Misc.transport.road is for discussion of all aspects of road/highway transportation and design not included in other groups (such as misc.transport.trucking and misc.Threats in other settings (i.e. StarWars.com speaks with the set dresser behind some of Star Wars Me: A member of the blog wants to know more about the effect of plants on the energy body like flower essences and essential oils. He or she put on patchouli oil and. Much of the information is also available at Wikipedia, which has a road section, and may be more up- to- date. Any inquiries may be submitted via e- mail (see Question 1. September 2. 6, 2. If you are having trouble finding a subject in the table of contents below, a text search of this document may be helpful. Are there plans for Interstates in Alaska or Puerto Rico? Are there any freeways in Alaska or Puerto Rico? Initiate shoulder turn while bringing the racquet head up and keeping the hand down; Right arm is. Novels can remain unfinished because the author continually rewrites the story. When enough material exists, someone else can compile and combine the work, creating a. Turnitin is revolutionizing the experience of writing to learn. Turnitin’s formative feedback and originality checking services promote critical thinking, ensure. InformationWeek.com connects the business technology community. Award-winning news and analysis for enterprise IT. What's up with I- 5. Spartanburg, SC? 6. Why is the Chicago Skyway no longer I- 9. Why does I- 1. 80 in IL exist? What happened to I- 2. Nashville? 6. 3. 1. Are Kentucky's parkways built to Interstate standards? Why do I- 1. 7's exit numbers start so high? What's with the I- 4. Indianapolis? Are these a danger to people with epilepsy? What do the signals look like in..? What are LED signals? What are countdown crosswalk signals? Are there audible crosswalk signals? Where is that upside- down signal? Is there a traffic signal sculpture? Where are there horizontal traffic signals? Ramp meters. 11. 1. Why can't I see the signal indication? Who invented the traffic light? What is the difference between permissive and protected left turns? I- 2. 35 may be called an even 3di. U. S. Route; as above, 2dus usually refers to all 1- and 2- digit mainlines. AADT = Average Annual Daily Traffic. Colorado = CDOT, New Hampshire = NHDOT). HOT = High Occupancy Toll lane, a tolled HOV lane (see next entry), sometimes derisively referred to as a . Information is available at http: //www. Common usage in m. Usually, these roads are filled with traffic lights, gas stations, fast food joints, etc. The original example is in Breezewood, Pennsylvania, where I- 7. US 3. 0 for a quarter mile where it meets the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Business routes generally have the same number of the main highway, but have special . Interstate business routes, for example, have special green shields, sometimes offset from the rest of a BGS by what MI's DOT calls an . Most interstate business routes are surface streets, usually old alignments of US highways. Some are freeways, like the I- 8. Sacramento (see http: //www. A list of Interstate business routes is at. U. S. Jul 1. 8, 2. Button copy is a term used to describe letters and characters on signs with several inlaid reflectors in them, providing better visibility at night. Jun 2. 7, 2. 00. 5Usually associated with the Interstate Highway system, a control city is usually identified as the city on a sign which drivers are most likely to be headed. They appear as the bottom city on distance signs, on . A complete list of control cities that AASHTO recommends for the Interstate system, as well as a more complete description, can be found at http: //home. The cities on the exit signs on freeways are often called control cities as well on the newsgroup, as are the signs that say . Louis; Los Angeles in the San Francisco Bay area; Manteo, NC on US 6. NC; Denver in eastern KS; and various large western U. S. 2. 00 (unincorporated, estimated by Rand Mc. Nally)Delaware Water Gap, PA (I- 8. Valley Forge, PA (I- 7. Hancock, MD (I- 7. New Stanton, PA (I- 7. Limon, CO (I- 7. 