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#1

Off-Topic / Re: The GPT thread

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 10:32:11 PM

[gigantic image]

"cookie monster expressway"

 

Please just hit the like button next time.

#2

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Michigan Notes

Last post by rhen_var - Today at 10:32:10 PM

I think that's actually pretty neat.  It's funded by Cavenue, not taxes, and regular cars can still use the lane (except for dedicated testing times, which, as noted in the video, only happens when the loss of the third lane isn't an issue).  It's also now a unique little stretch of freeway which is cool to see.

It's still less versatile, though, since you can't just move into that lane to pass people.  It's basically a separate one-lane carriageway, so you're stuck behind whoever the slowest driver in it is.

It's only a couple of miles though.  Not really a big issue.

#3

Mountain West / Re: New Mexico

Last post by abqtraveler - Today at 10:22:37 PM

It's a 16-mile drive from Cloudcroft to Alamogrodo on US-82. In that span of distance one will descend more than 4,300 feet in elevation from the crest of Sacramento Mountains to the bottom of the Tularosa Basin.

#4

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Illinois: Round Mile Mark...

Last post by Revive 755 - Today at 10:12:26 PM

And these are just the ones IDOT marks in the wild.  District 1 has a number of unmarked state routes that lack any sort of signage whatsoever to denote them as state routes, including the circular postmiles.  The spur of the IL-53 freeway between Dundee Road and Lake-Cook Road comes to mind as just one example.

District 1 doesn't even seem to use the circular postmiles on marked routes that often.

#5

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: I-70/71 Columbus Crossroad...

Last post by vtk - Today at 10:08:52 PM

I-70 EB will probably be shifted to the new Fulton St exit ramp to cross over 315 and the river, reportedly May 11. As it was apparently supposed to happen this weekend, I wouldn't be surprised if the traffic shift happens any time between now and then.

#6

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by thenetwork - Today at 10:02:42 PM

A couple money-related ones.  One is the short expiration cycle for rewards points at Price Chopper/Market32/Market Bistro.  The checkouts only give the option to use them when you have more than 500.  You can use them before, but have to specifically request it, so I usually wait until then unless I see that some are expiring.  Well, I somehow missed the thing on my receipts mentioning points expiring (either it's gotten less obvious or I got so used to hitting 500 before this happens that I've stopped checking as vigorously as I should) until I finished checking out today, and now I have a few points expiring by the end of the month with no way to use them in time.

Well, yeah, the purpose of loyalty points is not to give you stuff for free, it's to keep you coming back.  Putting limitations in the way of redeeming the points keeps the program from costing them too much.

On that note.  I hate when loyalty point programs take their good sweet time in merging/converting loyalty points when companies merge or when one acquires another.

1) Speedway speedy points can be used at/for 7-Eleven deals IF the 7-11 was a Speedway...but at last check, the 7-rewards still cannot be redeemed at Speedway/7 Eleven stores.

2) Same with loyalty Kum and Go reward points at Maveriks and vice versa (at last check), although the offers and deals are now exactly the same as of a few weeks ago. Our K&G stores will soon get the rebranding soon area so it may happen at that time (???)

Will they ever merge the accounts?  Who knows.

#7

Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by emory - Today at 09:40:35 PM

FDOT District 6 appears to have added a whole bunch of state routes to the books according to the Straight Line Diagrams and they're pretty much all frontage roads.

SR 7F (87140352) Frontage road from 199th to 193rd
SR 25F (87090002) Frontage road in unincorporated Miami-Dade from 170th to 178th
SR 25F (87090005) Frontage road in Hialeah Gardens from SR 939 to 87th
SR 826F (87260525-33, 36, 87260600) 17th Ave to 67th Ave (WB) and Miami Lakes Drive (EB).
SR 856F (87210101, 87210102) Frontage loop with access to Country Club Drive.
SR 918 (87075702) SR 938/923 to SR 916 under the I-75/826/924 interchange
SR 923 (87075701) 20th Ave from SR 918 to 122nd
SR 927 (87090004) Frontage road for US 27 to 117th north of Turnpike interchange
SR 929 (87260151) US 27 to Palmetto Expwy off-ramp.
SR 928 (87075703) Hialeah Gardens Blvd to SR 938 at 28th Ave
SR 938 (87075704) SR 928/28th Ave to SR 923/918
SR 939 (87260152) SR 932 to SR 25F hugging the interchange.
SR 949 (87260298) SR 932 to 122nd along Palmetto Expwy.
SR 958 (87000172) A1A WB offramp to 1st Ave.
SR 961 (87270160) Connects the I-95 NB off/SB on ramps at US 41.
SR 962 (87000652) I-395 EB off-ramp to US 1.
SR 963 (87010100) Off US 1 on the way to the keys
SR 975 (90020005) Overseas Highway to Naval Air Station entrance.
SR 979 (87260521) 122nd to 77th Court on opposite side of Palmetto Expwy from SR 949.
SR 988 (87260524) 154th St to 169th St

#8

General Highway Talk / Re: Canadian MUTCD???

Last post by 7/8 - Today at 09:36:37 PM

Ontario Traffic Manuals are available for free here: https://otc.org/ontario-traffic-manuals/

Some books that'll interest roadgeeks:
- Book 5: Regulatory Signs
- Book 6: Warning Signs
- Book 8: Guide and Information Signs
- Book 11: Pavement, Hazard and Delineation Markings

#9

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Michigan Notes

Last post by vdeane - Today at 09:34:15 PM

I think that's actually pretty neat.  It's funded by Cavenue, not taxes, and regular cars can still use the lane (except for dedicated testing times, which, as noted in the video, only happens when the loss of the third lane isn't an issue).  It's also now a unique little stretch of freeway which is cool to see.

It's still less versatile, though, since you can't just move into that lane to pass people.  It's basically a separate one-lane carriageway, so you're stuck behind whoever the slowest driver in it is.

[Madoc]

#10

Traffic Control / Re: The road sign city name ph...

Last post by 7/8 - Today at 09:32:43 PM

Streatham, England to Madoc, ON (on the 401 at Highway 62):