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#1

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Update on I-69 Extension i...

Last post by Rick Powell - Today at 11:19:18 AM

I'm curious... based on so many bridge piers built on the photos, is it also the floodplains that I-69 will go across in addition to the Ohio River, or are they dry lands prior to the Ohio River?

floodplains

In general, there is no reason to build on piers approaching a river unless the land is either in a flood plain, a federally protected wetland, or both, where building on fill would have negative effects on flooding or environmental quality. Roads on structure are typically more expensive to build and maintain.

#2

Road Trips / Re: What road did you leave on...

Last post by drebbin37 - Today at 10:53:35 AM

CT/NY: Merritt/Hutch
NY/NJ: US 9W
NJ/DE: I-295
DE/MD: MD 285
MD/VA: US 301
VA/NC: US 1
NC/SC: US 601
SC/NC: I-77
NC/TN: US 441
TN/NC/TN/NC/.../TN: Kuwohi Access Rd. (to end and back)
TN/NC: US 441
NC/TN: US 64/74
TN/GA: US 411
GA/AL: GA 114/AL 68
AL/GA: AL 9/GA 20
GA/AL: I-20
AL/MS: US 278
MS/AR/MS: US 49 (used the same crossing both ways)
MS/TN: US 51
TN/MS: I-55
MS/TN: I-269
TN/KY: TN 120/KY 139
KY/IL: I-24
IL/KY: US 45
KY/IL: US 51/60/62
IL/MO: I-255
MO/IA: US 71
IA/NE: US 275
NE/KS: US 75
KS/MO: US 59
MO/IA: I-35
IA/IL: IL 9
IL/IN: US 24/52
IN/KY: US 231
KY/IN: KY 313/IN 135
IN/KY: I-64
KY/OH: I-275
OH/PA: PA 108
PA/NY: I-84
NY/NJ/NY: NJ 23 (my favorite gas stop)
NY/CT: NY/CT 343

#3

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by SP Cook - Today at 10:36:56 AM

The NASCAR championship is totally illegitimate.  It is a random result.   It is a gimmick.  Comparisons to it and the real champions from before the "chase" are meaningless. 

#4

Northwest / Re: Oregon

Last post by PNWRoadgeek - Today at 10:35:45 AM

I have a question for you all.

What are your biggest signage annoyances in Oregon? Me personally, it's the ugly signs in Yamhill County with their awful font and overly small sizes.

#5

Off-Topic / Re: Video Game Consoles

Last post by Bobby5280 - Today at 10:14:04 AM

I remember playing the Atari 2600 and Mattel Intellivision consoles from the early 1980's. One of my cousins had a ColecoVision console. I had an Atari 5200 Super System console; its port of Centipede looked like and sounded like the coin-op version, but the coin-op version was more play-able due to the vertical orientation of its monitor.

I never owned any Nintendo console. I did have an original PlayStation 3 model that could play Super Audio CD discs and was equipped with flash card slots; I lost it in a burglary and had to replace it with a PS3 "Slim" model. I still have that one. I mostly use it to play Blu-Ray movie discs. In the 1990's to early 2000's I was more into computer PC based gaming. I found it a lot easier to use a mouse and keyboard combo to play games like Quake 2 rather than use those little thumb stick game pad controllers.

I was tempted to buy one or more of those Arcade 1UP cabinets that were popular in recent years, but never bothered. The ones that included Williams Electronics hits like Defender and Joust failed to include my favorite Williams Electronics game, Robotron:2084. I loved playing that coin-op game and was good enough to play it for hours on one quarter.

#6

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by kphoger - Today at 10:03:10 AM

the middle of Kansas

My picture of 77/400 is buried somewhere in this forum, and I'm pretty sure it was hosted by Photobucket so who knows if it's even a thing anymore.

#7

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by paulthemapguy - Today at 10:00:23 AM

July 8: Post the junction of a US highway with a 0 in the tens place and a US highway with a 7 in the tens place.

I haven't been to Bemidji, Moorhead, or the middle of Kansas, so all my posts today come from the Carolinas.

US1 and US378 are concurrent in Columbia, SC


SC-US176-US1WJ by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The interchange of I-95 and I-74 doubles as the junction of US74 and US301:


NC-US74X209AW by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US178 and US601 in Orangeburg, SC


SC-US178-US601E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
July 9: Post a junction of a US highway with a 0 in the tens place and a US highway with an 8 in the tens place.
July 10: Post a junction of a US highway with a 0 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
July 11: Post a junction home to the meeting of two different US highways, each with a 1 in the tens place.

#8

Northeast / Re: General PA Design/Construc...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 09:55:04 AM

(For I-80 and PA 940)  PennDOT - District 4 News: White Haven Park and Ride to be Closed in Luzerne County

PennDOT - District 12 News: Route 4038 Layton Road Bridge Reopened in Fayette County

PennDOT - District 9 News: Route 2101 Cooney Road Bridge Project Cambria County: US 22 Overnight Detour

#9

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by Jim - Today at 09:36:35 AM

It's a repeat but a double match so I'll play it again.  US 78, US 301 and US 601 in Bamberg, South Carolina.  June 1, 2004.



US 74 and US 501 in Laurinburg, South Carolina.  June 20, 2008.



Then a repeat of the routes 74/171FAN just played but as shields.  US 70 and US 401 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  March 1, 2012.

#10

Off-Topic / Re: What is your Independence ...

Last post by SEWIGuy - Today at 09:17:40 AM

Went out to Galena IL for a few days, checked out Dubuque IA as well

Hey I was in Dubuque Saturday. Seriously underated place.