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Old 02-12-19 | 10:25 AM
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madpogue
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From: Madison, WI USA
Originally Posted by CliffordK
I-69 already runs through Michigan and Indiana. There've been plans in the works for years (maybe decades?) to extend it into Kentucky and points south; looks like it's finally a go. I guess I never thought of it as anything but a number until... well... now...

We have scads of highways with multiple numbers. Between here and Portage, all three of Wisconsin's Interstate highways (39, 90, 94) are the same road. Everyone just calls it "the Interstate". There's a segment of our Beltline that serves as FOUR US Federal highways.

I was hoping to post a "that's a welcome sign" sign pic, but... Across the street from my building, they're redeveloping two blocks (god-arful ugly parking ramp gets the wrecking ball soon). They had to take over the rightmost lane of the street, normally a parking/bike lane, for construction ROW. Originally, they put a BUMFL sign on the Jersey barrier that separates the open lane from the temporary pedestrian walk. But look at the wonderful job they've done now:

So that's where the lane closure begins, but what happened to the BUMFL? Oh, okay....

It had been mounted next to (or maybe above?) the yellow/black diagonal stripe sign, right where it MEANS something to car traffic. Who knows why, but they moved it to the curb. Pretty-much behind the signs indicating the closure. Look at the wider shot; do you think rush-hour motorists are really going to notice, let alone heed, that sign?

Fortunately, I have alternate routes.
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