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536357 | Ford Trimotor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford%20Trimotor | Ford Trimotor
1929) (Not in FAA records) Originally owned by: Ford Motor Company; in England. Currently owned by: National Museum, Papua, New Guinea. Possible rebuild.
## Under restoration.
- C/N:38 tail number: "N7584" (4-AT-B, January 1928) Originally owned by: Robertson Aircraft, St Louis. Currently owned by: Kerm... | 6,129,900 |
536357 | Ford Trimotor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford%20Trimotor | Ford Trimotor
1929) Originally owned by: Mohawk Airways, NY. Currently owned by: Maurice Hovius' Hov-aire, Inc. Possible rebuild. Currently Located: Vicksburg, Michigan, USA.
- C/N:65 tail number: "N8403" (4-AT-E, May 1929) (Not in FAA records) The "Ptarmigan II" Originally owned by: Mamer Flying Service. Currently ow... | 6,129,901 |
536357 | Ford Trimotor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford%20Trimotor | Ford Trimotor
EAA 1247, in Port Clinton, Ohio, USA.
From 1954 onwards, efforts have been made to produce a modernized version of the Trimotor as the Stout Bushmaster 2000. Saddled with financial, management and marketing problems, only two examples were initially built with a third fuselage never completed.
# Referen... | 6,129,902 |
536357 | Ford Trimotor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford%20Trimotor | Ford Trimotor
Schiffer Publishing, 1992. .
- March, Daniel L. "British Warplanes of World War II". London: Aerospace Publishing, 1998. .
- O'Callaghan, Timothy J. "The Aviation Legacy of Henry & Edsel Ford". Ann Arbor, Michigan: Proctor Publications, 2002. .
- O'Leary, Michael. "When Fords Ruled the Sky (Part Two)".... | 6,129,903 |
536357 | Ford Trimotor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ford%20Trimotor | Ford Trimotor
d A. "The Saga of the Tin Goose: The Story of the Ford Trimotor". Brooklyn, New York: Cumberland Enterprises, Incorporated, 1996. .
- Litwak, Jerry: 'Skinning a Tin Goose ... the hard way'. Pages 251 and 252 of 'Air International' magazine, May, 1978 describe the rebuilding of Scenic Airway's Tin Goose 5... | 6,129,904 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Bell Media
Bell Media Inc. (Canadian French: ) is the mass media subsidiary of BCE Inc. (also known as Bell Canada Enterprises, the parent company of the former telephone monopoly Bell Canada). Its operations include television broadcasting and production (including the CTV and CTV Two television networks),... | 6,129,905 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
CTV Inc., which Bell had acquired the previous year, and the operations of the Thomsons' "The Globe and Mail". Bell sold the majority of its interest in 2006 (at which point the company was renamed CTVglobemedia), but re-acquired the entire company, excluding the "Globe", in 2011.
# History.
## History bef... | 6,129,906 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Aldred and Ted Rogers, and Foster Hewitt in a much smaller role. Aldred sold his shares in 1961, followed by Rogers by 1970; with the Bassett and Eaton families firmly in control, the company went public in the early 1970s. CFTO was one of the charter affiliates of CTV when that network formed in 1961, becom... | 6,129,907 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
it approved the deal after Baton and the other owners included a provision in the cooperative's bylaws stipulating that the eight station owners would each have a single vote regardless of audience share. Additionally, if one owner ever bought another station, the acquired station's shares would be redistrib... | 6,129,908 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
began a concerted effort to take over CTV. It started this drive with a further expansion into Saskatchewan, purchasing CKCK-TV in Regina, Yorkton twinstick CKOS-TV/CICC-TV, and CBC affiliate CKBI-TV Prince Albert. A twinstick CTV affiliate was soon launched in Prince Albert, CIPA-TV.
In the late 1980s, Bat... | 6,129,909 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Standard Broadcasting.
