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5:45 am, flying over Fort Lauderdale, and landing in a rainy Atlanta. The connection took me into Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Airport (PIT) is near Coraopolis.
Roadfans, roadgeeks, and those with slight cases of obsessive compulsive disorder view Interstate 99 with some disdain. The interstate’s off-the-grid number was directly signed into law, but placed somewhat out of the order of nearby interstates, and not really long enough to be a double-digit “mainline”. It’s a comparatively recent creation, breaking ground around 1998 [...]
At the end of Interstate 99, there’s a mile or so of surface street (PA 26), which has an exit for Interstate 80. I took this westbound towards Interstate 79. Yes, this is the long way back to Pittsburgh. Nice mountain views. Uh, oh. A long line of vehicles is never a good sign. Quite [...]
Georgia’s Wiregrass Region and Return to Florida
Posted in Florida, Georgia, Photo, Road, Sign on Jan 8th, 2013
Into Georgia, via US Route 84. Early County awaits me. Turn onto Georiga State Route 39… (compare standard MUTCD yellow from fluorescent yellow) Turn onto GA 273, to pick up Miller County. To reconnect with GA 39 and US 84, you take Mayhaw Road, which has a tiny “CR 273″ inscription on the street sign. [...]