I would say the PA Turnpike/I-95 interchange being completed.
In California it was Prop 6 getting shot down which preserved SB1 road repair funds.
In Indiana, it would have to be completing the I-69 construction between Bloomington and Martinsville...
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
Eagles won the Superbowl!
(even better being the OP is from New England!!) 😎😈😛😆
I would concur with the selection of the I-95/PA Turnpike interchange opening to traffic; however, a close second would be the initial section of I-11 also opening in NV.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on January 06, 2019, 10:18:16 PM
Eagles won the Superbowl!
(even better being the OP is from New England!!) 😎😈😛😆
Red Sox won the World Series, and they were 7-1 ON THE ROAD in doing it. :)
Mainly Chicago stuff,
-I-55/LSD interchange rebuild was completed early in 2018.
-Circle interchange is gonna take another 4 years to finish.
-I-294 reconstruction began during the summer of 2018 that will take 6 years to complete.
-Early construction of I-490 began in the final month of 2018, which should be fully built in 5ish years.
Quote from: ET21 on January 07, 2019, 09:03:26 AM
Mainly Chicago stuff
Contrary to popular belief, Chicago ≠ The World. :-P
Quote from: NE2 on January 06, 2019, 10:10:23 PM
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
:clap:
MN:
-Grants awarded to begin to improve 35W/494 interchange, finish US 14 from Owatonna to Rochester
-progress continuing on 35W between 94 and 62
Quote from: webny99 on January 07, 2019, 10:39:08 AM
Quote from: ET21 on January 07, 2019, 09:03:26 AM
Mainly Chicago stuff
Contrary to popular belief, Chicago ≠ The World. :-P
Quote from: NE2 on January 06, 2019, 10:10:23 PM
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
:clap:
Significant in a good or bad way?
Without a doubt, the I-95 connection/completion.
Wonder in what year we'll be able to say that the biggest event was the connection of I-70 at Breezewood? :bigass:
Quote from: hbelkins on January 07, 2019, 02:52:04 PM
Without a doubt, the I-95 connection/completion.
Wonder in what year we'll be able to say that the biggest event was the connection of I-70 at Breezewood? :bigass:
Earth won't last that long...
Quote from: hbelkins on January 07, 2019, 02:52:04 PM
Without a doubt, the I-95 connection/completion.
Wonder in what year we'll be able to say that the biggest event was the connection of I-70 at Breezewood? :bigass:
Speaking of when things will happen, what year will we be saying MassDOT converted to mile-based exits?
Quote from: hbelkins on January 07, 2019, 02:52:04 PM
Without a doubt, the I-95 connection/completion.
Wonder in what year we'll be able to say that the biggest event was the connection of I-70 at Breezewood? :bigass:
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Quote from: Ben114 on January 07, 2019, 04:38:38 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 07, 2019, 02:52:04 PM
Without a doubt, the I-95 connection/completion.
Wonder in what year we'll be able to say that the biggest event was the connection of I-70 at Breezewood? :bigass:
Speaking of when things will happen, what year will we be saying MassDOT converted to mile-based exits?
We can't even get Liddell Brothers to finish signing jobs they started years ago. I fear the conversion to mile-based exits won't happen not due to lack of will, but incompetence and laziness on part of the state.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 07, 2019, 02:49:04 PM
Quote from: webny99 on January 07, 2019, 10:39:08 AM
Quote from: ET21 on January 07, 2019, 09:03:26 AM
Mainly Chicago stuff
Contrary to popular belief, Chicago ≠ The World. :-P
Quote from: NE2 on January 06, 2019, 10:10:23 PM
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
:clap:
Significant in a good or bad way?
Do you really want us to answer?
As you grow older, you'll find that you don't want to ask a question if you really don't want to know the answer.
Back on track, I'd nominate the final resolution of the court battles that Matty Maroun brought against the building of the Gordie Howe Bridge.
In the south:
-while not completed, I-49 can now be used between I-10 and I-30 without exiting a freeway/interstate
-completion of I-269 connection in MS
-Ohio River Bridge path for I-69 between KY and IN chosen.
iPhone
Quote from: NE2 on January 06, 2019, 10:10:23 PM
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
To be fair... The OP asked about "the roadgeek world", not "roads", so this might actually qualify as a real answer. A forum member's hiatus from the forum is something that affects roadgeeks specifically.
Quote from: kphoger on January 07, 2019, 10:39:02 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 06, 2019, 10:10:23 PM
I would say it was roadgeekteen's hiatus.
To be fair... The OP asked about "the roadgeek world", not "roads", so this might actually qualify as a real answer. A forum member's hiatus from the forum is something that affects roadgeeks specifically.
Am I that infamous?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 07, 2019, 10:40:11 PM
Am I that infamous?
I didn't say whether it was a good answer or a bad answer, just that it might be a real answer.
