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Mid-Atlantic / Re: West Virginia Turnpike

Last post by GCrites - Today at 04:53:47 PM

I can't really count how many daily full stoppages there are in Columbus and Cincinnati. It's a lot. Columbus even gets bad on weekends -- especially during football season. Not just before and after the game but on Sundays too since people have to push all their errands back to that day.

#2

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: SWPA25 Road Enthusiast Mee...

Last post by Rothman - Today at 04:28:48 PM

There's a Pirates game the Friday night before that I would happily attend. I've heard the park is a wonderful experience. If anyone wants to join me please text, email or otherwise drop me a line so we can get tickets together!

It's doubtful I'll make it to this meet, but you heard right. If you or others can take in a game here, do so. And upper deck seating between 1st and 3rd will give you a wonderful view of the bridges, river and city skyline.

Also, Fatheads beer has a large gazebo-type bar area behind left-center field. One of my favorite breweries.

Between 1st and 3rd?

#3

Off-Topic / Re: 911 outage reported across...

Last post by epzik8 - Today at 04:27:18 PM

Didn't we have a mass cellular service outage just earlier this year???

#4

Mid-South / Re: AR Highway 612

Last post by MikieTimT - Today at 04:23:38 PM

ARDOT broke ground on two major construction projects Wednesday

If the local news folks are to be believed, the western leg finishes in 2026 and the leg between I-49 and AR-265 starts mid-2026, so the eastside folks should start to see the light (and red dirt) in a couple of years.

#5

Mountain West / Re: US 50 Bridge Failure Betwe...

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 04:11:14 PM

On my recent trip, there were signs on US 24 eastbound between I-70 and Leadville warning of construction on US 50 in that area. I also think I remember seeing similar signs on US 491 in the Cortez area.

That was for the Clear Creek Canyon rebuild and widening, which is just below (west of) Blue Mesa, which BTW is doing final paving and cosmetic work now. At least when they would close that section, you could at least go around it on CO-92 from Delta, which only added 60-90 minutes to your drive...Not 6-7 hours with this closure!

There are a lot of commuters who took this road everyday between Gunny and Montrose.

Hopefully mapping software doesn't route people over Engineer Pass as a shortcut.

#6

Mountain West / Re: US 50 Bridge Failure Betwe...

Last post by thenetwork - Today at 03:39:50 PM

On my recent trip, there were signs on US 24 eastbound between I-70 and Leadville warning of construction on US 50 in that area. I also think I remember seeing similar signs on US 491 in the Cortez area.

That was for the Clear Creek Canyon rebuild and widening, which is just below (west of) Blue Mesa, which BTW is doing final paving and cosmetic work now. At least when they would close that section, you could at least go around it on CO-92 from Delta, which only added 60-90 minutes to your drive...Not 6-7 hours with this closure!

There are a lot of commuters who took this road everyday between Gunny and Montrose.

#7

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Indiana Notes

Last post by Great Lakes Roads - Today at 03:31:52 PM

Here's the link to INDOT's letting main page: https://erms12c.indot.in.gov/viewdocs/Default.aspx

The contract number is 45440.

#8

General Highway Talk / Re: Pretentious street names

Last post by bzakharin - Today at 03:01:46 PM

Thinking about it, I feel "Rim of the World Highway" might qualify. Pretty cool name for a mountain highway, but in reality the San Bernardinos are pretty modest in height, and a highway name like that would probably be better served in the Sierra Nevada, Rockies, or the Himalayas. And I don't really like "highway" being applied to two lane roads, although that's pretty standard in some places like Alaska.

Here in New Jersey the name "highway" seems to be randomly applied. I'm not sure I know any "highway" here that deserves that name, except maybe McCarter Highway, a.k.a. NJ 21 (I'm excluding names nobody uses like all those different names for segments of I-287). I assume most of those names are historic relics of bygone days.

#9

Pacific Southwest / Re: Nevada

Last post by roadfro - Today at 02:55:48 PM

Does anyone know when the CC-215 segment of the Las Vegas Beltway will be converted into Interstate 215? Since the Centennial Bowl interchange upgrade was completed in December, the CC-215 segment is now completely up to Interstate Standards. Hopefully, the conversion happens soon.

No official word. Nothing has gone before the NDOT board, no word of an application to FHWA for designation. My guess is that the parties are working behind the scenes to agree on terms of a mileage swap. Nor have there been any official changes on the I-11 front apart from a line in the 2024 route log stating that I-515 will disappear this year.

I will note that, even if an I-designation is approved, it is possible that what is currently CC 215 will remain under county control for some time. The entirety of current I-215 only came under state control in the past decade, despite existing since 1993.

I think it will be interesting to see if NDOT decides to submit anything on I-215 or I-11 to FHWA or to AASHTO in time for the Fall 2024 AASHTO Route Numbering Committee to meet. That would give us more of a timeline.

I would also guess that the terms of a mileage swap will need to be worked out before NDOT will take over the 215. That's what happened with Summerlin Pkwy (which had been under City of Las Vegas control since its original construction in the early 1990s and all subsequent extensions). NDOT's highway log for the year that NDOT took over Summerlin Pkwy, IIRC, also had significant reductions to the length of Charleston Blvd (SR 159) under NDOT maintenance within city limits. There's plenty of urban route mileage within unincorporated Clark County that would likely be attractive for NDOT to offload in order to take on maintenance of the beltway—and I assume the county would much rather not have that extra bureaucracy layer on some of those roads too.

#10

General Highway Talk / Re: Freeways Named as Surface ...

Last post by bzakharin - Today at 02:52:40 PM

I don't know if it's different elsewhere, but in this neck of the woods a parkway is just as likely to be a freeway as not. Of course, in New York state "parkway" also means "no trucks", so there is a difference between freeway parkways and other freeways, but a large chunk of the Garden State Parkway allows trucks.