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General Highway Talk / Re: Roads that you have been o...

Last post by cwf1701 - Today at 12:20:45 AM

The only other bridge i was on before a disaster was the I-94/Middlebelt road bridge before August 1987. While the Bridge was not destroyed in the crash of Northwest 255, the bridge took some minor damage from the crash and was replaced during reconstruction of the ramps around Metro Airport in the 90s.

#2

Off-Topic / Re: Technology Random Access T...

Last post by noelbotevera - Today at 12:20:13 AM

(when I got to the end of K&R, I was like...wait, that's it? that's the whole language?)

When I was in college, that book was (only half) jokingly referred to as "the Bible".  I still have it after all these years, even though at this point the odds of me doing anything in C are slim to none.  The C language does have a certain elegance that many other languages lack.

I pull it out and read it cover to cover from time to time, even when I'm not planning on writing any C any time soon. So many modern languages (especially the two I write the most code in, Perl and PHP) lean so heavily on what C does, that it's helpful to refresh my knowledge of C even if I'm not writing in it.

Hey, I actually printed out this book to self study! I'm amazed at how it also teaches you to be a better programmer (like avoiding magic numbers -- replace fixed constants with symbols, so it's easier to change these constants later) while teaching you the language. Obviously some of it is outdated, namely anything involving floats being simplified with C99.

I think one of the neatest tricks with (Unix like) C is how basic system calls like read(), write(), open(), and close() can be used for both files and network sockets. What sort of witchcraft is being performed to make a network socket behave like a file? Makes file transfer really freaking easy in C.

#3

Welcome! / Re: Forum functionality issues

Last post by rickmastfan67 - April 24, 2024, 11:40:50 PM

I found a silly item in my profile that won't seem to go away.

The username info in the Skype field doesn't seem to fully disappear; you can remove it, but then it eventually comes back after any profile changes.

I forget if I ever actually filled in that information because I haven't used Skype in over 10 years.

I just manually removed it for you.  Hopefully this will stick.

#4

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by Jim - April 24, 2024, 10:41:50 PM

A few generic "downtown" exits of which I have taken pictures.  Only searched up to 2003.

Boston.  October 12, 2002.



St. Louis.  July 20, 2003.



Charleston.  August 22, 2003.



Mobile.  August 22, 2003.



Fort Worth.  August 31, 2003.



Amarillo.  August 31, 2003.

#5

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by freebrickproductions - April 24, 2024, 10:30:21 PM

So you're allowed to trespass before 10 pm? That wouldn't be trespassing if it's allowed, would it?

Also, am I allowed to go there at 12 AM the following day? If not, then what about 7 AM the following day? Am I just banned from ever going again after it passes 10 PM the first time I'm ever there?

This is on US Route 2 at the Idaho and Montana border. I don't think I've seen a sign that actually said state line: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZbUjEXdFeByQtAuR8

Much more commonly, it's a unique welcome to the state sign, as seen farther up in that capture. Sometimes, it's also a generic "Entering State," like at the Washington and Oregon state lines in a couple places, such as the Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland.

I've seen similar before down here in the southeast, mostly along more minor roads/highways that have the state line marked. A few examples:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9908697,-86.5712665,3a,15y,192.49h,88.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0I4nGKOl4pxl_ZGO2suIlg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.9921757,-86.7217186,3a,15y,34.22h,84.71t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sb_uGfnccNJOQTzLBGYn16g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.867395,-85.5846465,3a,15y,91.63h,89.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDI-Tz36k49NaRxHXrvxr2Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9983885,-85.4078137,3a,15y,201.09h,90.38t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-Xk7BzNlqUEZYryBlnp65A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@33.8857345,-88.2298417,3a,15y,302.1h,86.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sebhCyhSdLOB39cSEIfe73Q!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

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General Highway Talk / Re: Road-Geeky Things Of The P...

Last post by freebrickproductions - April 24, 2024, 10:24:12 PM

If you want to see what P13 is up to...

https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forums/threads/the-poiponen13-thread.12558/

They even created his own topic! It all reads very familiar.

Interesting that when P13 was on this board, they branched off into football and "floorball" scheduling -- but on that board, P13 never branched off into road geek stuff     (I will admit that I didn't read every post)

TBF, I seem to recall him mentioning (just before his ban here) that he wasn't "as interested in roads anymore" or something like that.

#7

Traffic Control / Re: Guess the State Route Chal...

Last post by wriddle082 - April 24, 2024, 10:16:05 PM

NC 24

#8

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

Last post by Henry - April 24, 2024, 10:02:30 PM

Until there is something formal announced about a name change for a replacement bridge, let's move on from that speculation, Francis Scott Key's legacy, and also philosophical concepts involving demographics.

Half an hour later....

Rename it to the George Herman Ruth Bridge.

The Babe was born in Baltimore.

Not sure whether that warrants a  or a  .

More like a

But as Alex said, there's no word on when the new bridge will have a different name, so let's just assume that it'll also be called the Key Bridge. After all, President Biden did say they were going to rebuild it, so there we have it.

#9

Traffic Control / Re: Active highway shields tha...

Last post by Henry - April 24, 2024, 09:57:09 PM

I once got to touch an I-105 shield when that freeway was completed 30 years ago.

#10

Mountain West / Re: US 93 In Arizona Progress

Last post by pderocco - April 24, 2024, 09:53:51 PM

Then right after that study, they installed left turn lanes.

If those plans are still alive, Alt 1 looks obviously better because would take less work to turn it into a full interchange when the time comes. And a flyover seems de trop for those meager traffic levels.