Quote from: Road Hog on Today at 11:06:08 PMThe Edgar Allen Poe Bridge.Trusses cause an unkindness.
Murder out the trusses.
Quote from: Brandon on Today at 05:45:12 PMQuote from: paulthemapguy on April 24, 2024, 04:24:27 PMQuote from: Rothman on April 23, 2024, 10:11:47 PMState maintained =/= state route.
Wat.
It's state-maintained and it's a route. It's a state route. It may not be a State Route, but it's a state route. The adjective "state" and the noun "route" are both correct.
IDOT maintains plenty of roads that are not signed routes. Besides signed numerical designations, there is a separate internal set of numerical designations for various roads across Illinois, state-maintained and otherwise (shown as "FAP", "FAU", etc.). But I don't think that's even what appears at the top of these mile markers. The process of deciding these numbers for the top of these mile markers has always been a mystery to me. Such numbers are usually in the 8000s or 900s (though 316 is an oddball).
Bill Burmaster's (rmsandw) site has covered a plethora of these unsigned state highways: https://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/illinois/misc/il900.html
And these are just the ones IDOT marks in the wild. District 1 has a number of unmarked state routes that lack any sort of signage whatsoever to denote them as state routes, including the circular postmiles. The spur of the IL-53 freeway between Dundee Road and Lake-Cook Road comes to mind as just one example.
Quote from: D-Dey65 on April 25, 2024, 09:13:55 AMQuote from: TheGrassGuy on March 27, 2023, 11:11:12 PM[gigantic image]
"cookie monster expressway"
Quote from: vdeane on Today at 09:34:15 PMIt's only a couple of miles though. Not really a big issue.Quote from: rhen_var on Today at 04:02:28 PMI think that's actually pretty neat. It's funded by Cavenue, not taxes, and regular cars can still use the lane (except for dedicated testing times, which, as noted in the video, only happens when the loss of the third lane isn't an issue). It's also now a unique little stretch of freeway which is cool to see.It's still less versatile, though, since you can't just move into that lane to pass people. It's basically a separate one-lane carriageway, so you're stuck behind whoever the slowest driver in it is.
Quote from: Brandon on Today at 05:45:12 PMAnd these are just the ones IDOT marks in the wild. District 1 has a number of unmarked state routes that lack any sort of signage whatsoever to denote them as state routes, including the circular postmiles. The spur of the IL-53 freeway between Dundee Road and Lake-Cook Road comes to mind as just one example.