Yesterday I had the opportunity to revisit the Blue Ball project of U.S. 202 north of Wilmington, DE. I thought that most of the U.S. 202 work was completed by May, but much to my surprise, a few more things were tweaked road and signwise. Now travelers heading north from Wilmington via Concord Avenue (Delaware 202) remain separated from merging traffic from Interstate 95 until after the Foulk Road (new [...]
A $1 billion project is underway in the state of Maryland along Interstate 95. Being constructed are the Interstate 95 Express Toll Lanes. Beginning at the Interstate 895 merge in Baltimore and ending at the Joppatowne Road overpass, the express toll lanes project will widen Interstate 95 from eight general purpose lanes to eight general purpose lanes and four tolled express lanes. Elements of the project include the reconstruction of [...]
One of the newest freeways planned in Florida is that of the Branan Field-Chaffee Expressway, State Road 23. Running north-south between Florida 21 (Blanding Boulevard) and Interstate 10, the four-lane freeway is presently either under construction or in the design stages. Beginning in Middleburg, a two-lane surface highway leads north from Blanding Boulevard to the Clay County line. Portions of this roadway lie within or along the freeway right-of-way, other [...]
First northbound shield for I-795. Photo taken December 16, 2007. I had the chance to check out and clinch the new Interstate 795 this week in North Carolina. With the early sunsets and low sun angle, I almost missed out, but for a preview of the northbound side of the freeway, see our new Interstate 795 guide. And for some photos covering the south end, see U.S. 70 [...]
They are appearing in a town near you! We found a few instances of the new highway sign this weekend including a South Carolina 303 shield in Walterboro and several South Carolina 6 shields in Moncks Corner. It appears that the standard 3di-width shield will be used as the default for all shields, as every shield for South Carolina 6 and South Carolina 6 Truck used [...]
This past weekend afforded me with the opportunity to check on the status of some upper Gulf Coast road projects related to the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. The August 29, 2005 landfall of the historic storm not only devastated the New Orleans and Mississippi coastal area homes and businesses, but also washed out several key stretches of highway infrastructure. Included in the storm's fury was the destruction of the U.S. [...]
Officials hoped to open Interstate 99 on December 2, but a delay in the installation of highway signs pushed that date back to a time between December 12 and 19. When it opens, northbound drivers will be able to seamlessly travel from Bald Eagle to State College Skytop / Port Matilda along new freeway. Southbound drivers however must wait until mid-2008 to fully use the freeway, as crews continue to [...]
It was 1992 when I first noticed large mounds of dirt rising within the cloverleaf ramps of the Interstate 95 interchange with Delaware 7 and then fledgling-Delaware 1. The mounds were created in anticipation of a planned interchange upgrade between the Delaware Turnpike and new SR 1 Turnpike. 15 years later, the mounds remain, covered with vegetation and even a growing tree if I remember correctly. Delaware 1 [...]
U.S. Highway 191 travels along the eastern boundary of Arizona between Arizona 80 near Douglas and U.S. Highway 160 at Mexican Water. AARoads recently took a trip on the road from Interstate 10 to U.S. 60 in Springerville, encompassing the Coronado Trail. The Coronado Trail was constructed between Clifton and Alpine in 1926, and added to the state highway system as U.S. 666 in 1938. The road remained essentially unpaved [...]
For those keeping track, add Illinois to the states that have adopted Clearview font on their highway signs. An informal list of states using the font include: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas in essentially all new sign installations Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, Florida, Vermont, California and now Illinois that sporadically use Clearview. Interstate 57 north and 70 east approaching their split. Even the Interstate shields include Clearview numbers. Thanks goes to Kerrie Field [...]
