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To: tejek who wrote (474155)	4/22/2009 3:20:12 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578510

do you know what a boat ramp is ? Do you think it's a type of onion ?

To: tejek who wrote (474155)	4/22/2009 9:53:51 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578510

In Arkansas when you slap a name on a road, no one is responsible for its upkeep and maintenance any longer? Well, if it is nothing more than a boat ramp, probably not. Have you checked out Hwy. 18 near Seattle lately? "I commute from Enumclaw eastbound on Highway 18 four days a week. Right after the summit of Tiger Mountain, traffic routinely comes to a standstill. This is caused by the highway being reduced from two lanes to one lane. It appears that there is enough room for two lanes because the shoulder on Highway 18 is large. Two lanes would allow traffic to utilize the right lane to merge onto Interstate 90 eastbound. Also, this might be one of the most dangerous highways in the state. Why are there not concrete barriers where it is not a divided highway? The highway is heavily frequented by semi-trucks. It is frightening how close they pass in the opposite direction. The road margin reflectors are so poor on rainy nights that they cannot be seen." From Wikipedia -- State Route 18, also known as SR 18 or Highway 18, is a 28-mile (45 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, which connects State Route 99 in south King County with Interstate 90. It runs northeast from Federal Way, through Auburn, south Kent, Covington, Maple Valley, over the 1,375 ft (419 m) Tiger Summit, and then terminates at I-90 about eight miles (13 km) east of Issaquah near Snoqualmie. This highway is the most direct route between Eastern Washington and Tacoma. North of I-90, Highway 18 becomes a local arterial Snoqualmie Parkway. Snoqualmie Parkway continues to SR 202 just east of Snoqualmie Falls. This is the shortest route between I-90 and attractions at Snoqualmie Falls. Highway 18 is a dangerous roadway due in part to the heavy truck traffic between I-5 and I-90. For the past several years, work as been done on a project to turn SR 18 into a limited access highway and widen it to four lanes, two in each direction. Three-fourths of the highway upgrade has been completed; it now has four lanes from Federal Way to Issaquah Hobart Road. The last one-fourth of the expansion is 7 miles (11 km) which includes the climb up to Tiger Summit and the last 2 miles (3.2 km) to Interstate 90 with a freeway-to-freeway connection. The project still needs $267.5 million in funding and construction is set to be completed by 2015. SR 18 forms part of one possible route for a proposed future Interstate 605, though the idea faces considerable opposition. However, an appropriate measure would be to renumber the highway as an Interstate highway after completion of the widening, since it links Interstate 5 to Interstate 90.