R29 road
The R29 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Johannesburg with Leandra via Germiston, Benoni, Boksburg and Springs. For much of its route it is named Main Reef Road. The R29 used to end near the [Golela] border post, however the section from Leandra to Ermelo is now part of the N17. From Ermelo to the border post is now part of the N2
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List of highways numbered 981
A List of highways numbered 981:
Canada
Saskatchewan Highway 981, a provincial highway in the east central region of the Canadian province of SaskatchewanUnited States
Louisiana Highway 981 (LA 981), a state highway in Louisiana that serves Pointe Coupee Parish
Pennsylvania Route 981 (PA 981), a state highway which runs across Westmoreland County309 Road
The 309 road is a 22-kilometre (14 mi) long gravel road between the towns of Coromandel and Whitianga in New Zealand.
The 309 winds its way from Coromandel, on the west side of the Coromandel Peninsula, over the ranges to Whitianga, on the eastern side.
The road is considered extremely dangerous and deaths among tourists unfamiliar with the road and in unfit vehicles are common.
Places of interest along the road include Waiau Falls and the Kauri Grove, a stand of mature kauri trees.
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Coordinates: 36°50′48″S 175°33′15″E / 36.846767°S 175.554208°E / -36.846767; 175.554208 (309 Road - nominal location)
2+2 road
A 2+2 road is a specific type of dual-carriageway being built in Ireland and in Sweden and in Finland, consisting of two lanes in each direction separated by a steel cable barrier.
These roads do not have hard shoulders and therefore they cannot be designated as Motorway at some future date. The Irish variant,however, has 3.5m lanes where there are a number of Swedish variants some with 3.25m wide lanes.
Junctions are generally at-grade roundabouts and minor roads cross under or over the mainline without connecting. They are also known as "Type 2 dual-carriageways" by the Irish National Roads Authority. These roads look similar to expressways, except that expressways often have interchanges, large medians or concrete barriers between traffic. The United States has 80,000 km of roads that fit this description.
First 2+2
The first road of this type opened in December 2007 as a new greenfield section of the N4 national primary route which joins Dublin to Sligo.
See also
R29 (New York City Subway car)
The R29 was a New York City Subway car built in 1962 by the St. Louis Car Company for the IRT division (also known as the A Division). They have very similar appearances to the R26 and R28 fleets with the exceptions that they were built by a different company and permanently paired with link bars, instead of couplers. These were also the first subway cars to feature a bright red paint scheme. Four cars (8686, 8687, 8804 and 8805) were tested with G70 trucks. Use of these trucks was discontinued in 1970.
The first set of R29s debuted on the 7 service on April 28, 1962. After initial in-service testing, the first set of R29s (#8570-8579) operated on 7 service as a special 10-car train on April 29, 1962. On May 1 of that year, it was transferred to the 1 service. The original intention was to assign all of these cars to the 7 service, while transferring their existing R12 and R14 cars to the mainline IRT services to begin replacing their existing Low-Voltage cars, many of which were approaching 50 years of age at the time. However, it was decided to order the new R33 Worlds Fair single cars along with the new R36 Worlds Fair married pair cars to completely re-equip the 7 service in time for the new 1964-5 Worlds Fair exhibition in Flushing instead. The new R33 Worlds Fair singles cars and the R36 Worlds Fair married pair cars were also ordered during 1962.
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