Top 10 Road Geeking Spots in your state

[oscar]

I doubt anyone at Google would have asked.  Trying to get special permission from any government for any purpose probably is almost never worth the trouble.

That's what I was thinking. The driver's probably weren't paying attention to the signs, and just drove on down the highway. At most, we're talking about a fine (and frankly, I'd take the fine over waiting for the state to respond to a request).

Might Google have mounted its camera gear on a truck for the occasion? I recall that all vehicles over 7000 lb. gross vehicle weight were directed to Truck US 219. One of the heavier full-size pickup trucks, or an H1 Hummer, might meet that requirement. And GMSV has special camera equipment to use where a standard camera car doesn't work, such as the backpack-mounted camera system it used to map Iqaluit, Nunavut on foot.

BTW, I did clinch Truck US 219, in a full-size pickup truck. It seems to be rated close to 7000 lbs. GVW (curb weight is in the low 5000s), but at the time I was unsure, and decided to give myself the benefit of the doubt. No police hassles.

[brownpelican]

Lemme take a stab at Louisiana:

* Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
* The old pony truss bridges on US 90 east of Slidell.
* Huey P. Long Bridge
* Crescent City Connection/elevated WestBank Expressway/Harvey Tunnel
* Bonnet Carre Spillway/I-55 elevated combo bridge.
* I-10 Twin Span
* Atchafalaya Basin Bridge
* US 190 between Opelousas and Baton Rouge.
* US 90 in far eastern New Orleans, east of US 11.
* US 90 and La. 182 bridges in Morgan City
* I-10 bridge at Lake Charles
* Texas Avenue Bridge in Shreveport/Bossier City.

[DandyDan]

My best stab at Nebraska, in no particular order, with a bias towards eastern Nebraska since I've yet to go west of the Kearney area
1. The old Meridian Bridge, as mentioned for South Dakota
2. The old Lincoln Highway segment in west Omaha
3. The short segment of I-76 in Nebraska
4. Spur 67C in Pawnee County
5. Nebraska Highway 66 in Louisville
6. Fort Crook Road in Bellevue
7. The whole complex of intersections as you exit US 6 (West Dodge Road) in the Westroads Mall area of Omaha
8. The Dodge Street overpass of Saddle Creek Road in Omaha
9. Salt Creek Roadway and Antelope Valley Parkway intersection in Lincoln
10. Military Road between Omaha and Fremont (also called Old Highway 8 in Fremont area)

Honorable Mention: any piece of the old Lincoln Highway, the Devil's Intersection (where US 6 and NE 66 meet in Ashland, a name I just made up now)

[Jardine]

My best stab at Nebraska, in no particular order, with a bias towards eastern Nebraska since I've yet to go west of the Kearney area
1. The old Meridian Bridge, as mentioned for South Dakota
2. The old Lincoln Highway segment in west Omaha
3. The short segment of I-76 in Nebraska
4. Spur 67C in Pawnee County
5. Nebraska Highway 66 in Louisville
6. Fort Crook Road in Bellevue
7. The whole complex of intersections as you exit US 6 (West Dodge Road) in the Westroads Mall area of Omaha
8. The Dodge Street overpass of Saddle Creek Road in Omaha
9. Salt Creek Roadway and Antelope Valley Parkway intersection in Lincoln
10. Military Road between Omaha and Fremont (also called Old Highway 8 in Fremont area)

Honorable Mention: any piece of the old Lincoln Highway, the Devil's Intersection (where US 6 and NE 66 meet in Ashland, a name I just made up now)

Appreciate your list.  I've driven several of your items and concur they are fun.

Also, your #7 is quite interesting.  Never gave it much thought, although I've been thru the complex in all permutations repeatedly.  Thanks for pointing it out.  As I recall, it pretty much remains in as built condition from the '70s (ignoring blacktopping, replacing pavement, re-timing traffic signals)

I'm not sure something like that would be built these days in that configuration, despite it actually working pretty well.  It's handy to scoot around the west side of the mall to go to Blondo St., it's how I go to and from Regency too.  I tend to avoid the mall on Black Friday and the last minute Christmas rush, but I can't say I've ever had much of a wait regardless of where I was getting on or off or going to, despite invariably missing the first light getting off East Bound Dodge, and the next light just north and beneath Dodge.  I always miss that light no matter from which way I approach or where I want to go.

If built today, I suppose we would have a series of traffic circles and/or some more overpasses and ramps taking advantage of the elevation difference of the mall parking lot.  I'm not sure it would work much better, but there would be several fewer traffic lights to maintain.