In 1990, Baton purchased the MCTV system of twinstick operations in Pembroke, North Bay, Sudbury, Timmins, and the Huron Broadcasting twinstick in Sault Ste. Marie. In 1993, Baton purchased CFPL-TV in London, CKNX-TV in Wingham and received a licence for a new independent station, CHW... | 6,129,910 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
CTV had been recently restructured into a corporation, with each owner holding a 14.3 percent stake in the network. However, any "future" acquisitions by Baton would come with all of that affiliate's CTV shares. It was around this time that former CBC executive Ivan Fecan joined the company.
### Baton-Elect... | 6,129,911 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
and its independent stations in southwestern Ontario, and Electrohome's CKCO. The deals doubled Baton's own interest in CTV to 28.6%. However, as part of the deal, Baton took control of Electrohome's CTV vote, allowing it to command 42.9% of CTV's shares.
In January 1997, Baton-Electrohome's "Vancouver Tele... | 6,129,912 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
be swapped between them. Baton-Electrohome would acquire CHUM's Atlantic Television System (ATV), consisting of four CTV affiliates in the Maritimes, the Atlantic Satellite Network (ASN), and a further 14.3% in CTV. CHUM would receive Baton's independent stations in southwestern Ontario, as well as CHRO-TV i... | 6,129,913 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
in CTV, triggering a put option that allowed the other owners to sell their stakes in the network while still keeping their stations. Accordingly, Baton acquired the remaining CTV shares from WIC and Moffat Communications, which remained affiliates for the moment, that fall.
The BBS television system was me... | 6,129,914 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Inc., and currently CTV Specialty Television Inc.) was formed by Labatt Brewing Company to hold that firm's broadcasting assets, which included TSN, RDS, Viewers Choice and Discovery Channel. In 1995, when the parent company was sold to the foreign brewing conglomerate Interbrew, a consortium of four Canadia... | 6,129,915 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
of the 2000s, CTV (including the NetStar assets) was folded into a new media venture, Bell Globemedia Inc. (abbreviated "BGM"). This was masterminded by former Bell Canada chief executive Jean Monty, largely as a response to Canwest's purchase of the Southam newspaper chain as well as the trend of media conv... | 6,129,916 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
valued at $2.3 billion (CAD). Soon after, Monty arranged to have Thomson Corporation transfer control of "The Globe and Mail", the Toronto-based national newspaper, to BCE in exchange for a significant (20%) interest in the merged CTV/"Globe" entity. The Thomsons' family holding company, The Woodbridge Compa... | 6,129,917 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
of the BGM / CTVgm era. After Monty resigned and was replaced by Michael Sabia in 2002, it became clear that Monty's vision was not producing anything near the desired results, notwithstanding the good results for the individual units, particularly the CTV network.
The following years provided a few cosmeti... | 6,129,918 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
was sold back to Bell Canada, while a further investment from the Thomsons (whose ownership increased to 31.5%) funded the acquisition of 15% of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. However, beginning in 2003, BCE management began to refer to BGM as a non-core asset; as a result, much attention was given to th... | 6,129,919 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
20% of the group - a condition that ensured that Bell TV, Sympatico, and other Bell units continued to have access to Globemedia content. The transaction closed on August 30, 2006.
This deal put to rest any rumours about a possible breakup of the company. However, Torstar's involvement led to additional med... | 6,129,920 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
system (Citytv), other stations including CablePulse24, MuchMusic, Star!, Bravo!, and Space, and all of CHUM's radio stations, into the BGM fold. BGM originally announced that CHUM's A-Channel stations, Access, CKX-TV, MusiquePlus, MusiMax, Canadian Learning Television, and BGM's own OLN would not be retaine... | 6,129,921 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Rogers Communications announced a tentative deal to purchase A-Channel, CKX-TV, Access Alberta, Canadian Learning Television, and SexTV: The Channel from CTVglobemedia, if its purchase of CHUM was approved. Astral Media made a similar deal for CHUM's 50% interest in MusiMax and MusiquePlus.
