AARoads Page Updates

[agentsteel53]

I added the closeup of the 490 and Inner Loop shields to the gallery, primarily because we did not yet have an example of an Inner Loop shield.

also, nice subprime mortgage ad in the background.  Dear Nationwide: go die in a fire thanks for dying in a fire, but did you have to take the rest of us with you??

[Alex]

Done with all of our Rochester material finally. Added two photos of the north end of NY 36 and created NY 204 and NY 531 pages.

Shifting focus now to Syracuse area roads, I have a new page up for NY 695 and added four photos to the I-690 main page.

Forthcoming are new pages for NY 5, NY 481, I-81, and I-481.

[Alex]

Pages for New York 5 and 481 are now online. I'll have more coverage of NY 5 on its overlap with US 20 later (tho the photos are looking into the sun and marginal at best).

[florida]

I added the closeup of the 490 and Inner Loop shields to the gallery, primarily because we did not yet have an example of an Inner Loop shield.

also, nice subprime mortgage ad in the background.  Dear Nationwide: go die in a fire thanks for dying in a fire, but did you have to take the rest of us with you??

I assume they were not on our side? Those pictures are historic! 

[Alex]

I assume they were not on our side? Those pictures are historic!

And I tried to crop out enough of that billboard out!

Added Interstate 481 last night, should be the last update for the weekend.

[Lyle]

Here is my critique of your new Interstate 390 / New York 390 pages. They are very good, but I found a few mistakes:

Northbound:

https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_001_02.jpg

You say, "22 miles to Dansville, and 74 miles to Dansville." I think you mean, "74 miles to Rochester."


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_001_04.jpg
and
https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_001_05.jpg

Are you sure those photos were taken on 07/01/05? They look more like springtime pictures.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_002_13.jpg

Are you sure those photos were taken on 05/07/05? They look more like summertime pictures.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_003_02.jpg
and
https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_003_04.jpg

You linked the i-390_nb_exit_003_03.jpg thumbnail to the i-390_nb_exit_003_02.jpg photo.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_004_07.jpg

You didn't put a date in the description of that picture.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_012_06.jpg

Are you sure those photos were taken on 05/09/05? They look more like summertime pictures.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_nb_exit_016_03.jpg

You say, "Southward the rote meets Exit 14 of Interstate 390 in Henrietta."
Don't you mean "the route"?


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/ny-390_nb_exit_025_03.jpg

You forgot to close the parentheses. Also, it is Vintage Lane, not Vintage Lake.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/ny-390_nb_exit_025_03.jpg

Again, it is Vintage Lane, not Vintage Lake.
Also, "road continues" should be two words, not one.


Southbound:

https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_018b_01.jpg
through
https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_018a_01.jpg

Again, are you sure those photos were taken on 05/10/05? They look more like summertime pictures.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_008_01.jpg
and
https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_008_02.jpg

You say "A short distance south of Exit 10." Are you sure you don't mean "Exit 9"? (although what you said is technically true).


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_007_08.jpg

The rest areas are just south of Exit 7, not Exit 9.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_005_07.jpg

Are you sure that photo is in the right place after the previous set of photos? I would surmise that it would come between the fourth and fifth photos, but I could be wrong.


https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_001_03.jpg
and beyond

Are you sure those photos were taken on 05/11/07? They look like the photos taken 05/11/05.

[Alex]

Here is my critique of your new Interstate 390 / New York 390 pages. They are very good, but I found a few mistakes:

Northbound:

Southbound:
https://www.aaroads.com/northeast/new_york390/i-390_sb_exit_005_07.jpg

Are you sure that photo is in the right place after the previous set of photos? I would surmise that it would come between the fourth and fifth photos, but I could be

Yes, two photos were out of order there. That is what happens when you have the same stretch of roadway shot on three separate occasions and cannot decide on which you want to post right away. 

All of the dates mentioned that were swapped were incorrect. I was using a template to build these, and missed changing a few... they are fixed now. The last photos were taken in 2005, not 2007. Our 2007 photos entail the Interstate 87 corridor and NYC, of which will be added in time.

The other corrections were made too.

Thanks for the compliment on the pages!

[Alex]

Completed adding all of our Syracuse material including some photos of John Glenn Boulevard and Interstate 81. We have I-81 southbound completely covered from downtown Syracuse to the Pennsylvania state line and northbound through Binghamton and Syracuse.

[Alex]

Created new pages for U.S. 20, mainly covering the Finger Lakes area, but also some photos in Avon and the Albany area.
Also added new pages for U.S. 11, New York 39, New York 245, and added more photos to New York 21, and some Rensselaer shots on the miscellaneous page.

[Alex]

Created two more state route pages:
New York 38
New York 90

[Hellfighter]

New photos of the Gateway Area, which have Termini Photos for I-96 and I-375 that need to be updated!

[Alex]

Added 48 photos from a visit to D.C. in 2005 and a drive through the city in 2008 to the D.C. page. Also created a map of central D.C. showing the canceled freeways and U.S. routes.

Split the Interstate 395 guides into separate pages and added photos from a walk I took to the freeway in 2005. We'll have some updates for the guides soon too.

Created a page covering Suitland Parkway westbound.

Added some straggler photos taken in 2004 to the Interstate 66 page in Virginia.

[Chris]

Interesting map, I never knew about I-266.

[froggie]

I-266 pretty much died when the Three Sisters Bridge died.


A few notes on the central DC map:

- Looks like you were using the 1971 DeLew Cather & Associates study as the backbone for the cancelled routes.  All of the maps I've seen (both from the 1971 study and other sources) show the East Leg (I-295) passing west of what you list as Kingman Lake, not across/over it as you show.  If you have a map/source that shows what you presented, I'd like to see it.

