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#1

Mid-South / Re: I-69 in TX

Last post by bwana39 - Today at 07:31:08 PM

Yes, the ones on Diboll are wrong, but the exit numbers are planned to be numbered from South to North with numbers (apparently) matching I-69. 400 miles would have you in Tennessee if numbers were from the North. Just a screw up. Ironically the sign contractors make them match the drawings even if they are wrong or they don't get paid.

For better or for worse, these exit numbers follow the Texas system for reference markers, which start in the north and work their way to the south, following something of a grid pattern. For example, the lowest reference marker for US-59, near Texarkana, is 218, since it's about 218 miles south of the top of the panhandle.

You're right. That grid pattern. This is my first experience seeing it on an N/S road. I am used to it on E/W state & US Highways.

[Full story here from Dubois County Free Press]

#2

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: US 231 - Mid-States Corrid...

Last post by jnewkirk77 - Today at 07:25:52 PM

One Dubois County resident faced possible charges of contempt of court this week as he has now twice denied Lochmueller Group and INDOT surveyors access to his property so they could conduct a survey.

Bob Pfister of rural Jasper agreed during the hearing to allow the survey work to be done, as ordered by Dubois Circuit Judge Nathan Verkamp in a recent order.

Full story here from Dubois County Free Press.

The Pfister's are a multi-generational land owning family who owns 60 acres in the valley where the new highway will slice it in half.  Original ownership dates back to his ancestors from Germany.

https://www.14news.com/2025/05/28/fighting-over-interstate-jasper-man-denies-surveyors-access-his-land/

Denying surveyors is not a surprising response, but if he really wants to protect his acreage, he probably needs to lawyer up.

The Property Rights Alliance group (of which Mr. Pfister is a member) has hired a lawyer by the name of Russell Sipes, from Indianapolis. He's been advising them since last year, and I believe he represents most of the property owners whose land INDOT is trying to survey.

#3

General Highway Talk / Re: No more 'rainbow' crosswal...

Last post by Scott5114 - Today at 07:17:31 PM

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#4

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by NWI_Irish96 - Today at 07:17:26 PM

Hopefully she can get a top twenty on an oval (assuming she runs another this year).  The social media talk about a rookie driver in her 40s has been really shitty. 

That is very unlikely as long as she is in the 78 unless it is a huge attrition race (probably even moreso than Atlanta last week).  Having stated that, I am glad that she ran well at a road course.

She could be a top 10 driver on road courses in good equipment, but she's way too weak on ovals to get a full time ride.

#5

Northeast / Re: Central Susquehanna Valley...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 07:02:46 PM

Left turns across the 11/15 carriage way are already difficult in a few places, and a few jughandle-type intersections exist in a few spots already (such as the PA 14 intersection).

I think you meant PA 34 and/or PA 104.

#6

Northeast / Re: SW Pennsylvania

Last post by CanesFan27 - Today at 06:50:50 PM

On the Allegheny County Belt Route System, as you get closer to the bottom of the rainbow, you get closer to Downtown Pittsburgh.  So, with the Green Belt, you begin to move closer to the inner suburbs, and for a brief moment or two, within the limits of the City of Pittsburgh.  With this, I had expected to travel through some of the higher-density neighborhoods and communities surrounding the city.  As I drove through the hollows and cut across the North Hills, I did not expect the scenery of the Green Belt to closely resemble its name.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/07/the-name-fits-allegheny-countys-green.html

Full photo set: https://www.flickr.com/photos/adamontheroad/albums/72177720327307894/with/54629704098

#7

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 06:49:05 PM

I've always wondered how Live Fast stays in operation.  They kind of strike me as having much in common with the field-filler teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s. 

Well they did sell that 78 charter for $40 million a couple years ago so that has to be part of it.

#8

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 06:46:19 PM

Hopefully she can get a top twenty on an oval (assuming she runs another this year).  The social media talk about a rookie driver in her 40s has been really shitty. 

That is very unlikely as long as she is in the 78 unless it is a huge attrition race (probably even moreso than Atlanta last week).  Having stated that, I am glad that she ran well at a road course.

I've always wondered how Live Fast stays in operation.  They kind of strike me as having much in common with the field-filler teams of the late 1990s and early 2000s. 

#9

Mid-Atlantic / Re: Virginia

Last post by Thing 342 - Today at 06:42:16 PM

Drove US-58 through Mecklenburg County today and noticed that it now has posted mile makers every half mile, added sometime between 2023 and February 2025. Since VA doesn't usually post mileposts on US routes, does anyone know if this is just a one-off?

#10

Off-Topic / Re: Random Thoughts

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 06:41:08 PM

One of my dogs was acting up a couple minutes ago.  For whatever reason, when I threatened him with the Hom-Dai he went to his crate.