That June, the C... | 6,129,922 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
11, 2007, and the CHUM acquisition was finalized on June 22.
Since then, CTVglobemedia has sold off its interests in various non-core channels. Rogers has purchased several of these assets, including CTV's 33% interest in OLN in late 2007, as well as radio stations CHST-FM in London, Ontario and CHBN-FM in ... | 6,129,923 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
CKX-TV in Brandon, Manitoba, which left the air in October 2009 after a deal to sell that station to Bluepoint Investment Corporation fell through and the A station in Wingham, CKNX-TV which left the air one month prior to CKX and is now a rebroadcaster of the A station in London, CFPL-TV.
CTVglobemedia acq... | 6,129,924 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
for a total transaction value of $3.2 billion). Woodbridge would also regain majority control of the Globe and Mail Inc., with Bell retaining a 15% interest. The overall deal was expected to close by April 2011. However, the sale of the "Globe", which did not require CRTC approval, was completed in late Dece... | 6,129,925 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
the company to 25%. and was closed in August 2012.
On March 16, 2012, BCE announced that it had entered in an agreement to acquire Montreal-based broadcaster Astral Media for an estimated value at $3.38 billion; the assets of which were to be incorporated into Bell Media. The acquisition was primarily cente... | 6,129,926 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
notably opposed by a coalition of competing cable providers (which included Cogeco, EastLink, and Vidéotronthe last of which is also owned by Québecor Média, who felt that Bell's control of a majority of Canadian media would harm consumer choice, and lead to increased carriage fees which could cripple smalle... | 6,129,927 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Bureau cleared the revised proposal. Unlike the previous deal, which would have given Bell a 42% share of the English-language television market, the new deal would only give Bell a total market share of 35.7%, but still increase its French-language market share to 23% (in comparison to 8% before). Following... | 6,129,928 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
the operation and local programming levels of all of its television stations through 2017. The CRTC also approved Bell's proposed exemptions for maintaining ownership of Montreal's CKGM. Bell put Family, Disney XD, the two Disney Junior services, MusiMax, soon-to-be-defunct MusiquePlus, and five radio statio... | 6,129,929 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
via the Bravo Go app. Apps for some of its other networks were also released over the following months.
## Layoffs, new partnerships.
In December 2014, Bell Media launched CraveTV, a subscription video on-demand service. Initially, the service was available only through television providers; Bell Media pre... | 6,129,930 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
sales. The move came following allegations reported by "The Globe and Mail" that, after the CRTC's March 2015 decision to mandate that pay television providers offer a la carte packages, Crull ordered all Bell-owned news properties, including CTV News, not to air any interviews with or footage depicting CRTC... | 6,129,931 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
anchor Lisa LaFlamme felt that the inclusion of remarks by Blais were necessary due to the nature of the story. In response to the dismissal, BCE CEO George A. Cope explained that the journalistic independence of its news operations were "paramount importance to our company and to all Canadians".
Shortly af... | 6,129,932 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
from production, editorial, sales, and administrative roles in Toronto and Montreal were revealed. On November 17, 2015, further cuts were made, which included high-profile on-air talent from radio and television properties in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.
On November 20, 2015, Corus announced that it wou... | 6,129,933 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
HBO programming in Canada (rights previously shared with Corus due to its joint venture HBO Canada).
On January 6, 2016, iHeartMedia announced that it had partnered with Bell Media to launch a localized version of its online radio service iHeartRadio in Canada. On January 14, 2016, CraveTV became available ... | 6,129,934 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
layoffs in 24 locations, citing various developments across Canada's broadcasting industry, as well as the impact of recent regulatory decisions (such as one that prevents the federal simsub rules from being used on the Super Bowl, whose Canadian broadcast rights are currently owned by Bell Media).
