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#61

Mid-South / Re: I-69 in TX

Last post by Thegeet - July 07, 2025, 05:38:42 PM

For the Wharton portion of construction, can anyone recall if:

a): Pumping Station Rd is getting an interchange built

and,

b): FM 102 Overpass will be rebuilt?

P.S. TO anyone wondering, Hinze's BBQ is slated to come back near the Frontage road. They're that BBQ restaurant that burnt down and relocated in-town.

See sheets 7 and 8 at https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/ykm/us59-wharton/032819-schematic.pdf
Pump Station has an exit. FM 102 overpass looks like it gets rebuilt.

Did FM 102 once have a railroad next to it? It looks so based on the current configuration.

#62

Bridges / Re: Are there any bridges that...

Last post by Bruce - July 07, 2025, 05:23:23 PM

The I-90 floating bridges across Lake Washington might qualify, as Mount Baker Ridge is a bit more vertical than a hill (but not quite a cliff).

#63

Northeast / Re: New York State Thruway

Last post by MASTERNC - July 07, 2025, 04:40:48 PM

Noticed there's an R-Permit restriction on a bridge that was recently redone on I-87 near the exit for Catskill (Exit 21).  Strange that the restriction is there after construction.

#64

Mid-South / Re: I-69 in TX

Last post by Rick Powell - July 07, 2025, 04:39:04 PM

For the Wharton portion of construction, can anyone recall if:

a): Pumping Station Rd is getting an interchange built

and,

b): FM 102 Overpass will be rebuilt?

P.S. TO anyone wondering, Hinze's BBQ is slated to come back near the Frontage road. They're that BBQ restaurant that burnt down and relocated in-town.

See sheets 7 and 8 at https://ftp.txdot.gov/pub/txdot/get-involved/ykm/us59-wharton/032819-schematic.pdf
Pump Station has an exit. FM 102 overpass looks like it gets rebuilt.

#65

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Update on I-69 Extension i...

Last post by silverback1065 - July 07, 2025, 04:38:09 PM

I'm curious... based on so many bridge piers built on the photos, is it also the floodplains that I-69 will go across in addition to the Ohio River, or are they dry lands prior to the Ohio River?

floodplains

#66

Bridges / Re: 7 Engineers Suspended Afte...

Last post by GaryV - July 07, 2025, 04:34:12 PM

Three paragraphs into the story:

The 648-meter Rail Over Bridge (ROB) was supposed to connect Mahamai Ka Bagh and New Bhopal, easing congestion and slashing wait times for up to 300,000 daily commuters. Instead, it's become a punchline and a cautionary tale.

So no, it's not a pedestrian/bike bridge, unless that many walkers and bikers are commuting.

#67

Northeast / Re: New York State Thruway

Last post by SignBridge - July 07, 2025, 04:30:58 PM

Its been a long time since I was on the Thruway in Rockland County. Who thought it was a good idea to install ramp meters on a freeway-freeway ramp? 

Don't tell him about the ramp meters on the LIE.

I think the original poster meant having them on transition ramps from one freeway to another, not on your typical entrance ramps from local roads.

In California I have seen overhead ramp metering signals, one for each lane on two and even three lane wide transition ramps between freeways. Nothing like that on Long Island that I've seen.

#68

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by NWI_Irish96 - July 07, 2025, 04:29:31 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

If NASCAR ran as many road courses back in the 1990s-2000s as they do now, Jeff Gordon would have retired with about a dozen championships.

Mark Martin would have certainly had at least one.

Assuming he doesn't have his accident at Michigan, Ernie Irvan probably wins in 1994 in that instance as well.

I wonder, other than rovals (Phoenix, Charlotte, Texas World, Homestead when it was built in '95) how many road courses aside from Sonoma and Watkins Glen had enough garage and pit road space for a full Cup (and possibly Busch/trucks) field at the time. Maybe just Laguna Seca and Road America.

Never been to any of them so I have no idea if they have what's required, but just off the top of my head:

Mid-Ohio
Montreal
Portland
Sebring
Daytona has a road course

#69

Sports / Re: NASCAR

Last post by Takumi - July 07, 2025, 04:18:48 PM

Wonder what King Richard thinks about SVG and his playoff qualification now?

(I missed the race, but sounds like I missed a good one.)

My take on road course wins is that they just as legitimate (if not more) than restrictor plate tracks.  Road courses at least require skill, plate track winners often just lucky.

If NASCAR ran as many road courses back in the 1990s-2000s as they do now, Jeff Gordon would have retired with about a dozen championships.

Mark Martin would have certainly had at least one.

Assuming he doesn't have his accident at Michigan, Ernie Irvan probably wins in 1994 in that instance as well.

I wonder, other than rovals (Phoenix, Charlotte, Texas World, Homestead when it was built in '95) how many road courses aside from Sonoma and Watkins Glen had enough garage and pit road space for a full Cup (and possibly Busch/trucks) field at the time. Maybe just Laguna Seca and Road America.

#70

Great Lakes and Ohio Valley / Re: Update on I-69 Extension i...

Last post by Strider - July 07, 2025, 04:05:07 PM

I'm curious... based on so many bridge piers built on the photos, is it also the floodplains that I-69 will go across in addition to the Ohio River, or are they dry lands prior to the Ohio River?