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#91
Pacific Southwest / Re: Why I-5's most popular sto...
Last post by Max Rockatansky - May 13, 2024, 12:56:23 PMIsn't helped that 41 is closed between Kettleman and Stratford (no doubt the main cause). I'm okay with Kettleman being knocked down a peg, all the stations there charge $1.50-$2.00 over the rest of the Central Valley for gas. The new EZ Trip up on 269 got popular even for the Kings River Bridge replacement on 41.
#92
General Highway Talk / Re: First State Route Clinched...
Last post by paulthemapguy - May 13, 2024, 12:41:28 PMAlabama 193
Arizona 389
Arkansas 81*
California 75
Colorado 41
Delaware 3*
Idaho 32
Illinois 126? (I can't remember which was first)
Indiana 104
Iowa 165
Kansas 26*
Kentucky 2271*
Maine 233
Maryland 49*
Minnesota 270
Missouri 370
Montana 25
Nevada 28*
New Jersey 183
New York 185
North Carolina 114
Ohio 814
Oregon 35*
South Carolina 179
South Dakota 244
Tennessee 122*
Utah 162
Vermont 17*
Virginia 174
Washington 164
Wisconsin 69
Wyoming 22*
*-this remains the only route in this state that I have clinched
Arizona 389
Arkansas 81*
California 75
Colorado 41
Delaware 3*
Idaho 32
Illinois 126? (I can't remember which was first)
Indiana 104
Iowa 165
Kansas 26*
Kentucky 2271*
Maine 233
Maryland 49*
Minnesota 270
Missouri 370
Montana 25
Nevada 28*
New Jersey 183
New York 185
North Carolina 114
Ohio 814
Oregon 35*
South Carolina 179
South Dakota 244
Tennessee 122*
Utah 162
Vermont 17*
Virginia 174
Washington 164
Wisconsin 69
Wyoming 22*
*-this remains the only route in this state that I have clinched
#93
Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Where Have We Not Held a R...
Last post by paulthemapguy - May 13, 2024, 12:36:11 PMQuote from: on_wisconsin on May 13, 2024, 11:54:22 AMQuote from: paulthemapguy on May 13, 2024, 09:07:13 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 13, 2024, 08:15:54 AMThe funny thing about Phoenix is that there aren't a ton of notable road items clustered together in a small space. A meet there would basically comprise of Loop Freeway clinches.
If you like big, sprawling interchange configurations, and new freeways to nowhere, I have the Roadmeet idea for you!
^ Plenty of successful road meets have consisted of mainly this.
You're right. This actually sounds fine. LOL
#94
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Illinois Tollway Notes
Last post by ET21 - May 13, 2024, 12:20:19 PMSteel beams have begun to go up for the I-490 flyover ramp from NB 294
#95
Pacific Southwest / Re: Why I-5's most popular sto...
Last post by hotdogPi - May 13, 2024, 12:12:06 PMA traffic closure has absolutely nothing do to with "California is dying".
#96
Sports / Re: Athletics President re: ke...
Last post by triplemultiplex - May 13, 2024, 12:02:20 PMQuote from: ZLoth on May 10, 2024, 05:51:43 PMFrom Sportico (posted May 7th):
NO A'S IN ATTENDANCE: OAKLAND TRAILS A WHOPPING 553 U.S. TEAMSQuoteWhat do the Calgary Roughnecks of the National Lacrosse League and the Houston Roughnecks of the United Football League have in common besides the name?
They both outdraw the Oakland Athletics.
Love the dearth of creativity in team names. "Is there oil nearby? Okay, we're the 'Roughnecks!' Yeah, that's good enough."
I'm sure the author went out of their way to pick two teams with the same name, but still.
#97
Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Where Have We Not Held a R...
Last post by on_wisconsin - May 13, 2024, 11:54:22 AMQuote from: paulthemapguy on May 13, 2024, 09:07:13 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on May 13, 2024, 08:15:54 AMThe funny thing about Phoenix is that there aren't a ton of notable road items clustered together in a small space. A meet there would basically comprise of Loop Freeway clinches.
If you like big, sprawling interchange configurations, and new freeways to nowhere, I have the Roadmeet idea for you!
^ Plenty of successful road meets have consisted of mainly this.
#98
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Champaign newspaper articl...
Last post by triplemultiplex - May 13, 2024, 11:48:10 AMWell then praise mid-20th Century America's capacity to get things done from the first word. Why bring up China at all? You were asking for that kind of response.
#99
Off-Topic / Re: Layoffs at Tesla
Last post by ZLoth - May 13, 2024, 11:44:54 AMI would not want to be employed at a Elon Musk company.
#100
Pacific Southwest / Why I-5's most popular stop is...
Last post by ZLoth - May 13, 2024, 11:43:26 AMFrom SF Gate:
Why I-5's most popular stop is now a ghost town
'Did something happen?'
Why I-5's most popular stop is now a ghost town
'Did something happen?'
QuoteDozens of Tesla superchargers stand sentry, ready for an electronic vehicle to give life to. Across the way, a solitary In-N-Out worker walks across the vast, empty parking lot with a single bag of trash. He pauses at the dumpster, swings his arm back and heaves the black object into the air. It lands in the bin and makes an echoey thud.FULL ARTICLE HERE
The worker turns back toward the drive-thru lane. It's deserted. Nearby, a woman walks a pair of little dogs into a designated dog park area in front of Bravo Farms. The parking lot is vacant but for a white wrapper cartwheeling around in the midday breeze. She observes the expanse of the Central Valley before her and snaps a picture of it with her phone.
"Nobody is here," Lori Butcher, a Washington resident traveling south to LA to visit family and friends, told SFGATE. "I'm surprised." She noted that the buzzy, and often overcrowded, rest stop of Kettleman City was operating at well under capacity.