- I see you show US 29 along 13th St NW, between K St and Rhode Island Ave.  Which I do believe is the case...though the only sources I've seen with that routing are the ADC regional series atlases and FHWA shapefiles.

- The two ramps that would have carried "mainline I-295" between the 11th St Bridge and the Southeast Freeway have been mostly demolished now, so I think it's safe to remove them from your map.

- I've only seen one map suggesting US 240 heading south along Wisconsin Ave (1944 VA map).  Most maps I've seen show US 240 coming south along Massachusetts Ave to 22nd/23rd Sts.  There was also an ALT US 240 which ran north from 22nd & Mass NW, up Florida Ave and Connecticut Ave.

[Alex]

I-266 pretty much died when the Three Sisters Bridge died.


A few notes on the central DC map:

- Looks like you were using the 1971 DeLew Cather & Associates study as the backbone for the cancelled routes.  All of the maps I've seen (both from the 1971 study and other sources) show the East Leg (I-295) passing west of what you list as Kingman Lake, not across/over it as you show.  If you have a map/source that shows what you presented, I'd like to see it.

I georeferenced Scott Kozel's DC Interstates Map and digitized the lines from his drawing: http://www.roadstothefuture.com/DC_Interstate_Map_XL.jpg

- I see you show US 29 along 13th St NW, between K St and Rhode Island Ave.  Which I do believe is the case...though the only sources I've seen with that routing are the ADC regional series atlases and FHWA shapefiles.

Got the routing from Wikipedia, please clarify the exact alignment of U.S. 29 and I will correct it on the map and on the web page.

- The two ramps that would have carried "mainline I-295" between the 11th St Bridge and the Southeast Freeway have been mostly demolished now, so I think it's safe to remove them from your map.

The base for the map was Tiger files. You know how inaccurate they can be, I'll amend the map accordingly. Thanks.

- I've only seen one map suggesting US 240 heading south along Wisconsin Ave (1944 VA map).  Most maps I've seen show US 240 coming south along Massachusetts Ave to 22nd/23rd Sts.  There was also an ALT US 240 which ran north from 22nd & Mass NW, up Florida Ave and Connecticut Ave.

I have a variety of maps that show U.S. 240 (and just looked at a recent DC map acquisition and noticed Alt U.S. 240). So there were two historical routings of U.S. 240? What were they specifically. Also I have an atlas here that shows U.S. 240 going into Virginia. That is why I added the southernmost U.S. 240 gray shield to the map.

[froggie]

I georeferenced Scott Kozel's DC Interstates Map and digitized the lines from his drawing:

He missed it on his map then, too...since his map completely omits Lake Kingman.  All the official planning maps I've seen (one of which is on Doug Willinger's site) have it west of Lake Kingman.

Got the routing from Wikipedia, please clarify the exact alignment of U.S. 29 and I will correct it on the map and on the web page.

No need to.  As I noted before, I think you already have the correct alignment.

I have a variety of maps that show U.S. 240 (and just looked at a recent DC map acquisition and noticed Alt U.S. 240). So there were two historical routings of U.S. 240? What were they specifically. Also I have an atlas here that shows U.S. 240 going into Virginia. That is why I added the southernmost U.S. 240 gray shield to the map.

Mike Roberson has included references on US 240 possibly entering Virginia.  His reference to the 1944 Virginia official map is the same one I mentioned above....though that same map also shows US 240 on Massachusetts Ave, so who knows.

Anyway, if US 240 continued south along Wisconsin Ave, and based on that '44 VA map, it continued down 35th St NW to the Key Bridge (but may or may not have crossed Key Bridge).

240 crossing Memorial Bridge was possible at one point, given the few different sources showing it.  But it would've been relatively short-lived.  For most of its life, 240 followed Wisconsin to Massachsetts to 22nd/23rd (then just 23rd St by Washington Circle) and ended either at 23rd and Constitution or at the circle around the Lincoln Memorial.

[vdeane]

Since planned I-295 is north of the river, what number was DC 295 supposed to have?

[froggie]

Was originally intended to simply be unnumbered (several people know/call it by its longtime name:  Kenilworth Ave).  The DC 295 designation is fairly recent...only about 10-15 years or so.

[Alex]

Was originally intended to simply be unnumbered (several people know/call it by its longtime name:  Kenilworth Ave).  The DC 295 designation is fairly recent...only about 10-15 years or so.

I first noticed D.C. 295 shields on a November 1994 road trip. There were none along the route in 1993.

[Hellfighter]

Speaking of DC, I've got a shield for you.

[agentsteel53]

Speaking of DC, I've got a shield for you.

we have it

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=DC19700505t200500.jpg

[agentsteel53]

DC-295 is indeed a very new phenomenon ... since well before the 1990s, DC has had the habit of adopting the numbers of neighboring states for continuing routes.  See here DC-4, circa 1942, which is an extension of Maryland state route 4:

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=DC19360041t300040.jpg

so I believe DC-295 was indeed meant to be that number, since state route MD-295 has been signed as that since the 1970s, if not earlier.

[Hellfighter]

Speaking of DC, I've got a shield for you.

we have it

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=DC19700505t200500.jpg

Sorry, never noticed!

[agentsteel53]

no worries   send more old photos!

[Hellfighter]

I've got more! 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3608577042/in/set-72157622171502293/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3611377240/in/set-72157622171502293/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3065934801/in/set-72157622171502293/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3065917065/in/set-72157622171502293/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3066757558/in/set-72157622171502293/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3666418815/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/3666417099/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/494316337/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/494316389/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8245157@N02/494316437/