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#11

Off-Topic / Re: Black Friday could be your...

Last post by jeffandnicole - May 08, 2024, 10:57:21 PM

Any device can fail, but failures are ultimately very rare.

[the entire lengths of US 50B and US 83B]

#12

Central States / Re: KDOT Contract Lettings - U...

Last post by apeman33 - May 08, 2024, 10:57:16 PM

106 KA 6264-01: Signage upgrade in Finney County: US 50/400 from Holcomb to the Finney/Gray County Line, US 83 from US 83B to the Finney/Scott County Line, the entire lengths of US 50B and US 83B, and K-156 from the Garden City bypass to the West Junction with K-23

(Emphasis mine).

Some of these signs along the bypass inside the Garden City city limits were posted years before the bypass was completed. If you're driving on Fulton Street, you won't see "Business" tabs with most of the U.S. 50 shields. That's because no one ever bothered to change them.

Other parts have very minimal signage. Northbound Taylor Ave. will have [TO] {50} {83} [forward arrow] assemblies rather than Business 50/83 signs. Locals like myself probably don't care but I think the signage is poor enough that it sometimes confuses those from out of town who want to get back to the main routes.

K-156 signage upgrades should go all thew way to Main St., where it ends, rather than stopping at the bypass.

The signage at most of the junctions of the bypass is terrible.

#13

Southeast / Re: Interstate 73/74

Last post by jdunlop - May 08, 2024, 10:50:10 PM

I don't believe any SR 'number is listed on an over head sign in N.C.

US 64 says hi (https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10219660587945744&set=a.10219660683028121)

Figured somebody would find an exception.  OK, RARELY does NCDOT post an SR 'number on an exit sign.   

#14

General Highway Talk / Re: "Highways" that are actual...

Last post by apeman33 - May 08, 2024, 10:41:02 PM

Free King Highway skirts the eastern city limits of both Pittsburg and Frontenac, Kansas, but is really just a county road. It's north end is at U.S. 160 east of Frontenac and the south end is a few blocks from Pittsburg High School, about a mile south of K-126.

#15

Northwest / Re: Washington

Last post by jakeroot - May 08, 2024, 10:39:35 PM

I wouldn't say they're "very rare" but, yes, a plurality of roundabouts are single-lane, but that's true throughout the US.

Unfortunately, it's true that they are usually accident hot-spots. Some that come to mind:

• WA-20 @ WA-20 Spur (Sharpes Corner): lane reductions have taken place;
• WA-510 (Marvin Rd) @ Pacific Ave (Lacey): lane reductions have taken place;
• Steptoe @ Columbia Park Trail (Richland): lane reductions have taken place, and the westbound approach had a meter installed;
• WA-16 @ Burnham Dr (Gig Harbor): both roundabouts were rebuilt to replace the original British design, but the western roundabout has undergone several changes (i.e. lane reductions) even after rebuilding.
• I-90 @ Bendigo Blvd (North Bend): lane reductions have taken place so many times, I lost count.

It remains to be seen if 405 @ NE 132nd will prove to be a mess like other multi-lane roundabouts. I'm cautiously optimistic, but the data seems quite telling.

#16

General Highway Talk / Re: What's the Closest Interst...

Last post by ZLoth - May 08, 2024, 10:35:52 PM

The closest for me is I-14 in Temple, Texas. Considering that it was "constructed" in 2017, it also happens to be the newest Interstate that I haven't been on. I just haven't driven that far south yet because of Coved (2020-2021), high gas prices (2022), and adult caregiver (2022-present) putting any possible multi-day road trips on a permanent hold.

Still Interstate 14. Still the same reasons.

Dallas to Copperas Cove is two and a half hours. Why would you need to make a multi-day trip out of that?

As a adult caregiver, it's hard to leave my mother alone for more than a few hours. Can I make it in a single day? Yes, but I had plans for multi-day road trips to explore my new home state.

#17

Canada / Re: Quebec's Highways

Last post by LilianaUwU - May 08, 2024, 10:29:57 PM

^ Yukon and NWT max out at 90km/h, and Nunavut's roads (the few it has are all locally-maintained, except in territorial parks) even less. AFAIK (haven't been there lately), in Newfoundland the speed limits tend to be 10km/h lower than for comparable highways in Quebec.

None of the territories have freeways, and 90 matches the maximum MTQ will post on anything that isn't an autoroute or QC 175 between Québec and Saguenay.  And Nunavut doesn't have long-distance rural mileage.

Not to mention the many autoroutes around Montréal that are posted at 70, often for seemingly no reason.  There are also enough rural two-lane roads posted at 70 that there were times I thought I was in a metric Connecticut when I was there over the weekend.

Most of the time I've been on Montréal autoroutes, traffic was dense enough to not hit 70 anyways. For what it's worth, a lot of roads in my hometown were posted at 80, and only recently got lowered to 70 or 50.

#18

Canada / Re: Quebec's Highways

Last post by vdeane - May 08, 2024, 10:28:32 PM

^ Yukon and NWT max out at 90km/h, and Nunavut's roads (the few it has are all locally-maintained, except in territorial parks) even less. AFAIK (haven't been there lately), in Newfoundland the speed limits tend to be 10km/h lower than for comparable highways in Quebec.

None of the territories have freeways, and 90 matches the maximum MTQ will post on anything that isn't an autoroute or QC 175 between Québec and Saguenay.  And Nunavut doesn't have long-distance rural mileage.

Not to mention the many autoroutes around Montréal that are posted at 70, often for seemingly no reason.  There are also enough rural two-lane roads posted at 70 that there were times I thought I was in a metric Connecticut when I was there over the weekend.

#19

Traffic Control / Re: Sine salad

Last post by Rothman - May 08, 2024, 10:15:24 PM

https://maps.app.goo.gl/baeCvdj3kbqHjbj9A
Even know it's about lane control for the the through lanes and exit ramp, it's still overkill.

Nah.

#20

Off-Topic / Re: Black Friday could be your...

Last post by Rothman - May 08, 2024, 10:14:35 PM

I have had USB thumb drives for years and no failures yet. *knocks on wood*