## Randy... | 6,129,935 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
"leverage Bell Media's massive reach and extensive platforms to showcase musicians on the national and international stage." CTV officially announced the new series, "The Launch", in April 2017.
On June 7, 2017, Wow Unlimited Media announced that it would acquire a specialty channel from the company (later ... | 6,129,936 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
17, 2017, Bell Media announced its intent to acquire Historia and Séries+—two French-language networks whose Astral-owned stakes were divested during its acquisition by Bell—from Corus Entertainment for $200 million. On May 28, 2018, both transactions were blocked by the Competition Bureau, citing a conditio... | 6,129,937 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
streaming video app with short-form content from Bell Media properties and other sources.
In April 2018, Bell Media acquired a controlling stake in the Pinewood Toronto Studios complex. In May 2018, Bell Media announced that it, along with several other parties, would contribute French-language content to R... | 6,129,938 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
Drama, CTV Comedy, CTV Life, and CTV Sci-Fi. Two new ad-supported video-on-demand platforms were also announced: CTV Movies and CTV Vault. These rebrandings and launches will be incorporated into a larger, unified digital platform containing content from all six services. Later that day, it was also announce... | 6,129,939 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
following broadcast television assets:
- CTV, Canada's oldest, largest, and most-watched private broadcast television network, including 21 owned and operated stations.
- CTV Two a secondary television system which presently consists of four terrestrial television stations in Ontario, three in British Colu... | 6,129,940 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
and operates a localized version of iHeartMedia's iHeartRadio platform in Canada, even owning the radio syndication company Orbyt Media, which supplies its American programming from iHeartMedia's Premiere Networks division.
In addition, Bell Media also owns television & radio production studios and websites... | 6,129,941 |
441508 | Bell Media | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bell%20Media | Bell Media
l Media also owns television & radio production studios and websites associated with all of the above properties, as well as the TheLoop.ca (formerly Sympatico.ca) Internet portal previously operated through Bell Canada.
Bell Media has 3 locations:
- Toronto: 299 Queen Street West, 9 Channel Nine Court
- ... | 6,129,942 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
Rolled homogeneous armour
Rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) is a type of armour made of a single steel composition hot-rolled to improve its material characteristics, as opposed to layered or cemented armour. Its first common application was in tanks. After World War II, it began to fall out of... | 6,129,943 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
may not actually contain steel, or even contain any metals) in equivalent "millimeters of RHA", referring to the thickness of RHA that would provide the same protection. Typically, modern composite armour can provide the same amount of protection with much thinner and lighter construction than... | 6,129,944 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
cast steel billets of appropriate size and then rolling them into plates of required thickness. Hot rolling homogenizes the grain structure of the steel, changing the atom structure to increase density of the already dense material. Rolling also elongates the grain structure in the steel to fo... | 6,129,945 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
as an RHA plate, is hardened by a heat-treatment process.
# History.
From the invention of tanks through to the Second World War, tank armour increased in thickness to resist the increasing size and power of anti-tank guns. A tank with sufficient armour could resist the largest anti-tank gun... | 6,129,946 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
World War II, during which a new generation of anti-tank rounds using shaped charges instead of heavy high-velocity projectiles came into use.
# Current use.
Since World War II, because of a reduction in effectiveness against new weapons (mainly shaped charges and improved kinetic energy pen... | 6,129,947 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
of a type of armor which may or may not be steel. Because of variations in armor shape, quality, material, and case-by-case performance, the usefulness of RHAe in comparing different armor is only approximate.
Currently, most armored vehicles have their basic structure formed from RHA to lend... | 6,129,948 |
536383 | Rolled homogeneous armour | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rolled%20homogeneous%20armour | Rolled homogeneous armour
rmor is only approximate.
Currently, most armored vehicles have their basic structure formed from RHA to lend general strength and toughness.
