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Started by rawr apples, May 11, 2009, 01:56:54 AM

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SSOWorld

#25
May 27, 2009, 08:37:53 PM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on May 27, 2009, 08:35:24 PM
in western Oklahoma, near Erick, there is an abandoned four-lane US-66 expressway section.  I can't find it offhand on Google Satellite Images; I think it's sufficiently overgrown with vegetation as to be rendered invisible.
Maybe Google found a new way to censor things :P
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Ah, the open skies, wind at my back, warm sun on my... wait, where the hell am I?!
As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
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US71

#26
July 17, 2009, 02:21:32 PM  
Not a Freeway, but a Tollway here:

Abandoned section of I-44/ Will Rogers Turnpike NE of Tulsa.

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Chris

#27
July 17, 2009, 02:26:27 PM  
^^ Here's a Google Earth view  :cool:



Interesting piece of roadway.

Truvelo

#28
July 17, 2009, 02:30:45 PM  
There even appears to be some signs still in situ.
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US71

#29
July 17, 2009, 02:36:45 PM  
Quote from: Truvelo on July 17, 2009, 02:30:45 PM
There even appears to be some signs still in situ.

Yes, there are. You can see one just to the left of center of this photo

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#30
July 17, 2009, 04:33:33 PM  
Why and how long ago was this section of 44 abandaned?
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#31
July 17, 2009, 04:42:57 PM  
Quote from: doofy103 on July 17, 2009, 04:33:33 PM
Why and how long ago was this section of 44 abandaned?

2002, I believe.  44 got rerouted to intersect with the new Creek Turnpike. 
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SSOWorld

#32
July 17, 2009, 05:03:36 PM  
Right after I drove it  :wow:

Curious to why things get left abandoned - if one builds they ought to clean up the mess (damn gov't spending)
Scott O.

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As a matter of fact, I do own the road.
Raise your what?

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#33
July 17, 2009, 08:20:18 PM  
Quote from: Master son on July 17, 2009, 05:03:36 PM
Curious to why things get left abandoned - if one builds they ought to clean up the mess (damn gov't spending)

It could still serve some other uses, such as part of a new airport, an access road for some development (could probably use some of the old pavement in place), or a drag race strip.

US71

#34
July 17, 2009, 11:00:58 PM  
Quote from: Revive 755 on July 17, 2009, 08:20:18 PM

It could still serve some other uses, such as part of a new airport, an access road for some development (could probably use some of the old pavement in place), or a drag race strip.

Or for some politician to talk about how he's going to fix the roads (happened!)  :eyebrow:
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Sykotyk

#35
July 17, 2009, 11:47:13 PM  
Yeah, they wanted continuous toll roads from Missouri to just west of Oklahoma City.

I like going through Tulsa, though. Took the Creek Turnpike once, not worth it.

Sykotyk

US71

#36
July 18, 2009, 12:02:04 AM  
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 17, 2009, 11:47:13 PM
Yeah, they wanted continuous toll roads from Missouri to just west of Oklahoma City.

I like going through Tulsa, though. Took the Creek Turnpike once, not worth it.

Sykotyk

I've driven Indian Nation a few times: it's boring.
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Scott5114

#37
July 20, 2009, 04:39:24 AM  
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 17, 2009, 11:47:13 PM
I like going through Tulsa, though. Took the Creek Turnpike once, not worth it.

I certainly disagree. I lived in Springfield Mo for a year and visited friends and family in Central OK regularly... the Skelly Drive was a big enough pain I used the Creek whenever I could afford to!
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bugo

#38
July 20, 2009, 10:07:04 PM  
Quote from: US71 on July 18, 2009, 12:02:04 AM
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 17, 2009, 11:47:13 PM
Yeah, they wanted continuous toll roads from Missouri to just west of Oklahoma City.

I like going through Tulsa, though. Took the Creek Turnpike once, not worth it.

