Well, at least that one ham had to say during our QSO (on-air conversation) this afternoon on the Sawnee Mountain repeater as I was making my way home up GA 400.
For your viewing pleasure, here is an illustration as to why one would develop a disdain for this particular highway...
What's wrong with this sign? Two things...
- The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area should be on a brown sign (MUTCD standard for parks and recreation areas).
- The Roswell Visitors Center should be on a blue sign (MUTCD standard for tourist information and motorist services).
MUTCD (pronounced "mut-sid") stands for Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, the Federal Highway Administration's standard for all highway signs and signals.
Remember the erroneous "Roswell 9/Dahlonega 26" distance sign from several blogs ago? It was taken down and finally, the Georgia DOT erected the correct mileage sign as follows...
Here's a candid shot of a MARTA bus actually using the hard shoulder since traffic speeds were below 35 MPH...
And finally, some updated construction photos...
Top: Between Holcomb Bridge and Mansell Roads.
Bottom: At McFarland Road
That's all for now. Thanks for reading, please come back again, and have a Happy Easter!!!
1 comment:
And in that same spirit of traffic "hell", I posted a similar suite of photos awhile back at http://community.livejournal.com/roadgeeks/24645.html
The GA 400 scene looks similar to what I see on a regular basis on both Interstate 275 across the Howard Franklin and downtown and Interstate 4 between I-275 and FL 574. That's the future of roads, congestion and headaches unfortunately.
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