# Specifications.
For current United States Army use, RHA is produced to military standard MIL-DTL-12560 by several manufacturers. Another standard i... | 6,129,949 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg Free Press
The Winnipeg Free Press is a daily (excluding Sunday) broadsheet newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It provides coverage of local, provincial, national, international, sports, business, and entertainment news. Various consumer-oriented features such as homes and automobiles appear... | 6,129,950 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
in 1870, and predated Winnipeg's incorporation in 1873.
# History.
November 30, 1872: The "Manitoba Free Press" was launched by William Fisher Luxton and John A. Kenny. Luxton bought a press in New York and he and Kenny rented a shack at 555 Main st, near the present corner of Main Street and Jame... | 6,129,951 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
Wesley Dafoe served as editorial writer, editor-in-chief and president until 1944.
1905: The newspaper moved to a four-storey building at Portage and Garry.
1913: The newspaper moved to 300 Carlton Street and remained there for 78 years.
1920: The Free Press took their newsprint supplier before t... | 6,129,952 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
its current location in the Inkster Industrial Park, a $150 million plant at 1355 Mountain Avenue..
2001: In December, the Free Press and its sister paper, Brandon Sun, was bought from Thomson Newspapers by FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership.
# Strike.
At noon on Monday, October 13 (Thank... | 6,129,953 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
pressmen and 91 per cent of the inside workers, including journalists. The recent five-year contract was negotiated, ratified, and signed in 2013, with no threat of a strike. Workers and managers negotiated directly with great success, without the need of a lawyer as previous contracts required.
# ... | 6,129,954 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
online.
According to Canadian Newspaper Association figures, the newspaper's average weekday circulation for 2013 was 108,583, while on Saturdays it was 144,278. Because of the relatively small population of Manitoba, this means that over ten percent of the population will look at the paper and the... | 6,129,955 |
536385 | Winnipeg Free Press | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Winnipeg%20Free%20Press | Winnipeg Free Press
to Canadian Newspaper Association figures, the newspaper's average weekday circulation for 2013 was 108,583, while on Saturdays it was 144,278. Because of the relatively small population of Manitoba, this means that over ten percent of the population will look at the paper and the ads.
The "Winnipe... | 6,129,956 |
536396 | Pike County | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20County | Pike County
Pike County
Pike County is the name of ten counties in the United States:
- Pike County, Alabama
- Pike County, Arkansas
- Pike County, Georgia
- Pike County, Illinois
- Pike County, Indiana
- Pike County, Kentucky
- Pike County, Mississippi
- Pike County, Missouri
- Pike County, Ohio
- Pike Coun... | 6,129,957 |
536405 | Pierce County | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pierce%20County | Pierce County
Pierce County
Pierce County is the name of five counties in the United States.:
- Pierce County, Georgia
- Pierce County, Nebraska
- Pierce County, North Dakota
- Pierce County, Washington
- Pierce County, Wisconsin | 6,129,958 |
536417 | Phillips County | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phillips%20County | Phillips County
Phillips County
Phillips County is the name of several counties in the United States:
- Phillips County, Arkansas
- Phillips County, Colorado
- Phillips County, Kansas
- Phillips County, Montana
# See also.
- Phillips (disambiguation) | 6,129,959 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60
U.S. Route 60 or U.S. Highway 60 (US 60) is an east–west major United States highway, traveling from southwestern Arizona to the Atlantic coast in Virginia. Despite the final "0" in its number, indicating a transcontinental designation, the 1926 route formerly ended in Springfield, Missouri... | 6,129,960 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
moved to southwest of Brenda, Arizona to an interchange with Interstate 10 (I-10) after the highway designation was removed from California in 1964. Some US 60 signs can be seen at this interchange about southwest of Brenda. I-10 replaced US 60 from Beaumont, California to Arizona, and California State Ro... | 6,129,961 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
the highway joins I-17 and I-10 in Phoenix for approximately 14 miles (22.5 km) before it exits I-10 onto the Superstition Freeway. Here, US 60 is a significant part of the local commuter freeway system, serving cities such as Mesa, Gilbert and Apache Junction. East of the Phoenix area, US 60 bears roughl... | 6,129,962 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
the road crosses the Continental Divide. Between the Divide and Datil, US 60 cuts through Cibola National Forest. In Datil, US 60 serves as the eastern terminus of NM-12.
