The Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector is a connector freeway in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is a 2.37-mile (3.81 km) extension of the
Atlantic City Expressway, connecting it to Route 87 and Brigantine via
the Marina district of Atlantic City. It is locally known as "the
Tunnel" due to its tunnel underneath the Westside neighborhood. It is a
state highway owned and operated by the South Jersey Transportation
Authority. Proposals for a similar road date to 1964; planning began in
1995 after businessman Steve Wynn proposed a new casino in the Marina
district. It was supported by Governor Christine Todd Whitman and Mayor
Jim Whelan, but opposed by residents whose homes would be destroyed, and
competing casino owner Donald Trump, who filed lawsuits. Its
construction took almost three years and it opened in July 2001 at a
total cost of $330 million. The connector serves up to 30,000 vehicles
daily, and it has brought business to the casinos in the Marina
district.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City%E2%80%93Brigantine_Connector>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1225:
Saint Mary's Church on Gotland, later to become Visby
Cathedral, was consecrated.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby_Cathedral>
1943:
As the Surprise Hurricane struck Texas, a United States Army
Air Forces pilot made the first reconnaissance flight into a hurricane.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Surprise_Hurricane>
1953:
An armistice was signed to end hostilities in the Korean War,
officially making the division of Korea indefinite by creating a 4 km
wide (2.5 mi) demilitarized zone across the Korean Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement>
2010:
Police in Tokyo found the mummified remains of Sogen Kato,
thought to have died in 1978, leading to widespread inquiries into the
status of isolated elderly people in Japan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogen_Kato>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
green belt:
1. Senses relating to an area of land with plants on it.
2. A strip of land with plants in a place which is otherwise bare.
3. A strip of land on which trees are planted to protect against
desertification, soil erosion, etc.
4. (urban studies)
5. A strip of land next to a building, open space, road, etc., with
plants on it, intended for exercise or recreation.
6. (chiefly Britain) An area of agricultural land around an urban area
that is protected from large-scale building.
7. (martial arts)
8. A belt which is green in colour worn by a person who has achieved a
certain (usually intermediate) level of skill in a martial art,
especially judo or karate; also, the level of skill represented by this
belt.
9. A person who has earned the rank of green belt in a martial art.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/green_belt>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Oh, I love you God, I love you I'd kill a dragon for you. I'll
die But I will rise And I will return The Phoenix from the flame I
have learned. I will rise And you'll see me return Being what I am
There is no other Troy For me to burn.
--Sinéad O'Connor
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor>