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jtespi:
--- Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 19, 2023, 10:21:17 AM ---What's funny to me is you get eastbound I-10 control city as El Paso from Tucson east, then you cross into New Mexico and get every little bump in the road that ever saw a life form signed as a control city. Same can be said heading on I-10 west out of Phoenix for Los Angeles; then when you cross into California, you get all the desert cities before Los Angeles is mentioned.
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I'd prefer smaller cities be at least dual signed alongside larger control cities out here in the West. Smaller & closer control city on top and larger/farther away one on the bottom.
--- Quote from: Roadwarriors79 on January 23, 2023, 01:06:52 AM ---ADOT prefers to sign larger out-of-state cities on the interstate system here. I-8 WB skips Yuma for San Diego. I-40 west of Flagstaff is signed for Los Angeles.
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I wonder if they do have a 100k population threshold. I checked and Yuma's population was barely 96k at the last (2020) Census.
I am still in favor of ADOT signing I-10 eastbound for Las Cruces-El Paso once you're east of Tucson. It's so bizarre ADOT pretends New Mexico doesn't exist when it comes to I-10 eastbound. Lordsburg is only on the milage signs east of Wilcox and I've just seen "NM state line" mentioned on DMSs twice.
kernals12:
AzDOT is seeking public comment on its 5 year capital plan.
Among the projects are 3 different widenings on US 93 from Wickenburg to I-40. Combined with the new interchange on I-40 in Kingman, we are witnessing the gestation of Interstate 11.
And despite being denied a federal grant, they intend to fund the widening of the Gila River Bridges on I-10.
Henry:
--- Quote from: jtespi on January 27, 2023, 12:47:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on January 19, 2023, 10:21:17 AM ---What's funny to me is you get eastbound I-10 control city as El Paso from Tucson east, then you cross into New Mexico and get every little bump in the road that ever saw a life form signed as a control city. Same can be said heading on I-10 west out of Phoenix for Los Angeles; then when you cross into California, you get all the desert cities before Los Angeles is mentioned.
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I'd prefer smaller cities be at least dual signed alongside larger control cities out here in the West. Smaller & closer control city on top and larger/farther away one on the bottom.
--- Quote from: Roadwarriors79 on January 23, 2023, 01:06:52 AM ---ADOT prefers to sign larger out-of-state cities on the interstate system here. I-8 WB skips Yuma for San Diego. I-40 west of Flagstaff is signed for Los Angeles.
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I wonder if they do have a 100k population threshold. I checked and Yuma's population was barely 96k at the last (2020) Census.
I am still in favor of ADOT signing I-10 eastbound for Las Cruces-El Paso once you're east of Tucson. It's so bizarre ADOT pretends New Mexico doesn't exist when it comes to I-10 eastbound. Lordsburg is only on the milage signs east of Wilcox and I've just seen "NM state line" mentioned on DMSs twice.
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What always bugs me is that I-40 is signed for Los Angeles, and it goes nowhere close to there! At least NMDOT is consistent when it signs control cities, using the smaller cities within its borders (the aforementioned Las Cruces, plus Gallup, Santa Rosa and Santa Fe) and only doing the larger ones when one's about to either enter Albuquerque or cross into other states.
Sonic99:
--- Quote from: kernals12 on March 03, 2023, 03:35:21 PM ---AzDOT is seeking public comment on its 5 year capital plan.
Among the projects are 3 different widenings on US 93 from Wickenburg to I-40. Combined with the new interchange on I-40 in Kingman, we are witnessing the gestation of Interstate 11.
And despite being denied a federal grant, they intend to fund the widening of the Gila River Bridges on I-10.
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I'm disappointed to see that converting the I-17/Loop 303 interchange into a full free-flowing one is not on the 5 year plan. Traffic volumes are picking up a lot there, and the construction of the TSMC plan and it's supporting infrastructure is only going to add to it. Much of the grading and several of the bridges were already constructed 10+ years ago, so surely it wouldn't be as expensive as some of these other projects they are prioritizing (turning the interchanges on I-17 at Indian School and Camelback into 3 level interchanges for example).
kernals12:
--- Quote from: kernals12 on March 03, 2023, 03:35:21 PM ---AzDOT is seeking public comment on its 5 year capital plan.
Among the projects are 3 different widenings on US 93 from Wickenburg to I-40. Combined with the new interchange on I-40 in Kingman, we are witnessing the gestation of Interstate 11.
And despite being denied a federal grant, they intend to fund the widening of the Gila River Bridges on I-10.
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I don't know if this is one of those projects, but ADOT is starting work on a 5 mile segment of 93 north of Wickenburg, converting it to a 4 lane divided highway.
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