Updates and Road News for the week of January 25
Well no big snowstorm this week, at least for the east coast. The western U.S. however is receiving a large storm system, with heavy rains and mountain snows. Rainy now across #SierraNevada passes but...
View ArticleUpdates and Road News for the week of February 1
This week we finished adding photos taken last month in Upstate South Carolina and moved on from there to additional material sent in from Peter in the Green Bay area. Carter shot some of U.S. 123...
View ArticleMap Finds from February 15th
Occasionally we make trips out to area flea markets, swap meets and antique stores in the search for more maps to add to our growing collection. The majority of these are open on weekends, with others,...
View ArticleObservations from the Road: Southeast Iowa
Enjoyed a break in the cloudy weather on our resent visit to Iowa to tag along with Bill and his son Joey on 300 mile day trip exploring various U.S., state and county routes across southeastern Iowa....
View ArticleInterstate Completion Watchlist
The often delayed interchange between Interstate 65 and the new Interstate 22 in north Birmingham is finally nearing completion. Although now 18 months behind schedule from the October 2014 target...
View ArticleUniversity Parkway at I-75 DDI Progress – Sarasota, Florida
Construction continues on the $74.5 million project to convert the busy diamond interchange linking Interstate 75 with University Parkway in Sarasota, Florida to a large diverging diamond (DDI). Work...
View ArticlePA Turnpike / I-95 Interchange Update – December 2016
Spent a couple weeks in Delaware for the holidays and took the opportunity to redocument several of the Philadelphia area Interstates. The bulk of our current pages were last updated in the mid 2000s,...
View ArticleInterstate 76 / 295 / NJ 42 Direct Connection
Another major project underway in the Philadelphia is area is the $900 million upgrade of the junction where Interstate 295 ties into I-76 and NJ 42 (North South Freeway) at Bellmawr. Studies outlined...
View ArticleFayetteville Outer Loop Progress – January 2017
Among the many future Interstate corridors designated across the state of North Carolina, the one gaining perhaps the most headway is the Fayetteville Outer Loop. Designated as Future Interstate 295,...
View ArticleThe newest North Carolina Interstates
The Tar Heel state continues to lead the nation in proposing and developing new Interstate corridors. Additions approved by AASHTO in 2016 alone designated Interstates 42, 87 and 587. These join...
View ArticleUltimate I-4 Express Lanes Progress
Just shy of its two year anniversary, work on the 21-mile stretch of Interstate 4 to add toll express lanes through the Orlando area is progressing at a steady pace. The Ultimate I-4 project is...
View ArticleThe many Interstate designation changes of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania currently has 22 signed Interstate highways, with the planned extension of I-295 west from Trenton, New Jersey set to add another later this year. With two major metropolitan areas, and...
View ArticleProspect Mountain Project
A long term project currently underway in Binghamton, New York addresses both the notorious “Kamikaze Curve” section of New York 17 (Southern Tier Expressway) and replaces the structurally deficient...
View ArticleAbandoned Will Rogers Tpk – Catoosa, OK
Construction of the Creek Turnpike around Tulsa, Oklahoma between March 1999 and August 2002 included a realignment of Interstate 44 from Skelly Drive to the Will Rogers Turnpike.1 The new roadway...
View ArticleDelaware Highways Revamp
Just put the last of the new photos from Kent County onto the site, rounding out several weeks of page updates and additions covering all Delaware state routes between Smyrna and the south end of...
View ArticleInterstate additions in H.B. 244
Signed by the President on May 5, 2017, H.B. 244 designates U.S. 67 north from Interstate 40 in North Little Rock north to U.S. 412 at Walnut Ridge as Interstate 57. The bill also upgrades the...
View ArticleU.S. 74 – Shelby, NC Bypass
Carter took some photos recently along U.S. 74 eastbound at the new Shelby Bypass currently under construction. The interstate standard freeway will eventually shift U.S. 74 north onto a freeway around...
View ArticleFayetteville Outer Loop Progress – January 2017
Among the many future Interstate corridors designated across the state of North Carolina, the one gaining perhaps the most headway is the Fayetteville Outer Loop. Designated as Future Interstate 295,...
View ArticleThe newest North Carolina Interstates
The Tar Heel state continues to lead the nation in proposing and developing new Interstate corridors. Additions approved by AASHTO in 2016 alone designated Interstates 42, 87 and 587. These join...
View ArticleUltimate I-4 Express Lanes Progress
Just shy of its two year anniversary, work on the 21-mile stretch of Interstate 4 to add toll express lanes through the Orlando area is progressing at a steady pace. The Ultimate I-4 project is...
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