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Author Topic: 60mph speed limits on parts of HI 200 on Big Island  (Read 2574 times)

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60mph speed limits on parts of HI 200 on Big Island
« on: February 28, 2017, 09:43:10 PM »

http://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2017/02/06/speed-limit-to-increase-from-55-mph-to-60-mph-on-portions-of-daniel-k-inouye-highway-saddle-road/

AFAIK, rhis is the first 60mph speed limit on a non-Interstate in Hawaii. It reflects how much safer the cross-island highway has become after most of it was rebuilt.
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Re: 60mph speed limits on parts of HI 200 on Big Island
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2017, 08:40:09 AM »

http://hidot.hawaii.gov/blog/2017/02/06/speed-limit-to-increase-from-55-mph-to-60-mph-on-portions-of-daniel-k-inouye-highway-saddle-road/

AFAIK, rhis is the first 60mph speed limit on a non-Interstate in Hawaii. It reflects how much safer the cross-island highway has become after most of it was rebuilt.

Wasn't too long ago that some rental companies forbade you from driving Saddle Road.
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Re: 60mph speed limits on parts of HI 200 on Big Island
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2017, 05:53:11 PM »

Wasn't too long ago that Hawaii was the last state stuck at 55 mph.

 


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