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Oak Ridge Parkway: Detoured Back To Where You Started
Multiple road closures as you exit Route 37 to Oak Ridge put you further west back on Route 37
Follow along with me, if you will, on the most epic of journeys. What you might expect was a simple trip from Route 37 to Route 571 via Oak Ridge Parkway, is instead a cross-town trek of baffling proportions. One of the more confusing detours has been in place along the Oak Ridge Parkway for Hurricane Irene damage to roads there. It’s one that will inspire both déjà vu and vertigo. It’s straight out of a Kafka novel. It’s … not fun, to say the least. You hop off Route 37 and head north on Oak Ridge Parkway (Route 527). Your first obstacle is immediate: you must bear right onto Oakside Drive and fend for yourself, using your knowledge or assumptions on how local side streets work to get back to Oak Ridge Parkway. Extra points for you, if …
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Michele Rosen
9:23 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011
Funny article, Catherine. Maybe the sign at the first detour should be changed to "Forget about it...it's not worth it." more ›