aaroads.com topics in 2064

[cl94]

You forgot the extension via ON 17 to the road to Rankin Inlet.  I-999 would then be created as a spur along the Trans Canada, Alaska Highway, and the Dalton Highway to Deadhorse.  Of course, the I-87 extension to Iqaluit would be built as well.

I thought about that after I posted. Someone (Kurumi?) made a nightmare-inducing series of I-99 signs as if it was extended south and west.

"FHWA announces plans to extend I-99 to California. Cardinal directions to be replaced with "Los Angeles", "West Virginia", "Toronto", and "North Pole."

[vdeane]

It's still in Kurumi's TrippyDrive applet.

[Takumi]

"Virginia to raise top speed limit to 75"

Fixed (yes I know it was part of the joke)

Winston-Salem Beltway to begin construction in 2066
Last cutout shield in Virginia gone

[freebrickproductions]

Southeast: Alabama to start using the FYA.

[bugo]

If Korea reunified, it would bankrupt South Korea. Germany is still feeling the effects of reunification 25 years later.

[NE2]

The US is still feeling the effects 150 years later. :troll:

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Yep, hence the past tense. I'm basically asking where Korea messed up in its renumbering scheme.

Then South Korea has already numbered the roads in the North, they are waiting for posting them . As far as everyone knows North Korea doesn't have numbers.

Back to topic:
Last US route decommisioned

[robbones]

Eisenhower Interstate System turned 100 in 2056

[hotdogPi]

3-year bump. Since the "threads you will never see" thread got locked, I feel like this is a good replacement. Please stay on topic.

Self-driving cars to be expected within the next 10 years

Tucson reaches 3 million people; traffic congestion rivals New York City and Chicago (but still not as bad as Los Angeles)

Donald J. Trump Memorial Bridge (NJ/NY 25) over Hudson River increases tolls from $45 to $55; Cuomo Bridge (I-287) remains at 2036 prices at $11

Florida: I-575 in The Villages metro area gets expanded to 18 lanes: eight on top, ten on the bottom; third road in US to be fully double-decker

[cl94]

Donald J. Trump Memorial Bridge (NJ/NY 25) over Hudson River increases tolls from $45 to $55; Cuomo Bridge (I-287) remains at 2036 prices at $11

They'd never name anything after The Donald in New York City. Never. You underestimate how much people there hate him. You're more likely to see something named after him in any other state.

And are you referring to the Mario Cuomo Bridge (Tappan Zee) or the Andrew Cuomo Bridge (I-287's Sound crossing)?

[hotdogPi]

Donald J. Trump Memorial Bridge (NJ/NY 25) over Hudson River increases tolls from $45 to $55; Cuomo Bridge (I-287) remains at 2036 prices at $11

They'd never name anything after The Donald in New York City. Never. You underestimate how much people there hate him. You're more likely to see something named after him in any other state.

And are you referring to the Mario Cuomo Bridge (Tappan Zee) or the Andrew Cuomo Bridge (I-287's Sound crossing)?

Mario Cuomo, as the Andrew Cuomo bridge crosses the Sound, not the Hudson.

[Beeper1]

"ConnDOT officials to hold public meeting on latest plans for 7/15 Interchange. Wilton residents plan to burn meeting hall to the ground, to prevent any ideas of extending Super-7."

"Should MassDOT build a new MassPike interchange in 30 mile gap between Westfield and Lee?"

"MassDOT assures Cape Cod residents that new signs on Route 6 will be no larger than a standard index card.  Cape Commission worried about signs impact on nearby scenic power-line corridor."

"Nassau County Bridge Authority votes to reject EZ-Pass implementation."

[noelbotevera]

"Half Life 3 is released"

"PennDOT succeeds in tolling I-80"

"Toll costs for drivers on the PA Turnpike to decrease to $0.05 cents per mile from a record high of $50 per mile"

[Roadgeekteen]

1/10th of my plans are completed.

[bing101]

The Eastshore Freeway I-80 is renamed the Jerry Brown memorial freeway from the Carquinez Bridge to the MacArthur Maze in Oakland.