0): 2. Other notably small controls also appear elsewhere in PA as well as in CA and MS. Normally this is accompanied by downloading to the next lower government body, although sometimes it remains as a secret state route, or a US route becomes a state route. Interchanges are grade- separated intersections with one- way ramps connecting the two roads. A list is available at http: //web. It is used to find the information about an exit before one exits. Sometimes exit lists are also made for surface streets with some degree of access control (for example arterials with jughandles in New Jersey). They use maps and personal experience when creating the exit guide. A few state departments of transportation make bare- bones text exit lists. Most list the cities and towns the exit leads to. Nov 1. 8, 2. 00. 3All locations in North America unless otherwise specified. Petersburg, FLBasketweave: ON 4. Jane Street, Toronto. The Big I: I- 2. 5 @ I- 4. Albuquerque. The Big I: I- 1. I- 9. 5, Jacksonville. The Big Scramble: I- 2. I- 1. 24 (US 2. 7), Chattanooga, TNThe Big Split: I- 9. I- 4. 94 (W), Metro Minneapolis/St. Paul. The Big X: I- 7. I- 8. 0 (E), near Moline, IL (Metro Quad Cities, IL/IA)Blue Water Tower Interchange: I- 9. I- 2. 90, Metro Buffalo. Braintree Split: I- 9. US 1 @ MA 3, Braintree. Brookwood Interchange: I- 7. I- 8. 5 (north junction), Atlanta. Bruckner Interchange: I- 9. I- 2. 95 @ I- 2. 78 @ I- 6. New York. Can of Worms: I- 4. I- 5. 90/NY 5. 90, Rochester. Capitol Interchange: I- 3. E @ I- 9. 4, St. Paul. Circle Interchange: I- 9. I- 2. 90, Chicago. Cloverleaf: I- 7. I- 4. 80, Metro Cleveland. Crossroads of Mid- America: I- 5. I- 8. 0, Joliet, ILCrosstown Commons: MN 6. I- 3. 5W, Minneapolis. Dallas High 5: I- 6. US 7. 5, Dallas. Dead Man's Curve: I- 9. OH 2, Cleveland. Dead Man's Curve: I- 6. I- 7. 0 (north junction), Indianapolis. Decarie: A- 4. 0 @ A- 1. QC 1. 17, Montreal. East Los Angeles Interchange: I- 5, I- 1. US 1. 01 @ CA 6. 0, Los Angeles. Edens Junction: I- 9. I- 9. 4 (north split), Chicago. El Toro Y: I- 5 @ I- 4. Irvine, CA - its often- cited 2. Elkhorn Interchange: I- 5 @ CA 9. Metro Sacramento. Fish Bowl: I- 1. 5 @ I- 2. Las Vegas. Fishhook: CA 1 @ CA 1. Santa Cruz. Flying Wye: I- 8. I- 1. 84, Boise. Fountain Interchange: US 4. FL 8. 2, Ft. Myers. The 4- Level: US 1. I- 1. 10, Los Angeles (adjacent to the Slot on US 1. Freeman Interchange: QEW @ ON 4. ON 4. 07, Burlington. Golden Glades: I- 9. FL 8. 26, US 4. 41 and FL 9 @ Florida's Turnpike, North Miami Beach. Grandview Triangle: I- 4. US 7. 1 @ I- 4. 70, Kansas City. Halawa Interchange: H- 1 @ H- 3, Metro Honolulu. Henderson Spaghetti Bowl: I- 2. I- 5. 15 (UC), Metro Las Vegas. Highbridge Interchange: I- 8. I- 9. 5, New York. Hillside Strangler: I- 8. I- 2. 90 @ I- 2. 94, Metro Chicago. Jacques- Cartier: A- 2. QC 1. 32 and QC 1. Montreal. The Junction: I- 1. US 1. 31, Grand Rapids (See also 1. The Junction: I- 2. I- 4. 76, Metro Philadelphia. Kew Gardens Interchange: I- 6. Grand Central Pkwy @ Robinson Pkwy, New York. Lemoyne: QC1. 34 @ QC 1. QC 1. 16, Montreal. Mac. Arthur Maze (officially Distribution Structure): I- 8. I- 8. 0 @ I- 5. 80, Oakland. Malfunction Junction: I- 7. OH 4, Dayton. Malfunction Junction: I- 2. I- 4, Tampa. Malfunction Junction: I- 2. I- 6. 5, Birmingham (AL, US) (See also 1. Malfunction Junction (old): I- 4. I- 2. 75 (former I- 7. Knoxville. Malfunction Junction: I- 2. I- 1. 26, Columbia. Malfunction Junction: I- 4. I- 8. 5, Greensboro, NCThe Merge or The Split: I- 9. I- 5. 7, Chicago. The Merge: I- 9. 6 @ US 1. Grand Rapids. Midtown Interchange: I- 9. I- 3. 95, Miami. Mixing Bowl: I- 5 @ Atlantic Blvd., East Los Angeles. Mixing Bowl: I- 6. US 2. 4 and MI 1. Southfield (Metro Detroit)Mixing Bowl: I- 9. I- 9. 6/2. 75 @ I- 6. MI 5, Farmington Hills/Novi (Metro Detroit)Mixing Bowl (old): I- 3. VA 2. 7, Arlington. Mixing Bowl: I- 9. I- 4. 95 @ I- 3. 95, Springfield, VAMixmaster: I- 3. I- 3. 5E, Dallas. Mixmaster: I- 8. 4 @ CT 2, East Hartford (aka East Hartford Interchange)Mousetrap: I- 2. I- 7. 0, Denver. North Mixmaster: I- 3. I- 2. 35 (N), Des Moines. NW 2. 7th Interchange: I- 9. I- 1. 95, Miami. Oak Park Interchange: US 5. BL I- 8. 0 @ CA 9. Sacramento. The Octopus (intersection, extensively rebuilt 1. NY 1. 3 @ NY 1. 