The 1-2-3 Interstate Highway Shield Challenge

[Jim]

One of the two I-291s.  This one is just off the Mass Pike had a state name and an all caps destination.  May 12, 2007.

[AsphaltPlanet]

I-291 in CT:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/CT/I/384/I384_CT_dv_1-75_west_Jul16_24x16.jpg

[ColossalBlocks]

Credit to Interstate-Guide for the photo.

[paulthemapguy]

Interstate 294


IL-I-294-I-90S.75 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Jim]

By my count, if we include Future I-295 in North Carolina, we have 8 I-295 instances to cover.  Here's that Future I-295 in NC when it was previously signed from I-95.  Taken August 6, 2005.

[SFalcon71]

#2 of I-295 (Portland, ME)



Credit: http://www.bostonroads.com/roads/I-295_ME/

[Henry]

Three down, five to go with the DC version of I-295:

[Henry]

We already got the northernmost I-295, so how about the southernmost one?

Halfway done here...now we need VA, DE/NJ, NY and RI/MA.

[Jim]

Here's New York's I-295, this taken from the Hutchinson River Parkway.  September 14, 2007.



I propose we also allow a better Maine example, since the one posted is small and blurred.

[Henry]

I propose we also allow a better Maine example, since the one posted is small and blurred.

Consider it done:


Next up is VA:

Now there are just two left...

[paulthemapguy]

They're pretty shabby, but I do have some content for Rhode Island's I-295.


IMG_2071 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

IMG_2072 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Jim]

I believe the Delaware-NJ I-295 will complete this set.

This is just off NJTP Exit 4.  June 2, 2004.

[paulthemapguy]

I believe I-296 and I-305 are both unsigned...does that mean I-310 is next?

[Henry]

I believe I-296 and I-305 are both unsigned...does that mean I-310 is next?

You got that right, and here it is:

Don't even bother looking for I-315, so the next number in line, IIRC, is I-335.

[Henry]

Guess we're going to Topeka, KS for I-335:

Yet we're skipping over another unsigned 3di, this time being I-345, so I-355 would be the next signed entry. It looks like there aren't as many routes in the 300s as there are in the 200s and 100s!

[ilpt4u]

At one point, the I-355 BGS on I-55 with the Control City of "Suburbs" was my facebook profile pic...a long time ago

Whether it was IDOT or ISTHA, someone figured out that using "Suburbs" as a Control City, at the intersection of 2 Interstates, in the Outer Southwest Suburbs, was a bad idea. I think the same signs are still up, just with no Control Cities anymore. If memory serves, an article either in the Daily Herald or Chicago Tribune basically roasted the agencies for a completely meaningless Control of "Suburbs"

I know I could find a copy of that same pic elsewhere, but I'll check and see if I can't dig up the one from the mid 2000s...

[Henry]

We continue with I-355:

Next up: I-359, and I have covered all the Chicagoland 3di's except I-294!

[paulthemapguy]

At one point, the I-355 BGS on I-55 with the Control City of "Suburbs" was my facebook profile pic...a long time ago

Whether it was IDOT or ISTHA, someone figured out that using "Suburbs" as a Control City, at the intersection of 2 Interstates, in the Outer Southwest Suburbs, was a bad idea. I think the same signs are still up, just with no Control Cities anymore. If memory serves, an article either in the Daily Herald or Chicago Tribune basically roasted the agencies for a completely meaningless Control of "Suburbs"

I know I could find a copy of that same pic elsewhere, but I'll check and see if I can't dig up the one from the mid 2000s...

Oh, don't get me started.  It blows my mind that IDOT/ISTHA will refuse to use actual suburban places as control cities.  The use of "suburbs" is so stupid I KNOW I'M ALREADY IN THE SUBURBS YA DINGUS lol.  Use the towns near the Interstate junction, just like, idk, every other metro area does?  It's okay to call out Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Bolingbrook, etc.  Just do it lol

Edit:  I realized I have the next number!  I'll choose this photo because I'm trying to watch my weight, if you catch my drift.

I-359, Tuscaloosa.  There are signs posted for I-369 in Texarkana, FYI.


AL-US43-US82EEA by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[JJBers]

Moved down a couple of posts
Wait, there's a I-369?

[AsphaltPlanet]

There is an I-369:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/TX/I/30/I30_TX_dv_220_east_Apr17_24x16.png

[JJBers]

Here's I-370...now to I-376

Interstate Guide

[Jim]

I-376?  No, we still need two I-375s.  Here's Florida's.  August 23, 2003.

[Henry]

And this is the Motown I-375:

Now we can continue with I-376!

[paulthemapguy]

I-376


IMG_1862 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

There are at least 3 380's.

[MNHighwayMan]

We'll start with the south end of Iowa's I-380.