Category: highways
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Kansas City Road Meet
Here are the photos from last Saturday’s Kansas City road meet.
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New US 59 now open…
… and I have photos from the new freeway, as well as a couple other highway-related oddities
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Turnpike Bridge is coming down
The KTA has issued a press release. Because of the way the KTA’s site is designed, I shall quote it verbatim. Additional information is now available on the Kansas Turnpike Authority’s upcoming demolition of the original bridge structures across the Kansas River in Lawrence. The steel structures that once carried I-70 traffic across the river…
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Signs of Change
The new signs for US 24 and US 40 are now beginning to make theirappearance on I-70. I managed to get a few shots of the old signs in placealongside their new counterpoints, PLUS the new END! of US 73 at theBonner Springs exit on the Kansas Turnpike. Also: some shots of the new Lone…
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Road Songs….
On the return portion of my recent roadtrip, I cranked up my iPod. Here’s what was playing. Song Artist Album Genre Timestamp The Girl’s Gone Wild Travis Tritt My Honky Tonk History Country 11/23/08 03:23 PM When Somebody Loves You Alan Jackson When Somebody Loves You Country 11/23/08 03:27 PM Waitin’ On A Woman Brad…
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November 2008 Roadtrip
I took a roadtrip to check on the progress of the new US 69 freeway under construction in Linn County. Nothing special, I took 69 down to the north end of the existing southern freeway, then turned east on the back roads to US 71, returning home via 71. On the way to 71, I…
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Colorado Roadtrip, Days 1 and 2
Reporting tonight from the Comfort Inn in Westminster: Day 1: Set up jump No pictures, just a tired roadgeek setting up the second day. My little cousin Bethany had a birthday party Sunday afternoon, so I knew I was going to have a late start in. I decided upon Salina as my intermediate stop. From…
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E85
When I bought my 2001 Town & Country, one of the things I found out about it off the bat was that it was a “flex fuel” vehicle, meaning it could run on E85 fuel. I had not had an opportunity to take advantage of that fact until last night. I found out through the…
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What to say
* First off, the place that I have called home for the past 17 years is Up for sale. Most of my free time has been spent keeping the place clean in making improvements here and there. There was a Open House on Saturday, which meant we had to evacuate for the afternoon. Inquiries about…
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Car work
Back in December, I bought a 2001 Chrysler Town and Country. Yesterday, I took it in to Gregg Tire for mainenance. $320 later, I had the transmission and power sterring flushed, and, of course, an Oil Change. The Power Steering was creaking whenever I turned the wheel, and the fluid levels may have been a…