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Off-Topic / Re: New Oklahoma City Skyscrap...

Last post by GaryV - Today at 07:54:21 AM

I think it would be a monstrosity that would be better suited for being built in Chicago, Los Angeles or New York City.

Because those cities need or deserve monstrosities?

I agree with other posts, that unless OKC is vastly different from other cities, large office or residential buildings are seldom needed any more. GM is moving out of the RenCen in Detroit, and they don't know what the future will hold for those buildings. Just that it won't likely be office space, and they don't know if residential would be viable.

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

Last post by epzik8 - Today at 07:41:50 AM

I don't know why but I've slapped the US 1 Mile Marker 0 shield several times.

That shield is legendary and thus very slap-worthy.

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

Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 07:40:08 AM

I've been hearing stories that the new bridge will not be named the Francis Scott Key Bridge due to a second verse of his poem that became our nation's anthem. Apparently the song we recite at ball games etc, has more lyrics to it that we never sing as well as even know about.

I don't know what they are as it's news to me that the anthem even had another verse. However MD lawmakers are listening to public opinion already not to rename the bridge its existing name.

I doubt it'll surprise anyone to hear that I know the words to all four verses.

If you've never heard the whole anthem performed and you have eleven minutes, here you go.

[April 2024 Detailed Schedule Changes]

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Southeast / Re: The "Future" I-26 is arriv...

Last post by Rothman - Today at 07:01:30 AM

The I-26/I-240 widening between the I-40 interchange and Patton Ave. has been delayed from November 2024 to November 2025.

April 2024 Detailed Schedule Changes

What?  I am shocked!

(i.e., get prepared for another move next year)

#5

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

Last post by Rothman - Today at 07:00:46 AM

The bigger question is if Steel Curtain would be running.  There has to be Vegas odds on that bet nowadays...

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

Last post by Rothman - Today at 06:58:24 AM

If you want a controversial song, try "My Old Kentucky Home."

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Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Ohio

Last post by Rothman - Today at 06:51:26 AM

Well she died in 2007 (and ceased being First Lady in 1969), so her opinion should be moot.

If you think still-active policies established in the 1960s as a result of her work are moot, that certainly says something about your opinion.

#8

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Charlotte NC "city meet" -...

Last post by A.J. Bertin - Today at 06:21:11 AM

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us in Charlotte yesterday!  It was so great to see all of you.  I hope you all had as much fun as I did.    I will say that I'm very much looking forward to doing this again next year in a different city!

Safe travels on your journeys home!!

pics, or it didn't happen

Pics are coming!  I generally don't share photos here but will share them on my Facebook page soon. 

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Southeast / Re: Georgia

Last post by Tom958 - Today at 05:50:37 AM

Yesterday I learned that the exits for GA 400 are to be renumbered! I assume that means they'll be numbered by mile from 400's southern origin at I-85. Per Google, that'd make I-285 exits 7A and 7B instead of 4A and 4B now. They did the same thing two years ago on GA 316 at the GA 53 interchange, which is numbered 27 for the mileage from 316's origin at I-85-- the earlier GA 81 interchange, only six miles to the west, is exit 5, presumably because it's five miles from the Gwinnett-Barrow county line.

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Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Ohio

Last post by carbaugh2 - Today at 05:40:34 AM

God forbid we have any attractive greenery on the freeway. Can our highways look any uglier than they are?

ODOT removing trees too close to major interstates across central Ohio


https://abc6onyourside.com/amp/newsletter-daily/odot-removing-trees-too-close-to-major-interstates-across-central-ohio

The Great Wall of Gahanna has been revealed! Once feared lost to time, this specimen illustrates how much sound walls have changed over the past 50 years.

Including the fact that it is appears to be leaning now. I was able to spend some extra time looking at it while I waited for some of Gahanna's finest to come take a crash report and cite the driver that bump drafted me through that stretch last week.