Missouri State Route 249 (two-fortynine, I-49, get it?) is a new freeway being constructed around the east side of Joplin. Currently, Joplin is served by Interstate 44 and a US 71 freeway that runs north from Arkansas and I-540. Such notable names as Langston Hughes and Jackass' Preston Lacy can claim Joplin as a hometown. Let's take a look at the as-yet-incomplete SR 249 - aka the Range Line bypass [...]
New Interstate 40 Interstate 73, a road locally known as Painter Boulevard, is now open to traffic southwest of Greensboro. Traffic cones and other barriers were removed the morning of February 21, 2008 on the newest section of North Carolina Interstate, a 7.5-mile stretch of freeway between Future Interstate 73 & 840 near Piedmont Triad International Airport and Interstate 85 & Business Loop Interstate 85 south of the city. Interstate 85 south [...]
The first ramp of the new Interstate 4 and Florida 408 Toll interchange opened this morning, carrying drivers from the eastbound toll road to the northbound freeway. A $120 million project is underway to replace some of the original movements between the East-West Tollway and Interstate 4. Included in this initial project is a new flyover to carry westbound Florida 408 to eastbound Interstate 4, the directional loop ramp that [...]
An update on the Maitland Boulevard Extension / John Land Apopka Expressway (Florida 414 Toll). Nine miles of new freeway style roadway is either proposed or under construction from U.S. 441 in Lockhart to U.S. 441 northwest of Apopka. One year of work has produced significant results in northwestern Orange County. A tour of the work follows below: A refresher view of the John Land Apopka Expressway projected [...]
Jeff Royston passed along a photo from Oklahoma City showing that Oklahoma now is using Clearview font on its signs. The state joins a growing number of jurisdictions that are implementing the new font throughout their highway signs. This led me again to ponder the question of which states are using it and which are not. To address the issue, we have created a guide to catalog each state and [...]
Suitland Parkway links southeast Washington, D.C. with Andrews Air Force Base at Maryland 4 (Pennsylvania Avenue) near Forestville. The highway carries four lanes overall along a 9.35-mile controlled-access route. Several interchanges and a handful of at-grade intersections lie along the route. Like the George Washington Memorial and Clara Barton Parkways, the Maryland section is maintained by the National Park Service. Suitland Parkway begins at a signalized intersection with Maryland [...]
Constructed between August 2003 and October 2006, Maryland 43 (White Marsh Boulevard) was extended 3.8 miles from a premature end at U.S. 40 (Pulaski Highway) to Maryland 150 (Eastern Boulevard). The new state highway consists of a four-lane divided highway with expressway like characteristics. While there are no private driveways, seven at-grade intersections exist along the route to accommodate future development, including that with the proposed Campbell Boulevard. [...]
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 [...]
