New York

[Stephane Dumas]

Those lampposts don't exist anymore, but there's an erroneous NY (US) 9 sign at the recently built roundabout there. 
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4177318,-73.7050069,3a,75y,310.49h,102.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfzsqPm81rtk1VDQaPu2EFA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

And I see I just brought this thread up to 199 pages.

Sad to see these lamposts gone. Btw, is that Quebec autoroute sign is still there? https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4346126,-73.7165343,3a,15y,339.36h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK5eZivHtKbt8KxjV3i5XmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[D-Dey65]

Sad to see these lamposts gone. Btw, is that Quebec autoroute sign is still there? https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4346126,-73.7165343,3a,15y,339.36h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK5eZivHtKbt8KxjV3i5XmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

No idea. You'll have to ask somebody who was actually there. And while you're at it, ask them about this mysterious loop just south of the on-ramp.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4344636,-73.7162659,3a,75y,11.37h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbP1L6s5yExvRB9yHL78nQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

[cl94]

The Autoroute signs were there as of a few months ago.

[empirestate]

I always thought that would be the kind of road that gets closed off for military activities from West Point as well.

Not that I've seen; it's NY 293 that passes through the "business end" of West Point, as far as intensive military exercises are concerned anyway. (Summer training at Camp Buckner, for example.) I don't know how often that gets shut down either, but I'm sure DoD reserves the right.

[SignBridge]

Sad to see these lamposts gone. Btw, is that Quebec autoroute sign is still there? https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4346126,-73.7165343,3a,15y,339.36h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK5eZivHtKbt8KxjV3i5XmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

No idea. You'll have to ask somebody who was actually there. And while you're at it, ask them about this mysterious loop just south of the on-ramp.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4344636,-73.7162659,3a,75y,11.37h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbP1L6s5yExvRB9yHL78nQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Looks a little like a Jersey Jughandle.

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

Sad to see these lamposts gone. Btw, is that Quebec autoroute sign is still there? https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4346126,-73.7165343,3a,15y,339.36h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK5eZivHtKbt8KxjV3i5XmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

No idea. You'll have to ask somebody who was actually there. And while you're at it, ask them about this mysterious loop just south of the on-ramp.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4344636,-73.7162659,3a,75y,11.37h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbP1L6s5yExvRB9yHL78nQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Maybe a turnaround for a bus route or snowplows?

[fmendes]

acording to the NYSDOT website there is a project which will add a aux lane to eastbound longisland expressway from the clearview expressway to franny lewis blvd this project is scheduled to start fall of next year and take 2 years and wrap up in 2023 here is a link to the project do u think this project will help the traffic on lie east or is it a waste because the existing acell lanes from clearview are from 200-500ft long not adequate for the high volume of traffic that gets on lie at this interchange https://www.dot.ny.gov/portal/pls/portal/MEXIS_APP.DYN_PROJECT_DETAILS.show?p_arg_names=p_pin&p_arg_values=X22869

[D-Dey65]

acording to the NYSDOT website there is a project which will add a aux lane to eastbound longisland expressway from the clearview expressway to franny lewis blvd this project is scheduled to start fall of next year and take 2 years and wrap up in 2023 here is a link to the project do u think this project will help the traffic on lie east or is it a waste because the existing acell lanes from clearview are from 200-500ft long not adequate for the high volume of traffic that gets on lie at this interchange https://www.dot.ny.gov/portal/pls/portal/MEXIS_APP.DYN_PROJECT_DETAILS.show?p_arg_names=p_pin&p_arg_values=X22869

Well, they already have auxiliary lanes between Springfield Boulevard and the Cross Island Parkway, so why not? 

[TheDon102]

Also a new auxiliary lane on the Staten Island Expressway between MLK JR. EXPWY and South Avenue.


https://www.silive.com/news/2020/10/new-auxiliary-lane-coming-to-westbound-staten-island-expressway.html

[fmendes]

Also a new auxiliary lane on the Staten Island Expressway between MLK JR. EXPWY and South Avenue.


https://www.silive.com/news/2020/10/new-auxiliary-lane-coming-to-westbound-staten-island-expressway.html

what did they forget the cluster fu*k on the east bound side on how the left lane merges and a half mile later that 4th lane comes back just extend that 4th lane and connect to existing hov 

[fmendes]

a traffic study was released by trip stating that traffic on longisland is getting worse and isnt stoping any time soon and states the Southern state parkway sees 210,000 vehicles a day and the most congested is from cip to 5th avenue if this is the case why dont they widen ssp its not like there isnt room for it the bridges would obvi have to be replaced but its not like NYS DOT hasnt done a project like this before i mean they did it on the LIE rplacing most bridges why dont they do it here and if there is plans thats are in the works what are they or do u see a project like a reconstruction project happening in the future heres a link to the study https://tripnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/TRIP_Keeping_Long_Island_Mobile_Report_September_2020.pdf

[empirestate]

Sad to see these lamposts gone. Btw, is that Quebec autoroute sign is still there? https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4346126,-73.7165343,3a,15y,339.36h,89.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sK5eZivHtKbt8KxjV3i5XmQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

No idea. You'll have to ask somebody who was actually there. And while you're at it, ask them about this mysterious loop just south of the on-ramp.
https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4344636,-73.7162659,3a,75y,11.37h,85.26t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sMbP1L6s5yExvRB9yHL78nQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

Maybe a turnaround for a bus route or snowplows?

Looks like just a normal NYSDOT parking area.

Some older GSV images show a stormwater permit mailbox at the site; perhaps it was a construction staging area that was converted to, or had already been, a parking area?

