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Re: Observations From Road Trip



In article <3vsqld$d6t@murrow.corp.sgi.com> Corey Alambar <corwyn> writes:
>The HOV lanes on I-15 between San Diego and Escondido:  This is a GREAT idea!
>Instead of taking a lane away from us during prime hours, or just period, make
>it a seperate highway that can be patrolled.  That way you catch cheaters
>easier, too.

It's a dumb idea.  It starts too far south and there's no way to change it.
I-15 north of Maramar is still a rush hour bottleneck.  Better to spend the 
money on commuter rail, like the Coaster on the I-5 corridor, and the S.D. 
Trolley elsewhere in town.

>I-8 east of San Diego:  Well, aside from going through some desolate country,
>this seems to be a pretty well-maintained road, though one must wonder if there
>really was no way for them to make the slopes a little more gradual
>(particularly that bridge over Pine Valley; it's what, almost 8% grade?)

Factoid: I read that that's the highest bridge on the interstate highway 
system, anywhere.  It's over 500 feet to the bottom of the gorge.  Pretty 
amazing they got a bridge in there at all, don't you think?

I drove from San Diego to the east coast (via El Paso) a few years ago, and
I think the hill from El Cajon to Pine Valley on I-8 (40 miles from the coast)
was the highest and steepest on the whole route.  It's rugged country. There 
are no passes south of Interstate 10 (Palm Springs).
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jk
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Jonathan Keck   ALPHAREL/optigraphics, San Diego   keck@alpharel.com


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