Securing the funding to complete the last gap in I-49 between I-435/I-470 and I-40 (Bella Vista Bypass). The days are now numbered for having to deal with 9 traffic lights between I-49 segments in Jane, MO and Bella Vista, AR.
Completing the long wait for John Young Parkway in Kissimmee, FL widening from US 192 to the CSX/ SunRail bridge. It was to be done in 2017, but things got pushed back and back.
The Interstate 95 Gap Is No More is probably the most significant roadgeek event of the year, if not decade. It's been 40+ years in the making, and on one of the most significant routes in the nation. It's been one of the most oft-asked questions/debates in the world of roadgeekery, roads scholaring, driving around aimlessly, and staring at maps wistfully. Naturally, if you don't live in the area or never intend to drive there, it seems a little lofty and of little concern. But see it from a bigger perspective based on how much it's been talked about over the years, and it's been completed in the past twelve months.
I seriously don't understand how something "started" or "in progress" is anywhere close to Most Significant, when there's hundreds of incomplete projects that stalled out or lay dormant for a variety of reasons. Wake us when it's done.
Quote from: formulanone on January 08, 2019, 05:51:27 AM
I seriously don't understand how something "started" or "in progress" is anywhere close to Most Significant, when there's hundreds of incomplete projects that stalled out or lay dormant for a variety of reasons. Wake us when it's done.
:clap:
Everybody seems to be just looking at their own areas, and not really at the big picture.
Quote from: formulanone on January 08, 2019, 05:51:27 AM
The Interstate 95 Gap Is No More is probably the most significant roadgeek event of the year, if not decade. It's been 40+ years in the making, and on one of the most significant routes in the nation. It's been one of the most oft-asked questions/debates in the world of roadgeekery, roads scholaring, driving around aimlessly, and staring at maps wistfully. Naturally, if you don't live in the area or never intend to drive there, it seems a little lofty and of little concern. But see it from a bigger perspective based on how much it's been talked about over the years, and it's been completed in the past twelve months.
I seriously don't understand how something "started" or "in progress" is anywhere close to Most Significant, when there's hundreds of incomplete projects that stalled out or lay dormant for a variety of reasons. Wake us when it's done.
Probably because I already said it when I posted this, and people want to contribute different things.
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on January 08, 2019, 08:50:38 AM
Quote from: formulanone on January 08, 2019, 05:51:27 AM
The Interstate 95 Gap Is No More is probably the most significant roadgeek event of the year, if not decade. It's been 40+ years in the making, and on one of the most significant routes in the nation. It's been one of the most oft-asked questions/debates in the world of roadgeekery, roads scholaring, driving around aimlessly, and staring at maps wistfully. Naturally, if you don't live in the area or never intend to drive there, it seems a little lofty and of little concern. But see it from a bigger perspective based on how much it's been talked about over the years, and it's been completed in the past twelve months.
I seriously don't understand how something "started" or "in progress" is anywhere close to Most Significant, when there's hundreds of incomplete projects that stalled out or lay dormant for a variety of reasons. Wake us when it's done.
Probably because I already said it when I posted this, and people want to contribute different things.
Well to that end I'd agree with Sparker about I-11 bypassing Boulder City being pretty up there. I'd say I-11 was a way bigger deal out west than the I-95 gap was.
To me, it's the completion of the "Missing Link" on the Foothills Parkway of Tennessee.
Quote from: webny99 on January 08, 2019, 08:46:26 AM
Quote from: formulanone on January 08, 2019, 05:51:27 AM
I seriously don't understand how something "started" or "in progress" is anywhere close to Most Significant, when there's hundreds of incomplete projects that stalled out or lay dormant for a variety of reasons. Wake us when it's done.
:clap:
Everybody seems to be just looking at their own areas, and not really at the big picture.
Then probably should've locked the thread after the first post.
The completion of the I-84 add-a-lane project in Waterbury.
Here in Seattle, it would have to be the completion of the WA 99 tunnel.
Quote from: Henry on January 08, 2019, 11:55:07 AM
Here in Seattle, it would have to be the completion of the WA 99 tunnel.
I'd say it will be a bigger story this year when it actually opens to traffic.
If I had to limit the event to something in CA, I'd have to say the progress on the expansion of I-5/Santa Ana Freeway in southeast L.A. county (between Artesia Ave. and I-605); this was the last and arguably the most difficult section of the corridor to upgrade -- probably because the original freeway was simply an overlay of an existing arterial, with commercial development on the frontage roads hemming in the ROW. But it got done -- that deserves kudos in and of itself.
I'm surprised that nobody has yet mentioned several brand new high-profile bridges that opened this past year replacing older (60+ years), narrower ones.
New Whittier Bridge: I-95 crossing the Merrimack River in MA (Newburyport/Amesbury)
New Goethals Bridge: I-278 Elizabeth, NJ/Staten Island, NY
New Tappan Zee Bridge (officially named Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge): I-87/287/NY Thruway (Nyack/Tarrytown)
Weather permitting: the remnants of the old truss bridge will be detonated this Saturday morning.
