Interstate landmarks

[Roadgeekteen]

Star Market in Newton

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3506501,-71.2098583,3a,75y,93.41h,80.8t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slMShSJATIspefsKyf2WrtQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[Flint1979]

The red arches carrying I-65 over the SPUI at Columbus, IN (Exit 68).

Ahh yes the IN-46 bridge.

[sparker]

...  Finally, one of the most recent -- the O'Callaghan-Tillman arch bridge on I-11 at the Colorado River just downstream from Hoover Dam -- the 2nd highest road bridge in the country after Royal Gorge and by far the highest on the Interstate system.

Sad thing is, that if you only drive across it (in either direction) you'd never know you were passing so high over the Colorado River, as the passage is only marked by signs on either side denoting the state you are entering. This was by design, to prevent drivers on the bridge from slowing down in hopes of seeing nearby Hoover Dam (and because of prevailing high winds there in Black Canyon), the barrier walls were made extra tall. You can, however, see the pedestrian walkway on the upstream side of the structure. But you have no clue just how high above the river you really are.

Also, I'd nominate this landmark, along NB I-11 just past the Horizon Drive interchange in Henderson. https://www.google.com/maps/@36.0139677,-114.9914346,3a,15y,318.35h,86.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sVGMr_zfY0h_YlL61dTsORA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 You can see the Stratosphere Tower dead ahead at this point, as the entire Las Vegas valley begins to spread out ahead of and below you. But if driving, don't do too much sightseeing here, as traffic (as you can see in that image from this past March) is often quite heavy! And Vegas drivers are all too often quite insane (most are transplants or tourists, and seemingly have brought their worst driving habits to the southern Nevada desert with them)!

Although I have yet to cross (or see) that bridge, Interstate Kyle posted a video doing just that a couple of years back right after the Boulder City bypass opened to traffic.  Definitely see what you mean there; the bridge deck is hardly noticeable; it's simply a straight section flanked by curvature (although the pedestrian walkway on the north side is clearly visible on his WB [cardinal north] pass).  For better or worse, that's likely just the way the bridge and its approaches were engineered -- to fit into the very rugged topology while maintaining Interstate geometric standards.  Oh well, if you want to get the full measure of the bridge it seems you have to take the "old road" through the dam area. 

[MikieTimT]

One that always draws my gaze, especially at night, is the view of Old Main on the U of A campus just as you crest I-49 northbound coming into Fayetteville, AR from the south.  Dozens of miles of mountains and forests and not hardly any artificial lights, then all of the sudden just past mile marker 59, the lights of Fayetteville unfurl with Old Main at the top of the view.