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8198
Are they upgrading signage that is faded, weatherbeaten, or "injured"? If not, why would MDOT replace perfectly good signs instead of gradually bringing...
Andrew Farina
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Nov 1, 2005
8:28 pm
8199
It's a wholesale replacement of all BGS', as far as I could gather. Actually, all Green, Blue and Brown signage seems to be in line for replacement. I agree...
Barry L. Camp
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Nov 1, 2005
8:58 pm
8200
I think the new signs are horrible to most roadgeeks and others probably wouldn't give it a second thought on something so trivial to them. David...
David Stilwell
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Nov 1, 2005
11:43 pm
8201
... I can confirm that the M-3 connectors are state trunkline. They are referred to internally (at MDOT) in databases as Connector 8 and Connector 10...
Patrick Allen
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Nov 2, 2005
1:47 am
8202
... Indeed. Signs are being replaced regardless of age or need. Here on US-131 in the Grand Rapids area, signs installed last October as part of the M-6/South...
Chris Bessert
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Nov 2, 2005
2:21 am
8203
... Patrick, you are 100 percent correct. The only reason why I used the phrase "MDOT-owned" parenthetically earlier was in response to Mr. Peacock's use of...
Chris Bessert
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Nov 2, 2005
2:44 am
8204
Anyone have any actual photo's of clearview on US route markers? I have only seen this font on I-94 shields so far. David...
David Stilwell
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Nov 2, 2005
2:45 am
8205
Who all is going to the gathering on Nov. 13th? I just emailed Dan with my RSVP. I'm looking forward to it! -A.J....
A.J. Bertin
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Nov 2, 2005
6:25 pm
8206
I just saw this from 24 Hour News 8: Westbound I-96 between M-6 and M-11 is currently under an emergency closure and will remain closed for approximately one...
David Stilwell
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Nov 2, 2005
9:06 pm
8207
http://www.skyview.iserv.net/ "Big crane fell over in the work-zone." John...
John Bibber
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Nov 2, 2005
9:43 pm
8208
... with ... I'm in. Wanna carpool? Brian Reynolds Hastings, Michigan...
waukazoo2000
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Nov 2, 2005
10:55 pm
8209
... I an glad that my understanding is apparently correct, and that we are in agreement. ... Agreed. There are all kinds of examples across Michigan of local ...
Patrick Allen
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Nov 2, 2005
11:43 pm
8210
I was in Fenton (MI) today and I observed that the formerly scantly signed US-23BR in Fenton has not only apparently received additional signing, including a...
Patrick Allen
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Nov 2, 2005
11:54 pm
8211
... I'm gonna try to make it, if possible. Hope to know for certain next week. Later, Chris -- Chris Bessert Bessert1@... http://www.michiganhighways.org ...
Chris Bessert
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Nov 3, 2005
1:47 am
8212
... Yep. A visitor to my site noticed the same thing last year and I then checked it out for myself and, sure enough, a bunch of new route mar- ker assemblies...
Chris Bessert
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Nov 3, 2005
1:52 am
8213
Oddly enough, I was on Bus-US23 in Fenton for the first time last Sunday. Turns out it is a good alternative to the US-23/I-75 mess: coming southbound, take...
Dyche Anderson
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Nov 3, 2005
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8214
With Grange Hall being labeled a "Truck Route" to Fenton (and assumedly Holly), has MDOT considered adding this highway to its system? I know that the...
Andrew Farina
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Nov 3, 2005
5:11 am
8215
I was checking out Pete Jenior's scans of the 1964 Rand-McNally atlas. On those maps, freeways have the distinctive green color, expressways a very...
waukazoo2000
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Nov 3, 2005
2:04 pm
8216
... Used to be. Not so much recently. :-( -- Vid the Kid...
David Smith
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Nov 3, 2005
3:56 pm
8217
... I don't think that's a bad thing, necessarily. It takes a measure of sign "real estate" (or an extra sign, for that matter) to show that a C/D lane is...
Barry L. Camp
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Nov 3, 2005
4:06 pm
8218
... When are artists and cartographers going to get it? INTERSTATE SHIELDS HAVE *WHITE* OUTLINES, NOT BLACK! Other than that minor issue, that's a pretty cool...
David Smith
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Nov 3, 2005
4:12 pm
8219
... <musxf579@h...> ... SHIELDS ... What bothers me more than that is when color advertisements with maps will show a US route as an Interstate shaped shield...
Adam
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Nov 3, 2005
4:22 pm
8220
... that ... to ... as a ... keep ... This isn't what we were talking about. Let's see if I can do some ASCII art to illustrate... When an exit looks like...
David Smith
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Nov 3, 2005
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8221
... Actually, I'll be staying at my brother's place in Waterford the night before. I think while I'm down there for the weekend I'll try to get some more...
A.J. Bertin
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Nov 3, 2005
5:31 pm
8222
As I assume that MI road fans are aware, last year the one-way pairs at the south end of M-106 were both converted to two was streets, and the intersection at...
Patrick Allen
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Nov 3, 2005
6:50 pm
8223
It's time again for MDOT to gather public comment on the lastest iteration of thier Five Year Transportation Plan, through a series of meetings all over the...
Barry L. Camp
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Nov 3, 2005
8:08 pm
8224
... Perhaps that's artistic license, due to the color coming through better in the printing process? I found it ironic that the comic has a more accurate...
Marc Fannin
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Nov 3, 2005
9:43 pm
8225
Thanks for sharing those photo's. I have never seen such a shield assembly with an OLD tab. David...
David Stilwell
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Nov 3, 2005
10:50 pm
8226
Barry, I got an e-mail about this from MDOT. I beleive there will also be a meeting at the Mt. Pleasant TSC Office as well. David...
David Stilwell
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Nov 3, 2005
10:55 pm
8227
... http://www.roadfan.com/oldus31.jpg (from http://www.roadfan.com/michrdph.html#berrsprs ) http://www.fourflagsarea.org/images/postcards/firetruckparade.jpg ...
Marc Fannin
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