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psydude
Apr 1, 2008

Does anything influence the speed limit other than engineering restrictions?

My dad was an inspector for the Maryland State Highway Administration for 8 years and worked on the construction of a vital interstate spur around Baltimore, so I grew up with an appreciation for the amount of work that goes into designing and building the road networks that people bitch about driving on every day. Kudos for choosing a thankless, but important job.

Edit: Wow, how did I miss that wall of text?

psydude fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jul 28, 2009

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psydude
Apr 1, 2008

OP - anybody who has ever driven by, in, or around DC has had to deal with this monstrosity. On top of being incredibly confusing (I've driven through it numerous times on the way to and from school, and I still get off on the wrong exit), it also seems like the amount of congestion resulting from it is constantly a problem. Can you see any logic behind what the engineers building this interchange were thinking?

Also, what's your opinion of driving in DC? I'm convinced that the murder rate in that city is a result of a road system that could turn Joanie Mitchell into a mass murderer.

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