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#91

General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge

Last post by paulthemapguy - Today at 12:04:34 PM

July 17: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with a 7 in the tens place.

Teens and seventies today.

US117 at US76 in Wilmington, NC


NC-US117-US76S by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US18 at US71 in Spencer, Iowa


IA-US71-US18SW by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US19 and US276 at Maggie Valley, NC


348 US19 by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Coming up next:
July 18: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with an 8 in the tens place (a number with teens and a number with eighties).
July 19: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with an 9 in the tens place (a number with teens and a number with nineties).
July 18: Post the junction of a US highway with a 2 in the tens place and a different US highway with an 2 in the tens place (a number with twenties and another one in the twenties).

#92

Off-Topic / Free copy of my transportation...

Last post by Daniel Fiddler - Today at 12:04:31 PM

I am posting a copy of my transportation book FREE of charge for the members of this forum so you can critique it in memory of my best friend who just passed.

It's a $7 value as a PDF, $10 as a ebook.

Thank you.

https://1drv.ms/b/c/644cf0a10661dbca/EaXAvKdN7ehBiN4uaKmuMaoB0OLb_N2oRAikKKkvNhSNEA?e=23pEZf

#93

Weather / Re: Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Last post by bing101 - Today at 11:45:57 AM

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/philippines-cockfighters-volcanic-eruption-end-day-search-bodies-5243286

A reported volcano eruption has taken place in Taal Philippines.

#94

Off-Topic / Re: Using AI to Moderate Discu...

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 11:21:11 AM

The accent could have gone on the I.

Which is also redundant. So either way it's goofy.

#95

Northeast / Re: NY 17/"I-86"

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 11:20:43 AM

Hopefully, they'll eventually tackle improvements between Exits 79 and 103.

#96

Off-Topic / Re: Using AI to Moderate Discu...

Last post by hotdogPi - Today at 11:16:43 AM

The accent could have gone on the I.

#97

Northeast / Re: NY 17/"I-86"

Last post by dzheng35 - Today at 11:13:41 AM

BTW, here's a link to the NY Route 17 I-86 upgrades website that DOT has if anyone is interested in what upgrade projects are going on in the corridor: https://www.route17.dot.ny.gov/#/

#98

Mid-Atlantic / Re: The Attempt to Fix Virgini...

Last post by 1995hoo - Today at 11:10:08 AM

As a practical matter, I can't say I necessarily disagree with VDOT's point about nobody using the secondary route numbers with one exception. The only secondary route I can think of in Northern Virginia that you routinely hear referred to by number is Route 644, which the radio traffic reporters refer to that way because it changes names when it crosses I-95 and it carries a significant volume of traffic. (Back when the Fairfax County Parkway was a secondary route they referred to it by number as well, but of course it's been renumbered.)

Can you think of any others that people refer to by numbers? To be sure, I can think of secondary routes that change names multiple times (far more than the one time that Route 644 does), but I can't think of anyone using route numbers to refer to them.

#99

Northeast / Re: New York

Last post by The Ghostbuster - Today at 11:08:57 AM

I hope they do include mileage-based exit numbers, so they can remove this statement from Wikipedia's Interstate 684 page: "I-684's exit numbers are sequential. While NYSDOT is transitioning to mileage-based numbers, there are no announced plans to convert I-684 exit numbers."

#100

Off-Topic / Re: Using AI to Moderate Discu...

Last post by JayhawkCO - Today at 11:05:55 AM

I read about a baseball one freaking out over the nickname of LA Dodger Enrique Hernandez, mostly because people don't put the accent over the e in his nickname, rendering it a slur against Jews.

He puts an accent mark on the e?  Weird.  That changes which syllable is stressed.

Not weird given its pronunciation.

The name is pronounced KEE-kay. So it wouldn't need an accent. It's just to not have it be a slur in English.