Sykotyk

I've driven Indian Nation a few times: it's boring.

I've been on the portion north of US 270 and I don't find it boring, rather it is quite scenic.  And the SL is 75, which makes it even better.

bugo

#39
July 20, 2009, 10:58:17 PM  
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 20, 2009, 04:39:24 AM
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 17, 2009, 11:47:13 PM
I like going through Tulsa, though. Took the Creek Turnpike once, not worth it.

I certainly disagree. I lived in Springfield Mo for a year and visited friends and family in Central OK regularly... the Skelly Drive was a big enough pain I used the Creek whenever I could afford to!

I live right off of Skelly and yes, it is a pain in the ass.  The biggest problem are LLBs and rude truckers.  If I were King of Oklahoma I would ban trucks from I-44 between I-244 west and OK 51.

mightyace

#40
July 21, 2009, 01:20:34 AM  
^^^
Who or what are LLBs?
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#41
July 21, 2009, 02:55:10 AM  
Quote from: mightyace on July 21, 2009, 01:20:34 AM
^^^
Who or what are LLBs?

Taking a stab in the dark here, but "Left Lane Blockers" maybe?

Chris

#42
July 21, 2009, 03:00:08 AM  
Left Lane Bandits  :spin:

Sykotyk

#43
July 21, 2009, 07:16:19 AM  
That's the fatal flaw with routing the mainline through the middle of cities.

Had we known the problems we'd have today, most interstates, hopefully, would've been routed just outside urban centers with only loops (a la Rochester) or spurs to access the urban center.

There's no denying the Ohio Turnpike has it right. For all the adjacent large cities, you don't cross through any directly.

Plus, being further from the city center, there's usually larger right-of-ways, which means expansion isn't as costly or inconveniencing.

Sykotyk

bugo

#44
July 21, 2009, 10:43:01 AM  
Quote from: Sykotyk on July 21, 2009, 07:16:19 AM
That's the fatal flaw with routing the mainline through the middle of cities.

Had we known the problems we'd have today, most interstates, hopefully, would've been routed just outside urban centers with only loops (a la Rochester) or spurs to access the urban center.

There's no denying the Ohio Turnpike has it right. For all the adjacent large cities, you don't cross through any directly.

Plus, being further from the city center, there's usually larger right-of-ways, which means expansion isn't as costly or inconveniencing.

Sykotyk

The irony is that I-44 doesn't go through downtown Tulsa, I-244 does.  When Skelly was built in the 1950s, it went through the edge of town.

Chris

#45
July 21, 2009, 11:16:34 AM  
Quote from: bugo on July 21, 2009, 10:43:01 AM
The irony is that I-44 doesn't go through downtown Tulsa, I-244 does.  When Skelly was built in the 1950s, it went through the edge of town.

I guess this is relatively rare. Most downtowns are served by the primary Interstates, not by auxiliary Interstates only.

Duke87

#46
July 21, 2009, 07:54:22 PM  
Quote from: Chris on July 21, 2009, 11:16:34 AM
I guess this is relatively rare. Most downtowns are served by the primary Interstates, not by auxiliary Interstates only.

There are several more examples of cities with no primary interstates going through the city center. Pittsburgh, DC, Trenton, New York...

Of course, there are also many cities where the primary route goes downtown arbitrarily. 70 could skip St Louis by swapping it with 270. 75 could skip Macon by swapping it with 475. In both of those cases, the "bypass" is actually shorter.
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agentsteel53

#47
July 21, 2009, 10:32:17 PM  
Trenton, major world metropolis?

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#48
July 22, 2009, 10:57:40 AM  
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 21, 2009, 10:32:17 PM
Trenton, major world metropolis?
Ugh, the last thing Jersey needs is another metropolis :crazy:
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Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 30, 2009, 04:04:11 PM
I-99... the Glen Quagmire of interstate routes??

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#49
November 13, 2011, 12:10:58 PM  
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