Part
2 of my NY-CT Blowout! Click Here to go t0 part
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Jersey
barrier and box girder railing at JN 36 on the Merritt Parkway |
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Coming up on JN
37 for CT 124. |
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And now, We're on CT IH 95 South(erm...west)bound!
Ha! |
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Further down the
road here at JN 11 on the IH 95. Another junction with US 1. CT has a lot of these button copy sines left with the rubbishy borderless junction plates(sorry, Kurumi). |
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A section of IH
95 with road works in the central reservation hence the low speed limit(Normally it's 55). |
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JN 8 at Stamford. Recent construction here. |
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Up the road a piece
at junction 7 with a mütant state highway sine plate. CT digs these, too. There are some to be found on IH 84. |
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Maybe it's just
me, but this bridge looks lumpy. |
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A crummy snap, but
interesting just the same. |
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Back in NY again,
and on the off slip from IH 95 to IH 287. Note the lack of an IH 287 shield on the CWE sign, even though there's room for one. |
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Still on the off
slip here. The right hand slip road leads back to IH 95 and is for Midland Ave. traffic, though it's easy enough to shift over to. Nice if you messed up and ended up here by accident. |
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Banzai-Now we're
on IH 684 Northbound at JN 2! This is a new sine with the shield with the icky mütant lump on it. :P |
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Now at the overpass
for JN 2-it's not really NY 120, BTW-NY 120 runs just east of
here. The banner advertises the upcoming NY State trooper's exam- also advertised at troop “K” HQ in Millbrook. If you look at the big snap, you'll see a NYS Trooper running radar at the top left of the picture. |
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Old concrete on
IH 684 north of JN 2. |
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Approaching JN 3
on the IH 684. NY 22 starts it's parallel run w/IH 684 here. You'll note the loathsome hogo-logo sines on half-gantries here, something not often seen, obviously installed that way because of the sound barrier at the right. |
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A bit further and
we get the EXIT 3N sine. The advisory speed plate is affixed to the sign due to lack of space this is done at other junctions, too, where space isn't an issue. This is the first of two signs-the other is on the full gantry in the distance. You'll often find this sort of redundant signage on area freeways. I think it's a good idea, myself. |
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And here's the sign for EXIT 3S |
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Between JNs 3 and
4 on the IH 684. The asphalt is new here, and there are no cats eyes(note the Hutch photos) The bridge in the distance also has a single support vs the usual gang of 3 piers the protective fencing is rather beefy, too. |
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Approaching junction
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Approaching JN 6.
This is another redundant sign. JN 5 is southbound-only; and leaves the freeway after nortbound JN 6. |
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The gantry at EXIT
6. This is old button copy; it'll be replaced when NYSDOT gets around to it. The gantry may be slated for replacement, too (see below) |
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Brand new spiffin
sines and box gantry. |
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The C-D Lanes relative
to the main lanes of IH 684 at JN 6. |
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And finally, here's
EXIT 6. |
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Oops.
ow. |
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JN 6A-a northbound-only exit. |
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Now
I'm sure you've seen similar setups on many urban freeways- in the central reservations. This setup is because NY 22 is hard by the freeway here. This is just north of JN 6A. A look to the left BARELY shows the cool on-slip southbound. I'll have to get some snaps on the ground sometime. |
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Just bippin'®
along northbound on nice new asphalt. |
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Another handy dandy
one way junction. Southbound you skip from JN 8 to JN 6. |
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NY has Variable Message Sines. Gobs
of them. |
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Another JN 7 sine. Somers would be a handy exit southbound, since NY 116 nearly drops me in front of Heritage Hills, the Condo Complex from HELL(it's like it's own city) where I do a good bit of business. |
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A freeway bridge. |
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A local road junction with a sine
format that NYSDOT likes to use |
HOT
JUNCTION LIST ACTION!
