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Title: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Stephane Dumas on September 26, 2011, 11:15:26 AM
I spotted this shot of Campagna route (PQ-277) at St-Henri near Levis and Quebec City
http://maps.google.com/?ll=46.694461,-71.063647&spn=0.010361,0.054932&t=k&z=15&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=46.694459,-71.063665&panoid=OfJE3QDlxZoqq63K2HXb9g&cbp=11,286.8,,0,0

This gap of road is a 2-lane divided highway. I wondered if there some other 2-lanes divided highway of the same kind (besides some local streets, that one is a more major artery)?
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: pianocello on September 26, 2011, 04:12:25 PM
53rd Ave in Bettendorf, IA is 2-lanes (not a highway, but still a major road), but once that part of town grows a bit more, it should be widened. At the rate it's going, I'll say 2-3 more years

http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.575453,-90.470642&spn=0.002496,0.017166&t=k&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=41.575454,-90.470639&panoid=2Mjf_FGueGe81C8bn3ci3A&cbp=11,265.89,,0,2.36&z=17
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Alex on September 26, 2011, 04:20:18 PM
Quote from: pianocello on September 26, 2011, 04:12:25 PM
53rd Ave in Bettendorf, IA is 2-lanes (not a highway, but still a major road), but once that part of town grows a bit more, it should be widened. At the rate it's going, I'll say 2-3 more years

http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.575453,-90.470642&spn=0.002496,0.017166&t=k&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=41.575454,-90.470639&panoid=2Mjf_FGueGe81C8bn3ci3A&cbp=11,265.89,,0,2.36&z=17

There is already some sprawl underway west of that roundabout. It should only be a matter of time before its expanded. Plus the 53rd Avenue interchange project with I-74 is set to begin soon, which will only make that route more popular as a through road. My wife remembers when there was nothing on Middle Road out that way, and its surprising to me that the road remains vastly rural through to Interstate 80.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: ethanman62187 on September 26, 2011, 04:21:11 PM
I93 in Franconia Notch, NH is one of them. The speed limit is 45 MPH.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: rte66man on September 26, 2011, 05:04:56 PM
MN65 throught Mora is 2 lane divided. DESPERATELY needs to be widened to 5 lanes.

rte66man
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Ian on September 26, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
US 6 on Cape Cod between Dennis and the Orleans rotary is a super-2 that's divided. Same goes for a short section of US 44 near Middleboro.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: pianocello on September 26, 2011, 08:19:33 PM
Quote from: Alex on September 26, 2011, 04:20:18 PM
There is already some sprawl underway west of that roundabout. It should only be a matter of time before its expanded. Plus the 53rd Avenue interchange project with I-74 is set to begin soon, which will only make that route more popular as a through road. My wife remembers when there was nothing on Middle Road out that way, and its surprising to me that the road remains vastly rural through to Interstate 80.

I don't get out there much, but I can tell by seeing satellite pics and maps throughout the years that population in Northern Bettendorf is exploding.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: wriddle082 on September 26, 2011, 09:11:20 PM
The MD 90 Ocean City Expwy. is a divided two-lane highway.  Woefully inadequate for handling all the summer weekend beach traffic.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: TheStranger on September 26, 2011, 10:57:44 PM
Route 37 between Mare Island and Sears Point used to be a three-lane road with suicide lane in the middle, but due to safety concerns is now two lanes with a Jersey barrier separating both directions.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Bryant5493 on September 26, 2011, 11:19:10 PM
South Glynn Street, Fayetteville, Georgia (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Fayetteville,+GA&hl=en&ll=33.431271,-84.457601&spn=0.004289,0.009313&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.352165,76.289063&vpsrc=6&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.431073,-84.457663&panoid=WftKm6K08R66dSITyJjQ7g&cbp=12,176.26,,0,7.68)

Lanier Blvd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Virginia+Avenue+Northeast,+Atlanta,+GA&hl=en&ll=33.784034,-84.352148&spn=0.004271,0.009313&sll=33.431074,-84.457666&sspn=0.004325,0.009313&vpsrc=6&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.78396,-84.352233&panoid=mWainBHta2rY3e8rQHiNFw&cbp=12,43.75,,0,17.17)


Be well,

Bryant
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: kurumi on September 27, 2011, 12:27:34 AM
CT/RI 78 is 2 lanes divided for its entire length. It opened in 1975 as undivided (plain double yellow line). However, after several head-on collisions, the states added a "chatter strip" (1979) and finally a jersey barrier (1981).
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Michael on September 27, 2011, 01:47:39 PM
I remember reading about CA 37 (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.115111,-122.405548&spn=0.210421,0.445976&t=h&z=12&vpsrc=6) somewhere on this forum.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: NE2 on September 27, 2011, 03:04:13 PM
Quote from: Michael on September 27, 2011, 01:47:39 PM
I remember reading about CA 37 (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.115111,-122.405548&spn=0.210421,0.445976&t=h&z=12&vpsrc=6) somewhere on this forum.
Yes, three posts up.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: wytout on September 28, 2011, 06:42:09 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on September 26, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
US 6 on Cape Cod between Dennis and the Orleans rotary is a super-2 that's divided. Same goes for a short section of US 44 near Middleboro.

Albeit it's only divided by a little speed hump of raised pavement in the center w plastic yellow posts spaced every 30 or so feet.  technically you could cross from EB to WB side in almost any vehicle without any real challenge, but yes a super two none the less.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: pianocello on September 28, 2011, 08:27:25 PM
Quote from: Bryant5493 on September 26, 2011, 11:19:10 PM
Lanier Blvd. NE, Atlanta, Georgia (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Virginia+Avenue+Northeast,+Atlanta,+GA&hl=en&ll=33.784034,-84.352148&spn=0.004271,0.009313&sll=33.431074,-84.457666&sspn=0.004325,0.009313&vpsrc=6&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=33.78396,-84.352233&panoid=mWainBHta2rY3e8rQHiNFw&cbp=12,43.75,,0,17.17)

Well in that case, Kirkwood Blvd (http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.535658,-90.556898&spn=0.000016,0.013078&t=m&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=41.535658,-90.556898&panoid=RM-N49cE1ykNUIX6FWjOww&cbp=12,128.67,,0,0.3) and McClellan Blvd (http://maps.google.com/?ll=41.532363,-90.537053&spn=0.002771,0.006539&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6) in Davenport should qualify as well.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: deathtopumpkins on October 01, 2011, 09:50:43 AM
US 1 between Florida City and the Keys was/is being rebuilt as a Super-2 with a jersey barrier median (and a rather neat interchange towards the southern end)
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: xcellntbuy on October 01, 2011, 10:39:16 AM
Quote from: deathtopumpkins on October 01, 2011, 09:50:43 AM
US 1 between Florida City and the Keys was/is being rebuilt as a Super-2 with a jersey barrier median (and a rather neat interchange towards the southern end)
This project has been completed.  I mentioned it, along with a link to the article in the Florida thread.
Title: Re: 2-lanes divided highway
Post by: Michael on October 01, 2011, 03:26:46 PM
Quote from: NE2 on September 27, 2011, 03:04:13 PM
Quote from: Michael on September 27, 2011, 01:47:39 PM
I remember reading about CA 37 (http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=38.115111,-122.405548&spn=0.210421,0.445976&t=h&z=12&vpsrc=6) somewhere on this forum.
Yes, three posts up.

I didn't even see that.  I saw it on a completely different thread.

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