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Existing models and proposed alternatives...

Started by tradephoric

Replies: 4
Views: 1,184

May 01, 2019, 02:03:47 PM
by tradephoric

What type of intersection is this?

Started by hbelkins

Replies: 9
Views: 1,463

May 03, 2019, 08:49:11 PM
by vdeane

Most left exits in a row

Started by bugo

Replies: 18
Views: 3,505

May 06, 2019, 09:44:25 AM
by MCRoads

Cannabis dispensaries named after roads

Started by bugo

Pages1 2

Replies: 33
Views: 5,282

May 11, 2019, 03:20:42 AM
by bugo

What does BGS mean?

Started by SoCal Kid

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 84
Views: 13,350

May 12, 2019, 03:54:25 PM
by jakeroot

Wikipedia road pages being the featured page of the day

Started by SoCal Kid

Replies: 5
Views: 1,547

May 14, 2019, 03:34:48 PM
by Bruce

Odd median-outer clearance situation on I-95 in Georgia

Started by Tom958

Replies: 3
Views: 1,552

May 15, 2019, 12:35:40 AM
by Beltway

How long does an underpass have to be to have a ventilation system?

Started by roadman65

Replies: 2
Views: 1,349

May 15, 2019, 01:16:27 PM
by oscar

US Routes Old alignment far from New Alignment

Started by Avalanchez71

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 62
Views: 8,170

May 15, 2019, 09:51:18 PM
by Flint1979

Inverted SPUI + Super 2 freeway combination

Started by yand

Replies: 4
Views: 1,703

May 16, 2019, 07:09:47 AM
by froggie

Why aren't there natural stone roads?

Started by hotdogPi

Replies: 13
Views: 3,099

May 18, 2019, 11:26:09 AM
by roadfro

Just LOVE how Street View lapses into Google Earth without me telling it to

Started by bandit957

Replies: 6
Views: 2,199

May 18, 2019, 11:46:39 AM
by bandit957

Locally Maintained Freeways and Interchanges

Started by thefraze_1020

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 9,487

May 21, 2019, 05:16:08 AM
by DJ Particle

Terrible Billboard Placement

Started by Tonytone

Pages1 2

Replies: 47
Views: 5,958

May 23, 2019, 03:45:31 PM
by Roadwarriors79

Propose a future interstate. Where would you want it built and why?

Started by planxtymcgillicuddy

Replies: 2
Views: 1,335

May 24, 2019, 11:43:59 AM
by planxtymcgillicuddy

Hierarchy of freeways in your state

Started by Roadgeekteen

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 52
Views: 7,898

May 25, 2019, 05:37:16 PM
by hobsini2

Streets and highways with similar names confusingly close to each other

Started by Molandfreak

Pages1 2 3 ... 8

Replies: 178
Views: 59,107

May 27, 2019, 11:26:55 AM
by TheHighwayMan3561

Accident-Prone Stretches of Highway

Started by webny99

Pages1 2

Replies: 29
Views: 6,040

May 28, 2019, 05:34:20 PM
by frankenroad

Clinching Ramps

Started by signalman

Replies: 24
Views: 4,284

May 30, 2019, 10:57:08 AM
by mrsman

MOVED: The AARoads "What If?" Thread

Started by Alps

Replies: 0
Views: 1,195

May 30, 2019, 04:36:37 PM
by Alps

Wide BGS on a single side mount

Started by MarkF

Replies: 9
Views: 2,182

May 30, 2019, 07:15:18 PM
by ClassicHasClass

Who has traveled on I-94?

