The Woodrow Wilson Bridge (WWB) Project is under construction, to provide a new 12-lane Potomac River Bridge and to overall upgrade 7.5 miles of the I-95/I-495...
... I have added to the above article, 15 photos of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project, which were taken on June 18, 2006. This is a drive westbound over the...
The SC Infrastructure Bank awarded $176 million of a possible $300 in funding and $93 million in loans for projects statewide. The bank granted a $93 million...
I don't know if anyone has come up on this, but I was browsing through the AASHTO notes, and noticed that an application was approved to create US 23 Alternate...
I-140 (Wilmington Bypass) is finally open from US 17 all the way to US 421. Drove back from Ocean Isle Beach July 1st, large electronic sign east of Shallotte...
And what is the All-Nite Smorgasborg? The start of 2 weeks where I'll be working night-shift. So transitioning from being up by day to being up at night gave...
http://www.newsobserver.com/1244/story/457143.html DURHAM - "I-85, the Triangle's first interstate highway, is a miserable collection of engineering nightmares...
Robert Malme
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Jul 3, 2006 8:26 pm
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Fellow Road Enthusiasts, This past weekend, the Mrs. and I took a 3-hour roundtrip around Northwest GA and DeKalb County, AL, and noticed that along AL 117 ...
Happy 4th to everyone! A number of updates to Destination Florida over the weekend. Including over 35 sign gallery photos and new photos from St. Augustine. ...
And lastly... new photos added to the Georgia and Tennessee Road Photo Pages at gn.com Georgia: http://www.gribblenation.com/gapics/ Northwest Georgia:...
Just a quick update to my West Virginia pages. http://www.gribblenation.com/wvpics/ First, Two new photos from HB Elkins in the WV Submitted Sign Gallery ...
Traveling the backroads of Kentucky presents the visitor with a vast array of leisure activities in a state that boasts the most state resort parks in the...
I know that part of the westbound bridge has been replaced with temporary metal spans, but is the decking on these spans metal or concrete? I hate driving on...
There are two sections of temporary spans with metal grids on I-10 westbound (eastbound is all original concrete decking). Both sections however support two...
... It's not really a metal grid either on the driving surface. If you look closely, there's a thin asphaltish (or some sort of rubberized) top layer on those...
I was out in the field checking out some stuff on Monday and found one doozy of a posting error. I was hoping to get an old VA 75 directonal marker and instead...
... Last time I was in Abingdon, all the downtown cutouts had been replaced except two. They were visible on the turn from southbound US 11 to westbound Alt....
... They lowered the speed limit from 50 MPH to 45 MPH not long ago because people were flying across the Twin Spans...and the temporary spans weren't designed...
Just got back from Charlotte, NC, where I had a job interview and spent some time with the girlfriend. Instead of taking the interstate system, I took the...
... Understandable. From the reopening, they've been talking about how high speeds can "damage" the temporary spans. I've also noticed that there are now...
Traveling the backroads of Kentucky presents the everyday guest a glimpse into the past - literally. Red River Gorge is unique in that it boasts a scenic...
NEW TWIN SPAN BRIDGE CARRIES $629 MILLION PRICE TAG 06:33 AM CDT on Monday, July 10, 2006 WWLTV.com While work crews continue to make repairs to the temporary...
I made a 9-hour trip to see the new I-140 near Wilmington this weekend returning to Durham using US 74 and US 220 to check out the locations for future I-74...
Robert Malme
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Jul 10, 2006 6:43 pm
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Hello all, We're having a Florida roadgeek meeting on Saturday July 29th in Orlando. Anyone interested in attending is welcome. Bring cool stuff to look at,...
Went down to the beach for a couple days this weekend, and got to check out the new signage for US 17 through Wilmington. In a word, I was amazed...there is...
... It all depends on how the signing funds are set up. If the sign changes are written into the construction contract, whether it is done by the state or the...
