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Part of interstate 19 is closed indefinitely, bomb technicians called in (AZ)
KVOA TUCSON ^ | 6/4/10 | Unspecified

Posted on 06/05/2010 12:06:32 PM PDT by exbrit

NEAR NOGALES - According to the Department of Public Safety Interstate 19 at KM 22 northbound has been closed indefinitely. That KM marker is near north Rio Rico.

A spokesperson for DPS tells News 4 the department has EOD (bomb) technicians have been called in to the scene. Sources tell News 4, DPS officers found a suspicious abandoned vehicle. That's when they called in bomb crews to inspect it.

This is an on-going situation keep checking kvoa.com for the latest updates.


TOPICS: Government; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: az; bomb; bombsquad; border
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To: exbrit

A diversion?


21 posted on 06/05/2010 12:43:20 PM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network (Palin / Rubio 2012)
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To: exbrit

Right-wing radicals no doubt.


22 posted on 06/05/2010 12:47:20 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: exbrit

When did this occur? Is the article dated 6/4/10?


23 posted on 06/05/2010 12:49:09 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: blackie

Apparently some states have allowed this. (Not Texas)

http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/signs/


24 posted on 06/05/2010 12:50:48 PM PDT by wolfcreek (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
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To: exbrit
It’s the only hiway in the U.S. that is marked with km, not miles.

Actually it not...there are numerous roads in northern NH with km/miles listed. Same with northern ME.

25 posted on 06/05/2010 12:54:40 PM PDT by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98 Class of '98...PROCESS MATTERS)
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To: wolfcreek

Or Oregon...


26 posted on 06/05/2010 1:06:28 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: exbrit

Why the hell is AZ marking in km? That went out with the 70’s.


27 posted on 06/05/2010 1:08:41 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: exbrit

Nashville had Km and Mi in the late 70’s. They had been removed (Km) a long time ago.


28 posted on 06/05/2010 1:11:14 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Lets just say between mile marker 13 and 14, this is America after all.
29 posted on 06/05/2010 1:21:30 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

See below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_19

“Interstate 19 is unique among US Interstates, because signed distances are given in meters (hundreds or thousands as distance-to-exit indications) or kilometers (as distance-to-destination indications), and not miles. However, the speed limit signs give speeds in miles-per-hour. According to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), metric signs were originally placed because of the push toward the metric system in the United States at the time of the original construction of the highway.”

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“Citing motorist confusion arising from the metric signs on I-19, Arizona DOT’s Tucson district announced that new signs on I-19 would use United States customary units. To avoid the cost of replacing the metric signs all at once, signs would be replaced in specific areas of the freeway during construction projects in those areas.[7] New signs were put into place between Exit 99 (Ajo Way) and Exit 101 (Interstate 10) in 2004 after the completion of the new Interstate 10–Interstate 19 interchange.”


30 posted on 06/05/2010 1:27:14 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: ThunderSleeps

The Congress authorized the use of metric units in the United States in 1866.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States

However, all attempts at metrication in the United States have failed miserably.


31 posted on 06/05/2010 1:30:35 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: GreenLanternCorps
However, all attempts at metrication in the United States have failed miserably.

With the lone exception of soda, cola or pop depending where you live.

32 posted on 06/05/2010 1:33:12 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (I wonder therefore I wander.)
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To: exbrit

Here are some visuals of the highway (not from this incident).

http://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=i0019naaz


33 posted on 06/05/2010 1:34:59 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: exbrit
Totally off topic, but why in the world does Missouri have 1/2 mile markers?

What a waste of money, putting a mile marker every 1/2 mile. My husband and I drove through there a couple of weeks ago and decided it must have been Obama Federal Stimulus Money, looking for a place to waste it.

34 posted on 06/05/2010 1:38:00 PM PDT by codercpc
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra; hennie pennie

http://www.kvoa.com/news/i-19-open-today-after-bomb-scare

Happened yesterday
I-19 open today after bomb scare
NEAR NOGALES - Interstate 19 is open again today after closing for several hours last night because of a suspcious abandoned vehicle.

According to the Department of Public Safety, northbound Interstate 19 at KM 22 near north Rio Rico was closed because of the bomb scare.

It caused major traffic headaches, but the vehicle was towed without incident. DPS says the vehicles appears to be harmless.

I-19 reopened around 12:30 this morning.


35 posted on 06/05/2010 1:44:26 PM PDT by MestaMachine (De inimico non loquaris sed cogites- Don't wish ill for your enemy; plan it)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

W/ just a few redneck friends, and just a few beers, those km signs would all disappear.


36 posted on 06/05/2010 2:03:06 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th ("...Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just...")
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To: codercpc
What a waste of money, putting a mile marker every 1/2 mile. My husband and I drove through there a couple of weeks ago and decided it must have been Obama Federal Stimulus Money, looking for a place to waste it.

Here in Virginia I-95 has markers every 1/10th mile.

Now that there is some big bucks!

37 posted on 06/05/2010 2:40:57 PM PDT by OldMissileer (Atlas, Titan, Minuteman, PK. Winners of the Cold War)
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To: codercpc

I-55 from St. Louis to the Arkansas line has markers every 1/5 of a mile. I, too, thought them a waste of money (they were put up before Obama) until I realized that wherever you are, you can see one. So if you need to call for help you can tell 911 exactly where you are. The signs include the I55 symbol, the direction and the milage.

And off-off topic when I return to California, I am amazed that they don’t have milage markers.


38 posted on 06/05/2010 2:52:51 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: ThomasThomas
However, all attempts at metrication in the United States have failed miserably.
With the lone exception of soda, cola or pop depending where you live.
Engine displacements are also metric, liters not cu.inches anymore.

Also to further frustrate the shade tree mechanic some of the nuts and bolts are also metric on American made vehicles.

39 posted on 06/05/2010 3:46:20 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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To: hanamizu
And off-off topic when I return to California, I am amazed that they don’t have milage markers.
We don't? That's news to me.

We have these little verticle white paddle looking things that tell you what county you're in (abbreviated), the highway RTE # and how far from the county line you are in 10ths.

40 posted on 06/05/2010 3:57:42 PM PDT by lewislynn (What does the global warming movement and the Fairtax movement have in common? Disinformation)
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