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Making a right turn coming from LAX and the EB I-105 to the SB Fwy 405 on Sunday, November 5, 2006.
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Fahrt auf den Freeway 405 Richtung Süden, beim Verlassen der Interstate 105 in El Segundo, Kalifornien am Sonntag, 5. November 2006.
This is at the I-15/US-89/Legacy Parkway interchange. It's dubbed "Wasatch Weave" by UDOT but that moniker is used by almost no one.
U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101, is a north-south U.S. highway that runs through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington, on the West Coast of the United States. It is also known as El Camino Real (The Royal Road) where its route along the southern and central California coast approximates the old trail which linked the Spanish missions, pueblos and presidios. It merges at some points with California Highway 1.
In Southern California, the highway is a heavily traveled commuter route serving the Northwest portion of the Greater Los Angeles area; this includes Ventura County communities in the West Conejo Valley and in the Oxnard Plain, along with Los Angeles County communities in the East Conejo Valley and San Fernando Valley. The route is the Santa Ana Freeway from East Los Angeles to Downtown Los Angeles. It becomes the Hollywood Freeway north of Downtown Los Angeles through the Cahuenga Pass, before turning west and becoming the Ventura Freeway. Communities along the alignment include Hollywood and the southern edge of the San Fernando Valley, and the cities of Hidden Hills, Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks (includes Newbury Park), Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, and Santa Barbara. US 101 also integrates with the southern part of the historic El Camino Real.
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Looking outbound from Blackburn Road overpass. This section of road opened in 1976 from Springvale Road and from here to Forster Road the following year with three lanes each way. A fourth was added as part of the M1 Upgrade project making the freeway eight lanes between the Burnely/Domain Tunnels in the city and the South Gippsland Freeway interchange at Doveton.
From Appendix 6: A Report to the San Francisco-State Joint Freeway Study on the Urban Design Aspects Associated with the Panhandle and Golden Gate Freeways, Mario J. Ciampi and Associates, John Carl Warnecke and Associates, February, 1966.
The driver of the white Honda was speeding down the freeway when he lost control and skidded (300 plus feet of skid marks) into the back of a parked tow truck that was helping a motorist on the shoulder of the freeway. Check out how dark and long the skids are.
From the Mandell Street bridge over the Southwest Freeway (US Highway 59) Northbound, Houston. Mandell Street and other cross streets used to go under the freeway instead of over it.
High Street interchange inbound (ramps on the other side only) with advance directional sign for Burke Road exit and variable LED speed limit signs. This section of road was part of the South Eastern Arterial Link that opened in 1988 joining the then Mulgrave Freeway at Warrigal Road to the South Eastern Freeway at Toorak Road. The entire road was renamed South Eastern Arterial in 1988 on opening. The half-diamond interchange at High Street was the only one provided on the new link, with other access points at Warrigal Road, Burke Road, Tooronga Road being at-grade intersections.
Between 1994 and 1997 the intersections were grade separated and the road widened to three lanes each way and renamed South Eastern Freeway. In 1999 it was renamed Monash Freeway and widened to four lanes each way between 2007 and 2010. Note at this location the four lanes just fit under the bridge built in 1987 requiring removal of the emergency lane. Strip drains have been installed along the edge at the base of the reinforced earth walls below the ramps to prevent runoff building up along what is now a trafficable lane.
Burbank, CA - 134 Freeway. A five second exposure - just long enough to make the cars on the freeway disappear. Shot with my nd 1000 black glass filter.
State Route 85 (SR 85) is a freeway which connects the cities of Mountain View and southern San Jose in the U.S. State of California. The route provides an alternate to U.S. Route 101 (US 101), bypassing downtown San Jose and instead passing through the foothill cities of Los Gatos, Saratoga, and Cupertino, roughly paralleling the Santa Cruz Mountains up to its interchange with I-280 (making it's alignment and purpose similar to I-405 in Los Angeles). The highway intersects with major highways such as I-280, SR 17, and SR 87.
SR 85 was built in two phases: the first, comprising the northern half, runs 5.7 miles from Stevens Creek Boulevard near Interstate 280 to its northern terminus at US 101 in Mountain View, was built in the 1960s. The second half, running 18.5 miles from US 101 in southern San Jose to Stevens Creek Boulevard in Cupertino, remained unbuilt until the 1980s and was opened in segments between 1991 and 1994. Prior to the construction of the freeway, the route was signed along Mathilda Ave and De Anza Blvd from US 101 near SR 237 southwards until its junction with SR 9 in Saratoga, which then served as its southern terminus until it was deleted the same day the freeway opened.
SR 85 begins at an interchange with US 101 and heads due west through San Jose. Near the Westfield Oakridge Mall in San Jose, SR 85 has an interchange with the southern terminus of the SR 87 freeway, which provides easy access to the San Jose International Airport. SR 85 continues west into Los Gatos, where it intersects the SR 17 freeway. SR 85 briefly enters Campbell and reenters San Jose before crossing into Saratoga. It turns northwest and briefly reenters San Jose before entering Cupertino and passing right next to De Anza College. SR 85 then interchanges with I-280 before briefly entering Sunnyvale and Los Altos and then entering Mountain View, where it first intersects SR 237 before terminating at US 101 near the Ames Research Center.[4] HOV lanes run along the entire length of SR 85, requiring at least two people in a car on weekdays from 5-9 AM and 3-7 PM, or a car with an "Access OK" sticker.
Despite mainly passing through suburban San Francisco Bay Area cities, SR 85 does have several points of interest. The northern terminus is located near Moffett Field, with its huge Hangar 1. Google's main campus and Microsoft's Silicon Valley Campus are located near the northern end of the freeway. Near the interchange with Interstate 280, SR 85 runs close to the headquarters of Apple Inc. and next to De Anza College as well as the same-named West Valley College, both community colleges in the area. Near interchange with SR 17, SR 85 runs next to the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. VTA light rail runs in the median of SR 85 between the 85-87 interchange & the southern terminus.
