On Thu, April 27, 2006 2:07 pm, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> "Josh Battles" <josh.lists@omg-stfu.com> wrote:
> : On Thu, April 27, 2006 9:29 am, jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
> :>
> :> Eh? I guess it depends on what part of I-80 you're looking at, but
> :> according to my map, just west of the OH/PA border, I-80 becomes a toll
> :> road and it stays a toll road all the way through Ohio and Indiana, then
> :> becomes free again just east of Chicago. It does join up with 90 through
> :> most of Ohio and Indiana to become 80/90, so I guess maybe you are
> :> considering that stretch to be 90? Whatever the case, that particular
> :> section of I-80 is most definitely a toll road through most of those 2
> :> states.
>
> : It does not. I-80 is not a toll road. Across OH/PA it is I-80/90 and
> since
> : I-90 is a toll road, that portion of I-80 falls into the category only
> : because it is sharing path. (Sort of like guilt by association)
>
> : Well, at least that's how it was explained to me by a friend who worked for
> : the DOT.
>
>
> In that case, I would be interested to hear how your friend
> would explain the fact that I-80 becomes a toll road just west
> of Youngstown, and remains a toll road for about 75 miles until
> just west of Cleveland, where it joins up with the 90. During that
> 75 mile stretch, it appears to be just the 80, its not joined up
> with anything else. Speaking of the 90, its actually free all
> the way through PA and through Ohio until it joins up with I-80 at
> Cleveland, (which is also known as the Ohio Turnpike, a non-free
> road.) If anything, it looks as though the 80 is the one that
> is contaminating the 90... ?
Well, I dunno. I'm just repeating what I was told. I guess I'm wrong.
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