East of Datil, US 60 traverses the northern end of the Plains of San Augustin, then crosses the county line into Socorro County. The r... | 6,129,963 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
turns back eastward, rising through Abo Pass at the southern end of the Manzano Mountains before crossing into Torrance County and passing through Mountainair, where it intersects NM-55. After passing through Willard, it sets out across the Pedernal Hills. In Encino, it begins a concurrency with US-285. J... | 6,129,964 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
towards the east, the road enters Fort Sumner, the county seat, later. Just west of town, it serves as the northern terminus of NM-20, and in Fort Sumner proper, it begins a concurrency with US-84, which will persist for the remainder of the routes' miles in New Mexico. East of town the two highways encou... | 6,129,965 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
seat. In Clovis, the home of Cannon Air Force Base, the highways meet up with US-70, which joins the concurrency. The three highways proceed through Texico, and then cross the state line near Farwell, Texas.
For the distance of more than 300 miles (480 km) between Abo Pass and Amarillo, the highway paral... | 6,129,966 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
27; the three routes are united to Amarillo.
At Amarillo, the road crosses Interstate 40 and has a short concurrency with Historic US 66 on Amarillo Boulevard. The road continues as a divided highway, heading northeast to Pampa, where the road goes to two lanes. At Canadian, the route briefly returns to ... | 6,129,967 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
concurrency with US-412 and begins another with U.S. Highway 64 with which it is united for . Near Tonkawa, US 60 has an interchange with Interstate 35.
At Ponca City, US 60 enters Osage County, leaving it at Bartlesville. From Vinita to Afton, the highway has a concurrency with Historic U.S. Highway 66 ... | 6,129,968 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
Prior to the creation of the U.S. Highway system, U.S. Route 60 was Route 16.
Between the Missouri-Oklahoma state line and south of Seneca and Republic, US 60 is a two-lane highway, often splitting into alternating three-lane highways beginning at Monett. At Republic, the road becomes a four-lane divided... | 6,129,969 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
overall completion indicates that US 60 is now a four-lane facility from Springfield to Charleston, a distance of approximately . A stretch of US 60 from east of US 65 in Springfield to Rogersville has been in long range plans on being upgraded to freeway status, therefore removing all at-grade crossings,... | 6,129,970 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
Route 60 continuing east to Mountain View and Route 63 continues south toward West Plains.
US 60 intersects Interstate 55 and Interstate 57 just southeast of Sikeston. It runs concurrently with I-57 from this junction to the east side of Charleston.
From Charleston to Bird's Point, where the route leave... | 6,129,971 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
its concurrency with U.S. Highway 62 for its entire length, , in Illinois. The routes enter Illinois at its very southern tip between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.
The concurrent routes pass Fort Defiance, which lies at the lowest and southernmost point of Illinois, then intersect with U.S. 51 south o... | 6,129,972 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
US 62 once again, and the routes head out of Paducah. US 60 splits off to the northeast and crosses the Tennessee River, while US 62 heads southeast and serves as the western terminus of US 68.
From there, US 60 follows the Ohio River, traveling through the city of Smithland, and junctions US 641 at Mari... | 6,129,973 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
60. From there, US 60 heads east towards the city of Owensboro.
US 60 becomes an expressway, the Wendell H. Ford Expressway, traversing around the south side of the city of Owensboro. The route serves as the eastern terminus of the Audubon Parkway (future I-69 spur), as well as the northern terminus of U... | 6,129,974 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
to US 31W north of Fort Knox.
