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Roadscapes Wednesday: Birmingham Slotted Freeway Signs

This week on Roadscapes Wednesday I am going to share some interesting sign pictures from the Birmingham Metro.  In the 1990’s, ALDOT decided to experiment with a new type of freeway signage […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: ALDOT and the Road Funding Problem

America faces a crisis of epic proportions over its infrastructure.  Over time, cars have gotten higher gas mileage.  Also, gas prices are too high for some people to travel.  These reasons are […]

Roadscapes Wednesday: Video Tour of Quintard Ave.

On this late edition of Roadscapes Wednesday, I take you on a tour of Quintard Ave. in Anniston Alabama.  The street grid for Anniston Alabama was laid out in the late 1800’s […]

A I-459 Message Sign Goes Down

This morning, a dump truck contractor operated by Dunn Construction somehow hit the bottom of a dynamic message sign and this caused the sign to come crashing down.  This sign is along […]

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 […]