This report is from the second half of Day 2 of my transfer from the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Norfolk, VA, on December 1, 2001.
At least one person here should believe that I'd be desperate enough to drag
my computer into my hotel room and set it up for tonight...:o)
Day 2 (continuing from Centre, AL)
General route taken: AL 9/GA 20/GA 100/GA 48/AL 117/I-65/I-24/Lookout Mountain
area/I-24/I-75.
- Resurfacing project on AL 9 from the AL 68 junction in Cedar Bluff to about a
mile east. AL 9 is 5-lane undivided along this segment.
- Picked up some more AL ends, and even a couple GA ends (is anyone doing one of
these?).
- A noticeable "bump" between the old AL concrete and newer (but still old) GA
asphalt on NB I-59.
- New exit numbers are up along I-59 in Georgia, EXCEPT at I-24 (exit to WB I-24
is still signed "Exit 4").
- GaDOT is doing ramp reconstruction at all 4 interchanges (excluding I-24)
along I-59, as well as at I-24/GA 299 and I-75/GA 2. Appears that they are using
concrete for the reconstruction.
- Driving TN 148 up or down Lookout Mountain is always fun, if you have the
right car and no slowpokes in front of you...
- Attempted a vidcap going down Lookout Mountain on NB TN 148. It was after dark
so it may not turn out.
- Added a few Georgia counties to the collection.
- On tap for tomorrow: Nantahala Gorge, and other NC sights.
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