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  Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wildlife corridor, A stretch of nature that facilitates the migration animals
Highway Corridor, a general path that a Highway follows
The longest interior corridor in the world is at St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corridor   (144 words)

  
 Infinite Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Infinite Corridor is the hallway, 251 meters (825 feet, 0.15625 miles, or just under 148 smoots) long, that runs through the main buildings of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specifically parts of the buildings numbered 7, 3, 10, 4, and 8 (from west to east).
The corridor is decorated with many bulletin boards and display cases which have been remarkably unchanged over the years.
The center of the corridor, known as "Lobby 10" (underneath the Great Dome, in building 10), features walls on which are engraved the names of MIT alumni who died in each of several wars.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Infinite_Corridor   (499 words)

  
 I-85 Corridor Life history @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The I-85 Corridor is a multi-state region that follows I-85 across the Southeastern U.S. It includes several metropolitan areas: the Atlanta metropolitan area, The SC Upstate, Charlotte metropolitan area, The NC Piedmont Triad, The NC Triangle, and Richmond-Petersburg.
Although Interstate 85 stretches to Montgomery, Alabama, the area south of the Atlanta metropolitan area is generally not considered part of the industrialized corridor.
The corridor is located in the Piedmont region between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain.
www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/I-85_Corridor   (333 words)

  
 NDOT Landscape&Aesthetics Corridor Plans
Corridor plans should be revisited every 5 to 10 years and adjusted to reflect the changes within the corridor.
A highway corridor is a length of highway right-of-way and its associated secondary roads.
The length of a corridor is based on the character of its landscape: whether it is urban or rural; the type of land forms and plant communities; and cultural or historical regions.
www.ndothighways.org /faq.html   (2186 words)

  
 Infinite Corridor: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The corridor is important because of the layout of the campus which makes the corridor the most direct indoor route between the west campus residence halls and the classrooms, EHandler: no quick summary.
The corridor is decorated by many bulletin boards and display boxes which have been remarkably unchanged over the years.
The center of the corridor (under the Great Dome) contains a wall on which are listed the names of MIT alumni who died in each of several wars.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/in/infinite_corridor.htm   (776 words)

  
 MIT Infinite Corridor Astromony - MIThenge
Here are three photographs of this phenomenon, the first from approximately a third of the way down the corridor on the third floor, and the other two from the entire distance on the second floor.
There is concern that the infinite corridor may actually be tilted on the order of 1 degree with the west side higher, which if true is not currently taken into account.
Especially valuable are photographs from the length of the corridor with a precise timestamp, particularly if they show only half of the doorway on the far side of the corridor filled with the sun.
web.mit.edu /planning/www/mithenge.html   (1543 words)

  
 Stream Restoration
A stream corridor, or stream valley, is a complex and valuable ecosystem which includes the land, plants, animals, and network of streams within it.
Recognition of the value of stream corridors has come with the understanding of what has been lost through uninformed or misguided actions on many streams and the watersheds that nourish them.
Today, interest in restoring stream corridors is expanding nationally and internationally, as indicated by increasing numbers of case studies, published papers, technology exchanges, research projects, and symposia.
www.nrcs.usda.gov /technical/stream_restoration   (281 words)

  
 Corridor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Corridor is an education service company based in Las Cruces that specializes in program evaluation and school improvement.
Corridor provides a consulting team with excellent professional credentials, a long history of credibility, and the professional competence to design, execute, and present services to schools, universities, government and military, businesses, and social service agencies.
Corridor works with schools that have been designated as needing school improvement, in corrective action, and in restructuring because these schools have not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).
www.corridor.cc   (155 words)

  
 Jamestown Corridor Improvements
In anticipation of the 2007 Quadricentennial Commemoration of the settling of Jamestown, vital transportation improvements were needed to the Route 199 and Route 31 corridor located in the communities of James City County and the City of Williamsburg.
The Jamestown Corridor is a critical passageway to many tourist attractions and will be especially critical to the success of the Jamestown Quadricentennial Commemoration in 2007.
Jamestown 2007 Corridor Constructors, LLC, a group of three area contractors consisting of Bryant Contracting, Inc., Curtis Contracting, Inc., and Jack L. Massie Contractor, Inc., have joined together to complete this work in advance of the Commemoration events.
www.jamestowncorridor.com   (182 words)

