The upgrade of Narellan Road will: improve access and travel times for motorists and road freight, reduce congestion on Narellan Road, improve access to the TAFE and University of Western Sydney, improve incident response times on the Hume Motorway…
The Big Dig, Massachusetts’s plan of expanding the Central Artery, Boston’s main interstate highway, and create an innovative underwater tunnel to Logan Airport. However, the project initially formulated in the 1970s, the planning of the project began in 1982, construction work commenced in 1991, the work finished 2002 and concluded in 2007. The mega project initial estimated to cost $2.8 billion by the end of the completion of the construction the cost was $14.8 that means the cost overrun about 190%. The project supposed to complete in seven years, but it took nearly 15 years.…
A brief history of the WMATA dates back to early 1976 when the Red Line became operational and transported commuters from Farragut North to Rhode Island in Washington D.C. The growth of the metro soon blossomed into a five line transportation system connecting from the heart of D.C. to Virginia and Maryland. WMATA built train stations below and above ground which provided the construction of railroad tracks connecting all the stations together to the main hub L’Flant Plaza (D.C.). To this day there is approximately 91 metro stations serving the DMV area within a 118 mile network. To accommodate commuters during the peak traffic hours besides the trains, WMATA also put in service the Metrobus service which came online about the same time as…
'A path from a point approximately 330 metres east of the most south westerly corner of 17 Batherton Close, Widnes and approximately 208 metres east-south-east of the most southerly corner of Unit 3 Foundry Industrial Estate, Victoria Street, Widnes, proceeding in a generally east-north-easterly direction for approximately 28 metres to a point approximately 202 metres east-south-east of the most south-easterly corner of Unit 4 Foundry Industrial Estate, Victoria Street, and approximately 347 metres east of the most south-easterly corner of 17 Batherton Close, then proceeding in a generally northerly direction for approximately 21 metres to a point approximately 210 metres east of the most south-easterly corner of Unit 5 Foundry Industrial Estate,…
Located just twenty minutes south of Minneapolis on the northwest edge of Dakota County is Burnsville, Minnesota. After the completed construction of Interstate 35, Burnsville experienced a population boom, becoming the ninth largest suburb in the metro area and a bedroom community of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Burnsville has a population close to 60,000 and a land area around 25 square miles. As mentioned before, the main route through Burnsville is Interstate 35 which splits into Interstate Highways 35E and 35W within the city.…
The Rosseau Road Post Office and store closed 11 pm Tuesday, December 31, 1991. However, Francis did not have to step down as Postmaster till 1993 when he would be 65. New pollution requirements would soon force him to get new fuel tanks and pumps for the gasoline service, but that could also be delayed for a few years. However, he was no longer making a profit as his credit card sales were going down as more and more of the summer trade, for years the source of profit, was going to Parry Sound due to better roads and cottages newly enabled to store larger amounts of shopping. Also, just a short distance down the Rosseau Road towards the highway, now the Blackstone-Crane Lake Road, there was a person willing to take on the postmaster role and…
Our future is where our investment is in. The lives of motorist and those surrounding them are being put in danger by Rhode Island’s poor road conditions. Rhode Island is one of the states with the worst road conditions. Forty-one percent of the state’s roads are damaged and has no maintenance. Rhode Island needs to invest more money into road repair to prevent future damage.…
For instance, some roads allowed people to reach the Great Lakes, travel along the east coast, or arrive at the Mississippi River. The National Road, or Cumberland Road, was the first highway built by the federal government. It ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, West Virginia, and by 1850 the road stretched all the way to Illinois. The National Road granted access to farm-covered Wisconsin as well. As a result, it was popular among German Immigrants because it reminded them of their homeland.…
An example of the new roads developed to connect the country include the National Road which was the first federally funded road. The construction began in 1811, and by 1818 it stretched from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia. What the National Road did for the country was that it fed the demand for the connection of large cities in the west as well as other parts in the country. The road was reliable and for those who followed westward with heavy wagons for settlement purposes or goods transportation, as it gave people a route of guidance. An account published in the 1800’s presented the success of the National Road by stating "There were sometimes twenty gaily-painted four-horse coaches each way daily.…
The history of the Bay Are Rapid Transit dates back to the year of 1946. It originated not by governmental fiat, but as a perception progressively developing at unofficial assemblies of business and civic leaders on both sides of the San Francisco Bay. At this time period, the Bay was going through a substantial post-war migration to the area and a resulting automobile boom. Because of this, the people of San Francisco debated on an efficient means of facilitating the increased mobbing that was congesting the bridges spanning the Bay area. A joint Army-Navy review Board established that additional connecting link between San Francisco and Oakland would be necessary in upcoming years to counteract the unbearable congestion on the Bay Bridge…
In the novel The Devil’s Highway, author Luis Alberto Urrea describes the seemingly impassable struggles immigrants must overcome when travelling from Mexico to the United States. The story follows the deadly journey of a group of undocumented male immigrants who in 2001 attempted to cross the Mexican border into the desert of southern Arizona through a desolate area known as the Devil’s Highway. Urrea provides the reader with not only a compelling story but also a complex historical compilation of information on the Mexico-United States border conflict in terms of culture, geography, power dynamics, and immigration policy. The novel is organized into four major sections, with each divided further into separate chapters. Part one provides…
Nebraska is an extremely diverse state full of interesting and important events that happened in the past eighty three years. The Sons of Italy is an national organization created to celebrate and continue the traditions and foster the heritage that the Italian immigrants would be bringing over to the United States, specifically to the state of Nebraska. They constructed a small community just south of downtown Omaha for the new Italian immigrants to settle; the neighborhood was created right before the Great Italian Migration in 1913.…
With this new desire to travel came the need for better roads and by the end of the 1920s road building rankled first or second in most states…
In 1984, by George Orwell, the theme of urban decay is explored as a fundamental idea to the development of the novel. George Orwell uses urban decay to enable a better understanding of conflicts among the characters, emotions, and experiences that are derived from them. By introducing a theme of urban decay, totalitarianism rule, physical and psychological control, and the control of history and facts is created. Urban decay is the process in which a city which was previously functioning and well maintained goes through a rough time which includes deterioration and decay. Orwell uses several sources of imagery to paint a picture of London.…
The two largest theatres, the Opera Theatre and Concert Hall reside in the two larger ‘shells’ of the building. The three smaller sized theatres, the Drama Theatre, Playhouse and Studio are located on the western side of the building with the Utzon room on the eastern side. The forecourt, which is used for most community event and large scale outside performances, is located outside the building towards the back. The concert hall is the largest with 2678 seats and is home of the Sydney Symphony. The famous Guillaume at Bennelong restaurant is situated in the outer shells of the building.…