[bing101]

CA-110 Arroyo Seco Parkway becomes Tommy Lasorda parkway!.

[sparker]

Jeff Bezos III announces that his firm, AnyOtherJungle.com, has purchased the franchise for all electric-vehicle recharging stations west of the Mississippi River.  Analysts speculate that this transaction is a follow-up to his deployment of 289 square miles of solar panels in the Mojave Desert just east of Fort Irwin, CA. 

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Since this originally was 50 years from the date, I updated the subject title . IMO the "Threads you'll never see on aaroads.com" should be reopened after a while.

On topic, and in the International Highways section: "Last missing freeway piece in Western Kazakhstan opens to traffic. One can now drive from Lisbon to Beijing entirely on freeways".

[Takumi]

Originap forum members who are still alive

[MNHighwayMan]

On topic, and in the International Highways section: "Last missing freeway piece in Western Kazakhstan opens to traffic. One can now drive from Lisbon to Beijing entirely on freeways".

That would be really cool, TBH, though I doubt it would happen even by 2067.

[formulanone]

Route 11 Divisive Topic in Gov Debates

Aidan/Braden Kinabalu and Bella Katniss Sophia McAllister's final debate showcased the perennial hot-button issue for southeastern Connecticut: what to do about Route 11. Conceived over 100 years ago as part of an expressway connecting New London to Hartford, construction stopped 92 years ago at Route 82 in Salem -- and never resumed.

Kinabalu blamed the incumbent Democrat for what he called "foot-dragging" by the Department of Transportation and Teleportation, and pointed to a stack of 142 environmental impact reports and studies, none of which have resulted in any actual construction. In June, the Army Black Mesa Corps of Engineers rejected a DOTT plan for a lower-profile proposal that would have resulted in lower impact to nearby wetlands. The extended Route 11 would narrow down to two 10-foot lanes, only one of them paved, with earthen barriers every two miles that would require drivers to get out and walk. Signs would be printed on material made from recycled Whole Foods bags with soy-based ink. Sign text would be generated from Maya Angelou poems using Markov chains. Animals would be trained to follow trails of synthetic formic acid pheromones to find their way to wide overcrossings. The latest cost projections are on the order of three to four billion yuan.

McAllister, fighting lower subscription numbers on her YouTube2 channel, and still battling criticism over a leaked Vine of her fall 2062 emotional affair with Kinabalu, called for a "throwback" Route 11 constructed much like the existing four-lane stretch in Colchester. "If the money didn't ran out in the 1970s, we are not even having this conversation lah," she said, her trademark fistful of black and white kittens thrust into the air. Helmeted police tossed xenomorph face-huggers into the crowd, signaling the end of the debate.

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OMFG seriously do not read the comments. You should know this by now

(c) 2064, Boston Courant/Globe

This was brilliant and I somehow skipped it. 

[english si]

On topic, and in the International Highways section: "Last missing freeway piece in Western Kazakhstan opens to traffic. One can now drive from Lisbon to Beijing entirely on freeways".

That route definitely won't go through the empty steppe north of the Caspian. It would go via Tehran. Plus the Kazakhs would get it done before the Russians.

China, Iran and Russia vying for influence in Central Asia, as well as Turkmeni and Kazakh oil money will likely fill in the gaps on a the Tehran - Tashkent - Almaty - Urumqi route (and maybe an alternative route heading west from Kashgar to Uzbekistan). That leaves Kurdistan as the gap, as the Nis-Sofia freeway will be finished once the Bulgarians get on the case. Turkey and/or Iran will fill that gap in a similar vie for influence/occupy the region type move.

[Max Rockatansky]

Which US Route and Interstate have the least number of raiders to avoid crossing the wasteland?

[Takumi]

VDOT revives Third Crossing and Eastern Shore interstate proposals
Fort Eustis interchange upgrade construction begins
Powhite Parkway extension construction begins

[formulanone]

5th Anniversary of Interstate 422

Cyborg Phantom Pains You Suffer From

Electric Sheep You've Dreamed About

Does Anyone Else Belong to MisterFusionBuddy.com?

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