3A @ NY 7. NY 8. 9 @ NY 9. 6, Ithaca (4. Orange Crush: I- 5 and CA 2. CA 5. 7, Orange. Riverside Junction: I- 2. CA 6. 0 @ CA 9. 1, Riverside. St.- Hubert: QC 1. QC 1. 16, Montreal. San Bernardino Split: US 1. I- 1. 0, Los Angeles. Short Stack: I- 1. AZ- 5. 1 @ AZ- 2. Phoenix. The Split: I- 8. BR- 8. 0 and CA 2. Sacramento. The Split: See . More information is available at http: //www. Jersey. Some states use them only on Interstates; others put them on other routes as well. California restarts its mileposts (which it calls postmiles) at each county line, including interstates. Many other states do this too, but not for interstates. See also 1. 0. 3. When two routes . A wrong- way multiplex occurs when the 2 routes are signed in opposite directions (e. Louis, MO, and East St. Louis, IL (FHWA implies in its route log . They may be part of a cancelled or a future highway project. Also called Ghost Ramps. A special type is the Evel Knievel Ramp, which stops in mid- air. Super 4s are undivided 4- lane freeways. A Super 2 Expressway is a Super 2 with occasional at- grade intersections; some states call these Super 2s. A freeway that charges a toll. Some people on m. Lists of toll facilities are available at http: //www. In the 1. 80. 0s toll roads were known as Turnpikes (see http: //eh. Klein. Majewski. Turnpikes), a term which resurfaced in the middle of the 2. Century. Mar 8, 2. This is one of many Electronic Toll Collection agencies in North America. What is the difference between limited access and controlled access? A: According to AASHTO, a freeway is a fully controlled access road, one with no cross traffic. A freeway can be tolled; the . An expressway is a divided highway with no private access BUT occasional traffic lights are allowed; essentially it is a freeway with intersections, usually with traffic signals, in place of interchanges. Many states, including California and Wisconsin, use this. This FAQ does too. However, most east coast states plus others use expressway for the . Many of these states use the . There are two cases of an . OR actually uses both terms in different contexts (see Question 7. CA ( http: //groups. Jan 2. 8, 2. 00. 2Q: What is the difference between a traffic circle and a roundabout? A: Very generally, roundabouts are small circular roadways built for traffic flow improvement which are designed more meticulously than traffic circles, which sometimes are just the roadway around an obstruction rather than dedicated traffic control. A: There are many. Code ( http: //www. Code of Federal Regulations (U. S.) ( http: //www. Department of Transportation that administers funding for American highways, including the National Highway System (see Question 7. It also promotes safety on the highway system. A review of the series finale, “Tell Him Something Pretty,” coming up just as soon as I ask for unguent by secret thinking. I reviewed that episode, like I reviewed most of that final season, on my old blog, and at the time felt frustrated with “Tell Him Something Pretty” as an end to the third season, but surprisingly effective as an abrupt end to the series as a whole. Of course, in the years since, Milch has told me that he more or less knew the show wouldn’t be back, and that as a result he wrote this episode – and the final scene that provides its title – as the closest he could get to a conclusion. And Al scrubbing Jen’s blood from the floor of his office, lying to Johnny about the manner of her death, does feel like the most appropriate end – premature or otherwise – “Deadwood” could have had: one more lie agreed on, one more piece of violence being wiped away on the path to civilization, one more victory of money and power over decency and fairness. It doesn’t take us to the rest of the story of Deadwood and George Hearst, doesn’t get into the role Jack Langrishe would play in the community going forward, doesn’t get us to the fire that claimed the Gem, Sol Star’s political career, Seth’s friendship with Teddy Roosevelt or anything else that could have come later. It ends before we want it to, before Milch intended to, but it ends. Now, endings have not been a strong suit of Milch’s throughout his career. He’s a genius with