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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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Patagonia, part VI

These photos are from the afternoon of the fifth day, and then all of the sixth. we do normal tourist stuff like get a hotel, exchange money, that sort of thing – and head north in Argentina to attempt to cross the border at Chile Chico. the Andes, mostly in Chile here. old signs in Bajo Caracoles. this used to be highway 40; now it is a barely recognizable dirt [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:08:49-05:00October 10th, 2013|Argentina, Chile|3 Comments
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the next AARoads destination?

A photo I took last night of our nearest celestial neighbor. I finally got my telescope-to-Nikon mount set up, so I experimented away! the blue dot at the upper left is the star Spica, about 260 light years distant.

By |2018-01-13T18:11:03-05:00July 16th, 2013|Astronomy|4 Comments
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Interstate 2000:Improvement for the Next Millennium

Originally published in Roads & Bridges June 1, 1997 ... and now it's June 2013. Here's an update on where each corridor is, in the order presented in the original article. I-95 Trenton to New Brunswick 1997 Article: This may be the most heavily utilized route in the interstate system. The state of New Jersey canceled this 30 mile section of the route (Somerset Freeway) in the early 1980s. As [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:17:27-05:00June 22nd, 2013|Highways, Interstate Highways|1 Comment
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Patagonia, part V

The fifth day consisted of the hike to the Mirador, then back down the hill, and on the road to El Calafate, Argentina. The Mirador view! Vegetation in infrared. Flores del Paine. […]

By |2018-01-13T18:19:11-05:00March 14th, 2013|Chile|Comments Off on Patagonia, part V
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San Francisco

And now, a brief interruption. some photos from this previous weekend. The Bay Bridge has had lights attached to it. It's tough to tell from here, but they actually move in patterns. Well worth seeing in person. The lights will stay for the next two years, and can only be seen from the San Francisco side. That other bridge that San Francisco is famous for. This is the view from [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:20:23-05:00March 11th, 2013|California, Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways|2 Comments
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Patagonia, part IVb

The first part of our hike – up the hill to the campground where we would stay the night. Typical afternoon scenery. A narrow trail that climbs gradually. The sort of trees we’d see much of. […]

By |2018-01-13T18:21:36-05:00February 25th, 2013|Chile|1 Comment
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