... Good morning. Welcome to a new day, a new year and new, higher tolls. Three months after the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority's board of directors...
... I sure hope this isn't the same "continuous reinforced" concrete design Michigan tried using in the '70s! Otherwise, better start saving $$ now to pay for...
... by ... undivided ... MDOT ... Macomb ... ramp ... Having driven through here yesterday, I can report there are also two M-59 assemblies on the westbound...
... Up until a few years ago (when I started spending a lot more free time with the then-future Mrs. G), I put between 45 and 50,000 miles a year on my car (a...
... As Howard also noted, this one sentence made me shutter: In Michigan, MDOT "experimented" with CRC (continuously reinforced concrete) back in the 1970s on...
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CHRIS! Chris Bessert <bessert1@...> wrote: ... As Howard also noted, this one sentence made me shutter: In Michigan, MDOT...
... Pardon me? What about my factual message did you find so hilarious? Just wondering what prompted such an utterly unexpected response... Later, Chris -- ...
I'll be posting my 2004 milage totals later on this evening. I can tell you that I have had 9 oil changes for 2004 and spent $1,611.88 on gasoline. David...
Don't be quick to blame the toll collectors and maintence personel for the high tolls on the PA Turnpike. The real culprit is Act 61 passed in 1985 that...
Happy New Year! Ohio Highway Ends kicks off 2005 with the debut of five new routes from Central and Southwestern Ohio: By-Pass OH 4, OH 128, OH 546, OH 555,...
Hey all, As I've hinted here over the past several days, I'm busy working on deploying the new-and-improved Wisconsin Highways at its new location, ...
... From http://www.state-ends.com/michigan/ : "...please contact Dan at greatlakesroads#msn.com (change "#" to "@" to e-mail)." Hope that helps. Later, Chris ...
... Same to you. Hope it (and Christmas) was a good one. ... That's because the meeting will be on WEDNESDAY, not Thursday: Grand Region Jan. 5 1 to 3 p.m. 6...
... Works for me. Remind me, Barry, and I'll e-mail you my cell number tomorrow (Tues) or Wednesday so that you can get ahold of me/us in case you can't make...
The following greatlakesroads poll is now closed. Here are the final results: POLL QUESTION: Will you be roadgeeking over the Christmas and/or New Years...
greatlakesroads@yahoo...
Jan 4, 2005 8:59 am
5145
... I plan on attending. BW3 is fine with me. -- Brian Gerst Caledonia, MI...
... be ... think ... I'll be there. I should be there at 6:00. Should I plan on meeting a few of you before 6? I sort of remember what Chris and Brian Reynolds...
... Actually, I think I'll probably arrive closer to 6:30ish, about the time Barry wants to make it. I have both a mid-afternoon meeting over at GVSU as well...
I'm in, weather permitting. It's kinda difficult to get a reliable handle on Wednesday's weather. Depending on who you listen to, we're in for anywhere from...
Did anyone notice that the 2005 RMcN shows the road as being freeway from M-57 north to Ithaca? At least our atlas didn't jump the gun on that one... :) -- All...
... Wow... no, I hadn't noticed that! I wonder what MDOT said to RMcN that RMcN misinterpreted? Or I wonder what RMcN mistakenly assumed? Hmmmm... ... Indeed,...
... From: Chris Bessert To: greatlakesroads@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:58 AM Subject: [greatlakesroads] Re: Speaking of US 127.... ......
Thank you. Good to hear someone else see the stupidity in their current US-31 plan. Obviously it would be both expensive and time consuming to upgrade the ...
... That reminds me of when I was younger, and my family was driving through Lancaster, OH. My dad is rather impatient in traffic so he was steamed at all the...
... Problem with that... US-127 isn't even an expressway north of M-57! It's a plain old divided highway... :^( Later, Chris -- Chris Bessert Bessert1@... ...
No sale planned yet, but it's been brought up: "Daniels names INDOT chief" (1/1/05) http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/206300-2296-009.html "A retired...