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#1

Off-Topic / Re: Business Marquees which fe...

Last post by WillWeaverRVA - Today at 08:37:22 PM

What's the point of perfect vision if what you're looking at is wrong?

They should've opened this up somewhere on US 1.

#2

Mid-South / Re: Texas

Last post by bwana39 - Today at 08:27:57 PM

IH 27 improvements from Canyon to Amarillo announced.

https://www.amarillo.com/story/news/2024/04/16/txdot-construction-upgrades-to-impact-i-27-from-amarillo-to-canyon/73345835007/

I guess so. Most of the Amarillo to Canyon segment has become urban.

It seems to me it would have been better allocated on US-287 from I-40 to Claude....

#3

Northeast / Re: General PA Design/Construc...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 08:25:45 PM

PennDOT - District 6 News: PennDOT Completes Smithbridge Road Bridge Replacement Project over Webb Creek in Concord Township

(For US 15) PennDOT - District 8 News: Postponed: Weekend Closure for Pipe Replacement on Route 15 in Adams County

#4

Off-Topic / Re: Business Marquees which fe...

Last post by bing101 - Today at 08:21:47 PM

Rummage 33 in Ruckersville, VA has a colorful US 33 shield:



US 29 shield with interstate colors near its junction with I-66:

That US-29 Shield looks like a Korean Expressways Route.

#5

Mid-Atlantic / Re: West Virginia Turnpike

Last post by GCrites - Today at 08:21:34 PM

Plus most Turnpike non-local traffic passes thru Beckley whether they come in from US-19, I-68 or from either end of I-77. So everyone would hit at least one toll barrier regardless.

That's likely why Beckley got the big service plaza and the other two are smaller. Going all the way back to when you could access all three plazas from both directions.

#6

Off-Topic / Re: Business Marquees which fe...

Last post by bing101 - Today at 08:18:52 PM

Green Island Oriental Vegetables have boxes showing their location near Long Beach.  Note this photo is shot at a supermarket in Vallejo, CA but their supplier is in the Long Beach area.

#7

General Highway Talk / Re: How are 3 digit interstate...

Last post by TheStranger - Today at 08:08:23 PM

1.  So basically when choosing which even or odd 1st digit, there is no rule, things vary by state?

From what I've seen in the thread, this seems to be the case.  Some use middle or higher numbers to leave room for lower numbers in the future sequence (i.e. California starting out with 405 and 605 and 805, before creating 205), others do it purely in order (the odd 3dis in South Carolina), and some definitely are more "this number is available, why not use it" (I-820 in Texas stands out, as does I-985 in Georgia).

2.  Why is the DC beltway 495 and the Baltimore 695?

Could this be "Maryland numbering things in geographic order" - 295, 495 both in the DC area, 695 then a bit up north?

3.  If a 3 digit interstate ends at another interstate it must be even, correct, EVEN if that interstate is not an offshoot of 2 digit (Fictionally 387 starts at 87 and ends at 684)?

Not necessarily (see I-355, the Kansas I-135, the under-construction I-369, I-505).  Note that 135 and 505 replaced suffixed Interstate routes (35W and 5W).

#8

General Highway Talk / Re: How are 3 digit interstate...

Last post by dvferyance - Today at 08:06:40 PM

I always figured they just started at the lowest number (1xx or 2xx) then went up as more were added.  Occasionally a number may be skipped - a planned route never occurred, or an adjoining state already had the low route number so they used the next one to avoid confusion.

Tell that to I-820

Wasn't that State Route 820, then they gave it an upgrade to I-820?  I believe that's the backstory there as to how it was given an unusually high number.

There sure is because radio station WBAP is on AM 820.

#9

Northeast / Re: New Jersey Turnpike

Last post by bluecountry - Today at 08:00:30 PM

What's going on with all the lane shifts and work in multiple areas NB past the 70s MP?

#10

Northeast / Re: New York

Last post by SignBridge - Today at 07:59:59 PM

Yeah, that's just what we need. Another flatfooted attempt by politicians to show a neighborhood that they're doing something about a problem. Like this will make any difference at all.