  
 CorridorWatch.org - Challenging the Wisdom of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
Given that the corridor plan identifies the project area to be approximately 580,000 acres, the resulting amount of land that could be subject to condemnation for environmental mitigation is enormous.
The Corridor plan is predicated on a projection that Texas population growth will continue at a rate of 30,000 new residents a month.
The singular focus of the Corridor plan is to build corridors that connect regions of the state intentionally bypassing urban centers.
www.corridorwatch.org   (5149 words)

  
 Corridor One -- Project Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The need for the development of regional rail in Corridor One is based on transportation and land use characteristics that affect overall mobility and access in the region.
Freight movement: Corridor One and the surrounding region are a major eastern U.S. freight movement hub, due to the region’s significant highway and rail infrastructure.
The result of these studies was the identification of a regional rail service in Corridor One from Lancaster to East Mechanicsburg as the locally preferred alternative for improving mobility and accessibility in the region.
www.corridorone.info /03_overview.html   (1581 words)

  
 Corridor Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Our current research objectives are to test corridor effects on plant populations and communities, focusing on species or restoration interest in Longleaf pine savannah ecosystems.
The corridor is open habitat and is bordered by pine forest, forming two distinct edges.
In addition to work on edges themselves, my group is working to separate the effects of edges from the effects of corridors, as corridors are essentially two long edges.
www4.ncsu.edu /~haddad/corridor.html   (502 words)

  
 Corridor D (Appalachian Development Highway S... - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corridor_D_(Appalachian_Development_Highway_S...   (146 words)

  
 Appalachian Corridor D Project Information Website
The ultimate goal for the construction of Corridor D is to build a facility that best addresses the areas greatest needs.
The completion of the Corridor D project will provide residents and travelers with a safer and more efficient alternative to the current roadway system, while enhancing the area's economic development efforts.
The proposed project is determined to be the least environmentally damaging, practicable alternative that fulfills the project's purpose and need.
www.wvcorridord.com   (428 words)

  
 Interstate 69 Corridor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Alternative 4 is inside a 2-mile-wide corridor that was identified by the project team in late 2003 as the second best corridor in terms of the potential for yielding the overall best alternative for the project.
Following the announcement of another corridor as the preferred corridor in late 2003, several public petitions were submitted that requested that the Alternative 4 corridor be reconsidered.
Alternatives were then developed in both corridors as presented in the EIS distributed for public comment in March 2005.
www.i69arkla.com   (703 words)

  
 Dulles Corridor Rail Association
The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project is listed under "Other Projects to be Considered for Funding." The budget includes $102 million for these additional projects "contingent upon further progress and continued qualification under New Starts criteria and other requirements." Click here to view the FTA press release.
The Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project team indicates that "The report is a snapshot of where the Project stood in its development process at the end of 2005.
The Dulles Corridor Rail Association is a strong proponent of the rail project.
www.dullescorridorrail.com   (2110 words)

  
 Polish Corridor - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Polish Corridor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Strip of land designated under the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 to give Poland access to the Baltic.
Germany resented this partition and one of the primary causes of tension with Poland in the build-up to World War II was the German demand to be permitted to build a road and rail connection across the Corridor, in a zone to be granted extra-territorial rights, a demand which the Poles implacably refused.
When Poland took over the southern part of East Prussia in 1945, it was absorbed.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Polish+Corridor   (165 words)

  
 Alameda Corridor Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
As a result of the dedication of the two ports and their staffs and the other members of the joint powers authority that make up the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA), the corridor was developed to consolidate the operations of the three freight railroad carriers into one high-speed, high-capacity corridor.
A distinct improvement to the region will be the elimination of traffic conflicts at nearly 200 at-grade highway crossings of the tracks, saving an estimated 15,000 hours of delay per day for vehicles sifting and waiting to cross as the trains pass.
It is anticipated that the corridor will be completed and open for operation by the year 2000.
www.scbbs.com /alameda/alameda.htm   (1288 words)

