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#1

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by vdeane - Today at 03:17:45 PM

The fact that the shortcut keys for cutting, copying, and pasting files are all right next to each other.  I have a tendency to hit the wrong one.  Usually I catch myself in time or it's something I can easily notice and undo.  Not this time.

I was doing the photo updates for my website.  As part of that, I need to copy the original photos out of the directory they're in for the trip into the directories for the routes in the photo gallery.  Then I run a perl script on the routes directory to find all full-size files and resize them down for the web and generate the thumbnails before uploading them to the server and running the scripts to get everything into the database.  Unfortunately, when I was doing that, I accidentally hit CTRL-X instead of CTRL-C when "copying" the three I-490 photos over, and I didn't notice this until I went to select the images I wanted to include in the Facebook preview hours later.  As a result, the script didn't run on copies of the images, but the originals, and the full-size versions are completely gone.

I am beyond upset at this.  Sadly, since I manually do backups to my external hard drive before trips and after site updates, and seldom any other time since it's a PITA and my hard drive contents tend not to have important changes outside of images taken on trips and the subsequent site updates, I have no backup to restore from.  I tried to run testdisk and photorec (the recommended file recovery programs on Linux) on the relevant directories and my camera's SD card, but I couldn't find anything to recover (which is VERY odd; even if I assume that there's nothing on the hard drive due to how the files were moved and the scripts work, shouldn't there have been something to find on the SD card?).  If anyone has any other ideas, have at it, because at this point I'm worried that I'm just SOL and the original images are lost permanently.

This means that I'm locked into displaying images on my site in 800x600 forever; if I ever wanted to do the work to change that to a larger size or go back to offering the full-size images like I did when I first created the site, I can't, because I don't have these three images in any larger size any more.

#2

Northeast / Re: Interstate 81 in Syracuse

Last post by vdeane - Today at 03:00:55 PM

I see Salt City Construction is one of the contractors for the viaduct removal.  They are a New York based firm and started last year on their contracted work.

On their work details I see a roundabout will be installed at one of the new intersections.

The main viaduct removal hasn't been put out to bid yet.  Most recent contract let is for Contract 5 -- southern portion of I-81 leading up to the viaduct.

Salt City has won previous contracts' work...

The press release mentions viaduct removal as part of this contract.  Not all of it, but still.  And I definitely remember seeing the roundabout in the plans.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-major-milestone-part-transformative-i-81-viaduct-project-award-fifth

#3

Photos, Videos, and More / Re: New York State Roads

Last post by vdeane - Today at 02:51:02 PM

This week, I added photos for I-690/NY 690 and I-490; improved marking of stub ramps in exit lists where all traffic must exit; updated the I-81, I-690/NY 690, and Niagara Scenic Parkway exit lists; added the historic Robert Moses State Parkway exit list; and updated the Niagara Scenic Parkway article.

Also, if anyone knows of a good way to recover lost pictures in Linux, it would be appreciated.  The originals of the I-490 photos are gone because I accidentally hit CTRL-X instead of CTRL-C when doing the early parts of today's update, and I didn't noticed until long after I had run the script to resize the images and create the thumbnails. And since I normally run a backup after doing a site update rather than before, I don't have one.  I tried testdisk and photorec, but neither could find anything on my hard drive or my camera's SD card.

https://nysroads.com/
https://nysroads.com/list-nsp.php

#4

Road Enthusiasts Meetings / Re: Winnipeg road meet (June 7...

Last post by oscar - Today at 02:27:05 PM

Please count me in. I have most of my itinerary to Winnipeg (via Ontario) planned and reserved.

#5

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that please y...

Last post by kernals12 - Today at 01:57:32 PM

They sure did love the Ford Panther Body cars and W Body cars from GM.

Awkwardly, they loved GM's front drive x-bodies.

#6

Southeast / Re: Interstate 42 (E)

Last post by branched-out - Today at 01:48:34 PM

Maybe someone else already pointed this out, but assuming you were on NC 540 going east onto I-42, you could make a 360^o loop by taking the exit to I-40 west and continue around the circle back to I-42 east. OR even a 270^o loop to I-40 east.

Could be North Carolina's version of Rhonda the Roundabout

No, a 270 loop (NC-540 East around the turbine to I-40 East) is the best you can do there. It is a separate ramp going from I-40 East around to I-42 East.  That ramp isn't accessible from the rest of the turbine.

#7

Traffic Control / Re: All Four Cardinal Directio...

Last post by ilpt4u - Today at 01:39:03 PM

Another example on a single BGS panel with all four cardinal directions is East St Louis, at the I-55/64/70 interchange

I-55S/I-70W: Left Exit 3A I-64 East/IL 3 North | I-64/US 40 West/I-55/IL 3/Great River Road South

https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ev81kP8JwpGP4aP69

#8

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by Max Rockatansky - Today at 01:31:44 PM

^^^

The only problem with CA 153 is that it is the fifth shortest California State Highway.  If we are counting what has actual reassurance shields it is the second shortest behind CA 77.

#9

Traffic Control / Re: All Four Cardinal Directio...

Last post by ilpt4u - Today at 01:30:31 PM

Happens now entering the Indy Beltway/I-465/69/74 on the southern leg, since 465 and 74 are signed E-W and 69 is signed N-S

Quoting tdindy88 from the I-69 Indiana thread on Great Lakes board

I was able to get a couple of pictures yesterday of the new signage at I-65 and I-465/74/69 on the south side with the new control cities.





The first picture is at the ramp from southbound I-65 to the I-465 ramps. It is interesting how there are three control cities along the Ohio River all in this one location.

The second picture is at the split of the westbound and eastbound ramps. Coming from the south, the northbound I-65 ramp to I-465 has a similar set of signs.

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=4855.5543

#10

General Highway Talk / Re: Roads you have never trave...

Last post by formulanone - Today at 01:26:30 PM

I-39: since most of it is US 51
I-84(W): only the part overlapping US 30
I-255: just that with US 50 and IL 3

US 89: concurrent sections with I-15 and US 6 in Utah
US 97: a small segment in Weed, California
US 166: see US 400
US 189: that with US 40 or I-80
US 141: the bit that's also US 41 and I-41
US 276: short concurrent section with US 64
US 400: with US 166 in KS/MO and US 54 in Wichita
US 425: only with either US 65 or US84