Started by _Demote

Pages1 2 3 ... 7

Replies: 153
Views: 33,818

May 31, 2019, 12:45:43 PM
by rawmustard

Abandoned/proposed roads

Started by planxtymcgillicuddy

Pages1 2

Replies: 25
Views: 3,891

June 01, 2019, 02:25:51 AM
by TheHighwayMan3561

Most 2dis clinchable in one day

Started by Scott5114

Pages1 2

Replies: 38
Views: 5,135

June 04, 2019, 11:51:36 AM
by BrianP

The Steepest streets in the World

Started by bing101

Replies: 18
Views: 2,949

June 05, 2019, 05:21:19 PM
by thspfc

National bicycle routes

Started by Alps

Replies: 20
Views: 2,422

June 05, 2019, 10:53:10 PM
by froggie

Mid-Sized Cities That Aren't Control Cities, But Maybe Should Be

Started by Laplace

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 65
Views: 11,663

June 08, 2019, 03:34:39 PM
by Hurricane Rex

Dedicated freeway truck routes

Started by jpm

Pages1 2

Replies: 44
Views: 6,825

June 08, 2019, 04:05:38 PM
by Hurricane Rex

Highway Fatality Counters

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 12
Views: 1,825

June 10, 2019, 09:03:29 AM
by US71

Interdependent Delays

Started by webny99

Replies: 5
Views: 1,765

June 11, 2019, 08:35:22 AM
by webny99

The hidden costs of highway maintenance

Started by kphoger

Replies: 24
Views: 4,088

June 13, 2019, 07:34:17 AM
by UCFKnights

Locally Maintained Limited Access Roads

Started by Max Rockatansky

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 61
Views: 8,393

June 15, 2019, 07:02:19 PM
by cwf1701

Which state was the first to experiment with colored US route shields?

Started by usends

Replies: 16
Views: 3,470

June 17, 2019, 02:00:31 PM
by kphoger

State with most intrastate US Highway Designations

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 4,760

June 17, 2019, 07:38:42 PM
by usends

US route numbers derived from a past state route number

Started by TheStranger

Replies: 12
Views: 2,201

June 18, 2019, 03:46:14 PM
by TheHighwayMan3561

How to Get Your State DOT to Pave a Road

Started by webny99

Replies: 22
Views: 5,182

June 20, 2019, 10:25:10 AM
by webny99

"Old" roads/avenues/streets

Started by Buffaboy

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 97
Views: 23,961

June 23, 2019, 05:57:02 PM
by Kulerage

I was today years old whenâ€¦

Started by empirestate

Replies: 13
Views: 2,443

June 25, 2019, 11:25:58 AM
by webny99

Full cloverleaf interchanges between two unnumbered highways or city streets

Started by csw

Replies: 20
Views: 2,907

June 25, 2019, 09:44:29 PM
by froggie

MOVED: Flashing stop signs

Started by rickmastfan67

Replies: 0
Views: 1,135

June 26, 2019, 06:13:45 AM
by rickmastfan67

Truck full of Hot Pockets overturns on I-70 in Missouri

Started by golden eagle

Replies: 1
Views: 1,176

June 28, 2019, 08:15:37 AM
by thspfc

Cities With the Number Street System Not Starting in Center of Town

Started by Avalanchez71

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 62
Views: 7,731

June 28, 2019, 01:09:25 PM
by TEG24601

Unpaved dual carriageways?

Started by Kniwt

Replies: 10
Views: 2,246

July 01, 2019, 08:04:40 AM
by Rothman

Last Minute Decisions on the Road

Started by webny99

Replies: 17
Views: 3,051

July 01, 2019, 06:03:53 PM
by csw

Best and Worst Main Thoroughfares in Each City?

Started by kevinb1994

Replies: 24
Views: 3,284

July 04, 2019, 06:13:58 PM
by mrsman

Using tiny cloverleafs

Started by yand

Replies: 5
Views: 1,542

July 04, 2019, 08:53:49 PM
by jeffandnicole

Rural highway upgrade standards

Started by RoadMaster09

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 62
Views: 8,391

July 04, 2019, 10:41:43 PM
by sprjus4

Forgive me

Started by texaskdog

Replies: 10
Views: 2,087

July 07, 2019, 06:11:22 PM
by US 81

Is the Sodium Vapor Streetlight Becoming Extinct?

