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Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Update on I-69 Extension i...

Last post by Strider - Today at 04:05:07 PM

I'm curious... based on so many bridge piers built on the photos, is it also the floodplains that I-69 will go across in addition to the Ohio River, or are they dry lands prior to the Ohio River?

#2

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Update on I-69 Extension i...

Last post by DJStephens - Today at 03:55:21 PM

Good to see that there will be separate approach structures, instead of cramming everything onto a narrow bridge.   Am guessing the river crossing itself will be a single structure, not a pair.   

#3

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by NWI_Irish96 - Today at 03:51:17 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

If NASCAR ran as many road courses back in the 1990s-2000s as they do now, Jeff Gordon would have retired with about a dozen championships.

Mark Martin would have certainly had at least one.

My problem with the current format is that in a series with several kinds of tracks, the championship is decided on a single track. If you really want the most deserving champion, have the championship decided by a 3-race total points affair, with a road course, short track, and 1.5 mile oval.

#4

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 03:44:25 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

If NASCAR ran as many road courses back in the 1990s-2000s as they do now, Jeff Gordon would have retired with about a dozen championships.

Mark Martin would have certainly had at least one.

#5

Northeast / Re: Central Susquehanna Valley...

Last post by Beltway - Today at 03:37:43 PM

I will be interested to see if there are any calls for some of the busier at-grade intersections on the loooooooong stretch of US 11/15 south of Selinsgrove to be grade-separated once the CSVT is complete.

Building interchanges might be tricky space-wise (and environmental-wise) for many of the intersections, since 11/15 runs so close to the river most of the way.  If there ever is a call for more grade-separations, it might be more practical to relocate the highway to new r/w further inland, to the west.  That could also help reduce possible flooding issues.

They haven't even needed to signalize any intersection yet. I have used this highway at least 20 times each way over the last 15 years.  I don't see the need for grade separations yet.

#6

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by NWI_Irish96 - Today at 03:33:33 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

If NASCAR ran as many road courses back in the 1990s-2000s as they do now, Jeff Gordon would have retired with about a dozen championships.

#7

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

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 03:33:25 PM

I don't have any real issue with the demolition -- the only reason not to would be if they were going to simply replace those spans -- and that would have the same problems dimensionally.
Other posters can take as many cracks in this thread as their heart desires -- you can put up 100 posts in a day -- and I won't mind. That would be up to the moderators to decide on whether to allow that.

Ah, throwing mods at me I see?  I guess they won't mind me saying that you're continuing attempts to hijack this thread to voice your self-centric views are pretty lame. 

I posted my detailed opinions over a several day period with the last on April 21st -- post #737. They remain for anyone to read.

Even now the thread is only up to post #748. I have revised my posting style to be more concise and limited and that shows.

And yet, you chose to highlight again when someone else posted about the original span being demolished.  Doesn't seem as though that you wanted your comments and thoughts to disappear into background.

#8

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

Last post by Beltway - Today at 03:31:26 PM

I don't have any real issue with the demolition -- the only reason not to would be if they were going to simply replace those spans -- and that would have the same problems dimensionally.
Other posters can take as many cracks in this thread as their heart desires -- you can put up 100 posts in a day -- and I won't mind. That would be up to the moderators to decide on whether to allow that.

Ah, throwing mods at me I see?  I guess they won't mind me saying that you're continuing attempts to hijack this thread to voice your self-centric views are pretty lame. 

I posted my detailed opinions over a several day period with the last on April 21st -- post #737. They remain for anyone to read.

Even now the thread is only up to post #749. I have revised my posting style to be more concise and limited and that shows.

#9

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 03:18:11 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

#10

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

Last post by hbelkins - Today at 03:15:11 PM

You know how hotels and motels are going away from individual-sized toiletries in favor of refillable bottles permanently mounted to the bathroom and shower walls? That's a minor thing that bothers me. Those little soap bars are handy when you use a public restroom that's out of soap.