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That's true, but an interesting thing happened to me when I was around 12 or so (and this one doesn't involve my creepy Uncle Buzz and his whole "touch it" thing). A bunch of us young punks were in Holden, downtown Holden, in Logan County USA. This big Lincoln pulls up to us kids as we were walking down "the street". The window rolls down and this older gentlemen asks us how we are doing. We tell him fine and he asks what we think about them tearing down all the houses in Holden to make room for Corridor G. The guys then introduces himself as A. James Manchin, as says we will never see Corridor G during our life times. He then drives off. The year is now 2007 and I drive Corridor G nearly every day. Today I drove it to Williamson for a meeting. Tomorrow I will drive it to do a remote with Thornhill Ford/GM at Fountain Place Mall.
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The point is that the further one gets from Charleston, the crappier the roads are. Many on this board are familiar with the trainwreck that is Route 2. Much promised, very little delivered. Without great roads, forget about economic development. Of course, great roads tend to get one out of the state a little quicker and with much less damage to the vehicle.daveinthemorning wrote:
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Byrd has greatly aided certain parts of the state, resulting in massive (for West Virginia, anyway) growth. However, he's done nothing in this neck of the woods.
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cause they took so long to get built, people were used to driving on and off of "corridor G" for the 20+ years it took to get it into a solid highway...Dr. Whiplash wrote:Why in the hell do people refer to these highways by their original ARC construction designations instead of their actual marked route numbers?
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Jay Nunley wrote:I will fix Rt 2 when I'm governor. We're going to train our prisoners to be road crews (amongst over things). This will eliminate a bunch of tax funded state road jobs and will get me shot, but most of my decisions and policies are going to be terribly unpopular and will likely get me shot.
for a decent price i'll gladly be a human shield..
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Gee Greg, I thought Route 2 was fixed back in the days of Jay Rockerfeller. (Anyone remember the, Bumpy, Bump Ad that he ran for his election.). Truth is most of Route 2 is being kept in this shape, is so people traveling North from Parkersburg, or South from Weirton, to the highlands in Wheeling will get a pre-thrill ride before jumping on the New Rollercoaster that they are going to be building. That is if they live through their travels.Many on this board are familiar with the trainwreck that is Route 2. Much promised, very little delivered.
We will never see good roads, outside the metro area of Wheeling, it costs too much to patch, rebuild, shore up, and maintain what we have, there is never any money left to build a real road.
Besides, where are we going to place all the little crosses along the roadway of a 4-lane.
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Thank you, Peddler. An explanation after all these years!FearPeddler wrote:cause they took so long to get built, people were used to driving on and off of "corridor G" for the 20+ years it took to get it into a solid highway...Dr. Whiplash wrote:Why in the hell do people refer to these highways by their original ARC construction designations instead of their actual marked route numbers?
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We finally hit about a year of no construction on I-40. That's how long it took for the substandard work they had just wrapped up to start breaking down.
Some people got fired, some news stories got written, and the orange barrels are back in bloom.
Let's not forget the greatest pork barrel waste of all time... the ORIGINAL corridor H. There is still 7 miles of beautifully paved 4-lane that goes from wha? to where?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Elkins... 0.163078&t=k&iwloc=addr
Some people got fired, some news stories got written, and the orange barrels are back in bloom.
Let's not forget the greatest pork barrel waste of all time... the ORIGINAL corridor H. There is still 7 miles of beautifully paved 4-lane that goes from wha? to where?
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Elkins... 0.163078&t=k&iwloc=addr
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Soooo...how much $$$$$ for my vote?Jay Nunley wrote:I will fix Rt 2 when I'm governor. We're going to train our prisoners to be road crews (amongst over things). This will eliminate a bunch of tax funded state road jobs and will get me shot, but most of my decisions and policies are going to be terribly unpopular and will likely get me shot.
[Hallburn]At one time I was on the road commission in Califorina. I also help build many of the highways in Califorina. Did I tell you all about the time I met......[/Hallburn]fanofbigmedia wrote:I am starting to really miss Hallburn.
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The People's DJ wrote:[Hallburn]At one time I was on the road commission in Califorina. I also help build many of the highways in Califorina. Did I tell you all about the time I met......[/Hallburn]
What about:
I64 - West Huntington to Huntington Mall Exit
I64 - St. Albans to South Charleston
WV Rt. 10 - Between Logan and Man
Speaking of Corridor G, they finally installed a real stop light at the Alum Creek "exit". It only took.. what? 50 traffic related deaths at that intersection before they got it done.
Its a same, too, because 35 from the Point to Columbus or Chil. is a breeze.HD wrote:US 35 from Point Pleasant to Winfield
Other scary drives:
I95 through Jacksonville, FL
I64 through Hampton Roads (Zak?)
I64 Richmond to Hampton Roads
I77 through Charlotte (75 in a 55 anyone?)
I64 Beckley to Charleston