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Roadscapes Wednesday: New Road Paint Along Coleman Road

So last week the city of Anniston finally painted some new road lines along Coleman Road.  At first, it looks nice but you soon realize that they did a very poor job […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: The I-459 Grooved Pavement Experience

Have you heard of this new driving experience in Alabama?  The experience involves grooving miles of interstate and leaving it that way.  Who cares about motorcycles or bridges.  I got to experience […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: AL-202 at Hunter Street Traffic Light

On Tuesday, a truck had a hydraulic leak and leaked a lot of oil onto AL-202.  It took ALDOT a couple of hours to clean up the road.  When I got to the […]

Sunday Discussion: The Same Traffic Light Problems In Oxford

The same traffic light problems are still occurring along Leon Smith Parkway at the Oxford Exchange.  I did this post and video in March about this problem.  View it below! [youtube=http://youtu.be/LYWXzAelk-o] http://geekalabama.com/2013/03/24/sunday-discussion-traffic-light-problems-in-annistonoxford/ The traffic […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: I-59 Etowah County Construction Is Done

Well, well, ALDOT has finally finished the Interstate 59 construction in Etowah County.  It took them two years, yes two years to reconstruct 10 miles of Interstate.  Before the construction began, I-59 was in very poor […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: Almost Went to Jail For Roadgeeking

On Saturday I experienced some traffic trouble on Interstate 20 around the Brompton exit.  While going to Birmingham on Saturday, before reaching the Brompton exit or Exit 147 on I-20, I got […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: Why The Interstate 20/59 Bridge Replacement Is Wrong

The Alabama Department of Transportation always comes up with some wacky ideas for the roads in Alabama.  A few weeks ago, I talked about the major traffic problems occurring due to the […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: Downtown Gadsden Traffic Lights

Lots of road geeks online loves to talk about the traffic lights in downtown Gadsden Alabama.  The city took a very interesting approach with the intersections along Broad St. in downtown.  They […]

The First Roadscapes Video: I-759 In Gadsden

This week, I went up to Gadsden and one of the things I did was film Interstate 759.  I filmed this highway by using a trash can and turned it upside down […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: New U.S. 431 Traffic Light

Over the past few months, I have followed the progress of a new traffic light on U.S. 431 in Anniston.  This location used to have an overpass for Pelham Road.  This was […]