US 60 joins US 31W, and the routes travel north to the city of Louisville. US 60 creates an alternate route, traveling through the south side of Louisville, while US 60 travels through the north side. The routes head north through the city, having an interchange with I-264 a... | 6,129,975 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
then splits off of US 42 and heads out of Louisville. Before leaving, Alternate US 60 joins back, and US 60 has an interchange with I-264 once more, and then with I-265.
US 60 parallels Interstate 64 as the route travels east through Shelbyville, and on into the capital city of Frankfort. Here, US 60 jun... | 6,129,976 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
is heading west, and vice versa). US 60 quickly splits off at Versailles, and then the route travels east towards Lexington.
US 60 enters Lexington after having an interchange with Kentucky Route 4 (KY 4). US 60 goes into the city, joining US 68 for a block, and then turns south onto US 25 and US 421. Th... | 6,129,977 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
of Insterstate 64, creating an interchange. From here, US 60 travels through the cities of Owingsville, Morehead, and Grayson, before turning northeast to head to the city of Ashland. In the city, US 60 joins US 23, and the two routes head south along the Ohio River. The routes continue to Catlettsburg, w... | 6,129,978 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
Charleston, US 60 heads southeast on its own course apart from Interstate 64, its replacement. The road first follows the Kanawha River to its source at Gauley Bridge, where US 60 then climbs out of the river valley and follows a twisting path through Rainelle and back to Interstate 64 at Sam Black Church... | 6,129,979 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
most through traffic. From the early 1970s, when I-64 was completed through Charleston to the West Virginia Turnpike until 1988, all east-west I-64 traffic was routed onto the mostly two lane U.S. 60 from Charleston to Sam Black Church where I-64 resumed. During this time U.S. 60 was signed by W.V.D.O.T. ... | 6,129,980 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
Church east through Lewisburg to White Sulphur Springs, US 60 lives in the shadow of I-64 and carries a very small amount of traffic. Just east of White Sulphur Springs, US 60 joins I-64 for the last in the state before they enter Virginia at Allegheny Mountain.
## Virginia.
In Virginia, U.S. Route 60 r... | 6,129,981 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
250 through Rockfish Gap. In contrast, through this section, the older US 60 is mostly a rural two-lane road. With the crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains at a higher altitude in more rugged terrain, US 60 in this area offers much more challenging and weather-sensitive driving conditions, as well as a hi... | 6,129,982 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
harbor area near the mouth of Hampton Roads, US 60 again essentially parallels I-64 through Williamsburg and the Historic Triangle region, extending down the Virginia Peninsula east to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel which it shares with I-64. A few miles south of the bridge-tunnel, in Norfolk, US 60 dive... | 6,129,983 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
California since 1972, when Interstate 10 was completed in California. It had a clear east-west orientation and was so signed.
Between downtown Los Angeles (its western terminus at its interchange with Interstates 5 and 10) it had an existence separate from U.S. Routes 70 and 99, lying to its south. US 6... | 6,129,984 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
intact east of Beaumont, but for only eight years. Meanwhile, US 70 and US 99 had disappeared completely in Southern California. West of Beaumont, the route that had been US 60 was re-signed as State Route 60 (although often on a somewhat different alignment than the current California 60, as the new free... | 6,129,985 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
with US 70 and US 99) remain as business loops of Interstate 10 in Indio and Blythe.
US 60 had its beginnings in the Midland Trail, an auto trail organized in 1912 by residents of Grand Junction, Colorado. The next year, this route was considered but rejected for the Lincoln Highway, after which the Midl... | 6,129,986 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
US 60, it was assigned parts of 52 and 62. Route 52 began at Newport News and followed the Midland Trail to Richmond, but took a more southerly route to Lexington, Virginia. The trail was used again through West Virginia to Huntington, where Route 52 split to the northwest. Route 62 began at Ashland, Kent... | 6,129,987 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
an existing main highway that had been numbered 16 by the state.
