Well, July is almost here, and the Indy meet is fast approaching! The two-day event is taking place on Fri., 7/10, which will feature a corridor tour of the...
http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/opencms/export/nr/modules/news/news_1414.html_786229440.html Is anyone able to go and check one of these out on either 15 or 16...
Over the weekend, I was in Illinois for a great-aunt and great-uncle's 90th birthday celebration. I didn't really do too much roadgeeking this time, but here...
Brian, Glad to see you were up in my neck of the woods. * An overlay job is ongoing on the Bishop Ford between the Tri-State and the Dan Ryan. Much like the...
... The whole Kingery Expressway reconstruction was a nice touch. I very much enjoy the new configuration compared to what existed previously. ... The previous...
I was on one of my regular roadgeeking drives yesterday. The ramp from westbound I-88 to northbound I-39 is closed. The I-39 end of the ramp is all dug up....
... Doubt it - SR-2 was US-20 before US-33 was created, so it seems that if INDOT wanted to change it back that it would have already. More reasonable would be...
In this morning's on-line edition of the Washington Post is a news story with accompanying video, entitled, "Barry Camp Responds to Stalking Charge" ...
It's startling indeed, but also funny in a way, and sad: it only reinforces how careless the "profession" commonly known as journalism has truly become. The...
Tomorrow night is the kickoff to the 2009 Indianapolis Meet! It will kick off with a meet-and-greet at the 86th Street Pub, near our gathering spot at...
I plan to bethere for all of the festivities, Thursday through Saturday. What time is the Thursday get-together? -- Brian Reynolds Hastings Michigan...
I second that too Barry. Unfortunently I will not be able to make it to this meet due to a big cross country trip I am getting ready for next week. Hope you...
... Congrats! What is the young fellow's name, rank & serial number? When can we expect photos to be posted? You will love being a dad. I know I did, and...
I stumbled across some interesting right-of-way acquisitions by the Michigan Department of State highways in the very early 1930s. About the same time as the...
His name is Winston, born June 30 at Spectrum (Butterworth) in downtown Grand Rapids... 10:23am, 8lbs 7oz, 22" long. Some photos of the future roadgeek and...
You know what's interesting about the Hall Street corridor... it would appear as if some of it at Cascade Road is still undeveloped. You can see it here: ...
I got into town a little before nine, after starting a little later than I thought. I basically took U.S. 131 down from Kalamazoo, cut across on the Toll Road...
... Zoom out, and scroll up to the former alignment of LWW, and note that much of it is in the process of being obliterated! (At least at the time of the BEV...
Added another gallery of my road and sign photos on Flickr, this time for Illinois, mostly from a January 2006 trip to the Chicagoland area. You can check out...
Speaking of which, I started my own Flickr sets just recently! I have only pictures from Illinois and Indiana, namely county highway signs. (They're easier...
This was in the Lansing State Journal today: Finishing U.S. 127 still has support http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20090712/NEWS01/907120438 For...
I saw the following in a e-newsletter. For those who might be interested. -Patrick "House introduces bill to modify procedure for establishing speed limit A...
Interesting measure, and it will likely get bipartisan support with a couple modifications. One point of contention is going to be where a municipality wants...
... I just hope that if this legislation gets passed, one of the requirements is that criteria for setting the limits must be *objective*. Meaning that, just...
Sorry to hear that local politics and concerns for narrow local interests will inevitably trump the greater good for all. Look for rafts of 15 mph posted...