Do Gravel Shoulders still exist anywhere?

Started by XamotCGC, August 05, 2021, 09:46:19 PM

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XamotCGC

I'm just curious if gravel shoulders still exists in anywhere in the USA?

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Rothman

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Revive 755

Very common still in Iowa, and quite a few in Illinois. (the latter of which is slowly paving some of them or reducing the width of the gravel section).

Max Rockatansky

CA 99 even has them in places on the interior shoulders. 

sprjus4

A lot of older Virginia arterial bypass freeways have them.

thspfc

Wisconsin has them on all two lane state and county highways, and many 4+ lane highways as well.

kphoger

They're all over the place.  As should be apparent to you by now, after having read everyone's replies.

Also, there are some edge cases (see what I did there?), such as this half-and-half example in southern Illinois, or this half-and-half example on a divided highway in Iowa.
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JoePCool14

Forget gravel shoulders. IDOT can't even get any sort of shoulders on certain sections of US-20 on the two-lane sections.

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jemacedo9

Quote from: Rothman on August 05, 2021, 11:10:53 PM
Heck, on the Thruway in places.

Where?  (out of curiosity, not a challenge)

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Quote from: jemacedo9 on August 06, 2021, 01:33:57 PM
Quote from: Rothman on August 05, 2021, 11:10:53 PM
Heck, on the Thruway in places.

Where?  (out of curiosity, not a challenge)

I guess they're more of the "half and half" mentioned above, but the Thruway sometimes cheaps out on the left-hand shoulder and compensates with gravel in a lot of places from Buffalo east to Syracuse, at least.  Might even be in place to encourage people to pull over on the right side of the road instead of the left.
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kphoger

Quote from: JoePCool14 on August 06, 2021, 01:23:18 PM
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Quote from: kphoger on July 15, 2021, 03:44:33 PM
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