{"id":5579,"date":"2012-10-24T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/24\/more-irish-road-haircuts\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:22","slug":"more-irish-road-haircuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/24\/more-irish-road-haircuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Haircuts \u2013 Keeping the Irish Travelways Clear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-large;\">I<\/span>n August of 2011, <a href=\"http:\/\/nbg-irelandtrainingrides.posterous.com\/keeping-the-irish-roads-clear\">I bore witness to a sight<\/a> I don&#8217;t think has ever been seen in California, and one that possibly\u00a0does not exist in\u00a0most all of the other 49 states in the union. A hydraulic cutting device, specially outfitted to a tractor was at the side of the road, trimming the overflowing foliage. \u00a0There is so much vegetation exploding out of everywhere over here, that they have to cut it back to keep it from blocking the road.<\/p>\n<p>However, from what I saw today, \u00a0it also looks like they have to keep the hedges from growing too tall so people can see over them too&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8416\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/24\/more-irish-road-haircuts\/30321028-img_0813-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 3G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1313092202&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"30321028-img_0813\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8416 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"30321028-img_0813\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/30321028-img_0813.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August of 2011, I bore witness to a sight I don&#8217;t think has ever been seen in California, and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/10\/24\/more-irish-road-haircuts\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ireland","category-uncategorized","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-1rZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15316,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2020\/02\/21\/gateway-to-the-frontier-the-nat-road-bridge-over-the-white-river-1834-1902\/","url_meta":{"origin":5579,"position":0},"title":"The National Road Bridge over the White River 1834-1902, Gateway to the Frontier","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Designed by architect, William Wernwag, the National Road Bridge over the White River was completed in 1834. 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