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Updates to Highway Data / TX: US 380 TRUCK (Denton)

« Last post by CoreySamson on Yesterday at 04:30:42 pm »

On a drive yesterday I noticed this route on standalone shields which does not appear on TM:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/dsE1xNq9KQBaCf8t8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/pWfp6wgFBrkfcDBp8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/W6cmou4qDkreUK5RA

It appears that it runs from the I-35/US 380 interchange to the US 377/US 380/Loop 288 interchange via I-35 and Loop 288, though signage is iffy on the I-35 section. This is the westernmost shield I can find of it.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by Jim on Yesterday at 04:13:52 pm »

Best I can tell, it affects only ua747sp.list.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by neroute2 on Yesterday at 03:53:58 pm »

the only one I couldn't was from changing MEX15D to MEX15DCha (since the obvious longer route became MEX15D).

It's fine if the route had no traveler since the alt route name would not be necessary at all. If there was a traveler, you should undo it since it is an active system!

Look at the route and tell me why the short spur should be 15D and the long trunk should have a suffix.

To avoid breaking user list file entries!

There are occasionally reasons to break them, including this. It's not going to give anyone a highway they haven't driven; it will simply not give them a short piece until they update.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by michih on Yesterday at 03:50:37 pm »

the only one I couldn't was from changing MEX15D to MEX15DCha (since the obvious longer route became MEX15D).

It's fine if the route had no traveler since the alt route name would not be necessary at all. If there was a traveler, you should undo it since it is an active system!

Look at the route and tell me why the short spur should be 15D and the long trunk should have a suffix.

To avoid breaking user list file entries!

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by neroute2 on Yesterday at 02:08:49 pm »

There's a concurrency on MEX15DMex where I don't think there's supposed to be one. MEX15DMex's western terminus is correctly placed at the point where the central toll lanes separate from the free lanes (MEX15), but then the westernmost segment of MEX15DMex is shown to be concurrent with MEX15.

Fixed. Thanks.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by neroute2 on Yesterday at 01:59:41 pm »

the only one I couldn't was from changing MEX15D to MEX15DCha (since the obvious longer route became MEX15D).

It's fine if the route had no traveler since the alt route name would not be necessary at all. If there was a traveler, you should undo it since it is an active system!

Look at the route and tell me why the short spur should be 15D and the long trunk should have a suffix.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by shiggins on Yesterday at 11:52:42 am »

There's a concurrency on MEX15DMex where I don't think there's supposed to be one. MEX15DMex's western terminus is correctly placed at the point where the central toll lanes separate from the free lanes (MEX15), but then the westernmost segment of MEX15DMex is shown to be concurrent with MEX15.

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by michih on Yesterday at 07:41:37 am »

the only one I couldn't was from changing MEX15D to MEX15DCha (since the obvious longer route became MEX15D).

It's fine if the route had no traveler since the alt route name would not be necessary at all. If there was a traveler, you should undo it since it is an active system!

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In-progress Highway Systems & Work / Re: Mexico: Revision of Federal and State Expressway systems (mexdn + mexedn)

« Last post by neroute2 on May 04, 2024, 11:41:01 pm »

It's been updated: https://travelmapping.net/user/mapview.php?sys=mexd,mexed
I tried to keep all in-use labels and route names; the only one I couldn't was from changing MEX15D to MEX15DCha (since the obvious longer route became MEX15D).

Please let me know if there are any issues. Cheers!

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Other Discussion / Re: New Travels and Stats Discussion

« Last post by froggie on May 04, 2024, 09:35:49 am »

It looks like my car-specific alternate user "a3" is done adding TM mileage.  I've tracked my travels in my 2015 Audi A3 since I bought it 5 1/2 years ago.  It finishes with 6573 TM miles from the 92,000+ miles I put on the car.  Its engine failed last week with only 101,000 miles on the car, and it's becoming clear it doesn't make sense to repair (which would require an engine replacement).

Not sure what I'll do next, as I wasn't planning financially for a car replacement any time soon.  I hate car loans in any circumstance, but when interest rates are what they are, it's especially unappealing to go much beyond what I could put toward a car from savings.

I ran into a similar problem 2 months ago.  Where I was looking at a car 23K miles past warranty and $2500 worth of bushings, bearings, and tie rods (amongst other repairs).  A week befire I was supposed to drive to Florida.  My wife commented that it “sounds like a car payment to me”.

I drove out of the dealership with a car lease.  Didn’t like the idea of a car payment again, but options were few.