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Started by Alex, January 20, 2009, 09:50:10 PM

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froggie

^ That would be the long-discussed 6-laning between Florence and the truck scales south of I-20.


Stephane Dumas

Quote from: lordsutch on March 30, 2017, 10:23:59 PM

Realistically I don't know what you can do to fix Woodrow Wilson without screwing up the northbound I-55 alignment, absent wiping out the eastern 1/4 of Belhaven. About the only thing you could do to help with capacity is to get the traffic through Waterworks that is destined for MS 25 across the Pearl River somewhere else by reviving the Airport Parkway concept.

Speaking of the Parkway concept, the Wikipedia entry is outdated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airport_Parkway_(Mississippi) The Wayback Machine saved some bits of the Airport parkway website.
https://web.archive.org/web/20081216155432/http://www.theairportparkway.com:80/ProjectMap.aspx

brownpelican

The Interstate 55 expansion project in South Jackson is basically complete.

golden eagle


brownpelican

#554
MDOT has unveiled a new web site that simplifies the conditions of roads and bridges in a given area.

codyg1985

$52.4 million grant has been announced to complete Corridor V in Mississippi between I-22 and MS 23 near Red Bay, AL.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States

SteveG1988

I was on I-10 today in MS, and i noticed something i meant to bring up before.

What is with the piers on the bridges? some are straight, some are diagonal, some look like they are missing, some are just stone rectangles set in the mud. This is mostly noticed on the Pascaguola river bridge on 10.
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roadman65

I noticed that unlike the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC and VA, the interstates do connect directly to the Natchez Trace Parkway.  However, at Tupelo there is no access to and from US 45 as I-22 is the sort of connection.  I think that is odd that the interstates have direct connection to this scenic parkway but a US highway does not.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

cjk374

Quote from: roadman65 on October 19, 2019, 10:26:41 PM
I noticed that unlike the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC and VA, the interstates do connect directly to the Natchez Trace Parkway.  However, at Tupelo there is no access to and from US 45 as I-22 is the sort of connection.  I think that is odd that the interstates have direct connection to this scenic parkway but a US highway does not.

In Natchez there is a connection to US 61, but not for US 84/98.
Runnin' roads and polishin' rails.

roadman65

I'm thinking it is done on purpose in both places to keep off local traffic.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

ARMOURERERIC

Sometimes connections  can come back to bite you.  In Asheville, the Blue Ridge Parkway between Brevard and US 70 has become a rush hour bypass.

Tom958

Quote from: SteveG1988 on October 08, 2019, 07:49:36 PM
I was on I-10 today in MS, and i noticed something i meant to bring up before.

What is with the piers on the bridges? some are straight, some are diagonal, some look like they are missing, some are just stone rectangles set in the mud. This is mostly noticed on the Pascaguola river bridge on 10.

Piles driven into mud don't always behave as predicted and don't always end up as planned.

Stephane Dumas

There some satellite shots showing the progress of the widening construction of US-49 south of Jackson.
http://mapper.acme.com/?ll=32.22304,-90.15383&z=16&t=S
https://satellites.pro/USA_map#32.234648,-90.160289,16

Too bad then back then, they didn't put a wider ROW for US-40 back then because it could had been upgraded to freeway with service roads.

sparker

Quote from: Tom958 on October 28, 2019, 09:25:07 PM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on October 08, 2019, 07:49:36 PM
I was on I-10 today in MS, and i noticed something i meant to bring up before.

What is with the piers on the bridges? some are straight, some are diagonal, some look like they are missing, some are just stone rectangles set in the mud. This is mostly noticed on the Pascaguola river bridge on 10.

Piles driven into mud don't always behave as predicted and don't always end up as planned.

Any time bridge bents don't reach bedrock, some sort of anchorage (caissons, etc.) must be devised that distributes the weight of the bridge deck without severe settling.  Out here in CA that comes into play more with sandy riverbed bottoms than mud (except on I-5 between Stockton and Sacramento) -- but the general principle is the same.  Sounds like MSDOT either "cheaped out" or has repeatedly miscalculated the weight loads.  BTW, I get this info from my Caltrans bridge-engineer cousin!

berberry

Quote from: roadman65 on October 19, 2019, 10:26:41 PM
I noticed that unlike the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC and VA, the interstates do connect directly to the Natchez Trace Parkway.  However, at Tupelo there is no access to and from US 45 as I-22 is the sort of connection.  I think that is odd that the interstates have direct connection to this scenic parkway but a US highway does not.

It's been a few years since I drove through there, but I believe there is an exit from the Natchez Trace at McCullough Blvd, which at the time the parkway was built was US Hwy 78. I suppose the parkway's designers didn't want two interchanges so close together as would have been required for a connection to US 45.

HemiCRZ

#565
The Greenville Bypass has been revived with another funding boost from the Federal Government. Mississippi seems to be on a roll with securing federal dollars lately. First the SR 76 project as part of Corridor V, and now the Greenville Bypass, and then MDOT also dabbling back into the SR 601 project on the coast.


Here's the press release for Greenville:
https://mdot.ms.gov/portal/news_release_view/255

And MDOT's project page for SR 601:
https://mdot.ms.gov/applications/five_year_plan/Views/Details.aspx?Proj=101212/101100
Interstate Highways that I've Driven On:
I-5, I-8, I-10, I-20, I-24, I-40, I-55, I-59, I-264, I-65, I-70, I-270, I-71, I-75, I-79, I-376, I-80, I-580, I-680, I-93, I-293

froggie

Not sure you'll see much on SR 601 in the forseeable future.  MDOT lost a lawsuit in the early 2010s regarding wetland conservation, which was necessary since the project to connect the Port of Gulfport to I-10 at the time anticipated filling in 182 acres of wetlands.  So they've had to start over from scratch on the location and environmental studies.  Only thing I know of that has survived is an at-grade upgrade of 30th Ave in Gulfport with a new overpass over US 90 directly into the Port.

roadman65

Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

Georgia

that is one heck of a casino access road for a dwindling amount of casinos. 
for as light as the traffic can be and as new as the interstate is, the concrete pavement is in surprisingly rough shape especially that first 5 miles after 55. 

The Ghostbuster

I wonder if any of us will live to see any more of Interstate 69 constructed within Mississippi.

roadman65

Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

US71

Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

froggie

Wonder if that could be a city install.

Georgia

That is a city of Tupelo install, the Trace still uses the brown signs. 

codyg1985

Quote from: The Ghostbuster on December 01, 2020, 08:58:51 PM
I wonder if any of us will live to see any more of Interstate 69 constructed within Mississippi.

I am not holding my breath. I don't even know if any portions of it are shovel-ready in case a big infrastructure bill was to land. Then again, Mississippi has a lot of bridges that need replacing across the state as well as other needs that would need to be considered along with new I-69 construction.
Cody Goodman
Huntsville, AL, United States



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