Started by Henry

Pages1 2

Replies: 26
Views: 4,616

July 07, 2019, 10:46:27 PM
by roadman65

100th anniversary of the Army's first Transcontinental Motor Convoy

Started by oscar

Replies: 3
Views: 1,281

July 08, 2019, 10:28:32 AM
by roadman

A mystery about a mystery

Started by Mapmikey

Replies: 4
Views: 1,309

July 08, 2019, 05:29:01 PM
by luokou

Indian Reservation Highways

Started by CapeCodder

Replies: 2
Views: 1,292

July 12, 2019, 12:17:48 AM
by kurumi

Idea for subsidizing carpools

Started by hotdogPi

Replies: 3
Views: 1,746

July 12, 2019, 04:36:19 PM
by kphoger

Animated map illustrating how 3-digit US routes were intended to be numbered

Started by usends

Replies: 7
Views: 1,977

July 15, 2019, 12:34:41 AM
by KeithE4Phx

The domino effect

Started by webny99

Replies: 0
Views: 1,284

July 16, 2019, 08:42:36 AM
by webny99

Most egregious local shortcuts

Started by NoGoodNamesAvailable

Replies: 5
Views: 1,420

July 16, 2019, 09:17:40 PM
by Sctvhound

Half-roundabout interchange?

Started by tradephoric

Replies: 18
Views: 3,452

July 18, 2019, 08:00:08 AM
by tradephoric

2019 INFRA Grants

Started by mvak36

Replies: 2
Views: 1,430

July 25, 2019, 03:57:08 PM
by mvak36

Speed Limit Hypothesis

Started by Tonytone

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 58
Views: 7,589

July 26, 2019, 03:27:38 PM
by sprjus4

Freeways with only free-flowing (no stoplight/at-grade) interchanges

Started by TheStranger

Pages1 2

Replies: 43
Views: 5,887

July 27, 2019, 04:16:45 PM
by sprjus4

Longst 6+ lane surface road?

Started by froggie

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 56
Views: 9,185

July 27, 2019, 06:30:22 PM
by tolbs17

Are Truck Drivers becoming more and more stupid?

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 33
Views: 7,569

July 30, 2019, 12:10:35 PM
by webny99

What do visitors say about your area road network?

Started by webny99

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 89
Views: 17,639

July 30, 2019, 09:00:22 PM
by kphoger

Largest Cities Without an Interstate Connection

Started by theroadwayone

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 124
Views: 18,216

July 31, 2019, 01:46:55 AM
by US 89

Completely redundant routes

Started by hotdogPi

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 85
Views: 13,589

August 01, 2019, 04:27:43 PM
by texaskdog

Ridiculously large reassurance signs

Started by CapeCodder

Pages1 2

Replies: 40
Views: 6,460

August 01, 2019, 09:10:51 PM
by SGwithADD

Will there ever be new US highways?

Started by MantyMadTown

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 55
Views: 12,076

August 02, 2019, 12:17:17 PM
by paulthemapguy

Why Do Engineers Do So Poorly with Intersection Sight Distance ?

Started by Brian556

Replies: 7
Views: 1,539

August 03, 2019, 05:57:23 PM
by jakeroot

Nine "Wasteful" Highway Projects Across the U.S. Identified in New Report

Started by sprjus4

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 84
Views: 11,782

August 04, 2019, 07:20:15 PM
by Plutonic Panda

How areas were defined as rural for 65 speed limit (1980s-90s)

Started by bandit957

Replies: 8
Views: 1,748

August 04, 2019, 09:49:21 PM
by Rothman

Top 10 Biggest Daily Revenues Per Toll Facility...?

Started by thenetwork

Replies: 3
Views: 1,329

August 05, 2019, 12:17:07 PM
by plain

Most common – and most wacky – forms of local road debris

Started by cpzilliacus

Pages1 2

Replies: 40
Views: 8,596

August 09, 2019, 03:39:05 PM
by ET21

Delays due to "volume"

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 10
Views: 2,177

August 10, 2019, 05:03:52 AM
by english si

Automated Emissions Monitoring (e.g. RapidPass in NOVA)

Started by AlexandriaVA

Replies: 9
Views: 2,158

August 13, 2019, 02:10:29 PM
by hbelkins

Most Important Segment of Each Interstate

Started by webny99

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 7,306

August 14, 2019, 11:43:25 AM
by ET21

Why US 138 and I-238, but no US 38 or I-38?

