful and the only work ongoing is a resurfacing project [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:48-05:00August 28th, 2015|Highways, Interstate Highways, Louisiana, Mississippi, U. S. Highways|0 Comments
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Observations from the road: Quad Cities to Chicago

The last day of our eight day trek through the Upper Midwest took us from the Quad Cities area back to Chicago before heading southward to home. Leaving around lunchtime, we traveled I-74 through Bettendorf and Moline, catching a glimpse of the current utility work being performed in preparation of the I-74 rebuild across the Mississippi River. We then hooked up with I-80 east toward Lasalle and Joliet. [...]

By |2018-01-13T17:06:10-05:00July 26th, 2015|Illinois, Interstate Highways, Iowa, U. S. Highways, Uncategorized|1 Comment
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Observations from the road: Topeka to the Quad Cities

Day 7 of our Midwest/Great Plains trip takes us east from Topeka back through Kansas City and then north to Des Moines before ending the day in the Quad Cities. We started out deciding to explore the Topeka area freeway system with spurs north and south along U.S. 75 before returning to Kansas City to finish our documentation there. Passing through the tri-level stack interchange from Interstate 70 [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:49-05:00July 17th, 2015|Interstate Highways, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, U. S. Highways|0 Comments
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