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Brandon:
^^ The trucks are kept to the left as those lanes are better supported for carrying their weight through the construction zone. The right lanes tend to be temporary and not full depth. Thus, they are only capable of carrying lighter loads such as passenger cars.
Joe The Dragon:
--- Quote from: UNDSIOUX on November 20, 2013, 06:04:44 PM ---Yep- I meant only the I-39/90 stretch down to Cherry Valley. Obviously, I turn off at the split and I won't even attempt to drive the I-90 stretch until it is completed for the same reason I didn't drive I-90 for almost 2 years while it was under construction from Cherry Valley up to Rockton Rd. The whole "Trucks Keep Left" and 45 MPH limit- I have no idea why they simply cannot post signs that say "Slow Traffic Keep LEFT- Pass on the right". It is amazing that these DOT "engineers" promote the weaving that occurs as people go around slow trucks in the left lane and the slow cars in the right lane. It's just a recipe for impatience and stupidity and I have a tough time dealing with that for a couple miles, let alone 40+.
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they need to make the more rual / interstate class roads work zone speed limit 50-55 MPH
Brandon:
--- Quote from: Joe The Dragon on November 21, 2013, 08:01:03 PM ---
--- Quote from: UNDSIOUX on November 20, 2013, 06:04:44 PM ---Yep- I meant only the I-39/90 stretch down to Cherry Valley. Obviously, I turn off at the split and I won't even attempt to drive the I-90 stretch until it is completed for the same reason I didn't drive I-90 for almost 2 years while it was under construction from Cherry Valley up to Rockton Rd. The whole "Trucks Keep Left" and 45 MPH limit- I have no idea why they simply cannot post signs that say "Slow Traffic Keep LEFT- Pass on the right". It is amazing that these DOT "engineers" promote the weaving that occurs as people go around slow trucks in the left lane and the slow cars in the right lane. It's just a recipe for impatience and stupidity and I have a tough time dealing with that for a couple miles, let alone 40+.
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they need to make the more rual / interstate class roads work zone speed limit 50-55 MPH
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There's no reason for anything less than 60 when workers are not present or are behind a concrete barrier wall. This 45 mph crap is just that, crap.
JREwing78:
The 45mph limit in the currently I-90 construction zone east of Rockford made sense - the lanes were REALLY narrow, which makes it tricky to drive with 10ft wide semis struggling to stay on their side of the line. I only nudged my speed up to 50-55 just to more closely match the speed of traffic.
JoePCool14:
--- Quote from: hobsini2 on October 27, 2013, 09:10:19 AM ---This week, the installs of the exit gore signs with EXIT NUMBERS was completed on I-355.
Couple of interesting notes. First, the collector lane gore sign for SB 355 to IL 56 Butterfield Rd and I-88 is initially signed "Ramp 22". The exit for Butterfield is just a regular Exit 22 but there is no exit number for the I-88 ramps.
Secondly, NB 355 approaching I-88 and US 34 Ogden Ave, the I-88 ramp says "Ramp 20A" and Ogden Ave is "Exit 20B". The odd thing though is SB 355 to Ogden Ave is "Exit 19" even though the interchange with Ogden Ave is a regular full diamond.
The Exit tabs on the BGSs have not been added yet to the toll section of 355.
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Wait does this mean that ISTHA is adding Exit Numbers to all highways? Or just 355?
* Interstate 90 east of Rockford: construction going on there. Some new signs have been installed on the South side of the tollway. Some signs feature exit tabs with numbers while others do not. Also, certain old ISTHA signs are still remaining. It's very confusing to me. Anyone have any insight to this?
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