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• The Most Important Time of the Day

  Published: July 30, 2007, 6:30 pm

  Tags: Parenting, Schoolbus, Asd, Aspergers, Autism, Autos, Cars, Children, Driving, Education, Family, Highways, Mom Chauffeur, Parenting, Pdd Nos, Roads, Schooolbus

  This would be, I often think, the time that Charlie’s schoolbus pulls up and I see his big brown eyes looking aslant out the window. (For ESY 2007, That Time has been 1:05pm, if not earlier.) For the past six years, I have arranged my work schedule according to that time; when I can, I have sought out shortcuts from work to home and bothered

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• Bridge rededication being held

  Published: August 15, 2007, 2:22 pm

  Tags: Events, Roads Bridges

  Ceremony marks completion of major rehabilitation of Delaware River crossing Officials from the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission at noon Thursday, Aug. 16, will celebrate the rededication of the Riverton-Belvidere Toll-Supported Bridge, marking the completion of the span's $8.8...

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• NJDOT announces Route 28 corridor improvements in Somerset County

  Published: August 17, 2007, 6:03 pm

  Tags: Roads Bridges

  Commissioner Kris Kolluri today announced that starting Aug. 24 the New Jersey Department of Transportation will improve Route 28 at Division Street in Somerville, North Gaston Avenue in Somerville and Mountain Avenue in Bound Brook. "Improving this vital corridor is...

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• Bridge projects earn county praise

  Published: August 19, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: Roads Bridges

  The Peapack Road Bridge in Peapack-Gladstone was one of two bridge projects that earned the Engineering Division of the Somerset County Department of Public Works a Distinguished Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New Jersey. The American...

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• No Off-Road Please

  Published: August 21, 2007, 7:46 am

  Tags: Society, Photos, Russian People, Russian Roads, Travel To Russia

  You go travel to Russia - you should know - no any move from the paved road or you can get stuck like those municipals on the photos below or even like this powerful military missile prime mover. (more…)

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• County 'ahead of curve' on bridge work

  Published: August 24, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Roads Bridges

  COURTESY SOMERSET COUNTYPeters Brook bridge on High Street in Somerville is one of 90 bridges that have been replaced or rehabilitated since 1992. Over 40 percent of Somerset County's major bridges have been replaced or rehabilitated in the past 15...

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• Our Deadly Roads Dept.: Now DC's Bridges Are Collapsing

  Published: August 24, 2007, 3:42 pm

  Tags: Bridges, Infrastructure, Metro Section, News You Can Use, Our Deadly Roads Dept

  Wait how did we not hear about the Baltimore-Washington Parkway being closed? Sure, we don’t drive, and we aren’t going to Baltimore this weekend or anything, and we don’t really read, like, the metro section, but still. It was closed because — wait for it — BRIDGES ARE FUCKING COLLAPSING. Shortly after noon

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• Roads in Ukraine

  Published: August 31, 2007, 10:43 am

  Tags: Funny, Photos, Cars, Russian Roads, Ukraine

  Yes we had a lot about roads in Russia, this time the roads in Ukraine, another ex Soviet country, this is an example of a part of one of the main roads - Moscow - Kiev, this is a paved road. (more…)

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• YOUTH ON THE ROAD

  Published: August 21, 2007, 7:39 am

  Tags: Youth, Ak47, Driving, Roads, 4x4 S, Media

  There have been rumblings recently about raising the age to hold a driving license in the UK to eighteen years. Whilst I personally consider this to be a good thing I don't believe it actually goes far enough. For many years now motorcyclists in this country have been restricted to the size of "horse" they can ride after passing a driving test,

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• Woodfern Road bridges closed

  Published: September 1, 2007, 7:01 am

  Tags: Roads Bridges

  Somerset County Officials closed the Woodfern Road Bridges between Branchburg and Hillsborough Townships at 5:45 p.m. Friday in the interest of public safety. County Engineers were making a routine structural inspection of the spans earlier in the day and became...

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• Rode into a Bird

  Published: September 4, 2007, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Other, Photos, Bird, Russian Drivers, Russian Roads

  This driver was probably too attracted with the site of an exotic brown bird and forgot to turn away from it. One more picture below. (more…)

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• Just an Ordinary Car Accident

  Published: September 6, 2007, 7:00 am

  Tags: Exclusive, Car Accident, Car Crash, Drunk Russian Drivers, Moscow, Russian Roads

  At first sight it is just another ordinary car accident, where nobody has suffered and nothing interesting is going on. But take a look at the last picture. The comments are up to you. (more…)

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• Hutchison Does Something Right

  Published: September 6, 2007, 1:03 am

  Tags: Sen Hutchison, Toll Roads, S2019

  those freeways into TOLL ROADS. They have to have lost their tiny minds!Then they want to turn those toll roads over to private companies, so they can gouge the people of Texas to drive on roads they paid to build. This is not just a silly idea -- it is outrageous! How long are the people of Texas going to put up with these idiots? Every

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• Travel Ural 2007

  Published: September 7, 2007, 1:37 pm

  Tags: Society, Economics, Culture, Photos, Russian Roads 2007, Syktykwar, Ukhta Pechora

  there are a lot of paved roads too in Russia, and some are being severely reconstructed in order to improve the road system, but it’s a great pity that such roads still exist.

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• One More Time it's Party Time

  Published: September 8, 2007, 1:52 pm

  Tags: Other, Society, Photos, Car Wreck, Moscow, Moscow Roads, Party Time, Russian Roads, Truck Nuts

  Another time some truck has lost the part of it’s tasty load during the car wreck, and another time the passers-by quickly helped to “utilize” the lost goods. See also: It's Party Time (more…)

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