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#1
Traffic Control / Re: Road Sign UNO
Last post by LilianaUwU - Today at 01:42:46 AM
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Traffic Control / Re: Road Sign UNO
Last post by TBKS1 - Today at 01:28:55 AMPlaying off the photo, QC 360 -> QC 138 -> AR 138 in Monticello (taken 12 March 2022)
#3
Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...
Last post by TBKS1 - Today at 01:25:18 AM62 + 412 + 980 = 1454 in Harrison, AR. This can be replayed for 1457 if needed (though if a better option is available, I'd rather use it)
Picture taken on June 2nd, 2019
Picture taken on June 2nd, 2019
#4
Weather / Re: The Wildfires thread
Last post by bing101 - Today at 01:20:54 AMhttps://apnews.com/article/lahaina-fire-hawaii-report-e07c65633a377135e9163a6ec6aebdb3
Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire
Communications breakdown left authorities in the dark and residents without alerts amid Maui fire
#5
Off-Topic / 911 outage reported across mul...
Last post by bing101 - Today at 01:20:04 AMhttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/911-outage-reported-across-multiple-us-states-officials-say-2024-04-18/
Hope everyone is OK and 911 systems in some parts of the country are fixed.
Hope everyone is OK and 911 systems in some parts of the country are fixed.
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Mountain West / Re: US 70 over San Augustin Pa...
Last post by Bobby5280 - Today at 12:17:39 AMUS-70 from Las Cruces going East could have been a more important highway corridor for long distance, cross country traffic. Look at the East-West line that I-10 runs from San Diego to Las Cruces.
At Las Cruces I-10 takes a hard turn, diving down into Texas while US-70 does more to continue that Eastbound line. Decades ago when they were planning the Interstate highway system they could have just as easily pointed I-20 into Las Cruces. That town is directly West of Carlsbad, Big Spring, Abilene and Dallas. I'm sure someone driving from San Diego to Dallas might not appreciate the dip down to friggin' Van Horn.
Interstate highway corridors in the Western US are spaced very far apart from the ones in Eastern half. The situation has remained this way for decades, despite all the population migration taking place. States like Arizona, Texas and Colorado are among the biggest population gainers while states like New York and California are posting net losses.
Anyway, an Interstate quality upgrade of US-70 going East of Las Cruces is not automatically a frivolous, wasteful thing. I think a good case could be made for building a diagonal Las Cruces to Amarillo freeway (but good luck building an Interstate thru Ruidoso). One of the failed "I-66" plans from 20-plus years ago called for routing the Interstate along US-54 from Kansas down thru the TX Panhandle into NM and then on down to either Las Cruces or El Paso.
At Las Cruces I-10 takes a hard turn, diving down into Texas while US-70 does more to continue that Eastbound line. Decades ago when they were planning the Interstate highway system they could have just as easily pointed I-20 into Las Cruces. That town is directly West of Carlsbad, Big Spring, Abilene and Dallas. I'm sure someone driving from San Diego to Dallas might not appreciate the dip down to friggin' Van Horn.
Interstate highway corridors in the Western US are spaced very far apart from the ones in Eastern half. The situation has remained this way for decades, despite all the population migration taking place. States like Arizona, Texas and Colorado are among the biggest population gainers while states like New York and California are posting net losses.
Anyway, an Interstate quality upgrade of US-70 going East of Las Cruces is not automatically a frivolous, wasteful thing. I think a good case could be made for building a diagonal Las Cruces to Amarillo freeway (but good luck building an Interstate thru Ruidoso). One of the failed "I-66" plans from 20-plus years ago called for routing the Interstate along US-54 from Kansas down thru the TX Panhandle into NM and then on down to either Las Cruces or El Paso.
#7
General Highway Talk / Re: Streets That Seemed Misspe...
Last post by dlsterner - Today at 12:06:19 AMQuote from: Henry on February 20, 2024, 11:01:28 PMBearss Avenue in Tampa. I'm sure I'm not the only one who pronounces it like the football team!
The first thing that came to my (admittedly) twisted mind when seeing that exit sign was:
Bear Ass
#8
Off-Topic / Re: Layoffs at Tesla
Last post by bing101 - Today at 12:04:25 AMhttps://apnews.com/article/musk-pay-compensation-corporate-registration-ef5e30f6b56f7d936f8c882fc1c96875
Tesla asks shareholders to restore $56B Elon Musk pay package that was voided by Delaware judge
Tesla asks shareholders to restore $56B Elon Musk pay package that was voided by Delaware judge
#9
Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Indiana Notes
Last post by jnewkirk77 - April 17, 2024, 11:52:38 PMThe drawings show all of the US 31 signage crossed out. I don't know if that's on a separate letting, but they're not included in the ones for US 20.
#10
Southeast / Re: I-40 in North Carolina
Last post by bob7374 - April 17, 2024, 11:10:27 PMNCDOT announcement about more closures on I-40 for the NC 540 project. Since this was posted they moved the closure up to tonight (4/17). They could have made the notice more complicated by stating I-40 West is closed so traffic should use NC 42 (Future NC 36) East to US 70 (Future I-42) West to get back to I-40:
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2024/2024-04-17-road-closed-i-40-west-clayton.aspx
https://www.ncdot.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/2024/2024-04-17-road-closed-i-40-west-clayton.aspx