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Observations from the road: Duluth, Superior

Concluding our run around Minneapolis St-Paul, we met up with long time contributor and administrator of the Facebook Page Minnesconsin Highways, Patrick Lilja. Pat accompanied us northward from Mounds View to Duluth to check out the northernmost reaches of Interstate 35, and the short two-state Interstate 535. Interstate 35W north at the merge with I-35E. The northernmost reaches of Interstate 35W are surprisingly rural as compared to [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:54-05:00July 1st, 2015|Highways, Interstate Highways, Minnesota, U. S. Highways, United States, Wisconsin|Comments Off on Observations from the road: Duluth, Superior

Observations from the road: Minneapolis-St. Paul

Day two of our week long travels across the Upper Midwest took us around the Minneapolis and St. Paul area to revisit roads we drove previously in 2007. Several changes were made to area freeways and interchanges. U.S. 10 west at Minnesota 610. U.S. 10 branches west from Interstate 35W at Mounds View as a full freeway through to Anoka to the north of Minneapolis. Minnesota 610 [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:55-05:00June 29th, 2015|Highways, Interstate Highways, Minnesota, United States|3 Comments

Observations from the road: Chicago to Minneapolis via I-94

The first of a 4,700 mile eight-day tour of the Upper Midwest and Great Plains kicked off from Chicago, taking us north to Milwaukee and west to Madison, Wisconsin Dells, Eau Claire and St. Paul, Minnesota. Interstate 94 west splits with U.S. 41 to join the Edens Spur of the TriState Tollway. Interstate 41 was approved by AASHTO on November 15, 2012. The newest Interstate in Wisconsin [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:56-05:00June 25th, 2015|Highways, Illinois, Interstate Highways, Minnesota, Wisconsin|Comments Off on Observations from the road: Chicago to Minneapolis via I-94

Mid-South Road Trip – May 20 – Shreveport, Texarkana, Little Rock, Clarksdale, MS

Day 2 of the whirlwind trip took us around the Shreveport freeway system, northward along new Interstate 49 to Arkansas, around Texarkana on the new I-369 and AR 549 freeways, and northeast to a revisit of the Little Rock Interstates. Meandering southeastward, we crossed the doomed Clarendon Bridge over the White River toward U.S. 49 through Helena-West Helena into Mississippi. Zigzagging southward, we ended up in Vicksburg. Interstate 220 provides [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:56-05:00May 29th, 2014|Arkansas, Highways, Interstate Highways, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, U. S. Highways, United States|Comments Off on Mid-South Road Trip – May 20 – Shreveport, Texarkana, Little Rock, Clarksdale, MS

Mid-South Road Trip – May 19 – Pensacola, FL to Shreveport, LA

Took Interstate 10 westbound from Northwest Florida to Lake Charles, Louisiana, then U.S. 171 north to Shreveport. Redocumented all of I-10 west to Lafayette, all of I-12 west, Interstates 110 and 210. Took new coverage of I-10 west to Lake Charles and all of U.S. 171 north toward Shreveport as well as photographing the south ends of U.S. 165 and 171. The first construction of note on the day is [...]

Interstate 269 in Mississippi Progress

AARoads contributor Chris Kalina traveled through the Memphis area on Saturday March 8th and took a look at progress for construction of Interstate 269, the Memphis outer beltway. Work is underway along the entire corridor from Interstates 55 & 69 east to Tennessee 385 (Bill Morris Parkway) at Collierville. Tennessee is scheduled to complete their portion of I-269 by 2015, with work continuing through northern Mississippi until 2018.1 A great [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:57-05:00March 10th, 2014|Highways, Interstate Highways, Mississippi, United States|5 Comments

South and Southwest Florida Road Report – March 5, 2014

Interstate 75 south at the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County. The first of several construction projects encountered yesterday involves widening of Interstate 75 through Lee County, Florida, including the 1.6-mile project to expand the Caloosahatchee River. The $72-million project kicked off here in January 2013 and runs through fall of 2015. Construction is part of the final phase to expand all 33 miles of I-75 through Lee [...]

By |2018-01-18T15:19:58-05:00March 5th, 2014|Florida, Highways, Interstate Highways, United States|Comments Off on South and Southwest Florida Road Report – March 5, 2014

Interstate 2000:Improvement for the Next Millennium

Originally published in Roads & Bridges June 1, 1997 ... and now it's June 2013. Here's an update on where each corridor is, in the order presented in the original article. I-95 Trenton to New Brunswick 1997 Article: This may be the most heavily utilized route in the interstate system. The state of New Jersey canceled this 30 mile section of the route (Somerset Freeway) in the early 1980s. As [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:17:27-05:00June 22nd, 2013|Highways, Interstate Highways|1 Comment

San Francisco

And now, a brief interruption. some photos from this previous weekend. The Bay Bridge has had lights attached to it. It's tough to tell from here, but they actually move in patterns. Well worth seeing in person. The lights will stay for the next two years, and can only be seen from the San Francisco side. That other bridge that San Francisco is famous for. This is the view from [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:20:23-05:00March 11th, 2013|California, Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways|2 Comments

Alaska and Washington, Sept. 2012 part IV

The last part of our northwest trip. These are all from Washington; primarily the Bellingham area. The only state-named shield we found north of Seattle. It’s in Bellingham. Smoky sunset in Bellingham. Fires in the Ellensburg, about 150 miles to the southwest. The smoke yields some unusually deep colors. Rocket Donuts in downtown Bellingham features this rocket in front of the building. A 1950s Chevrolet sits rusting by the side [...]

By |2018-01-13T18:39:30-05:00October 30th, 2012|Interstate Highways, U. S. Highways, Washington, Weather|3 Comments
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