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#11

General Highway Talk / Re: Routing Decisions that can...

Last post by elsmere241 - Today at 12:02:36 PM

Then there was the time in February 1997 when I was coming down US 93 near Dolan Springs, Arizona and saw the sign for Cottonwood Road.  I naively thought it might in fact go through to Cottonwood Cove, Nevada.  (Or if it didn't I could always turn around and go back.)  Long story short, I plowed my car into a wash Wednesday night, and reached relative civilization Friday morning.

#12

Southeast / Re: Interstate 73/74

Last post by bob7374 - Today at 12:00:43 PM

Traffic shift coming to the NC 74 (Future I-74)/Winston-Salem Northern Beltway and US 52 South interchange over the weekend:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2024/2024-04-25-weekend-closures-traffic-shift-forsyth.aspx

Will this shift come with permanent signing?

#13

Southeast / Re: Interstate 73/74

Last post by TheStranger - Today at 11:55:39 AM

I-40/I-840/I-85 in eastern Greensboro, I-40 east from the Death Valley section does not have any ramp to 85 south

Uhh...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1z2Um1WecUauYyGB8?g_st=ic
https://maps.app.goo.gl/BdVMxyTUqYCvCQpv9?g_st=ic

Oops, I didn't realize the right-hand ramp was shifted so far east of the bridges! Will correct my post.

#14

Traffic Control / Re: Is Georgia finally getting...

Last post by roadfro - Today at 11:52:48 AM

Probably not news for this thread, but just saw this example: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LCsTy9GpFFsLGyvA9
So they opted for "two through destination arrows" for 285S and 85N

How serendipitous. I won't have to post a "before" link-- you already did.

I'd forgotten about this thread, but in mid-March, the above assembly was changed to this monstrosity. As well as replacing the conventional sign for the Buford Highway exit with that APL-themed freak, they removed the split arrow and the curved arrow from the APL, thereby removing the rationale for even having an APL. So much for GDOT getting it.

Trying to make some sense of this: the Buford Highway exit has a fairly long decel lane, and I guess that after all these years someone decided it was long enough to rate EXIT ONLY signage. But they could've used conventional signage like this instead of copying something dumb that Alabama did. As for removing the essential features of what had been an MUTCD-compliant APL, I can't imagine what they were thinking.

I mean, I kinda get why they modified this APL for this particular sign set. The curved arrows for I-85 south at this location (where there is an unrelated exit) could potentially lead to some confusion. But that potentially could have been mitigated by including a distance message—or better yet, posting this APL in a place slightly downstream that wouldn't be confused for the unrelated exit to US 23.

The exit to US 23 rightly deserves an exit only panel since that lane drops. It would also be better if they used a dotted line for a pavement marking instead of the typical broken line.

#15

General Highway Talk / Re: Routing Decisions that can...

Last post by StogieGuy7 - Today at 11:46:32 AM

It's no longer the case, but this thread made me think of the problem of passing through the Baltimore area up until the Fort McHenry Tunnel opened in November 1985. If you wanted to stay on the highway, you had three choices—take the Harbor Tunnel, detour around to the east over the (now-destroyed) Key Bridge, or detour around the (somewhat longer) west side of the Baltimore Beltway. You had to make an educated guess in advance because the Harbor Tunnel was prone to severe traffic backups and once you committed to the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, if you hit a traffic jam the only way out was to make an illegal U-turn across the median if you were on a part of the road where that was possible. (I remember my father doing that one time. My mother was very much Not Pleased when he did it.) I recall a trip north to New York in what was probably the summer of 1983 when my father was not with us because of work demands, so my mother was driving and I told her she should take I-695 over the bridge because the tunnel would back up. She said it was a weekday and it wouldn't be too bad, so she took the Harbor Tunnel exit and we hit a severe backup. It took an hour to go five miles.

Ah, the Harbor Tunnel! If you think that was bad, you should have seen it before the Key Bridge (RIP) was opened.  I vividly remember trips from VA to New England (back in the late 60s - early 70's) being delayed for hours thanks to traffic on the Harbor Tunnel Thruway, from which there was no escape and really no way to avoid it.  And, combine that with how the current-day I-95 didn't open until 1970 or 71 and before that you only had the Baltimore-Washington Parkway between the 2 cities.  It was a nightmare that made the beltway look easy. Still remember how happy we were when 95 opened through Laurel/Columbia/etc and made life so much easier.  With lovely [gold-colored] button copy signs too!

#16

Traffic Control / Re: Active highway shields tha...

Last post by roadfro - Today at 11:46:25 AM

Not a shield, but I've touched this set of milepost 1's in the median of the I-580/US 395/US 50 freeway in Carson City, NV, which includes an NDOT standard county milepost and a FHWA enhanced reference panel. This wasn't a daredevil feat of roadgeekery...I did it during the community fun run/walk event held days before the freeway opened to traffic. (So I guess I didn't technically touch an "active" sign, but got to them before they were active.)

#17

Suggestions and Questions / Re: Can someone fill me in on ...

Last post by bandit957 - Today at 11:42:55 AM

There is one major bug left: searching a particular thread always gives 0 results.

One other major bug: Notifications don't work

#18

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 11:28:10 AM

Yes, yes, it snows "everywhere" at some point.  You know what I meant.

Not really.

Oh yeah?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

Figured something like that was coming. Recorded history works for me as opposed to a hypothesis.

#19

Sports / Re: Arizona Coyotes players ap...

Last post by SEWIGuy - Today at 11:16:30 AM

Yes, yes, it snows "everywhere" at some point.  You know what I meant.

Not really.

Oh yeah?!?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball_Earth

#20

Sports / Re: NFL (2024 Season)

Last post by webny99 - Today at 11:08:31 AM

Last year's NFL draft had a lot of first-round draft pick movement. The Dolphins pick was forfeited so there were only 31 picks made by 27 different teams. Various trades resulted in the Texans, Eagles, Lions, and Seahawks picking twice, while the Browns, Broncos, Rams, and 49ers did not pick at all.


This year is a lot more straightforward, at least as we enter draft night. 29 teams still have their original pick while the Panthers, Browns, and Texans have traded away their pick(s). The Bears, Cardinals, and Vikings have two picks each.

The Browns are the only team with no first-rounder this year or last. Meanwhile, the Rams are slated to make a first-round pick for the first time since drafting Jared Goff in 2016 (yes, you read that right!)