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#1

Weather / Re: What's your weather curren...

Last post by Ted$8roadFan - Today at 07:29:37 AM

Sunny and 61.

#2

Sports / Re: NFL (2024 Season)

Last post by Ted$8roadFan - Today at 07:29:14 AM

A case could be made (and maybe was) for not giving Cousins a max contract given his age, injury history, quality of play, etc. But the Falcons did, and by drafting Penix they've created quarterback controversy before their first OTAs. A bad look if nothing else.

#3

Northeast / Re: Massachusetts

Last post by Ted$8roadFan - Today at 07:25:13 AM

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nXUufMWidfnysogFA
I take that "The Islands" refers to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard on this guide on SB MA28.

Yes.

#4

Northeast / Re: Massachusetts

Last post by Rothman - Today at 06:48:48 AM

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nXUufMWidfnysogFA
I take that "The Islands" refers to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard on this guide on SB MA28.

What else would it refer to?

#5

Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 06:20:48 AM

FDOT District 6 appears to have added a whole bunch of state routes to the books according to the Straight Line Diagrams and they're pretty much all frontage roads.

SR 7F (87140352) Frontage road from 199th to 193rd
SR 25F (87090002) Frontage road in unincorporated Miami-Dade from 170th to 178th
SR 25F (87090005) Frontage road in Hialeah Gardens from SR 939 to 87th
SR 826F (87260525-33, 36, 87260600) 17th Ave to 67th Ave (WB) and Miami Lakes Drive (EB).
SR 856F (87210101, 87210102) Frontage loop with access to Country Club Drive.
SR 918 (87075702) SR 938/923 to SR 916 under the I-75/826/924 interchange
SR 923 (87075701) 20th Ave from SR 918 to 122nd
SR 927 (87090004) Frontage road for US 27 to 117th north of Turnpike interchange
SR 929 (87260151) US 27 to Palmetto Expwy off-ramp.
SR 928 (87075703) Hialeah Gardens Blvd to SR 938 at 28th Ave
SR 938 (87075704) SR 928/28th Ave to SR 923/918
SR 939 (87260152) SR 932 to SR 25F hugging the interchange.
SR 949 (87260298) SR 932 to 122nd along Palmetto Expwy.
SR 958 (87000172) A1A WB offramp to 1st Ave.
SR 961 (87270160) Connects the I-95 NB off/SB on ramps at US 41.
SR 962 (87000652) I-395 EB off-ramp to US 1.
SR 963 (87010100) Off US 1 on the way to the keys
SR 975 (90020005) Overseas Highway to Naval Air Station entrance.
SR 979 (87260521) 122nd to 77th Court on opposite side of Palmetto Expwy from SR 949.
SR 988 (87260524) 154th St to 169th St

What matters in Travel Mapping is if any of these end up signed.

#6

Traffic Control / Re: 1-2-3 Route number Additio...

Last post by 74/171FAN - Today at 06:15:12 AM

1469 = 869 + 441 + 75 + 84 (Florida's Turnpike SB 1.5 miles north of I-595, FL 84, and US 441 (Exit 54) in Davie, FL)(https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10218550319589729&set=a.10218550588716457)

#7

Southeast / Re: Florida

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 03:17:16 AM

https://www.google.com/maps/place/St+Pete+Beach,+FL/@27.8734914,-82.6838827,15z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x88c3029f9de5dea9:0x98aafcc9726f8c6a!8m2!3d27.7428134!4d-82.7504542!16zL20vMHJyNXg?entry=ttu

Googlemaps still hasn't updated to add TOLL FL 690 yet.

#8

Northeast / Re: Pennsylvania

Last post by storm2k - Today at 02:32:52 AM

Penn State happens to publish old campus maps that I personally find interesting. I've yet to find a town map of State College in PSU libraries or published by the state, so for now this page has to suffice. Walking around campus, there's some geography notes I've found interesting:

• 1992 map: what on earth are those phone numbers? I've seen 7 digit phone numbers (area code is implied), but never 5 digit ones.

This is a product of the phone system the college uses.  Using a phone within the college's system, they only need to dial the 5 numbers shown.  The 1st number is the last number of the local extension (ie: 623-3064.  If you needed to call from outside the school's system, just dial the 7 digit number, which is now probably area code plus 7 digit number).  Each professor's office, classroom, administration and other offices all probably had 5 digit numbers as well. 

State offices in Trenton, NJ have the same (or at least similar) system, although some Divisions and Departments have changed to a newer system that involves dialing all 10 digits. 

This is a very common thing, actually. Rutgers University still has 5 digit dialing across campuses as long as your university phone number is one of their standard exchanges (848-932 or 848-445, or 848-267). Fewer people know about it these days because landlines are not as much of a thing, but they still work for VOIP phones used in most campus office buildings.

#9

Traffic Control / Re: Unique, Odd, or Interestin...

Last post by roadman65 - Today at 02:11:32 AM

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53686333708_e5e7fc0d53_k.jpg
The abbreviation for Clearwater ( on the airport that is) is got a lot to be desired.

#10

Weather / Re: What's your weather curren...

Last post by CtrlAltDel - Today at 01:45:47 AM

Rain, rain, and more rain. It's been storming all day. I kind of like it.