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

  • weather syndication

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    after briefly taking the sydicati0n off, one of my co-workers noted the fact that I had been syndicating the weather feeds, so I decided to turn them back on :). Word to Tracy….

  • on the street

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    As I was heading home from work this evening, I notice a couple of joggers heading east down the Bob Billings Parkway as I was about to turn north on Clinton Parkway. One of them happened to reconize and wave at me — it was Debbie Slack

  • wet wet wet

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    Another 1.9 inches fell into the rain gauge as of this writing. A potential for flodding is forecast… The weather service has put us in a flood watch.

  • the front porch

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    Johnny’s tavern, a local bar here in town, has a “Cajun night” every 1st and 3rd wendsday. Billy Spears and the Beer Bellies normally plays a blend of country and bluegrass. This week at Johnny’s, I ran into someone who I hadn’t seen in a while: Brityn Nieder

  • you know you’re hardcore when….

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    when attending a meeting on the new US 59 freeway, I was reconized by two folks there, one a retired KDOT engineer, another one of the KDOT reps there….

  • rainfall

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    as of 8:00 this morning, 1.9 inches of rain had fallen overnight. There’s probably a little more in the rain gauge since then.

  • Graduation Weekend

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    This past weekend was graduation at KU…. and there was a member of the “family” that was walking down the hill. Not only was it Ashley Lafond‘s graduation, but this Saturday happened to also be her birthday. I dropped by for a little over an hour on Sunday afternoon and said hi, brought a card,…

  • Rain gauge

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    last night, we got 0.9 inches up at the top of the hill where I’m located

  • More Rain

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    As many can tell by the messages left here by the weather office, we had a thunderstorm pass through. Here at home, we had moderate wind, very little (if any) hail, and a lot of rain. I haven’t had a chance to check the rain gauge.

  • Rainfall

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    As of about 7:15 this morning, 2.6 inches of rain have fallen where I’m located.