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Fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere

Started by tolbs17, July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM

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tolbs17



renegade

That hardly looks fancy.  It looks like a typical overpass.
Don’t ask me how I know.  Just understand that I do.

tolbs17

Quote from: renegade on July 24, 2021, 10:45:39 PM
That hardly looks fancy.  It looks like a typical overpass.
Well, take a look at the concrete girder and the color of the overpass.

Max Rockatansky


vdeane

Yeah, that looks like a typical overpass to me.  A nice one, but still.  Now, this is a fancy bridge in the middle of nowhere!
Please note: All comments here represent my own personal opinion and do not reflect the official position of NYSDOT or its affiliates.

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

tolbs17

Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 05:34:49 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM
Why do some areas get fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4829682,-78.2448685,3a,69.3y,268.18h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3_7Nid_4oaSdT22GUeZIUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That is not fancy.  It is very plain.

definition of fancy:  "elaborate in structure or decoration."
Well, it looks tan, and the concrete beam looks black.

Max Rockatansky

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 05:38:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 05:34:49 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM
Why do some areas get fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4829682,-78.2448685,3a,69.3y,268.18h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3_7Nid_4oaSdT22GUeZIUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That is not fancy.  It is very plain.

definition of fancy:  "elaborate in structure or decoration."
Well, it looks tan, and the concrete beam looks black.

And that's fancy why?

kphoger

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 05:38:18 PM

Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 05:34:49 PM

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM
Why do some areas get fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4829682,-78.2448685,3a,69.3y,268.18h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3_7Nid_4oaSdT22GUeZIUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That is not fancy.  It is very plain.

definition of fancy:  "elaborate in structure or decoration."

Well, it looks tan, and the concrete beam looks black.

And that makes it "elaborate" ... how, exactly?
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

tolbs17

Quote from: Max Rockatansky on July 25, 2021, 05:45:53 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 05:38:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 05:34:49 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM
Why do some areas get fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4829682,-78.2448685,3a,69.3y,268.18h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3_7Nid_4oaSdT22GUeZIUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That is not fancy.  It is very plain.

definition of fancy:  "elaborate in structure or decoration."
Well, it looks tan, and the concrete beam looks black.

And that's fancy why?
Cause it reminds me of the Monroe Expressway...

Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 06:18:48 PM
Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 05:38:18 PM

Quote from: kphoger on July 25, 2021, 05:34:49 PM

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 24, 2021, 10:39:13 PM
Why do some areas get fancy bridges in the middle of nowhere?

https://www.google.com/maps/@35.4829682,-78.2448685,3a,69.3y,268.18h,92.97t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s3_7Nid_4oaSdT22GUeZIUQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

That is not fancy.  It is very plain.

definition of fancy:  "elaborate in structure or decoration."

Well, it looks tan, and the concrete beam looks black.

And that makes it "elaborate" ... how, exactly?
See the Monroe Expressway and compare the overpasses.

Duke87

Quote from: tolbs17 on July 25, 2021, 06:27:07 PM
See the Monroe Expressway and compare the overpasses.

...everything that makes the Monroe Expressway overpass fancy is not present in the other example.
If you always take the same road, you will never see anything new.

SkyPesos

You want a fancy freeway overpass? I-65's at IN 46 interchange.

1995hoo

Those overpasses, including their color, look much the same as any other. If you want a unique color, I'd say the ones outside the Miami Football Team's stadium qualify, even though they repainted one of them that used to be in a "coral" color to match the other color in the team's uniforms.

Or, for something fancy in a different way, the bridge supports at the junction of I-70 and I-75 near Dayton.

Of course, neither of those is in the middle of nowhere.

Perhaps what tolbs17 is getting at in the original post is that both North and South Carolina seem to have a lot of much older overpasses (stuff like this or this) such that his beef is more with the newer, more modern overpass seen in his original post? If that's the issue, I'm sure it's just a function of an old one having to be rebuilt or replaced such that the reconstruction is to current standards. That's hardly unusual. Note the funky-looking older guardrails on this overpass in Virginia. The next interchange to the north used to have the same (and still does on one overpass, though they aren't green), but when the flyover ramp there needed restoration they replaced those guardrails with boring concrete barriers.

Unfortunately, monolithic boring sameness is often a cost of "progress."
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

I-35


tolbs17

Quote from: I-35 on July 26, 2021, 05:56:06 PM
Is this bridge fancy?  It is unconventional.
Yes, and I've seen some of those in Virginia aswell.

cbeach40

and waterrrrrrr!

ethanhopkin14

Made me think of this.  Maybe not the middle of nowhere, but rural. 

cbeach40

And if you're wanting freeway underpasses, Hwy 400 between Toronto and Barrie had a number of bridges stamped with the provincial coat-of-arms, which have been replicated on some of their replacements.




Not exactly middle of nowhere today, though when the original structures were built they were.
and waterrrrrrr!

MikieTimT

#18
To me, this is the definition of a fancy bridge in the middle of nowhere.  And probably the main reason I-69 in Arkansas will never be completed in our lifetimes.

https://goo.gl/maps/fRrnMUU1rYdo3DY29

ozarkman417

Quote from: cbeach40 on August 11, 2021, 10:01:08 AM
And if you're wanting freeway underpasses, Hwy 400 between Toronto and Barrie had a number of bridges stamped with the provincial coat-of-arms, which have been replicated on some of their replacements.
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Not exactly middle of nowhere today, though when the original structures were built they were.
Arkansas has been doing something similar with some of their newer over and underpasses in the northwest part of the state, stamping the state's shape on a wall just below the bridge itself. Here is an example of one of them:

Northwest Arkansas isn't exactly the middle of nowhere, but this overpass (and several others) are on a rural stretch (for now) of what will soon be I-49.

webny99


MCRoads

New Mexico paints their rural bridges pretty colors, and gives them unique designs pretty much everywhere. Like this, this, or, my personal favorite, this.

But, I think that this bridge might take the cake.
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

kphoger

Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

Flint1979


Flint1979

Quote from: SkyPesos on July 26, 2021, 12:28:40 AM
You want a fancy freeway overpass? I-65's at IN 46 interchange.
Also I-94 at US-24.



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