Kentucky Governor William J. Fields objected to the Joint Board's plan, which took most major east–west routes (multiples of ten) to the East Coast, but sent Route 60 from Los Angeles northeast to end in Chicago, leaving none to cross Kentu... | 6,129,988 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
to Virginia Beach (extended from Newport News), absorbing all of 62 and part of 52 from the 1925 plan.
Although US 60 initially stretched less than halfway across the country, due to its late creation, it was soon extended west to Los Angeles. One auto trail — the Atlantic and Pacific Highway - and three... | 6,129,989 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
created by 1928, stretching northeast and east from Amarillo to U.S. Route 64 and U.S. Route 81 in Enid, Oklahoma. The American Association of State Highway Officials approved the first part of the extension in May 1930, following the rest of Missouri's Route 16 to the Oklahoma state line, and several sta... | 6,129,990 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
and Pacific Highway, which it had picked up at Vaughn, New Mexico, southwest and west through Phoenix to Los Angeles. US 70 was not truncated to Clovis, but was instead redirected southwest along US 366 to El Paso, and later reached Los Angeles itself, though most of the route west of Globe, Arizona overl... | 6,129,991 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
built on a new alignment east from Beckley, did not bypass the old winding US 60 until July 15, 1988. California decommissioned its portion of US 60 in 1972; most was replaced by I-10, while the independent piece in the Los Angeles area became State Route 60. In 1982, the portion overlapping I-10 in weste... | 6,129,992 |
441501 | U.S. Route 60 | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U.S.%20Route%2060 | U.S. Route 60
sioned its portion of US 60 in 1972; most was replaced by I-10, while the independent piece in the Los Angeles area became State Route 60. In 1982, the portion overlapping I-10 in western Arizona was removed. US 60 between Phoenix and Louisville remains a major regional corridor in most places, and is not... | 6,129,993 |
536426 | Big Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big%20Island | Big Island
Big Island
Big Island may refer to:
# Canada.
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Big Island (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Nova Scotia
- Big Island, Nova Scotia, a peninsula in Pictou County
- Nunavut
- Big Island (Hudson Bay, Nunavut), near Puvirnituq, Quebec
- Big Island (Hudson Strait, Nunavut), near K... | 6,129,994 |
536426 | Big Island | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Big%20Island | Big Island
Malaysia.
- Big Island, Johor
- Big Island, Malaysia, in Malacca
# United States.
- Hawaii
- Big Island of Hawaii
- Minnesota
- Big Island Amusement Park on Lake Minnetonka's Big Island
- New Hampshire
- Big Island (Pawtuckaway Lake), in Pawtuckaway Lake
- Big Island (Umbagog Lake) in Umbagog Lake
... | 6,129,995 |
536432 | Perry County | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Perry%20County | Perry County
Perry County
Perry County may refer to:
# United States.
- Perry County, Alabama
- Perry County, Arkansas
- Perry County, Illinois
- Perry County, Indiana
- Perry County, Kentucky
- Perry County, Mississippi
- Perry County, Missouri
- Perry County, Ohio
- Perry County, Pennsylvania
- Perry Coun... | 6,129,996 |
536422 | Phelps County | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Phelps%20County | Phelps County
Phelps County
Phelps County is the name of two counties in the United States:
- Phelps County, Missouri
- Phelps County, Nebraska | 6,129,997 |
536420 | Local Authority Accommodation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Local%20Authority%20Accommodation | Local Authority Accommodation
Local Authority Accommodation
Local Authority Accommodation is the name given to a form of Public housing provided in Ireland by various County Councils and City Corporations along with Urban District Councils. In Dublin, the most notable and visible example of local authority accommodati... | 6,129,998 |
536433 | GFI | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=GFI | GFI
GFI
GFI may refer to:
- Caribbean Star Airlines, a defunct airline of Antigua and Barbuda
- Game Factory Interactive, a video game developer
- GFI Group, an American financial services company
- "Go4It", a British children's radio programme
- Gold Fields, a South African mining company
- Golden Future Instit... | 6,129,999 |
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