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Interstate 695 (abbreviated I-695) is a 51.46-mile (82.82 km)-long full beltway Interstate Highway extending around Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I-695 is officially designated the McKeldin Beltway, but is colloquially referred to as either the Baltimore Beltway or 695. The route is an auxiliary route of Interstate 95, intersecting that route southwest of Baltimore near Arbutus and northeast of the city near White Marsh. It also intersects other major roads radiating from the Baltimore area, including Interstate 97 near Glen Burnie, the Baltimore–Washington Parkway (Maryland Route 295) near Linthicum, Interstate 70 near Woodlawn, Interstate 795 near Pikesville, and Interstate 83 in the Timonium area. The 19.37-mile (31.17 km) portion of the Baltimore Beltway between I-95 northeast of Baltimore and I-97 south of Baltimore is officially Maryland Route 695, and is not part of the Interstate Highway System, but is signed as I-695. This section of the route includes the Francis Scott Key Bridge that crosses over the Patapsco River. The bridge and its approaches are maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority while the remainder of the Baltimore Beltway is maintained by the Maryland State Highway Administration.
It was the first beltway in the United States to be built as part of the Interstate Highway System. Plans were made to finish the remainder of the route, with a diversion to the Windlass Freeway and the Patapsco Freeway, opened in 1973, following the cancellation of a more outer route that was to partly follow what is today Maryland Route 702 (Southeast Boulevard). The Outer Harbor Crossing over the Patapsco River, which was dedicated to Francis Scott Key, who wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, and its approaches were finished in 1977, completing the route around Baltimore. The approaches to the bridge were originally two lanes to accommodate a tunnel that was originally proposed to run under the river; in subsequent years, they were upgraded to a four-lane configuration compliant with Interstate Highway standards, allowing for this portion of route to be signed as I-695 rather than MD 695. There are future plans for I-695 that include express toll lanes to ease traffic. In addition, the northeastern interchange with I-95 is currently being reconstructed to accommodate express toll lanes that are to be added to I-95.
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A75 "La Mérdienne" | La Cavalerie 09/06/2013 11h39
In the meantime we were driving in the département Midi-Pyrénées (departement Aveyron) and this photo is taken just ahead of the second to last exit before the Viaduc de Millau, one of the major ouvrages d'art of this highway and the only stretch you have to pay toll as there are no alternative roads (routes nationales).
Autoroute A75 "La Méridienne"
Known also as la Méridienne, it is a developmental project with the aim of speeding up and reducing the cost of car travel from Paris southwards, and apart from the Viaduc de Millau, it is entirely free for the 340 km between Clermont-Ferrand and Béziers. It was due for completion in spring 2011, but in fact was fully open in December 2010.
South of St. Flour there are excellent views of the Garabit viaduct.
A large portion of the A75 is also part of the European route E11.
The building of a motorway across the Massif Central is, in itself, a formidable achievement. Much of the motorway runs at an altitude in excess of 800 m with 50 km in excess of 1000 m.
The single most impressive feature is undoubtedly the Viaduc de Millau, which carries the road over the Tarn River. It was constructed under a government contract with the Eiffage group, effective for 75 years. Eiffage collects tolls at agreed rates making this the only tolled part of the A75.
The A75 has in total 7 viaducts with lengths ranging from 220 to 2500 meters (Viaduc de Millau), 5 passes ("cols") with the Col des Issartets as highest with 1121 meters as the highest point of the A75 and 3 tunnels ranging from 474 meters to 725 meters (Tunnel de Pas d'Escalette). The A75 is the highest highway in Europe.
The A75 has a lenght of 335 kilometers and is in fact an extension of the A71. It crosses 6 départements; Puy-de-Dôme, Haute-Loire, Central, Lozère, Aveyron and Hérault. And 3 régions; Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. This autoroute is built (as a highway) between 1989 and 2011.
[ Source and much more information: Wikipedia - Autoroute A75 France (français) ]
Traffic on EB I-295 as it prepares to enter the I-76/NJ 42 multiplex. Motorists wanting to continue on I-295 have to join I-76/NJ 42 traffic to reconnect to 295. After the direct connection project is completed, mainline 295 traffic will be able to seamlessly travel on 295 in this area.
Route 710 (colloquially referred to as "The Seven-Ten"), consisting of State Route 710 (SR 710) and Interstate 710 (I-710), is a state highway in the Los Angeles area of the U.S. state of California, mostly built to interstate standards.
Interstate 710 is a north–south auxiliary interstate freeway running for 23 miles (37 km) through Los Angeles County, California. Officially known as the Long Beach Freeway, it runs north from Long Beach to Valley Boulevard, just north of I-10, the San Bernardino freeway, near the boundary between the cities of Alhambra and Los Angeles. South of I-5, Interstate 710 follows the course of the Los Angeles River, rarely wandering more than a few hundred feet from the riverbed. South of SR 1 in Long Beach, SR 710 is officially part of the Seaside Freeway.
Also called the Los Angeles River Freeway prior to November 18, 1954, I-710 was initially planned to run all the way north to Pasadena, but construction of the segment from Alhambra to Pasadena through South Pasadena has been delayed for several decades due to community opposition. Until this gap is constructed, the segment already completed from California Boulevard north to its northern terminus at State Route 134 and Interstate 210 remains unsigned.
Prior to 1983, the road was not an Interstate, although it was built to Interstate standards.[citation needed] Until 1964 it was State Route 15, but it was renumbered to State Route 7 in the 1964 renumbering because of the existence of Interstate 15, and to I-710 in 1983. The route is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System.
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