Petro hammond,LA

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  1. orangepicker

    orangepicker Road Train Member

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    Last edited: Jan 28, 2016
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  3. tucker

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    image.jpeg No idea on the roundabout, but if you walk to the north side of the interstate, you'll see this
     
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  4. 8thnote

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    That's a Live Oak aka Evergreen Oak. The branches get so heavy that they bend down toward the ground , but they then grow an "elbow" to get their leaves back into the sunlight. That one is likely several hundred years old.
     
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  5. PackRatTDI

    PackRatTDI Licensed to Ill

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    Wow, is that place ever NOT a cluster ####??
     
  6. dca

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    glad to hear it's finally finished, rolling through roundabouts are better then the construction zone. but what was wrong with it to warrant a roundabout in the first place.. more effforts to control the flow... I guess
     
  7. TLeaHeart

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    roundabouts suck for long vehicles, and those are small so a semi will always be blocking the lanes
     
  8. OriginalBigfoot

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    Try the Pilot at exit 4 on I-15 in Utah... Lots of lost drivers on that exit with the two roundabouts! It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to build a truck stop there when a mile away is a million square miles of nothing.
     
  9. tucker

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    I was just there for my first time, and heading south too, I thought I missed the entrance and turned left on the road hoping for no low bridges or weight limits. But that unmarked road was how to get to it.
     
  10. OriginalBigfoot

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    When they first opened I did the same thing! At 4am!
     
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  11. volvo244t

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    So much easier to get out of that Petro now.
     
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