Day 3's photos begin with a mileage reference marker for IND 62. These have been installed for all numbered routes in the Evansville area: state, US and interstate routes.
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US 41 in Evansville.
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Looking north on US 41. The truss bridge in the center of the photo carries southbound traffic while a newer bridge handles northbound traffic.
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Turning around and heading south on US 41. There should be a "Business" designation for US 41 here.
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The same truss bridge seen a few photos back.
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A project to pour a new concrete roadbed along IND 66 westbound.
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Milling along IND 66.
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The New Harmony bridge linking IND 66 and IL 14 is closed.
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This writing is on the back side of the sign that can be seen in the next photo. Presumably it stands for "White County Bridge Commission."
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Indiana uses several treatments for the "cross traffic does not stop" sign, including this one.
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A much better shot of the signage upon entering Illinois than what was taken the day before in the rain.
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Unusual wire-mounted street light in the center of the street in Mt. Carmel.
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This is the old routing of US 231, which came in on the left and joined IND 66 going straight.
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This used to be US 231 as well as IND 66.
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Unusual combo of orange and yellow.
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This is the southern end of IND 37, which is needlessly multiplexed for a block or two with IND 66.
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Nice use of a wide three-digit shield for a two-digit US 60 sign.
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Until they get the East End Bridge built, this sign will remain true.
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Indiana removed the IND 62 designation from the surface streets through Jeffersonville, Clarksville and New Albany several years ago, routing it across I-265 and IND 265.
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Even though this is on IND 265, the mileage reference markers carry I-265 designations.
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The END of IND 265. Maybe sometime within the next decade this road will continue across the Ohio River and link with Kentucky's I-265.
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Another shot of the END signage.
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And a zoomed-out closeup of the same scene from two photos ago.
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This is on IND 62 going east after you loop around off IND 265.
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Oops! Road Closed! A detour was necessitated.
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The IND 62 detour used IND 3 for its first leg.
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The IND 62 detour followed IND 203 for a short distance.
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IND 203 intersects IND 362, and the IND 62 detour turns here.
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"Ivy Tech" must be Indiana's system of community or vocational colleges. There are "Ivy Tech" campuses all across the state.
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A light misty rain had begun to set in as I traveled along the north side of Madison on IND 62.
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The rain made this sign hard to photograph, but it basically warns (and wisely so) trucks not to use IND 62 because of sharp curves, steep hills and a winding road. Boy, this sign wasn't kidding.
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This is past where IND 250 splits from IND 62.
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The first mention I saw of Cincinnati on my short drive across US 50.
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On the connector ramp from US 50 to I-275.
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The bridge crossing the Ohio River and into Kentucky from Indiana.
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That sign should still say Ernie Fletcher, in my considered and not so humble opinion. Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Fletcher!!!!!!
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State name sign for I-71 along with "neutered" I-75 sign, as southbound traffic on KY 237 approaches KY 18 in Burlington.
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The ramp from KY 18 to southbound I-71/75 does not allow for access to US 42/127.
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KY 1017 is Turfway Road and links the new ending of KY 18 to US 25/42/127 in Florence.
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This was the beginning of a short portion of US 42/127 that I had not been on previously in my memory (I think I had been on it as a small child). Driving this portion allowed me to clinch all of US 127 in Kentucky and gave me a portion of US 42 I also needed to clinch the route.
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The US 42 sign's missing, or we'd have a three-way multiplex here.
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Split of US 127 south from US 42 west.
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At the Markland Dam Bridge.
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Darn rain and darkness, playing heck with photography.
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The Kentucky Utilities power plant at Ghent. (Pronounced "gent" as in short for gentleman.)
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The historic northern end of US 227 at Carrollton, Ky.
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Bridge over the Kentucky River near that stream's mouth at the Ohio River. The three forks of the Kentucky River join to form the main stem near my home.
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KY 36 is being closed periodically to repair a slide, so US 42 and US 421 are being used as a detour route.
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This is incorrect. Actually, US 421 southbound joins US 42 westbound for a short distance. That should be a "right and straight" arrow under the US 421 sign.
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This KY 421 goof has been here for years. The detour sign is for KY 36 traffic.
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Darkness beginning to set in.
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The turn from US 42 to KY 841 (future I-265) has been modified in anticipation of I-265's extension into Indiana and the building of an East End bridge in the Louisville area.
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The start of I-265.
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This was the last good photo I got as darkness and misty conditions took over. However, I came back to this area a few days later after my stay in Louisville was over and better photos are available on the "Day 4" page from this trip.
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