After on and off debate for well over 35 years, Delaware officials have finally chosen a path for U.S. 301 that most people can live with. South of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in the bustling community of Middletown, whose city limits have expanded dramatically in recent years to accommodate the pervasive sprawl of the Wilmington metro area, is the only two-lane bottleneck of U.S. 301 between the Washington metropolitan [...]
The Nihonbashi (which translates to "Japan Bridge") is decrepit bridge huddled under an elevated expressway, and spanning a little polluted river. Why is it important? Not only is it the site of Japan's oldest stone bridge it's also the nation's zero milestone and the starting point for a whole slew of national routes - including 1, 15, and 4 (signed) and 2,3,6 and 7 (on paper). The bridge sits [...]
I'm starting this roadtrip summary on day 4, as I have yet to retrieve the photos for Days 1 through 3 from Justin's laptop. Rather then wait on that, I will just start from the back ala the Washington Trip reports, and focus on the drive from South Carolina back to Florida. The trip overall involved traveling north to visit my brother in South Carolina, and spending daytrips to see Myrtle [...]
The second day of our marathon drive continued us northeast into the Treasure State of Montana, my first visit there, and then back west via Interstate 90 to Seattle. A bout of allergies made life difficult through Boise, but the sleep I got in Kooskia all but removed the effects of that! We resumed our journey along Idaho 13 north to U.S. 12 east for the eastward trek into Montana. [...]
This past weekend's roadtrip took us to Jacksonville, Florida, Savannah, Georgia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. But before I get into the details of those travels, it is time to take care of unfinished business... Now two and half months removed from the trip, here's a summary of Day 6 of our Northwest U.S. roadtrip. Chris Kalina joined Andy and I for the two-day marathon [...]
In between other things this weekend, we traveled portions of the Orlando Toll Road system and other area surface roads. We drove all of the Western Beltway northbound, portions of Florida 408 Toll in both directions, the Florida's Turnpike mainline south from U.S. 27 to the East-West Expressway, all of Florida 417 Toll southbound, and various parts of the Orange Blossom Trail, Colonial Drive, U.S. 17 & 92, Maitland Boulevard, etc. Some [...]
If you have been following the updates over the last month at southeastroads.com, you will have noticed that I've shifted my focus to the Interstate 4 corridor and greater Orlando. With the Keys pages completed, I wanted to shift my focus back to the Northeast, but in the process with a project at work, I was drawn to the Orlando area and noted that our Interstate 4 guides were vastly [...]
Yokohama is about 30 miles south of Tokyo and is Japans' second largest city. The two cities, the nations' largest, were connected by one freeway until the late 1980s. The government could not figure out where to put a reliever route, so in true Japanese fashion, they built one in the coolest way possible - my making a bunch of islands connected by cable stayed bridges, tunnels, and 10-story high [...]
Let's enjoy the last day of daylight saving time and take advantage of the 6:48 sunset. On the agenda, the elevated Express lanes of the Tampa Crosstown Expressway (Florida Toll 618), Brandon, and whatever else catches our desire. The drive begins with a pass through the Florida 60 (Memorial Highway) and Florida 616 (Spruce Street) construction project. Underway is the upgrading of the current substandard interchange serving Tampa [...]
A new stretch of freeway opened in northern Mississippi this month, and much to our surprise, it's signed as Interstate 69! Interstate 69 presently travels between Indianapolis, Indiana and Port Huron, Michigan. The highway has been that way for years, but since the late 1990s, a proposal to extend the freeway south to Laredo, Texas slowly works toward fruition. Some states are taking a lead in the process, while others [...]