dialogue, with character, with introductions, but clear, powerful, appropriate resolutions often elude him. That the first two seasons of “Deadwood” ended as well as they did (the second more than the first) is something of an anomaly in his career, and even in this show, where the improvisational nature of the writing meant that some story arcs got interesting conclusions and many others just petered out, as we discussed with the Earp brothers a few weeks back. So the idea that all the talk of war with Hearst – of Hawkeye and Wu raising separate armies, of skirmishes with the Pinkertons – amounted to little doesn’t seem out of keeping with his style, and it ultimately fits with the story of this season. Earl Brown’s theory, may have been influenced by what was going on between Milch and HBO at the time.) Hearst wins. His victory is as close to absolute as it gets. He buys up Alma’s gold claim. He rigs the elections so Bullock will lose (though because mayor is not a county position like sheriff, he has no power to stop Sol’s victory). He boasts of starting his own newspaper to crush the Pioneer (though this is more of a nod to Hearst’s media mogul – and “Citizen Kane” inspiration – son William Randolph Hearst, George did buy a few newspapers along the way). He demands the murder of the blonde whore who shot at him as a final sacrifice to spare the town, and though Swearengen ultimately kills a different one, it doesn’t much matter. Hearst is more powerful than these people he loathes dealing with – Hearst telling Seth that “I’m having a conversation you cannot hear” is about the most arrogant line spoken in the run of the show – and he crushes everyone under his boot heel before riding away on the stagecoach, riding shotgun so he can again have an elevated view of the little people. That absolute victory is depressing, especially for what was so often the most hopeful of the three great HBO dramas of the period, but it also feels like a proper conclusion. Seth and Al, for different reasons and by different means, have been trying to civilize the camp for three seasons. With the elections, they have essentially succeeded. The camp will be absorbed into the Dakotas, and in turn into the greater United States of America. And while civilization offers wonderful things, it also offers men like George Hearst, or Hugo Jarry – money men and politicians who take advantage of the rules of polite society (or who are powerful enough to decide those rules do not apply to them) to take advantage of others. And though Wu and Hawkeye’s armies don’t get to do anything but stand and look tough (especially the short guy with the knife who makes for the “almost 1. Al plots to murder poor Jen in Trixie’s place. It’s a dark, interesting choice – and one that gives Al some of his menace back after he’s become an almost- grandfatherly figure over the last couple of seasons (even the murder of the Pinkerton doesn’t make us question our feelings about Al) – and we can understand both Al and Sol’s desires to protect Trixie at all costs. And the way the story is structured, Al sells it to Mr. Star as a done deal that Sol cannot prevent, even though Jen is still milling about elsewhere in the Gem. It doesn’t entirely sit right, both because Jen is such a nothing character (and therefore the sacrifice only matters in the abstract, and to the extent that Sean Bridgers makes us care about Johnny’s feelings for her in the sad, beautiful scene where he discusses all the creatures inside the wall), and because Seth – who has been defined as much by his rigid sense of right and wrong as by his uncontrollable temper – also just goes along with it. But the sequence where Hearst and his minions take over the Gem to verify the death is a marvel of suspense. Because Hearst wins in a walk, and because the murder of Jen takes place off- camera, the most memorable bit of violence in the hour is Cy stabbing Leon, venting his frustration once again at being so marginalized by the rest of the camp, and even by Hearst. But even with all that said, it was such a pleasure to watch this final episode again – and an experience that took me much longer than an hour, because I kept pausing between