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#31

General Highway Talk / Re: Old perceptions that linge...

Last post by Max Rockatansky - October 15, 2025, 08:38:08 PM

Cities = BAD, suburbs = GOOD?

Not according to House Hunters. They're always paying more for a smaller house in the city because it's close to shops, restaurants and bars.

whether cities or suburbs are better really depends on your life stage and your lifestyle choices.

Not so much the former.

I mean young people generally like to party more which is better in cities. I guess that's also kinda lifestyle choices as well.

Cities = bad
Suburbs = bad
Parties = bad
People in general = bad

Weird Al = Even Worse

Weird Al = Definitely not worse than masses of normals people.  He does have a couple catchy parodies.
Weird AI = Depends on what the normals are doing on any given day.

#32

Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...

Last post by vdeane - October 15, 2025, 08:36:38 PM

This very, very nasty stuffy nose I've had the last several days.  No idea what's caused it, but it's the worst I've ever had in my life.  During the evening and at night, I'm 100% blocked, can't breathe at all through either nostril.  The only thing that works is Afrin, which is a problem because Afrin shouldn't be used more than three days because of the risk of rebound congestion.  And breathing through my mouth requires me to consciously think about it, so I can't sleep that way.

I've tried literally everything to find a way to control it other than Afrin (since I've passed the three day mark and it's showing no sign of ending).  I've tried Ibuprofin.  I've tried Sudafed PM.  I've done consultations at CVS twice to try to find something.  I've tried Claritin.  Just now I've taken the CVS version of Flonaise.  Nothing works in the slightest.  What can I do?  I don't think I'm going to get a single minute of sleep tonight - not unless I use the Afrin again and risk rebound congestion.

#33

Off-Topic / Re: Outlier regions in your st...

Last post by ilpt4u - October 15, 2025, 08:30:11 PM

Bringing back an old forum cliche...Southern Illinois differs from the rest of Illinois because of things like hills and valleys...aka NOT FLAT

#34

Northeast / Re: Massachusetts

Last post by shadyjay - October 15, 2025, 08:29:38 PM

Honestly, are the buildings that bad that a simple gutting can't cure?  Do y'all remember they were all rebuilt not THAT long ago... 2001/2002.

**NOTE FOR THESE LINKS, COPY THE ENTIRE LINK - JUST CLICKING ON THE HYPERLINK WON'T WORK**

https://web.archive.org/web/20010307072118/http://www.masspike.com:80/t_traveler/service.html

And in the old plazas, here's the facilities map:
https://web.archive.org/web/20001013080356/http://www.masspike.com/t_traveler/service.html#char

I know one article in the latest round of plaza rehabs from when Applegreen was awarded the contract said that the plazas haven't been rehabbed since the 1950s.  Definitely not true.  Lee-WB and Blandford-EB were constructed where there weren't any food service buildings at all and that happened during the 2001/02 rehab.

#35

Pacific Southwest / Re: Closed Section of Route 39...

Last post by Max Rockatansky - October 15, 2025, 08:11:59 PM

Are any more sections of CA 39 planned to be decommissioned in the future?

39 is weird in that a lot of the planning surface routing was never even adopted as State Highway in the first place.  The discontinuous segment was signed for a time because Sign Route designations because intertwined with denoting Caltrans maintenance.

#36

Northeast / Re: NJ - 295/76/42 Constructio...

Last post by Great Lakes Roads - October 15, 2025, 07:57:32 PM

October update on this project. Lots of progress being made!

#37

Pacific Southwest / Re: Closed Section of Route 39...

Last post by cahwyguy - October 15, 2025, 07:41:06 PM

Are any more sections of CA 39 planned to be decommissioned in the future?

Looking at the definition, there are no cities where relinquished has been authorized, but hasn't occurred yet. I don't recall seeing anything in the legislature about further changes to the definitions of Route 39. If there is, it would be on my legislation page, https://www.cahighways.org/links-legislation.html

#38

Southeast / Re: North Carolina

Last post by CanesFan27 - October 15, 2025, 07:41:04 PM

Fewer direction signs are probably common, I never really noticed that some weren't part of the signs.

NC581 (and NC561) begin in Louisburg, where I grew up.

I like the simple diamond shield for state highways. I've never cared for the outline of state's shapes.

NC at one time used the symbol for UNC Chapel Hill, the N and C on top of one another was at one time the state highway shield, in the 30s, 40s, maybe 50s.

For the use of the interlocked NC and UNC, they are not completely the same.

https://www.gribblenation.org/2024/01/highway-shields-and-university-logos.html

#39

General Highway Talk / Re: 4-Lane Corridors That Woul...

Last post by michiganguy123 - October 15, 2025, 07:32:59 PM

Michigan:
Red arrow highway now that I-94 bypasses it (New sections are getting dieted) [AADT 4000]

Airline Highway in Muskegon Heights that now looks abandoned, seems to be wide enough for 4 lanes but not striped [AADT 1500]

US-23 and M-13 by Bay City (also the freeway connector) [AADT 10,000]


Michigan has plenty of unneeded wide roads meanwhile M-11 serves as the west bypass of Grand Rapids and is 2 lanes serving 25 thousand vehicles per day that MDOT really doesn't want to widen.

#40

Pacific Southwest / Re: Closed Section of Route 39...

Last post by The Ghostbuster - October 15, 2025, 07:32:02 PM

Are any more sections of CA 39 planned to be decommissioned in the future?