R44 road
The R44 is a provincial route in South Africa that connects Piketberg with Kleinmond via Wellington, Stellenbosch and Somerset West. The coastal section between Kleinmond and Gordon's Bay is a very scenic ocean drive. The section between Gordon's Bay and Stellenbosch via Somerset West is a dual carriageway. The R44 is co-signed with the R46 between Gouda and Hermon in the Berg River valley.
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R44 (New York City Subway car)
The R44 is a New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) car model built from 1971 to 1973 by the St. Louis Car Company in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and currently operates only on the Staten Island Railway. Many of these cars used to operate on the B Division of the New York City Subway. The R44 was the first 75-foot (22.86 m) car for the New York City Subway and are sometimes nicknamed "the hippos" due to their 75-foot length along with the R46, R68 and R68A. A total of 352 R44 cars were ordered: 300 cars for the New York City Subway (100–399) and 52 cars for the Staten Island Railway (400–435 and even-numbered 436–466). Cars 388–399 were originally subway cars, but were sent to the Staten Island Railway.
After many months of exhaustive testing on the A, D, E, and F (one week on each service commencing December 16, 1971), as well as on the LIRR's trackage since this was a new breed of transit cars electrically and mechanically, the first R44s saw passenger service on April 19, 1972. The Staten Island R44s were delivered between January and April 1973. With the completion of the R44 order, the St. Louis Car Company (established 1887), shut down operations.
Road (film)
Road is a 2002 bollywood, Neo-noir road movie, produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Rajat Mukherjee, starring Vivek Oberoi, Manoj Bajpai and Antara Mali. An eloped couple Arvind (Vivek Oberoi) and Lakshmi (Antara Mali), en route Delhi to Jodhpur on a deserted highway, encounter a mad wayfarer (Vijay Raaz), an Hitchhiker Babu (Manoj Bajpai) who turns out to be a serial psychopath killer, Inderpal (Makrand Deshpande) a happy go lucky, intelligent, responsible truck driver and an irresponsible, eccentric cop (Sayaji Shinde).
Plot
Arvind (Vivek Oberoi) and Lakshmi (Antara Mali) are in love and want to get married. However, Lakshmi's dad, a cop, is against their affair. Hence the two decide to elope from Delhi and travel to get married at Arvind's ancestral haveli in Rajgarh, Alwar, Rajasthan, by road, passing by a desert, in a Tata Safari.
After an escape from an aggravated assault, by a mad wayfarer, they bump into a smooth-talking hitchhiker Babu (Manoj Bajpai) who is stranded in the middle of no where. Babu convinces the young couple to give him a lift. Travelling with Babu proves a nightmare for Arvind and Lakshmi, Babu turns out to be a psychopath. Soon, Lakshmi finds herself hostage of an armed Babu. Thanks to the timely intervention of a truck driver Inderpal (Makrand Deshpande) and the highway petrol bunk owner, an aspiring actor Bhanwar Singh (Rajpal Yadav), Arvind rescues Lakshmi from Babu.
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)
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