Larry F. Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 On the US DOT's FHA Highway History webpage is a fun seven-question quiz about interstate crossings of the Mississippi River. I got 5 of 7 correct: I didn't know much about the southern crossings! http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/msriverquiz.cfm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Burr - hester_nec Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 On the US DOT's FHA Highway History webpage is a fun seven-question quiz about interstate crossings of the Mississippi River. I got 5 of 7 correct: I didn't know much about the southern crossings! http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/msriverquiz.cfm So did I!!! Got the first two wrong - then I said to heck with it and did some WAG's. Got 5 in a row right. LOL ROF LLAM LMAO Hudsonly, Alex Burr Memphis, TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityboy1986 Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Add me to the people who got five right. I missed the ones about the bridge that carries the highest number (in my defense, everyone I know calls it the Luling Bridge) and the number named after members of the House of Representatives. I definitely don't pay attention to the names of bridges. Tracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennyG Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 Me, too. And many of my answers were wild guesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmaven Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 I got 3 of 7, but I consider this a badge of honor. Afterall, it IS a question about those evil interstates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhound Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 I got 3 of 7, but I consider this a badge of honor. Afterall, it IS a question about those evil interstates! I got 4 right. All were WAGs. Roadhound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownwho63 Posted October 12, 2007 Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 I got 4 right. All were WAGs. Roadhound I did the quiz today and got 5 of 7 correct, or 71%. Like you guys, some of my answers were WAGs. As far as blue highways are concerned, without looking; how many rivers (all alignments) does historic route 66 cross between Chi and Santa Monica?. I don't know the answer either....Bliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry F. Posted October 12, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2007 how many rivers (all alignments) does historic route 66 cross between Chi and Santa Monica?. I don't know the answer either....Bliss Wow. Interesting thought, but what comes to my mind is how shall we define "river"? Seriously, does it always have to have flowing water? How large? Or shall we go just on some official designation of river? In the loosest definitions, I would guess hundreds are crossed by Rt 66. With a tighter definition, it may be less than 100. I surely don't know! Good question! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownwho63 Posted October 13, 2007 Report Share Posted October 13, 2007 Wow. Interesting thought, but what comes to my mind is how shall we define "river"? Seriously, does it always have to have flowing water? How large? To me, a "river" is any body of water or river bed that is officially designated as being a river on a map or in an atlas or has a road sign designating "river" at the actual crossing. Most will have flowing water but some might be temporarily dry. There may be fewer of these on 66 than initially thought....Bliss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BabyBoomerBob Posted December 16, 2007 Report Share Posted December 16, 2007 On the US DOT's FHA Highway History webpage is a fun seven-question quiz about interstate crossings of the Mississippi River. I got 5 of 7 correct: I didn't know much about the southern crossings! http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/msriverquiz.cfm Heh. I'm another one who got 5 right:) I'm not up on the names of the bridges:) But I know about the north-south slabs that cross Ole Man River:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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