Richie Kennedy | route56.com

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Welcome to my anchor point on the web. For over 20 years, I have shared various subjects regarding highway, railways, local radio, and more.

I chose the name “route56” in honor of the green and white variant of the US Highway shield that the Kansas Department of Transportation and its predecessor agency used specifically to mark US 56 from the designation of US 56 in 1956 until KDOT elected to adopt the standard black-and-white design in the mid-1980s

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Latest Blog Posts

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    I’ll save my thoughts on the Tiller Assasination and the latest of the South Lawrence Trafficway for later, today, I have to make a comment on other things. Recently, I’ve heard advertisments on the radio for online backup service. From my perspective working in IT, I can see it to be effective for many end-users.…

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    As reported to the NWS in Topeka 000 NWUS53 KTOP 282128 LSRTOP PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 428 PM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009 ..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON… ..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE…. ..REMARKS.. 0427 PM SNOW 6 ENE WILLIAMSTOWN 39.10N 95.24W 03/28/2009 M1.8 INCH JEFFERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER ALSO…

  • Found while surfing

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    While surfing randomly, I saw this picture at punditkitchen.com. You know, I hadn’t thought of that double-meaning. I’d much rather have Phred protest smoking than… whatever it is they actually are protesting. 🙂

  • Late snow in Kansas

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    We just passed from Winter to spring, yet winter isn’t giving up… URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 437 AM CDT FRI MAR 27 2009 …HEAVY SNOWFALL POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY… .A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON…AND BRING PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL…NORTHEAST…AND…

  • Signs of Change

    Signs of Change

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    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…

  • Politics and spirit… a reminder of events 10 years ago

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    A recent set of comments on a spirit squad related email list reminded me of events that happened 10 years ago this month that brought controversy to the KU spirit squad. In December of 1998, the KU Athletics department decreed that the spirit squads would not be allowed to participate in Nationals. However, the Dance…

  • Christmas Week 2008

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    I’ve added a new set of photos from this past week, including trains on christmas eve, my little cousins, and meeting up with friends at a local watering hole. https://www.route56.com/gallery/photo/122708

  • Interesting lead-in…

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    Tonight, the Jayhawks face the Arizona wildcats on the FOX sports network. The lead-in to the KU game is… the St. Louis Blues versus the Detroit Red Wings. I dunno about this. Although there are a few Ice Hockey fans in the area, somehow, there aren’t as many of those as there are of college…

  • Road Songs….

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    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…

  • November 2008 Roadtrip

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    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…