function getXHR(){
        var newReq = null;
		if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
          try {
            newReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
          }
          catch(e) {
            newReq = false;
          }
        }
        else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
          try {
            newReq = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
          }
          catch(e) {
            try {
               newReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            catch(e) {
              newReq = false;
            }
          }
        }
	return newReq;
      }

      var req_fail_IE = getXHR();
      function loadXHR_fail_IE(url) {

        if(req_fail_IE) {
          req_fail_IE.open("POST", url, true);
          req_fail_IE.setRequestHeader("Cache-control", "no-cache");
          req_fail_IE.onreadystatechange = processReqChange_fail_IE;
          req_fail_IE.send("");
        }
        else{
          alert("The XMLHttpRequest Object is not supported");
        }
      }

      function processReqChange_fail_IE() {
        if (req_fail_IE.readyState <= 3) {
          document.getElementById("hwy53text").className = "show";
          document.getElementById("hwy53text").innerHTML = "<img src='/images/arrows.gif' /><span class='text'> Retrieving artitst information";
         }
        if (req_fail_IE.readyState == 4) {
          if (req_fail_IE.status == 200 || req_fail_IE.status == 0) {
            response = req_fail_IE.responseText;
            document.getElementById("hwy53text").innerHTML = response;
          }
          else {
            alert("There was an issue retrieving the data:\n" +
                  "Reason: " + req_fail_IE.statusText);
          }
        }
      }

      function closeMap() {
      document.getElementById("hwy53text").className = "hide";
      }