Some streets in Norfolk, Virginia, were closed Wednesday due to flooding and several are expected to be impassable during high tide Thursday, City Councilman Thomas Smigiel said in a social media post.
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Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2026
The most famous photograph of the early Second World War is of a Frenchman weeping at the sight of Nazi soldiers parading through the streets of Marseilles in 1940.
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Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
24 Sep. 2026
In some cases, cameras that were pointed at roadways would be able to see if traffic had been stopped by the protest.
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Irene Wright,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2026
The Brookhill Village complex opened in the 1950s and the roadways show that, according to John Lineberger, director of real estate at Griffin Brothers.
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Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Sep. 2026
Over time, a ban could cut refinery runs and tighten supplies of other fuels including gasoline.
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Frank Witsil,
Freep.com,
22 Sep. 2026
The Practical Economics of Alternative Mobility Taking a car on short local runs – whether running quick errands, commuting across town, or heading to a local transit station – comes with hidden overheads.
That five-year project between El Toro Road and State Route 73 added new lanes in each direction between Avery and Alicia parkways and a second carpool lane from Alicia Parkway to El Toro Road.
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Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
23 Jan. 2026
All Southbound lanes of Junipero Serra are closed to all traffic due to the Light Pole blocking all lane.
Ishmita Shah, a roads engineer, said crews have been working with Nepal's army since the second day after the floods to reopen routes in affected areas.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2026
That is important for industrial facilities, where inspection routes can cross multiple buildings, zones, and types of infrastructure.
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Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2026
The massive project funded from 13 federal, state and local agencies, gives a glimpse of what’s to come for Long Beach thoroughfares.
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Barbara Kingsley-Wilson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Sep. 2026
Two years later, Wong became one of the key leaders of the city’s Umbrella Movement protests that rallied thousands of predominantly young people to the streets to call for greater democracy by blocking major thoroughfares for 79 straight days.
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