D'Iberville, Mississippi

Hey, everyone, this is Bryant again. I'm writing this blog post from the Imperial Palace, in Biloxi (MS). Yesterday, I filmed a brief road tour of D'Iberville, which is located just across the Back Bay of Biloxi. D'Iberville was incorporated in 1988, some three hundred years after Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville arrived in the area in 1699. There is a lot of development in D'Iberville, especially near the I-10/110 interchange. Recently, a Best Buy and Target opened up at the intersection of S.R. 15/67 and Bobby Eleuterius Boulevard, just north of the I-10/110 interchange. The I-10/110 interchange is a huge bottleneck, due to there being a traffic light at the northern end of I-110/Old S.R. 15 and the beginning of S.R. 15/67. Plans are to modify this intersection into an interchange.

I-10/110 Study (D'Iberville, MS)

D'Iberville, MS [HD] (Video)

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension

The Sugarloaf Parkway extension will improve cross-county connectivity in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Previously, Sugarloaf Parkway extended from Peachtree Industrial Boulevard NW in western Gwinnett, north of Duluth, to S.R. 20/Grayson Highway SW south of Lawrenceville. Now, the parkway has been extended to New Hope Road SE, which has added about two miles to the road's length. The master plan is to extend Sugarloaf Parkway four additional miles to intersect University Parkway/S.R. 316, which is one of the major routes used in accessing the University of Georgia and Athens-Clarke County.

The parkway west of S.R. 20 is an at-grade, traffic light-ridden divided facility. The eastern portion will be six miles of limited-access roadway, once completed.

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension (video)

Sugarloaf Parkway Extension (project page)

Left Lane-blocking Could be Costly

Recently, a Georgia legislator has come up with HB 1047, which would fine slow-driving lane left lane hogs up to $75 for this asinine driving habit. When I heard about this, all I could say was, "Yes!" The reason being is that it's annoying. It doesn't matter what the speed limit is -- the left lane is to be used for active passing. When you're finished passing, get out of the way, plain and simple.

Slow Drivers in the Left Lane Could be Fined
(Times-Herald.com)

Jefferson County, Alabama

Hey, y'all... this is Bryant again, with another blog post.

The video in this blog is of I-20/59 through Jefferson County, Alabama. The county seat of Jefferson County is Birmingham, which is the largest city in the State of Alabama, in terms of population, with a population of 229,800. Jefferson County is the most densely populated county in the state, boasting a population of 662,047.

Interstate 20 and 59 come together in eastern Birmingham, just west of Irondale. This interchange and the interchange of I-20/59 with I-65 are some of the most dangerous that I've driven through. It's good that I-459 was built, to cut down through traffic from having to utilize I-20/59 through Downtown Birmingham.

Jefferson County, Alabama [HD] (road video)

Jefferson County's official website

Birmingham's official website

Interstate 520

Hey y'all,

This is Bryant again, with another post and road video.

Interstate 520, known as the "Bobby Jones Expressway" in Augusta and the "Palmetto Parkway" in North Augusta, has been completed from exit 17 (U.S. 1/78/278) in North Augusta to its "parent" (I-20), just east of the Aiken-Richmond county line. With I-520 being completed, this gives thru traffic an alternative to I-20 through Augusta.

Additionally, I-520's America's only odd-numbered Interstate to end and begin at its "parent" route. Odd Interstate spur routes usually go off and don't come back into contact with their "parents." Example: I-85 and I-985 north of Atlanta. Even Interstates are usually loops/bypasses. Example: I-75 and I-475 near Macon, Georgia.

Interstate 520 (road video)

Palmetto Parkway (news video)

The Georgia Road Geek (I-520)