I-95 Maryland House service area closes this Sunday
After nearly a half-century, Maryland House to close its doors – The Sun Two-year project will replace aging I-95 travel plazas with modern offerings The first service area on Interstate 95 north,...
View ArticleA rainbow ride to I-66 on Friday
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The strange, heavy-at-time, rain storms on Friday resulted in rainbows throughout Northern Virginia. I saw one to the north from my office building window in Tysons, but the ones I...
View ArticleNJ Turnpike expansion between exits 6 and 9 moving right along
Photo by I.C. Ligget – The control cities are weak, should be Del Mem Br/Baltimore/Washington Working to end the bottlenecks – The Inky The extension of the New Jersey Turnpike car-bus-truck lanes...
View ArticleI-495 Capital Beltway express lanes losing money, saving time for some
Recently, I overheard somebody praising the new Transurban I-495 EZ Pass Express Lanes (also known as HOT Lanes for High Occupancy or Toll) because “they respond to the marketplace in real time” or...
View ArticleBay Lights – San Francisco Bay Bridge to have amazing LED display
After a trip to San Francisco several years ago, I noted that the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would be considered the signature bridge in most cities, but it is second to the majestic Golden Gate...
View ArticleOfficial NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway merchandise likely
In the ‘what exit?’ state, famed Turnpike, Parkway logos could be marketed – Star-Ledger Several years after knockoff apparel, stickers and other tchotchkes became available, the New Jersey Turnpike...
View ArticleThe crumbling Beltway
Beneath the surface, the Beltway crumbles – The Post The core infrastructure of the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495 and between Springfield, Va. and Beltsville, Md. also Interstate 95) is approaching...
View ArticleDC Metrobus spotted near Breezewood, Pa.
BREEZEWOOD, Pa. — We had just gotten away from the indirect connection for Interstate 70 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike when I saw a familiar color scheme on a bus. As I got closer, I was kind of...
View ArticleGreen card scheme sought for Pa. Turnpike/I-95 funding
Chinese investors to fund turnpike-I-95 connection – The Inky The multi-generational saga to build an interchange between the I-276/Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 95/Delaware Expressway just got...
View ArticlePennsylvania Auditor general concerned about green card scheme sought for Pa....
Financing for turnpike/I-95 connector concerns auditor general – The Inky In not-all-surprising news, that Pennsylvania Turnpike/I-95 green card scheme has gotten the attention of Pennsylvania Auditor...
View ArticleGround finally broken on I-95/Pennsylvania Turnpike project
Officials break ground on major I-95/Turnpike link – PhillyBurbs.com This week, a ceremonial groundbreaking was held for Stage 1 of the interchange that will connect Interstate 95 with the Pennsylvania...
View ArticleSailing under Baltimore’s Key Bridge
BALTIMORE — One aspect of my recent cruise that I was looking forward to was just a few miles downstream from port — sailing under two of Maryland’s biggest bridges. The first (and last) along our...
View ArticleI-95: 50 years ago, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway and Delaware...
On this day in 1963, a significant section of Interstate 95 was opened at the Maryland-Delaware border amid pageantry and 10,000 people that included President John F. Kennedy in one of his last...
View ArticleGoogle Maps extends i-99 north of Williamsport, Pa., PennDOT and NYSDOT disagree
In the latest of a string of Google Maps errors, interstate 99 has been extended beyond its existing northern terminus near State College all the way into New York State and I-86/NY 17 near Corning....
View ArticleI-95 service area Maryland House expected to reopen in early 2014
Maryland House to Reopen in Early 2014 – Aberdeen Patch Maryland House, the first service area on all of northbound Interstate 95 is now expected to reopen in early 2014. A specific date was not...
View ArticleThis Sunday – 4 NFL games and a winter storm for a 235 mile stretch of I-95
This Sunday, at 1 p.m. in an approximately 235 miles span of Interstate 95, there are four NFL games taking place, each located within 2 miles of the East Coast’s main highway: Kansas City Chiefs at...
View ArticlePraise for Mike Pettigano and Bergen Record/NorthJersey.com on breaking the...
The allegations that officials in Gov. Chris Christie’s administration ordered the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to close some lanes of the George Washington Bridge (I-95, US 1 & 9) is...
View ArticleI-95: New Maryland House service area re-opened, Chesapeake House closed
The first service area on Interstate 95 north, Maryland House, reopened recently. The facility was knocked down and replaced after closing in September 2012. Private money built the new facility, and a...
View ArticleI-495, Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia opened 50 years ago today
It was on this day fifty years ago that the Capital Beltway, Interstate 495, was completed in Northern Virginia. I suppose many commuters would have found it opening a day earlier more apropos as the...
View ArticleI-95: Chesapeake House reopened
Chesapeake House the second service area, err travel plaza on Interstate 95 (John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) north, reopened last Tuesday. Both the renovation and reopening seems to be lacking in the...
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