New York State Roads

[vdeane]

This week, I updated the I-278, NY 33, and NY 17 exit lists.  I also added photos as follows:
-New York: NY 104, I-90/Thruway, and I-190
-Pennsylvania: US 6, US 19, US 322, I-79, and I-70
-West Virginia: I-70 and I-470

https://nysroads.com

First of four planned updates with photos to/from the Peoria Roadmeet (also includes three from Labor Day).

[vdeane]

This week, I updated the I-678, I-81, I-84, I-87, I-90, I-95, Fuller Road Alternate, Henry Hudson Parkway, Thruway, Berkshire Spur, and Sunken Meadow State Parkway exit lists.  I also added photos as follows:
-Ohio: I-70, I-470, I-71, I-80, and I-90
-Indiana: I-70, I-65, I-465, I-74, I-90/Indiana Toll Road, and I-80

https://nysroads.com

What was four planned updates with photos to/from the Peoria Roadmeet is now three (so this is updates two and three of the original four).  I decided to combine Ohio and Indiana since those pictures were easy to do and this will allow everything to be done before the Cumberland Roadmeet.

[vdeane]

An early update for this week, with new photos added from Illinois: I-74, I-55, I-474, IL 8, IL 116, US 150, IL 6, US 41, I-94, and I-90

https://nysroads.com/

All photos from the Peoria Roadmeet trip are now on the site!

[vdeane]

This week, I updated the I-95 exit list and added photos as follows:
-New Hampshire: NH 9, NH 10, NH 12, US 202, I-89, US 4, I-393, NH 28, US 3, Nashua Circumferential Highway, Raymond Wieczorek Drive, and NH 101

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This week, I updated the I-495 exit list and added photos as follows:
-Pennsylvania: I-78, US 222, PA 100, US 30, I-81, US 209, PA 33, and I-80
-Maryland: US 40, I-70, I-68, US 40 Alternate (Cumberland), US 20, and the Oldtown Toll Bridge
-New York: I-87/Thruway

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This month I updated the Hutchinson River Parkway exist list and split off the Eastern Route photos from the I-95/New Jersey Turnpike photos and merged in the Western Route photos (in preparation for the eventual designation of I-695).  I also added photos as follows: I-87/Northway, I-787/NY 787, NY 32, I-90 (Albany), NY 30, NY 5, I-590/NY 590, I-390, NY 31, Inner Loop, I-490, and the Lake Ontario State Parkway.

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This month, I updated the I-88 and NY 17 exit lists, and added photos as follows: NY 390, I-88, NY 79, NY 12, I-81, and I-86/NY 17 (Quickway).

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This month I adjusted the RI 138 photo coverage to reflect the freeway removal in Newport and added photos as follows:
-New York: I-90/Albany
-Massachusetts: I-95, I-195, MA 24, MA 146, and I-90
-Rhode Island: I-95, RI 24, RI 138, RI 138A, and RI 146

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This month, I fixed a typo on the information page and updated the I-86 Upgrade, Planned NY, and Links pages.  I also added photos as follows:
-New York: I-87/Northway, NY 2, and NY 7
-Vermont: VT 9, US 7, I-91, US 4, and US 5
-New Hampshire: NH 120, I-89, US 4, I-93, NH 11, NH 132, US 3, US 202, NH 9, NH 12, and NH 10

https://nysroads.com

[vdeane]

This week, I updated the I-495 and I-678 exit lists and added photos as follows:
-New York: NY 5, I-87/Northway, US 2, and US 11
-Québec: A-35, A-10, A-20, A-15, QC 136 (Montréal), QC 112, QC 116, and QC 134

https://nysroads.com


In other news, I'd like to set a font for the main site.  While I like how the site displays in Chromium-based browsers (so Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, etc.), I'm not happy with how it displays be default in Firefox.  At the same time, specifying a generic font just falls back on those browser defaults, while choosing a specific one runs into the problem that not all devices have the same fonts.  The exit lists avoid this because I supply the Roadgeek 2005 Series D font (which looked better on the web than Series E, even though it's less accurate).  Does anyone have any advice for this?

[D-Dey65]

I'll check out your updates for the Long Island Expressway soon. In the meantime, I have to ask about a couple of Taconic State Parkway images on Wikimedia Commons;

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TSPnRoad-MountainsideClimb_%2839583028975%29.jpg/640px-TSPnRoad-MountainsideClimb_%2839583028975%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/TSPnRoad-MountainsideNarrows_%2839768451054%29.jpg/640px-TSPnRoad-MountainsideNarrows_%2839768451054%29.jpg
Do those look like Southern Putnam County between West Mahopac and Fahnestock State Park to anyone else but me?

BTW, the exit with NY 301 still needs serious reconstruction.

[D-Dey65]

This one ought to be brown, with a snowflake logo somewhere up top.
https://nysroads.com/images/gallery/NY/i87a/101_7324-s.JPG


Boat wash station?
https://nysroads.com/images/gallery/NY/i87a/102_2370-s.JPG
Why don't we see these more often?

[Scott5114]

In other news, I'd like to set a font for the main site.  While I like how the site displays in Chromium-based browsers (so Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, etc.), I'm not happy with how it displays be default in Firefox.  At the same time, specifying a generic font just falls back on those browser defaults, while choosing a specific one runs into the problem that not all devices have the same fonts.  The exit lists avoid this because I supply the Roadgeek 2005 Series D font (which looked better on the web than Series E, even though it's less accurate).  Does anyone have any advice for this?

One thing to keep in mind is that each user can set their default fonts as they like them in their browser preferences, so it may be worth keeping the defaults to preserve user choice.

However, should you still want to override the default font, you have a few options. Web fonts are a thing now; you can link to a .woff font file and define a name for it in your site's CSS, and then have other rules refer to the name you defined. Google Fonts has a bunch of these hosted on their servers, with ready-made code you can paste into your CSS file. For roadgeek sites, it's hard to beat Overpass; it's much like Interstate in that it's a running-text-friendly Series E redraw. It is available on Google Fonts, as well as being in most Linux distros' package managers (it is made by Red Hat and is open source).

[vdeane]

I'll check out your updates for the Long Island Expressway soon. In the meantime, I have to ask about a couple of Taconic State Parkway images on Wikimedia Commons;

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/TSPnRoad-MountainsideClimb_%2839583028975%29.jpg/640px-TSPnRoad-MountainsideClimb_%2839583028975%29.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/TSPnRoad-MountainsideNarrows_%2839768451054%29.jpg/640px-TSPnRoad-MountainsideNarrows_%2839768451054%29.jpg
Do those look like Southern Putnam County between West Mahopac and Fahnestock State Park to anyone else but me?

BTW, the exit with NY 301 still needs serious reconstruction.

The I-495 list update is a fix to the description, taking out the common roadgeek assumption that eastern extension plans were definitivly for a crossing to CT or RI.  The I-678 one is even more minor; I fixed a typo in the title.  Probably wouldn't even be worth reporting if not for the fact that each page has a timestamp of its last update on the bottom.

As for those Taconic photos, I agree.

Boat wash station?
https://nysroads.com/images/gallery/NY/i87a/102_2370-s.JPG
Why don't we see these more often?

Good question.  That one in particular was installed when the rest area was upgraded into a welcome center to help control invasive species in Lake George and the rest of the Adirondacks.