[Mergingtraffic]

The lovely button copy on Westchester Ave in Harrison has all been replaced, ecept for the button copy on the I-287 mainline.

Gone:

[RobbieL2415]

I was just looking forward to my first trip around the Storm King Highway in a few years, and the gates are closed at both ends. There are signs posted well ahead of each of the closures, which makes me wonder if this is long-term. Is this some kind of new normal.

IIRC a lot of those little connector roads there were closed due to COVID.

[crispy93]

I was just looking forward to my first trip around the Storm King Highway in a few years, and the gates are closed at both ends. There are signs posted well ahead of each of the closures, which makes me wonder if this is long-term. Is this some kind of new normal.

IIRC a lot of those little connector roads there were closed due to COVID.

I drove up Storm King Highway for the first time in a while myself, looking for foliage. This was about 3 weeks ago. There is a new 35 mph speed limit (well, new as of 1-2 years ago) which is fine. This was an unposted 55 mph zone before but it's a narrow winding road.

[NoGoodNamesAvailable]

I drove up Storm King Highway for the first time in a while myself, looking for foliage. This was about 3 weeks ago. There is a new 35 mph speed limit (well, new as of 1-2 years ago) which is fine. This was an unposted 55 mph zone before but it's a narrow winding road.

NY setting nanny speed limits, boo. NY used to be one of the best states about setting speed limits based on roadside development, not curves. Lots of 55 zones in rural areas that would be 40s or 45s in most states. But I guess it's starting to fall in line with everyone else. People who know how to drive properly shouldn't be penalized by people who can't (who will probably end up ignoring the speed limit anyways).

[vdeane]

I drove up Storm King Highway for the first time in a while myself, looking for foliage. This was about 3 weeks ago. There is a new 35 mph speed limit (well, new as of 1-2 years ago) which is fine. This was an unposted 55 mph zone before but it's a narrow winding road.

NY setting nanny speed limits, boo. NY used to be one of the best states about setting speed limits based on roadside development, not curves. Lots of 55 zones in rural areas that would be 40s or 45s in most states. But I guess it's starting to fall in line with everyone else. People who know how to drive properly shouldn't be penalized by people who can't (who will probably end up ignoring the speed limit anyways).

Have you driven on the Storm King Highway?  It's not possible to get up to 55 on that road.  Between the curves, parking areas with pedestrians, cliff on one side, and stone guiderail with a dropoff on the other, trying to go 55 there would be inadvisable.  I don't remember how fast I was able to top out at when I drove the Storm King Highway as it was many years ago, but I do know that it was WAY below 55.

[noelbotevera]

I drove up Storm King Highway for the first time in a while myself, looking for foliage. This was about 3 weeks ago. There is a new 35 mph speed limit (well, new as of 1-2 years ago) which is fine. This was an unposted 55 mph zone before but it's a narrow winding road.

NY setting nanny speed limits, boo. NY used to be one of the best states about setting speed limits based on roadside development, not curves. Lots of 55 zones in rural areas that would be 40s or 45s in most states. But I guess it's starting to fall in line with everyone else. People who know how to drive properly shouldn't be penalized by people who can't (who will probably end up ignoring the speed limit anyways).

Uh...what?

I've been on the Storm King Highway. Trying to go any faster than 40 is a death sentence into a cliff face, the Hudson River, or trees. 30-35 is definitely fine for the amount of traffic it receives.

[cl94]

Storm King Highway is one of the very few cases where I'm okay with nanny limits. Combination of bike/ped traffic, poor sightlines, and people who will use the curves to test out fancy cars is a recipe for trouble.

Indeed, this is one of only a handful of places in the state where limits are reduced for geometry.

[froggie]

Speaking of Storm King Hwy, is it still open to the back gate at West Point (from the 9W/218/293 junction), or is that closed too?

[02 Park Ave]

Speaking of Storm King Hwy, is it still open to the back gate at West Point (from the 9W/218/293 junction), or is that closed too?

that section of Route 218 is always open down to the Washington Gate, except when military exercises are taking place.

[D-Dey65]

I've got to go with noelbotevera and cl94 when it comes to the Storm King Highway, even though I've only seen it from US 9W. And this is coming from somebody who likes to drive fast. I may not fly along either segment of NY 218 if I ever go there, but it is a road that's on my bucket list.

[Ketchup99]

Sounds like a fun road to travel one day. But looking at it on GSV, I can't see what's wrong with it being posted at 55. Yeah, it would probably be stupid to do 55. But it's one of those roads where if you crash, it's going to be off the edge, which is your own problem. It's not really the government's job to protect one from oneself.

Pennsylvania's usually pretty good about this - any roadside development at all and they'll usually drop it to 45, but it can be as twisty as you like and the road stays at 55. If this (https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6084029,-78.137483,3a,75y,182.62h,90.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sW65RNHmI9wVhRvUXL7gemw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) can be 55, so can Storm King.

[Revive 755]

Sounds like a fun road to travel one day. But looking at it on GSV, I can't see what's wrong with it being posted at 55. Yeah, it would probably be stupid to do 55. But it's one of those roads where if you crash, it's going to be off the edge, which is your own problem.

Or someone takes the road too fast, crosses over the centerline on a curve, and gets into a sideswipe or head on crash with someone else going the opposite direction.

[Dougtone]

Regurgitating some bridge photos I took in 2002 and 2005 of the bridge to Haiti Island in Central New York State. As of 2010, the Haiti Island Bridge (also known as the Haiti Road Bridge) was replaced with a concrete slab over a channel of the Seneca River.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2020/11/old-haiti-island-bridge-conquest-new.html