I'll grant all the points on use/costs to build a 2000 year bridge, or the wisdom of such. I'm just using it as an example, still what could be done to make highways/bridges last longer? History tells us that the Romans were conscientious about drainage for their roads, again I know that thier roads saw less use than ours.
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I-69 project reaching finishing stages in Martinsville
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femurphy77
Grandmaster
Just from watching the progression at that intersection my guess is that they are planning on re-opening 144 on the overpass. You'll be able to go north on 37 or exit 37 going southbound but will be unable to go south from 144 or exit 37 northbound to 144 for a while. Purely speculation on my part.
I do know that when they closed eastbound 144 a couple of weeks ago it was for 4 weeks after which the county was going to close it for 2 weeks. The county wants to redo several culverts east of the project location. Again speculation but the reason the county doesn't work the culverts while the project has 144 closed is so the residents in the area can access their homes from the east while it's closed by the project and from the west while they do the culverts.
I'm guessing we'll be using most of the new overpass within a month or so.
femurphy77
Grandmaster
There has been quite a bit of progress since this picture was taken; the bridge beams for the 37 northbound to 144 exit were set this past Tuesday and 144 eastbound in the right side of the photo has asphalt on it.
I know I've said it before but the road industry in Indiana must be staggeringly corrupt for how long it takes, how much it costs, and the awful quality of finished product that we get out of it.
Everywhere else I go in the United States (except Michigan), the roads are much better and I know it's not because West Virginia or wherever is rolling in cash compared in Indiana.
femurphy77
Grandmaster
Although I haven't been that route lately, I-20 between Birmingham and Tuscaloosa let you know whenever you crossed an expansion line or part line in the pavement.
Every. Single. One. Of. Them.
In the 15 years since we made that trip we've yet to find a single stretch of pavement that bad. We've been on dirt and gravel roads that weren't that bad!
I-69 in Michigan.
My wife has to drive from Martinsville to work in Greenwood. She sets her cruise on 57 in the 45 mph work zone and weekly has people passing her on the shoulder, flashing lights at her, etc. Drivers out there today are crazy, but I’m sure I’m not telling all of you anything you didn’t already know.
People LOVE being behind me in my work vehicles. My GPS-monitored work vehicles. Sticker on the bumper warns people of it, too.
I'm generally a +5 mph driver in general. I465 is where I differ.
But especially in a work vehicle, I'm going about +5. Maybe even +7 when I know that I'm "that guy".
I'm generally a +5 mph driver in general. I465 is where I differ.
But especially in a work vehicle, I'm going about +5. Maybe even +7 when I know that I'm "that guy".
Definitely the same, except the gps monitoring, they don’t care where I go as long as I get my stuff done and don’t tear anything up… I try to keep it closer to the speed limit in the construction zones, especially down 37 north of 144, it’s to congested and to narrow so I just hang back.
How to phrase this... Let's see here. I'll say that some people have literally nothing else to do but to complain about employees of the organization that I work for. My employer's "logo" is on large stickers on the doors of our vehicles (most of them), as well as particularly unique license plates. In short, it's easy to report poor driving.
I've been on the receiving end of a (false) poor driving report (20 years ago). I do my best do not get another one that somehow may affect my employment status.
So - when construction zones say 45mph... I'm gonna go way closer to that in my work vehicle than I ever would in my own personal car. And when I'm in my own personal car, it's all situationally dependent my speed. The work zones where we all know it's miles and miles of 1 lane with zero work/workers? I tend to go a tick faster. The super narrow lanes with work going on both sides like on the north side of Lebanon? I go slower.
