The Flickr Fourlaneroad Image Generatr

I was out here taking a walk, being weird, having fun, listening to music, taking pictures.

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In Cayce, South Carolina, on January 2nd, 2024, a view to the east from the south side of the McMillan Bridge across the Congaree River (built in 1953), on Knox Abbott Drive (U.S. routes 21, 176, and 321). The city of Columbia is across the bridge.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Seeing as how traffic is so light, maybe it is unnecessary to have a big four-lane highway here!

You ought to go door-knocking house-to-house in Ambridge and tell the residents you think Route 65 should be demolished because it doesn't get enough traffic. Plant the seed!

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In Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, Pennsylvania Route 65 (the 65th Infantry Division Memorial Highway) as viewed from the north side of the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:
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Library of Congress Subject Headings:
• Roads—Pennsylvania (sh88007031)

Look at these four lanes of blacktop and this massive display of lattice towers.

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In Cheektowaga, New York, on June 12th, 2021, on Galleria Drive, north of Walden Avenue.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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Transportation Research Thesaurus terms:
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You just have to remember not to eat it or rub it in your eyes, that's all. If Columbus were a prettier city maybe we wouldn't need poison hemlock for a decoration!

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In Columbus, Ohio, on May 29th, 2021, along the Scioto Trail on the south side of Dublin Road (U.S. Route 33) west of Twin Rivers Drive.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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In Columbus, Ohio, on May 29th, 2021, along the Scioto Trail on the south side of Dublin Road (U.S. Route 33) west of Twin Rivers Drive.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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The brownish oranges of the herbicide areas call to mind the rustinesses of the dumpsters' insides. Don't they!

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In Steubenville, Ohio, on July 8th, 2020, a view from the south side of the Market Street Bridge. Water Street is at the left. Ohio State Route 7 and the replica fort "Historic Fort Steuben" are at the right.

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:
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I was so busy taking pictures of the bridge, why, I hardly even noticed I was driving a car across it.

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In Jacksonville, Florida, on March 8th, 2019, on the Mathews Bridge (erected 1953) on the Arlington Expressway (Florida State Road 115) above the St. Johns River.

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The Gervais Street Bridge is a historic and asthetically-pleasing bridge in Columbia South Carolina in the United States and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is an arch bridge constructed from reinforced concrete. It is the third bridge at this location with the first bridge dating back to the 1820s. It was burned during the Civil War and replaced in 1870. This bridge was built to replace that one in 1928.

A distant Burger King as viewed from a McDonald's, with Stonecoal Creek and a traffic backup.

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East of Weston in Lewis County, West Virginia, on June 26th, 2014, U.S. routes 33, 48, and 119, as viewed from a McDonald's parking lot east of Interstate 79.

Stonecoal Creek flows to the West Fork River, which flows to the Monongahela River, which flows to the Ohio River.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
F106 Allegheny Plateau—Pictorial works.
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TE228 Signalized intersections—United States—Pictorial works.
F247.A17 Rivers—West Virginia—Pictorial works.
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F247.M6 Monongahela River Watershed (W. Va. and Pa.)—Pictorial works.
F516 Ohio River Watershed—Pictorial works.
SD418.3.U6 Deforestation—United States—Pictorial works.
HE356.U533 United States Highway 33—Pictorial works.
HE356.U548 United States Highway 48—Pictorial works.
HE356.U6119 United States Highway 119—Pictorial works.
F247.L6 Lewis County (W. Va.)—Pictorial works.
F249.W48 Weston (W. Va.)—Pictorial works.

"Many more buildings than cars!" I exclaimed in wonder.

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In downtown Miami, Florida, on April 9th, 2017, the Downtown Distributor (Florida State Road 970) as viewed from a moving Metromover peoplemover car. The road was completed in 1968.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TG425 Elevated highways—United States—Pictorial works.
NA6215 Central business districts—United States—Pictorial works.
E169.12 Nineteen sixties—Pictorial works.
F319.M6 Miami (Fla.)—Pictorial works.

Passing motorists were happy to see me standing on the bridge above them. Look carefully, somebody skywrote Jesus.

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Southwest of Orlando, Florida, on June 24th, 2016, State Road 528, a/k/a the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway, a/k/a the Beachline West Expressway, as viewed from the west side of West Entrance Drive.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
TE23 Express highways—United States—Pictorial works.
F319.O7 Orlando Metropolitan Area (Fla.)—Pictorial works.

Edward Hoppers 1956 painting entitled 'Four Lane Road' provides the canvas for this photo of yours truly on my Honda VTX1300.
This image was inspired by DarkRydr's magnificent Edward Hopper album.

Left turn to the Galleria mall near Middletown NY.

Before crossing over the metro north tracks by the station...this mall and roads opened in spring 1992

Near the mall and stores.

Just past the galleria mall

School of Diplomacy, Geneva, Switzerland

"Give this up!, just let the drivers have all of it, and ban all children from here completely, unless they're being driven in motor vehicles," I said. "Abandon this effort."

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In downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, on May 30th, 2013, a view from the east side of North Westnedge Avenue, south of Eleanor Street.

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Library of Congress classification ideas:
HE5614.2 Traffic safety and children—United States—Pictorial works.
TE203 Road markings—United States—Pictorial works.
TE23 Streets—United States—Pictorial works.
F574.K1 Kalamazoo (Mich.)—Pictorial works.