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ITB:
--- Quote from: 2trailertrucker on February 15, 2023, 04:56:23 AM ---Indiana has closed several rest areas in the past few years. Going so far as tear down the buildings and the roads, and burying it in dirt. With the severe lack of truck parking, and the state is not broke, you would think they would make them truck parking areas at the least.
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INDOT does have a plan to more than double the amount of truck parking over the next 10 years. It's part of the state's upgrade of it rest areas and welcome centers, plus the building of two new truck parking facilities on I-69 — one in Martinsville, the other near Crane.
According to a Truckers News article, published August 23, 2021, the upgrade of the Pigeon Creek Welcome Center near Angola has already been completed, and work was starting on the Kankakee rest area on Interstate 65 in Jasper County.
Also, this summer, according to a news report, construction is expected to commence on the Clear Creek Welcome Center and Rest Area in Vigo County.
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sprjus4:
--- Quote from: silverback1065 on February 15, 2023, 04:11:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on February 11, 2023, 06:49:49 PM ---https://www.wthr.com/video/news/local/indiana-lawmakers-to-discuss-future-of-bill-on-worksite-speed-control/531-1b4eb8e5-9ad3-47b5-a6f5-f4fcfb822ce7
Worksite speed cameras could be coming to Indiana...
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it's impossible to do the construction speed limit. if you try, everyone around you tries to run you off the road :-D
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What is up with Indiana’s obsession with 45 mph work zones? Would 55 mph hurt too much?
silverback1065:
I was bored Saturday and drove the new route of 28. The signage is meh, just enough to get you around Tipton. for some reason the last exit sign for 26 wasn't changed to show 28 on it. Also along the way on 26 and 19, 28 isn't cosigned, but the jogs are signed. I did notice that division road is signed as Truck 28 but only at the ends with 31 and 19. man it would have been great for that to just be 28, but I am assuming cost was the factor there. Someone earlier said the new routing was way out of the way, I don't agree, didn't feel like that at all to me driving it. 19 is now signed on the little bypass in Tipton and that seems to work pretty well. all in all it seems to be working well.
monty:
--- Quote from: silverback1065 on February 21, 2023, 11:23:06 AM ---I was bored Saturday and drove the new route of 28. The signage is meh, just enough to get you around Tipton. for some reason the last exit sign for 26 wasn't changed to show 28 on it. Also along the way on 26 and 19, 28 isn't cosigned, but the jogs are signed. I did notice that division road is signed as Truck 28 but only at the ends with 31 and 19. man it would have been great for that to just be 28, but I am assuming cost was the factor there. Someone earlier said the new routing was way out of the way, I don't agree, didn't feel like that at all to me driving it. 19 is now signed on the little bypass in Tipton and that seems to work pretty well. all in all it seems to be working well.
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The newly placed “28” and “19” signage seems adequate to show the new routes and the routes are logical. I am disappointed the new concurrency segments lack signage. Easily, there could be at least a dozen more signs / shields erected to just meet the normal standard of JCT and reassurance placements. I caught in the Tipton Tribune that there are INDOT plans to install a roundabout at IN 19, Park Road, and Main Street. City and County officials are working on their side of the equation - Division Road truck route designation and downtown signals vs stop signs are in debate (and under study).
SSR_317:
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on February 15, 2023, 11:19:25 PM ---What is up with Indiana’s obsession with 45 mph work zones? Would 55 mph hurt too much?
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I think it's because we Hoosiers tend to automatically add (at least) 10 MPH to all posted speed limits when we're behind the wheel. So they post the work zones at 45, hoping people will slow down to 55.
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