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1 dzień temu · 0.333-mile paved oval Richmond, Virginia: 1961–1963 Closed briefly for the 2011 season due to the health of one of the owners; had a shortened season then a full season in 2012. Closed permanently in 2021. Starkey Speedway 0.250-mile paved oval Roanoke, Virginia: 1958 1961–1962 1964 Closed in 1966. A park was built on the site.
1 dzień temu · Chicago O'Hare International Airport (IATA: ORD, ICAO: KORD, FAA LID: ORD) is a major international airport serving Chicago, Illinois, United States, located on the city's Northwest Side, approximately 17 miles (27 km) northwest of the Loop business district. Operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and covering 7,627 acres (3,087 ha), O'Hare has non-stop flights to 214 destinations in ...
1 dzień temu · The downtown Charleston waterfront on the Battery. Charleston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the ...
1 dzień temu · Original HS2 'Y' plan illustrating previously planned phases. In 2003, modern high-speed rail arrived in the United Kingdom with the opening of the first part of High Speed 1 (HS1), then known as the 67-mile-long (108 km) Channel Tunnel Rail Link between London and the Channel Tunnel.In 2009, the Department for Transport (DfT) under the Labour government proposed to assess the case for a ...
1 dzień temu · Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating and deadly Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused 1,392 fatalities and damages estimated at $186.3 billion (2022 USD) in late August 2005, particularly in the city of New Orleans and its surrounding area. [1] Katrina was the twelfth tropical cyclone, the fifth hurricane, and the third ...