In Oklahoma they repaired a freeway ramp.
Quote from: Plutonic Panda on January 08, 2019, 06:02:49 PM
In Oklahoma they repaired a freeway ramp.
I called up my County Works Department and got three potholes filled and a missing street blade installed.
I may have caused a 10% increase in Alabama's transportation budget for 2019. :P
Quote from: PHLBOS on January 08, 2019, 02:50:42 PM
New Goethals Bridge: I-278 Elizabeth, NJ/Staten Island, NY
Didn't hear much about that one; the previous one was on the narrow side.
Quote from: sparker on January 08, 2019, 12:36:23 PM
If I had to limit the event to something in CA, I'd have to say the progress on the expansion of I-5/Santa Ana Freeway in southeast L.A. county (between Artesia Ave. and I-605); this was the last and arguably the most difficult section of the corridor to upgrade -- probably because the original freeway was simply an overlay of an existing arterial, with commercial development on the frontage roads hemming in the ROW. But it got done -- that deserves kudos in and of itself.
I think the most difficult part, if it ever gets done, will be the section from SR-134 to I-605.
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
Totally forgot about that one!
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
That makes me sad. I wanted to see the old sign for myself. :(
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Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
That makes me sad. I wanted to see the old sign for myself. :(
Just wondering, what's the big deal about this sign?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2019, 05:00:43 PM
Quote from: Gnutella on February 24, 2019, 03:57:49 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
That makes me sad. I wanted to see the old sign for myself. :(
Just wondering, what's the big deal about this sign?
See the first page of The Worst of Road Signs. For the record, I wanted to see that sign in person too.
Quote from: signalman on February 24, 2019, 05:36:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2019, 05:00:43 PM
Quote from: Gnutella on February 24, 2019, 03:57:49 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
That makes me sad. I wanted to see the old sign for myself. :(
Just wondering, what's the big deal about this sign?
See the first page of The Worst of Road Signs. For the record, I wanted to see that sign in person too.
It took that long to get replaced?
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2019, 09:23:47 PM
Quote from: signalman on February 24, 2019, 05:36:15 PM
Quote from: Roadgeekteen on February 24, 2019, 05:00:43 PM
Quote from: Gnutella on February 24, 2019, 03:57:49 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
That makes me sad. I wanted to see the old sign for myself. :(
Just wondering, what's the big deal about this sign?
See the first page of The Worst of Road Signs. For the record, I wanted to see that sign in person too.
It took that long to get replaced?
I really hope ODOT preserved that, as a monument of shame. But knowing DOTs, it is probably in an aluminum cube somewhere, if it hasn't been melted yet.
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
And it was found by someone outside the USA (me). That day back in May I noticed Big Rig Steve was going North on US 69 through Mayes County and quickly turned into the livestream expecting to see the Absolute Worst of all Signs as he rolled past it, only to find it was gone. He also drove past the site of the former Concessions sign last year.
But seriously, who the hell in ODOT fabricated those signs, and how did they ever get posted in the first place?
For Ohio it would be the completion of the Portsmouth Bypass
For Wisconsin it would have to be WISDOT completing the "core" of the Zoo Interchange. The busiest interchange in the state was reconfigured, and after several years all the mainline ramps have been reconstructed and they're now open. The north leg of the interchange isn't expected to be completed until around 2023.
Quote from: MantyMadTown on March 06, 2019, 05:52:30 PM
For Wisconsin it would have to be WISDOT completing the "core" of the Zoo Interchange. The busiest interchange in the state was reconfigured, and after several years all the mainline ramps have been reconstructed and they're now open. The north leg of the interchange isn't expected to be completed until around 2023.
It's sad when it's hard to remember a time the Zoo wasn't under construction.
The i-95/PA Turnpike connection would be very high on my list; also I-4 Ultimate, the I-4/Selmon Connector and HOT lanes on toll roads (Veterans Expressway in Tampa).
Quote from: DeaconG on March 07, 2019, 11:39:43 AMThe i-95/PA Turnpike connection would be very high on my list
The OP already stated such.
For Arkansas, 6-laning I-49 and rebuilding the 49/Bus 71 interchange.
or designating US 67 north id Little Rock as Future I-57
Quote from: hbelkins on January 09, 2019, 12:39:59 PM
The Craig County sign got replaced!!!!
I should have driven there one night and "borrowed" the sign.
Quote from: US71 on March 07, 2019, 11:59:28 AM
For Arkansas, 6-laning I-49
Which parts of I-49 got six laned?
Quote from: webny99 on March 13, 2019, 02:48:55 PM
Quote from: US71 on March 07, 2019, 11:59:28 AM
For Arkansas, 6-laning I-49
Which parts of I-49 got six laned?
Exit 62 to Exit 88 (except for Exit 85 which is being SPUI'd first)