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#11

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Mackinac Bridge congestion

Last post by Flint1979 - July 26, 2024, 11:28:39 PM

Let's see, posts #152 and 155 in this thread most certainly attacked me. You people don't even know what you are talking about anyway, I don't care how many people on here agree with you.

Oh and #226 was attempting to attack me as well when I hadn't said a word to you in several pages but oh here you are trying to stir the pot.

Yikes. Probably best for you to turn in for the night. Cause this is kind of embarrassing.

Wake up tomorrow with a more positive approach OK?

What's embarrassing? Not a damn thing. You can turn in for the night and wake up tomorrow with a more positive approach because you have not made no positive approach here.

#12

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: US 231 - Mid-States Corrid...

Last post by I-55 - July 26, 2024, 11:18:57 PM

Outside of the Mid-States Corridor, are any other portions of US 231 in Indiana planned to be expanded to four lanes in the future?

There's talk right now of extending the West Lafayette bypass to tie into I-65 near Battle Ground. Presumably US 231 would be rerouted from Montmorenci to this extension.

https://www.tippecanoe.in.gov/DocumentCenter/View/7057/Route-Map--US-52-to-I-65

https://www.wlfi.com/news/local/wabash-tippecanoe-township-residents-skeptical-of-u-s-231-extension/article_f89d171a-a0e3-11ee-ac83-4b511160da29.html

#13

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Mackinac Bridge congestion

Last post by SEWIGuy - July 26, 2024, 11:03:23 PM

Let's see, posts #152 and 155 in this thread most certainly attacked me. You people don't even know what you are talking about anyway, I don't care how many people on here agree with you.

Oh and #226 was attempting to attack me as well when I hadn't said a word to you in several pages but oh here you are trying to stir the pot.

Yikes. Probably best for you to turn in for the night. Cause this is kind of embarrassing.

Wake up tomorrow with a more positive approach OK?

#14

Bridges / Re: Replacing the Mulberry Riv...

Last post by ozarkman417 - July 26, 2024, 11:02:54 PM

I'll have to take a trip down there when the new bridge is done to get a side-by-side photo before the OG bridge is demolished. Glad to see ARDOT doing justice to this historic piece. It would have been cool if they did something like this for the old green bridge at Pruitt, though in their defense the pony truss at Turner Bend is a lot more simplistic than its Buffalo River counterpart.

#15

Southeast / Re: Complete NC 540 Project

Last post by Henry - July 26, 2024, 11:00:02 PM

Where would be a good place for an Interstate 640 to go, assuming one is ever proposed, which seems unlikely to me?

Knowing NCDOT...they could apply I-640 to the next freeway. I will not be surprised if this one goes to US-1 between I-440 in Raleigh and I-85 near Henderson. LOL. Or maybe if they go with the freeway next to I-40 going from Dunn to Wilmington.

Before BL 40 was rebuilt as the Salem Parkway, I thought that would be a good location for an I-640. But now that Winston-Salem won't allow it to be an Interstate nor Business Loop, the next best thing would be to build a freeway loop around Hickory or Burlington (fat chance, I know, but we can all dream, can't we?).

#16

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Mackinac Bridge congestion

Last post by Flint1979 - July 26, 2024, 10:59:31 PM

Oh and #226 was attempting to attack me as well when I hadn't said a word to you in several pages but oh here you are trying to stir the pot.

#17

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Mackinac Bridge congestion

Last post by Flint1979 - July 26, 2024, 10:56:50 PM

Let's see, posts #152 and 155 in this thread most certainly attacked me. You people don't even know what you are talking about anyway, I don't care how many people on here agree with you.

#18

Mid-Atlantic / Re: Francis Scott Key Bridge (...

Last post by Henry - July 26, 2024, 10:55:12 PM

Aren't the Tappan Zee and Goethals essentially the same design? Guess that copy-pasting bridge designs doesn't save that much time.

While I'm not familiar with New York, I'm inclined to say that they are both the same design, as they're twin spans that look exactly alike. But the big difference is that the new Key Bridge will be a single span, as it was the lightest traveled of the three Baltimore harbor crossings, and until some sort of industry explosion happens in its surrounding areas, it will be once again that way.

#19

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: US 231 - Mid-States Corrid...

Last post by Revive 755 - July 26, 2024, 10:52:05 PM

Outside of the Mid-States Corridor, are any other portions of US 231 in Indiana planned to be expanded to four lanes in the future?

I'm not aware of any official plans, but if northwest Indiana keeps growing the stretch between US 41 and I-65 is probably going to need to go to four lanes.

#20

Northeast / Re: Massachusetts paddle signs

Last post by Rothman - July 26, 2024, 10:41:44 PM

This sounds like a MassDOT/Legislature issue.  Blaming the towns for not maintaining good signage for state highways isn't a good look (MassDOT = "It's their fault and we're not going to do anything about it.").  If that's the stance, start and end State highway designations along with the maintenance swaps.

How is navigating US 11 south through Syracuse these days?

Like I've bemoaned elsewhere on the forum myself, miserable.