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Why A Stretch of Interstate 85 is Backward in North Carolina

Thomasville

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May 21, 2024

Why A Stretch of Interstate 85 is Backward in North Carolina

For a few miles, the lanes on the right flip over to the left and vice versa. This happens almost nowhere else in the country. Why here? We tracked down the designer a half-century later to find out.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
Charlotte (squints) has to focus on roads so it doesn’t turn into (checks notes) Atlanta?

Tim Moore

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Mar 7, 2024

Charlotte (squints) has to focus on roads so it doesn’t turn into (checks notes) Atlanta?

Building new roads and widening others almost always makes traffic worse. Ask, um, Atlanta.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich
The History of the White Cloth in a Broken Down Car Window

Pennsylvania

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Feb 29, 2024

The History of the White Cloth in a Broken Down Car Window

A common question about abandoned cars on North Carolina's highways has an answer from a long time ago on a turnpike far, far away.

Jeremy Markovich
Jeremy Markovich

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