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Started by mightyace, March 04, 2009, 01:20:28 PM

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thspfc

How common is a "sun glare closure" on I-70? Ran into one today eastbound at exit 244, first time I've ever encountered that. I suppose drivers would be looking straight into the sun going up the hill there.


JayhawkCO

Quote from: thspfc on January 17, 2025, 10:02:24 AMHow common is a "sun glare closure" on I-70? Ran into one today eastbound at exit 244, first time I've ever encountered that. I suppose drivers would be looking straight into the sun going up the hill there.

It's more of an issue coming down the hill at sunrise, so much so that CODOT puts up signs to warn people.

https://www.codot.gov/news/2023/november/sun-glare-closures-on-eastbound-i-70-at-floyd-hill

Gulol

Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 16, 2025, 11:20:47 AM
Quote from: elsmere241 on January 16, 2025, 11:07:57 AM
Quote from: US 89 on January 14, 2025, 01:43:34 PMFor example, take the highway between Silver Creek Junction and Heber City, Utah, which is US 40/189. It is pretty much universally known as US 40. 189 wasn't even signed at all along it until a few years ago, and still isn't fully. But Google labels it as 189. At least on the computer, you have to zoom way in before any 40 shields start popping up.

I remember UDOT having an "End 189" sign up at the US 40 junction in Heber (for traffic coming up from Provo).

Similar to the "End 36" sign where US36 meets I-25/I-270.

Or my favorite along Meadows Pkwy in Castle Rock, the standalone South 85 sign with a directional arrow before you approach the south I-25 ramp, then cross the I-25 overpass to be met with an END South 85/Begin East 86 sign.

jlam

Quote from: Gulol on January 25, 2025, 05:09:21 PMOr my favorite along Meadows Pkwy in Castle Rock, the standalone South 85 sign with a directional arrow before you approach the south I-25 ramp, then cross the I-25 overpass to be met with an END South 85/Begin East 86 sign.

There's something similar to this in Lyons, where there's an END CO 7 sign at its intersection with US 36 on the western (northern?) end of the unsigned concurrency. I don't think there's a sign on the other end, since Boulder doesn't have great signage. There isn't even a sign for US 36 at that intersection.

Plutonic Panda

Looks like Colorado is the next state to begin using automated speed enforcement photo technology in construction zones:

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/02/03/colorado-photo-radar-highways-construction-zones/



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