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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Does spur here mean "a railway line connected to a trunk line"?
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Prior to August 17, 2010, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Clark_Bridge in Washington State, connected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camano_Island with the mainland. It was then superseded by the Camano Gateway Bridge, the Mark Clark Bridge being demolished the following month.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_W._Clark#Legacy
Legacy[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_W._Clark&action=edit§ion=8]
An interstate spur (I-526) in the suburbs of Charleston, South Carolina, was named http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_526 in his honor.Prior to August 17, 2010, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Clark_Bridge in Washington State, connected http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camano_Island with the mainland. It was then superseded by the Camano Gateway Bridge, the Mark Clark Bridge being demolished the following month.
More:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_W._Clark#Legacy
Top answer
In this case, it goes off a highway (Interstate 26), not a railroad. (In the US, iIf you see a highway with three digits starting with an even number, it goes around a city, as 495 [the "Beltway"] goes around Washington, DC and 695 and 895 go around Baltimore, while 95 goes right through the center of the city. )
- In this case, it goes off a highway (Interstate 26), not a railroad.
- (In the US, iIf you see a highway with three digits starting with an even number, it goes around a city, as 495 [the "Beltway"] goes around Washington, DC and 695 and 895 go around Baltimore, while 95 goes right through the center of the city.
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In this case, it goes off a highway (Interstate 26), not a railroad.
(In the US, iIf you see a highway with three digits starting with an even number, it goes around a city, as 495 [the "Beltway"] goes around Washington, DC and 695 and 895 go around Baltimore, while 95 goes right through the center of the city. The ones that start with odd numbers leave the main highway as a spur, like th
(In the US, iIf you see a highway with three digits starting with an even number, it goes around a city, as 495 [the "Beltway"] goes around Washington, DC and 695 and 895 go around Baltimore, while 95 goes right through the center of the city. The ones that start with odd numbers leave the main highway as a spur, like th
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