scenes to stretch out the experience as much as I could. I knew when we got to the perfect closing shot of Al Swearengen scrubbing out one last stain, having just told one last lie, this was all going to be over. No more Swidgin. No more Bullock and Star. No more Mrs. No more Trixie or Jewel or Dan or Johnny or Charlie or Joanie or Jane. No more gorgeous language being recited by one of the finest collections of actors ever assembled for television, nearly all of them at the top of their game. No more triangulating. No more conversations with severed Indian heads, dogs or overworked prostitutes. And I don’t want it to be done. I want there to have been a fourth season, and perhaps a fifth (I only remember the talk of four seasons beginning around the time the show’s future looked in jeopardy), or else the movies. I want the laws of time and space, and the complexities of show business, to all bend in such a way that we can grab Olyphant, Mc. Shane, Parker and everyone else circa 2. Milch and company write new words for them to say, and have at it. I want to be able to tell you something pretty. But I can’t. This is where “Deadwood” ends. It’s abrupt. It’s unhappy. But it does not ultimately feel untrue to the spirit of the thing. Some other thoughts: * For the final time, I want to thank Jim Beaver, Keone Young, W. Jim’s recollection last week of the filming of Ellsworth’s death is extraordinary, and Keone’s reflection of the turmoil he felt while making this show was just as moving. He finally weighed in on this one, writing: I sure don’t have the detailed memories Earl, Jim and Keone have. Either I’m mental or I was too busy trying to stay in production step with Milch’s unorthodox style (or both), but I do remember two things about the last episode. One was the whole production felt like dead man walking. There was a real sense of a ticking clock — sets were starting to be dismantled, set decoration was coming down, props packed away and offices were starting to be boxed up. Kind of the feeling you get when you’re sensing a finality to your time in high school or college ending. It was very bittersweet. The other thing was the very last day was when I shot that sequence in the roof where Cy stabs Leon. It was windy and chilly on that practical rooftop and I think we had a somewhat abbreviated crew that day. Also, I think some people may have already left for other jobs. It was a real Twilight Zone kind of day and I was reminded of the ending of T. S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men” because our world at Deadwood ended like the poem — “not with a bang but a whimper.”. OK, I haven’t quoted some obscure Scottish poet like Milch used to but WTF? Syracuse, dude! Every now and then, though, Milch gave him a moment suggesting the kind of talent he’s been displaying in the years since, like the scene here where an angry, tearful Sol shoves Trixie out of his house, upset at the thought that she’d rather die than live with him. It’s a great scene for Paula Malcomson, as well (and a reminder of how “Ray Donovan” is wasting her), and also helps us understand Sol’s mindset about Jen; beyond thinking it was already a done deed, he’s too wrapped up in knots over Trixie to think rationally about a situation where her life is in danger. Other characters were well- serviced even without major stories of their own, like the way Charlie Utter spends election day standing up to Hearst and his Pinkerton bullies. A pleasure to watch Dayton Callie threaten other, far more powerful men, and the later scene where Joanie and Jane discuss how good Charlie is in a crisis put a nice button on the long- standing Charlie/Jane friendship. Still, he’s doing a damn sight better than Steve. On the one hand, Michael Harney would have kept collecting paychecks; on the other, as Jim Beaver noted a few reviews back, it would have been a non- acting job at that point, more or less. Up next: Again, that’s all, folks. We have many months to go before next summer, and I’m not sure what my summer project will be – or if there will be one, given the explosion of interesting viewing options this summer.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2019
Categories |