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Title: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: TheStranger on July 24, 2010, 08:23:03 PM
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fragmentaryevidence/3267570815/

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3513%2F3267570815_e15002f0ca_z.jpg&hash=45ab451f88663c09122577a61a7ff7eaa412f051)

Wonder what other roads received this award...
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: Alps on July 26, 2010, 08:20:15 PM
I can tell you some that ought to - Arroyo Seco Pkwy, Bronx River Pkwy., Robert Moses Pkwy. (Niag Falls section)
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2010, 08:22:18 PM
would I-280 between San Jose and San Francisco count as urban?  It's certainly very scenic.
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: TheStranger on July 26, 2010, 09:11:28 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 26, 2010, 08:22:18 PM
would I-280 between San Jose and San Francisco count as urban?  It's certainly very scenic.

I know that 280/the Junipero Serra Freeway has often been labeled as the "most beautiful freeway in the world" (probably a debatable term though) so I think it'd count.

Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: Bickendan on July 27, 2010, 02:32:08 AM
I'd say that's a very subjective and debatable title. I daresay that I-84 from Hood River to Troutdale is very much in the running, and that's not by far the most scenic freeway out there.
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: US71 on July 27, 2010, 09:18:54 AM
Quote from: TheStranger on July 24, 2010, 08:23:03 PM

Wonder what other roads received this award...

I-40 in Arkansas received an award for the Blackwell Interchange (Exit 101) in the 1960's, I think, for innovation in interchange design

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&q=blackwell,+AR&oe=utf-8&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Blackwell,+Conway,+Arkansas&gl=us&ei=P9xOTJinE4O0lQfBpsnnCA&ved=0CBMQ8gEwAA&ll=35.219819,-92.830868&spn=0.042071,0.065832&z=14&layer=c&cbll=35.219459,-92.830418&panoid=z1gtg7KnXeWE9LWclljreA&cbp=12,121.62,,0,5
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: Scott5114 on July 27, 2010, 04:50:40 PM
What's the innovation? Looks like a standard diamond interchange to me.
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: US71 on July 27, 2010, 05:02:52 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 27, 2010, 04:50:40 PM
What's the innovation? Looks like a standard diamond interchange to me.

I guess the bridge design \ / was innovative at one time.
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: Scott5114 on July 27, 2010, 05:58:26 PM
Oh. That design is a bit unusual but crops up a few times in southern Oklahoma and on I-435 in Johnson County, KS (as well as I think at the I-435/70 interchange).
Title: Re: Interesting plaque on the MacArthur Freeway
Post by: Bickendan on July 28, 2010, 09:27:39 AM
They're all over the place along I-5 south of Portland :?