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General Highway Talk / Re: Road-Geeky Things Of The P...

Last post by epzik8 - Today at 10:05:05 AM

The travel sized games that my sister and I used to play in the car!

Small, compact versions of games like Life, Monopoloy, and Sorry!

Oh, now we're talking.

#2

Bridges / Re: Bridges of the Mississippi...

Last post by epzik8 - Today at 10:03:30 AM

So does this mean there are now a bunch of dead links on Wikipedia?

#3

Sports / Re: General NBA thread

Last post by bing101 - Today at 09:55:58 AM

No Steph, LeBron or KD in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 2005. 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/playoffs/2024/04/30/denver-nuggets-eliminate-los-angeles-lakers-nba-playoffs/73487212007/

True and also in rare cases when LA Lakers is eliminated.

Here is one to watch the Mavericks vs. Clippers.


https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2024/04/29/dallas-mavericks-los-angeles-clippers-picks-predictions-nba-playoffs-game-5/73504870007/

https://www.latimes.com/sports/clippers/story/2024-04-29/los-angeles-clippers-dallas-mavericks-series-analysis

#4

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

Last post by oscar - Today at 09:45:02 AM

I'm out as well. I'm limping home from the Bakersfield meet, and other western adventures, dog-tired with not enough time to recover for another meet.

#5

General Highway Talk / Re: State Line advertisements ...

Last post by jeffandnicole - Today at 09:44:12 AM

As one gets on the I-76 EB Walt Whitman Bridge, there are numerous billboards, many with NJ business advertisements. The AC Casinos are a big advertiser on these, as well as some NJ Restaurants. Even the NJ Lottery had a billboard for several years on the Philly side of the bridge advertising the Powerball & Mega Millions jackpots. (Of course those games could be played in PA also, but hey, if you're coming to NJ, buy a ticket there)!

#6

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

Last post by Rothman - Today at 09:27:41 AM

IDOT does have a GIS tool for jurisdiction:

https://idot.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=671e6e55488141709e9df88937456c66&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0ai7Wro7Ss3V6O5WMYzcqBo_LSGxnecZH8Gio5GZqOL9AbC-lo8Ap6aMU_aem_ARAtSQVvnAeCvkvYJZn1MP77Yin_7hKexQ1W_lKySdrtKmn3DxIW9xlNvvP6DuebE6SP6Zzp5tngXbzMlZp0nNJr

#7

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

Last post by Rothman - Today at 09:18:34 AM

No one got rich off of rewards points.  Not even the "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?" guy.

Well, only one. (Basically the Legend That Closed Every Loophole.)

https://www.flyertalk.com/pudding.htm

https://www.uselessinformation.org/pudding/index.html

Not sure if I'm reading that right.  The value of the points ended up being $25,000?

#8

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

Last post by paulthemapguy - Today at 09:17:33 AM

State maintained =/= state route.

Wat.

It's state-maintained and it's a route. It's a state route.  It may not be a State Route, but it's a state route. The adjective "state" and the noun "route" are both correct.

MDOT (Michigan) calls these Unsigned State Highways.  They are not shown as such on the official Transportation map and they are not signed in the field, but they are shown on the official Truck Operators map.  The note included on this map says "Unsigned state highways are under MDOT jurisdiction.  Their original statewide purpose is now served by alternate MDOT routes.  MDOT intends to transfer the routes to local agencies at the appropriate time."

Staying aware of roadway jurisdictions also becomes necessary to county, township, and local DOTs/public works departments. People who work at a county, like me, for example, need to know that state-maintained roads are not ours to mess with, whether or not that state-maintained route is marked in the field.  That's why you can often find out which roads are unsigned state routes/highways by looking at county-level highway maps! In Illinois, anyway, you can almost always go to the website for a county DOT and click their general highway map.  That county's general highway map will almost always have a layer for state-maintained roads, whether conspicuously signed or not!  I'm not sure if this is true for other states, but I bet this method of snuffing out unsigned state routes will work at least a decent amount of the time.

#9

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

Last post by formulanone - Today at 09:00:26 AM

No one got rich off of rewards points.  Not even the "Pepsi, Where's My Jet?" guy.

Well, only one. (Basically the Legend That Closed Every Loophole.)

https://www.flyertalk.com/pudding.htm

https://www.uselessinformation.org/pudding/index.html

#10

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

Last post by bwana39 - Today at 08:55:11 AM

Design build is pretty much ubiquitous in Louisiana. In Texas it is fairly common FIGG was doing design build on both the Beltway 8 ship channel bridge (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=15429.0) (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=25100.msg2419951#msg2419951)


 as well as the new Corpus Christi Harbor Bridge. (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=11684.0)