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Author Topic: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway  (Read 7686 times)

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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #75 on: March 15, 2022, 11:23:09 PM »

I-24 welcome center in Kentucky at Paducah (this is the old Whitehaven Mansion and it requires using the southern C/D road at the US 45/US 62 exit).
Across the Ohio in Illinois, the Illinois Welcome Center at Metropolis is just east of I-24, using the US 45 exit and 45 South to connect to the Rest Area/Welcome Center

I-24 is signed W-E in IL but really runs N-S, and US 45 is signed N-S and stretches the length of the state, but at this interchange, 45 runs W-E
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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #76 on: May 04, 2022, 06:40:01 AM »

The Mississippi Welcome Center and Rest Area on I-20 in Vicksburg requires motorists to exit 1A, then turn onto or cross Washington Street to access.
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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #77 on: May 10, 2022, 06:35:22 AM »

Another welcome center with multiple entrances is I-95 in Kittery. There's a regular ramp from the interstate and a side entrance to US-1. Here though there's no way to get to I-95 from the US-1 entrance.

It looks possible to me, and Google says it's possible if you set a waypoint in the middle. Am I missing something?

I was going by memory, and I thought there were separate parking lots. But, looking at the map, you're right.
Per street view, the connection between the lots is for handicapped and authorized vehicles only.

Weirdly, no such restriction exists going from the I-95 to the US-1 direction.

I like the sign on the way to the building:

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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #78 on: May 10, 2022, 03:22:44 PM »

Another welcome center with multiple entrances is I-95 in Kittery. There's a regular ramp from the interstate and a side entrance to US-1. Here though there's no way to get to I-95 from the US-1 entrance.

It looks possible to me, and Google says it's possible if you set a waypoint in the middle. Am I missing something?

I was going by memory, and I thought there were separate parking lots. But, looking at the map, you're right.
Per street view, the connection between the lots is for handicapped and authorized vehicles only.

Weirdly, no such restriction exists going from the I-95 to the US-1 direction.

I like the sign on the way to the building:

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TRY WATER!  Dry mouth?  Fatigued?  Headache?  Try water... you may be dehydrated!

I saw that earlier today in the "There's no way that is MUTCD-compliant" Facebook group.
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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #79 on: May 11, 2022, 09:25:11 AM »

The Mississippi Welcome Center and Rest Area on I-20 in Vicksburg requires motorists to exit 1A, then turn onto or cross Washington Street to access.

I-10s Welcome Center is accessible from SR 607 near the Stennis Space Center.
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Re: Rest areas/welcome centers without direct ramps on/off freeway
« Reply #80 on: May 12, 2022, 11:22:47 AM »

The Mississippi Welcome Center and Rest Area on I-20 in Vicksburg requires motorists to exit 1A, then turn onto or cross Washington Street to access.

I-10s Welcome Center is accessible from SR 607 near the Stennis Space Center.

Mentioned at the beginning of the thread.
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