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Baltimore again – June 2012
We had the opportunity to revisit Baltimore again this month to add to some of our exploration from summer of 2010. Researching a few things in advance, we plotted a drive along U.S. 40 east from west...
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Crosstown Connector Update
The Crosstown Connector, an elevated toll road that will link Interstate 4 with the parallel Florida Toll 618 (Leroy Selmon Crosstown Expressway) and the Port of Tampa, is under construction presently....
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South and Southwest Florida Road Report – March 5, 2014
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...
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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...
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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....
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Mid-South Road Trip – May 20 – Shreveport, Texarkana, Little Rock,...
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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Observations from the road: Fargo to Omaha
Day five of our Midwest/Great Plains trip took us from a start in West Fargo southward along the I-29 corridor to the Council Bluffs, Iowa and Omaha, Nebraska area. A cloudy and drizzly morning...
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Observations from the road: Omaha to St. Joseph
Day 6 of our Midwest/Great Plains trip started out redriving many of the Omaha area freeways, dodging thunderstorms southward to Kansas City, and figuring out how far south to travel in Kansas. This...
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Observations from the road: Kansas City to Topeka
Continuing with Day 6 of our Midwest/Great Plains trip, we drove throughout Kansas City as peak hour traffic set in, with a path taking us back and forth from the Alphabet loop Downtown to suburbs such...
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Observations from the road: Topeka to the Quad Cities
Day 7 of our Midwest/Great Plains trip takes us east from Topeka back through Kansas City and then north to Des Moines before ending the day in the Quad Cities. We started out deciding to explore the...
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Mississippi Gulf Coast / Southeast Louisiana Road Notes
Finally getting around to reviewing a day trip we took on May 9 from Pensacola, Florida west to Biloxi, Gulfport, New Orleans and LaPlace, Louisiana. While we have extensively covered much of this...
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Georgia continues to switch to new sign standards
Disappearing from Georgia roads are the signs with the narrow width Highway Gothic series D font and the exit numbers posted above a horizontal rule. These age old standards are going by the wayside as...
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Washington, D.C. 1942 Map
We recently picked up a Washington, DC area map with a General Drafting base dated from 1942. This map may be the oldest we have of the capital city in our collection, and it definitely shows signs of...
View ArticleUpdates and Road News for the week of January 18
While a blizzard dumps one to two feet snow on the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, here’s a look at some of the updates at AARoads this week. Contributor Peter Johnson sent in some photos he took this week...
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South Florida Road Updates – January 23
Spent a few hours driving around South Florida, revisiting a few areas previously covered to see construction progress on a number of projects. The main changes throughout Broward and the Miami area...
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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...
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Updates 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...
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