Started by Henry

Replies: 9
Views: 1,945

August 15, 2019, 04:54:50 PM
by sparker

Most shady exits on an interstate highway

Started by Flint1979

Pages1 2

Replies: 49
Views: 6,375

August 15, 2019, 09:10:47 PM
by Flint1979

Unusual Grooving of Bridge Pavement

Started by InterstateGuy

Replies: 6
Views: 3,161

August 16, 2019, 04:28:40 PM
by ET21

Three lawsuits filed against X-lite guardrail

Started by tradephoric

Replies: 1
Views: 1,162

August 16, 2019, 08:56:46 PM
by Brian556

County Line vs Entering a County

Started by OCGuy81

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 82
Views: 18,143

August 17, 2019, 09:33:02 PM
by hotdogPi

All About Tolls (Toll Roads, Toll Bridges/Tunnels, etc)

Started by Roadwarriors79

Pages1 2

Replies: 25
Views: 4,123

August 18, 2019, 12:41:21 PM
by jp the roadgeek

End signs at state lines

Started by bugo

Pages1 2

Replies: 48
Views: 7,904

August 18, 2019, 08:37:56 PM
by gilpdawg

Workers Putting Down Plastic? When Building Road Base

Started by Brian556

Replies: 4
Views: 1,363

August 20, 2019, 07:52:54 PM
by cpzilliacus

I-59 Alabama Signs

Started by seicer

Replies: 2
Views: 1,228

August 21, 2019, 02:29:08 PM
by hbelkins

Route planning priorities

Started by empirestate

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 63
Views: 8,118

August 21, 2019, 03:00:02 PM
by bemybear

Proposed tolls on the new interstate 10

Started by bicyclehazard

Replies: 14
Views: 2,211

August 21, 2019, 03:32:55 PM
by Joe The Dragon

2020 Rand McNally Road Atlas

Started by bob7374

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 6,974

August 21, 2019, 04:14:25 PM
by skluth

Old state abbreviation usage

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 39
Views: 5,829

August 21, 2019, 07:37:04 PM
by webny99

Toll Roads worth avoiding?

Started by tradephoric

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 101
Views: 16,347

August 22, 2019, 10:05:21 AM
by lstone19

Community Connect Grant

Started by Henry

Replies: 1
Views: 1,208

August 22, 2019, 03:11:55 PM
by sprjus4

Inefficient numbered routings

Started by TheStranger

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 107
Views: 14,628

August 22, 2019, 09:49:07 PM
by amroad17

Roadways below auto viaducts

Started by index

Pages1 2

Replies: 43
Views: 5,865

August 25, 2019, 01:52:42 AM
by ErmineNotyours

Highway aesthetics

Started by hbelkins

Replies: 18
Views: 2,844

August 26, 2019, 12:56:29 PM
by kennyshark

Over 7000 roundabouts in America

Started by tradephoric

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 145
Views: 26,258

August 28, 2019, 01:08:51 PM
by mgk920

Interchanges that tell history of its original form

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 30
Views: 4,554

August 28, 2019, 04:20:46 PM
by SectorZ

Sound when driving over concrete pavement

Started by joshI5

Pages1 2

Replies: 27
Views: 19,278

August 29, 2019, 12:02:41 PM
by jcn

Proposed nationwide 65mph truck limit

Started by US 89

Pages1 2 3 ... 7

Replies: 165
Views: 21,310

August 29, 2019, 04:39:36 PM
by jeffandnicole

alternative intersections: Hwy 41 concepts

Started by johndoe

Replies: 4
Views: 1,484

August 30, 2019, 05:00:10 AM
by hotdogPi

Most Expensive State to Get a Speeding Ticket (?)

Started by jeffandnicole

Replies: 1
Views: 1,318

August 30, 2019, 11:32:32 AM
by PHLBOS

AARoads Bill 1: An Act to Create Interstate 32 in Texas

Started by hotdogPi

Pages1 2

Replies: 28
Views: 6,263

August 31, 2019, 07:10:12 AM
by motorola870

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