  
 Corridor H Alternatives
Corridor H Alternatives is a nonprofit citizens group
It makes sense now to consider how to use available funds to finish the Corridor H project in a way that addresses local needs and avoids harm to the environment and communites.
We propose a Corridor H Alternative that ties some four-lane sections to upgrades of key two-lane regional highways.
www.users.cloud9.net /~kenner/cha/CHhome.html   (354 words)

  
 [Corridor Project] Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The Joint Regional HIV/AIDS Corridor Project is a pioneer operation to be implemented over a four-year period.
The project is expected to make a contribution to the development of policy and institutional reforms in the areas of HIV/AIDS and Transport.
Contribute to the improvement of flow of commercial and passenger traffic along the Corridor by facilitating the implementation of regulations designed to speed up traffic at border crossings.
www.corridor-aids.org   (216 words)

  
 Corridor One -- Home Page
CAT and the Modern Transit Partnership (MTP) share a vision of a regional rail network beginning with Corridor One, the first phase of the system, which will link communities between Lancaster and Mechanicsburg.
Corridor One will be a significant asset by:
A project communication center has been established where you can view project maps, read copies of the original Corridor One studies, and find out more about ongoing project activities.
www.corridorone.info   (164 words)

  
 Butler Tarkington - Narrative History
Life in Mapleton, as long-time residents recalled decades later, revolved around church socials, annual sausage-and-sauerkraut community dinners, walks through fields on the way to school, visits from gypsies along the creek, men socializing at a local store, and winter sleigh rides.
It should also be noted that the eastern boundary of the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood is part of the North Meridian Street Corridor, served by the Meridian Street Foundation and marked by its many historic residences, including the Governor’s Residence at 4750 North Meridian Street.
The North Meridian Street Corridor was included on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
www.polis.iupui.edu /RUC/Neighborhoods/ButlerTarkington/BTNarrative.htm   (3947 words)

  
 50 Corridor Your Source of Information about the Sacramento Region's 50 Corridor!
Caltrans is embarking on a $35 million, three-year project to add a third eastbound lane to the highway and to synchronize three highway stoplights.
High gas prices are impacting everyone on the 50 Corridor these days.
May is Bike Commute Month and the Sacramento Region is once again planning to log one million cycling miles during May. To register, visit the web site www.bikecommutemonth.com.
50corridor.com   (845 words)

  
 CORRIDOR Aviation Service Software by CONTINUUM Applied Technology
For over a decade, CORRIDOR has set the standard for software in the aviation service industry.
See what CORRIDOR can do for you -- and your customers.
PAMA logo courtesy of the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association; NBAA logo courtesy of the National Business Aviation Association, Inc. ; NATA logo courtesy of the National Air Transportation Association; HAI logo courtesy of the Helicopter Association International.
www.corridor.aero   (110 words)

  
 Corridor: A Graphic Novel - Sarnath Banerjee - Penguin Group (USA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Corridor: A Graphic Novel - Sarnath Banerjee - Penguin Group (USA)
Among his customers are Brighu, a postmodern Ibn Batuta looking for obscure collectibles and a love life; Digital Dutta who lives mostly in his head, torn between Karl Marx and an H1-B visa; and the newly-married Shintu, looking for the ultimate aphrodisiac in the seedy by-lanes of old Delhi.
Played out in the corridors of Connaught Place and Calcutta, the story captures the alienation and fragmented reality of urban life through an imaginative alchemy of text and image.
us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_9780143031383,00.html   (106 words)

  
 CorridorWatch.org - Challenging the Wisdom of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
CorridorWatch.org - Challenging the Wisdom of the Trans-Texas Corridor.
From the Governor to the Commission to the Department of Transportation the agenda is to generate revenue.
Tolling existing highways and those under construction will quickly generate the cash needed to support other project such as the grandiose Trans-Texas Corridor.
www.corridorwatch.org /ttc/cw-tolls.htm   (1355 words)

  
 Corridor Resources Inc.
Corridor continues its exploration focus on the Maritimes and Gulf of St. Lawrence region, specializing in both the Anticosti and Magdalen geological basins.
With the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline transporting natural gas from the offshore Sable fields to markets in the Maritimes and New England, industry interest continues to focus on exploration opportunities in eastern Canada, including the onshore regions.
Corridor's head office is located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and its common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX"), under the symbol CDH.
www.corridor.ns.ca   (99 words)

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