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Steve A.
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 Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Nov 18, 8:10 am, "Steve A." <webmas...@alpsroads.net> wrote:
| Quote: | Oh, and Breezewood is 0 signals eastbound and I
believe only one signal westbound.
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Make that "US 30 eastbound" and "US 30 westbound". |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Nov 17, 9:18 pm, "Billy Riddle" <wriddle...@HELLbellsouthNO.net>
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| Quote: | "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk...@dataex.com> wrote in messagenews:dqWdnY3mc46atr_UnZ2dnUVZ_oTinZ2d@ntd.net...
Revive755 wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:42 pm, gpsman <gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
How many "conventional" signals are in use on the interstate system?
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However many there are on I-180 in Wyoming, near any major tunnel, at
any drawbridge, plus those on I-78 in Jersey.
There is a set on I-690 in New York by the entrance to a main parking lot at
the State Fairgrounds.
I-35 ends at a traffic-signaled intersection in Duluth, MN.
Duluth! Isn't there a traffic signal somewhere in the mix of the 35/535 interchange?
BTW, I think there are 6 traffic signals along Wyoming I-180, including the two at the I-80 interchange.
Off the top of my head, the following interstates end at traffic signals:
I-359 AL
I-565 AL
I-110 LA
I-579 PA
I-185 SC
...and I'm sure there are many others.
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Unless someone can show a line diagram proving otherwise, I-110 ends
at US 61, just south of an intersection with a traffic light (Blount
Rd), not at a traffic light.
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Froggie
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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| Quote: | On Nov 17, 11:49 pm, "Steve A." <webmas...@alpsroads.net> wrote:
Tunnels, drawbridge, ramp meters, and termini don't count as
conventional signals on the system. They're either one or the other,
not both.
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Depends on what you define as "conventional". The OP wasn't specific
about that until he replied to your post.
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Froggie
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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| Quote: | On Nov 17, 10:18 pm, "Billy Riddle" <wriddle...@HELLbellsouthNO.net> wrote:
Duluth! Isn't there a traffic signal somewhere in the mix of the 35/535 interchange?
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There is, but it isn't for any of the movements between 35 and 535.
The one signal there is where the NB I-35-to-NB US 53 movement crosses
SB US 53.
I-565 used to, but not anymore. The former signal at its east end was
replaced by an interchange a few years ago.
Sandor's already replied about I-110.
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H.B. Elkins
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:49 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On 17 Nov 2008 23:24:01 -0600, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
And Ohio (Columbus) and Georgia (Atlanta).
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H.B. Elkins
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| Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:10:56 -0800 (PST), Steve A. wrote:
| Quote: | That one looks like it's to let oversize/hazardous cargo pull out, get
inspected, get an escort vehicle, and then pull back onto the
roadway. Rather than have an officer stand in the roadway to stop
traffic and let the truck merge, this is safer. Someone else may know
the actual answer. Oh, and Breezewood is 0 signals eastbound and I
believe only one signal westbound.
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I don't think Breezewood should really count, since technically I-70 ends at US
30. The part of US 30 used to connect I-70 and the PA Turnpike isn't really part
of I-70.
Westbound I-70 has one signal (but you make a right turn there) and eastbound
I-70 has to make a left turn at a traffic light off US 30 to get to the I-70
portion that leads to Maryland.
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H.B. Elkins
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:01 -0800 (PST), sgulya1@gmail.com wrote:
| Quote: | Unless someone can show a line diagram proving otherwise, I-110 ends
at US 61, just south of an intersection with a traffic light (Blount
Rd), not at a traffic light.
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Yes, with ramps for US 61 in both directions. I can't speak to US 61 south but
I-110 merges into US 61 north.
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Billy Riddle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:26 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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"H.B. Elkins" <hbelkins@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message news:gfv1g501fmp@drn.newsguy.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:00:01 -0800 (PST), sgulya1@gmail.com wrote:
Unless someone can show a line diagram proving otherwise, I-110 ends
at US 61, just south of an intersection with a traffic light (Blount
Rd), not at a traffic light.
Yes, with ramps for US 61 in both directions. I can't speak to US 61 south but
I-110 merges into US 61 north.
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OK my mistake. I thought 110 ended in a fashion similar to how the BG Parkway ends at US 60 west of Lexington, which is a three-ramp trumpet lacking the loop ramp, and the left-turning direction having the traffic light.
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Billy Riddle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:31 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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"Froggie" <froggie@mississippi.net> wrote in message news:6307da6a-eabf-4324-8e74-e4f6cbf66e93@l33g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | On Nov 17, 10:18 pm, "Billy Riddle" <wriddle...@HELLbellsouthNO.net> wrote:
I-565 AL
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I-565 used to, but not anymore. The former signal at its east end was
replaced by an interchange a few years ago.
....and this now makes the freeway end at the next traffic signal, which is over the hill. Unless there is a driveway before that point. I may have to run down there and investigate.
-Billy |
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H.B. Elkins
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:32 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:26:26 -0600, Billy Riddle wrote:
| Quote: | OK my mistake. I thought 110 ended in a fashion similar to how the BG =
Parkway ends at US 60 west of Lexington, which is a three-ramp trumpet =
lacking the loop ramp, and the left-turning direction having the traffic =
light.
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Except that there isn't a light there. Traffic from the EB Bluegrass to WB 60
has to make a left turn across two lanes of EB 60 without benefit of a light.
But I'd say there is not a lot of movement in that direction. Originally the KY
33 exit was only a partial, exit only from EB and entrance only to WB. The
presumption was that traffic heading to Versailles would use that exit instead
of going all the way to 60 and then turning left. The other two ramps at the KY
33 exit were added in the late 80s.
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H.B. Elkins
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:34 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:31:23 -0600, Billy Riddle wrote:
| Quote: | ...and this now makes the freeway end at the next traffic signal, which =
is over the hill. Unless there is a driveway before that point. I may =
have to run down there and investigate.
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I drove this three years ago, heading west. I-565 isn't signed until after US 72
exits from the mainline, which becomes Alt. US 72. I can't remember where the
last at-grade is before I-565 begins.
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Billy Riddle
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:41 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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"H.B. Elkins" <hbelkins@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote in message news:gfvqg00ii4@drn.newsguy.com...
| Quote: | On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:31:23 -0600, Billy Riddle wrote:
...and this now makes the freeway end at the next traffic signal, which >>is over the hill. Unless there is a driveway before that point. I may >>have to run down there and investigate.
I drove this three years ago, heading west. I-565 isn't signed until after US 72
exits from the mainline, which becomes Alt. US 72. I can't remember where the
last at-grade is before I-565 begins.
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Dude, are you trying to prevent me from investigating?
-Billy, who just paid 1.79 for gas and hasn't left TN since July, and is chomping at the bit to cross a state line for some roadgeeking. |
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Premier Bush
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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Billy Riddle wrote:
| Quote: | "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk920@dataex.com> wrote in message
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Revive755 wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:42 pm, gpsman <gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
How many "conventional" signals are in use on the interstate
system?
http://i36.tinypic.com/fokn5d.jpg
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However many there are on I-180 in Wyoming, near any major tunnel,
at any drawbridge, plus those on I-78 in Jersey.
There is a set on I-690 in New York by the entrance to a main
parking lot at the State Fairgrounds.
I-35 ends at a traffic-signaled intersection in Duluth, MN.
Duluth! Isn't there a traffic signal somewhere in the mix of the
35/535 interchange?
BTW, I think there are 6 traffic signals along Wyoming I-180,
including the two at the I-80 interchange.
Off the top of my head, the following interstates end at traffic
signals:
I-359 AL
I-565 AL
I-110 LA
I-579 PA
I-185 SC
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I-630 AR ends at a traffic light. |
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The Chief Instigator
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On 18 Nov 2008 17:34:56 -0800, H.B Elkins <hbelkins@mis.net.restrictorplate> wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:31:23 -0600, Billy Riddle wrote:
...and this now makes the freeway end at the next traffic signal, which =
is over the hill. Unless there is a driveway before that point. I may =
have to run down there and investigate.
I drove this three years ago, heading west. I-565 isn't signed until after US 72
exits from the mainline, which becomes Alt. US 72. I can't remember where the
last at-grade is before I-565 begins.
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I wish I'd known of this five months ago, as Dale and I came through
Huntsville on 565 to visit a friend for a few minutes on our way back to
Houston...and the last time I'd been in Huntsville before then was at
Christmas in 1968, when all there was there, was US 72A. (At least we got a
good view of most of the city at the top of the hill where I-565 kicks in,
heading west.)
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nycroads
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: Re: Traffic signals on interstates...? |
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On Nov 17, 10:18 pm, "Billy Riddle" <wriddle...@HELLbellsouthNO.net>
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| Quote: | "Michael G. Koerner" <mgk...@dataex.com> wrote in messagenews:dqWdnY3mc46atr_UnZ2dnUVZ_oTinZ2d@ntd.net...
Revive755 wrote:
On Nov 17, 7:42 pm, gpsman <gps...@driversmail.com> wrote:
How many "conventional" signals are in use on the interstate system?
http://i36.tinypic.com/fokn5d.jpg
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However many there are on I-180 in Wyoming, near any major tunnel, at
any drawbridge, plus those on I-78 in Jersey.
There is a set on I-690 in New York by the entrance to a main parking lot at
the State Fairgrounds.
I-35 ends at a traffic-signaled intersection in Duluth, MN.
Duluth! Isn't there a traffic signal somewhere in the mix of the 35/535 interchange?
BTW, I think there are 6 traffic signals along Wyoming I-180, including the two at the I-80 interchange.
Off the top of my head, the following interstates end at traffic signals:
I-359 AL
I-565 AL
I-110 LA
I-579 PA
I-185 SC
...and I'm sure there are many others.
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