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Crash_It:
--- Quote from: edwaleni on January 24, 2023, 05:08:30 PM ---
--- Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 24, 2023, 01:51:41 PM ---Rockford has its own 11'-8" bridge! And a 2-way signal for the narrow sharp S-curve under the railroad viaduct:
https://goo.gl/maps/MSazraxmQUd4AwpaA
Nothing new per se, but I thought it was interesting.
I'm planning to pass through Cairo sometime in February. I passed through there in 2008 and wow, what a ghost town. All the signals were turned off to dark. It feels post-apocalyptic, which can be kind of a fun vibe for a short while.
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Factoid: 142,000 people departed Illinois permanently last year. That is losing the entire city of Rockford in just 12 months.
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You know how many times those estimates circulate around ?
All of them are nothing but a bunch of malarkey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-population-decline-met-20161220-story.html
Yet the official census showed only an 18k loss so either people moved out then moved back or the moving company estimates are just assumptions that people are moving out of state. In either case, I highly doubt we'll be down 1m people in 2030.
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Crash_It is actually right this time. The difference between the 2019 estimates and the 2020 actual census is being ignored when 2021 and 2022 estimates are being given (this is happening nationwide). Any place that was underestimated in 2019 is going to look like a huge drop that doesn't actually exist when going from 2020 census data to whatever year's estimate.
Flint1979:
That's why it's called an estimate.
Brandon:
--- Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 24, 2023, 01:51:41 PM ---Rockford has its own 11'-8" bridge! And a 2-way signal for the narrow sharp S-curve under the railroad viaduct:
https://goo.gl/maps/MSazraxmQUd4AwpaA
Nothing new per se, but I thought it was interesting.
I'm planning to pass through Cairo sometime in February. I passed through there in 2008 and wow, what a ghost town. All the signals were turned off to dark. It feels post-apocalyptic, which can be kind of a fun vibe for a short while.
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Been through it before. It's interesting. Now, for real battle scars, nothing beats Brandon Road here in town. That one really needs its own YouTube page as it rivals 11 Foot 8 for crashes, and definitely has more semi crashes.
https://goo.gl/maps/W8Sn1qSNspYBFi957
JoePCool14:
--- Quote from: Brandon on January 31, 2023, 08:42:17 PM ---
--- Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 24, 2023, 01:51:41 PM ---Rockford has its own 11'-8" bridge! And a 2-way signal for the narrow sharp S-curve under the railroad viaduct:
https://goo.gl/maps/MSazraxmQUd4AwpaA
Nothing new per se, but I thought it was interesting.
I'm planning to pass through Cairo sometime in February. I passed through there in 2008 and wow, what a ghost town. All the signals were turned off to dark. It feels post-apocalyptic, which can be kind of a fun vibe for a short while.
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Been through it before. It's interesting. Now, for real battle scars, nothing beats Brandon Road here in town. That one really needs its own YouTube page as it rivals 11 Foot 8 for crashes, and definitely has more semi crashes.
https://goo.gl/maps/W8Sn1qSNspYBFi957
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Maybe if they installed an MUTCD-compliant sign, trucks wouldn't hit it. :spin:
Edit: That road's got everything. Draw bridge, long river bridge, railroad crossing, low-clearance underpass. Also, IDOT can't seem to make low clearance signs either anymore.
https://goo.gl/maps/H9mkZwrZHo1dpJjP8
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