The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #113073 Message #2399173
Posted By: frogprince
28-Jul-08 - 12:53 AM
Thread Name: BS: Detour to the center of the earth
Subject: BS: Detour to the center of the earth
Why is it that being responsible for highway signage causes brain damage? We set out on what was supposed to be no more than a 2-1/4 hour trip: I looked online for current highway construction on our route, and could find only one photo showing construction, captioned "location unknown". A half hour from home, I turned up I475. Ten miles north on I475, we came to detour signs. Looked around as we came off the ramp, and the detour signs pointed to the ramp back unto I475 South. The detour led all the way back to where we turned off I69 unto I475. So, we took I69 straight to I75. We proceeded north on I75, intending to turn west on highway 10. About 8 miles before highway 10, a lighted read-out sign was set up saying "traffic switch: No.84 to No.10. Now, we had driven this route previously, and found the ramp off I75 to No.10 closed. So, when we came to 84, I set off up it to go to 10. We wound up crawling stoplight to stoplight for awhile. Fortunately, I pulled over once to check the map; I could see that #10 appeared to be the same as #25, so when we came to #25, I turned. Several slow miles later, we came to the very first sign confirming that we were in fact on #10. We then waited for the backup from a drawbridge to get moving. A few miles further, and we crossed I75; The exit from I75 to #10 was in normal use. Could have been worse; we made it to our destination in just over 3 hours. #&*@&**^%#...........