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MNHighwayMan

#4050
May 19, 2018, 12:05:56 PM   Last Edit: May 19, 2018, 12:18:26 PM by MNHighwayMan
QuoteMay 19, 2018: Street blades mentioning numbered routes that have been decommissioned/turned back/no longer exist. Street blades mentioning "Old Hwy X" or similar do not count for this challenge.

For some reason, this seems to be a somewhat common theme that I've come across.

This one, mentioning MN-333, was still posted in St. Peter in August 2014 after 333 had been eliminated in 2009.



The entire route of former Iowa 102, eliminated in 2003 (now CR-G5T) is still marked with street blades (which appear rather new, by the way) for the route, despite the fact that it's been a county road for almost 15 years now. This sign is on the edge of Pella.



Poweshiek CR-F62 is still labeled with its former designation, Iowa 225, at the intersection with Iowa 146.

MCRoads

#4051
May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM   Last Edit: May 20, 2018, 03:08:02 PM by MCRoads
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!

My submission is SW of denver, i think this is pretty strange...

https://goo.gl/maps/kFVbxkLLmWG2

i mean, where is another marked Wildlife crossing? I'm pretty sure this is the only one!
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

US71

#4052
May 20, 2018, 04:19:55 PM  
Quote from: MCRoads on May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!

My submission is SW of denver, i think this is pretty strange...

https://goo.gl/maps/kFVbxkLLmWG2

i mean, where is another marked Wildlife crossing? I'm pretty sure this is the only one!

Does the wildlife know to press the button to activate the warning lights? ;)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

MCRoads

#4053
May 20, 2018, 08:18:07 PM  
Quote from: US71 on May 20, 2018, 04:19:55 PM
Quote from: MCRoads on May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!

My submission is SW of denver, i think this is pretty strange...

https://goo.gl/maps/kFVbxkLLmWG2

i mean, where is another marked Wildlife crossing? I'm pretty sure this is the only one!

Does the wildlife know to press the button to activate the warning lights? ;)

Lol, pretty sure it's motion activated.  :bigass:
I build roads on Minecraft. Like, really good roads.
Interstates traveled:
4/5/10*/11**/12**/15/25*/29*/35(E/W[TX])/40*/44**/49(LA**)/55*/64**/65/66*/70°/71*76(PA*,CO*)/78*°/80*/95°/99(PA**,NY**)

*/** indicates a terminus/termini being traveled
° Indicates a gap (I.E Breezwood, PA.)

more room plz

US71

#4054
May 20, 2018, 08:34:48 PM  
Quote from: MCRoads on May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!



What would you call this: hazardous intersection?

West of Joplin, MO
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Michael

#4055
May 20, 2018, 08:38:46 PM  
This is the only railroad crossing on a freeway I've ever been across:

Credit: Dougtone's Flickr

It's NY 840 in New Hartford.  From looking at where the rail line goes, it looks like there aren't any more customers on the line.  Here's a Street View link of the crossing.

Jim

#4056
May 20, 2018, 08:55:13 PM  

Quote from: MCRoads on May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!


Maybe they're more common than I think, but this is the only "Elderly Crossing" I can recall seeing.  Malden, Massachusetts.  June 16, 2005.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
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wanderer2575

#4057
May 20, 2018, 11:35:38 PM  
Quote from: MCRoads on May 20, 2018, 03:02:37 PM
May 20: Strange/unusual crossings. Ped crossings, Wildlife crossings, railroad crossings... ALL THE CROSSINGS!!!

Yours Truly posing in Portland, ME, October 2010


OH-39 in Sugarcreek

formulanone

#4058
May 21, 2018, 05:08:17 AM  
QuoteMay 21, 2017: A road and/or sign photo with a daytime moon in the background.



Mississippi Highway 4 at I-55 in Senatobia - December 2014.

hotdogPi

#4059
May 24, 2018, 08:13:28 AM  
QuoteMay 24, 2018: Signs or traffic lights at the wrong angle.



The sign should be facing the road to the left, with the arrow pointing behind the camera. The same sign can also be seen in the far background of the next photo, for context (even though the focus is a different sign).

Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus several state routes

Lowest untraveled: 25 (updated from 14)

New clinches: MA 286
New traveled: MA 14, MA 123

US71

#4060
May 24, 2018, 09:26:23 AM  
QuoteMay 24, 2018: Signs or traffic lights at the wrong angle.



Best I can come up with.

Lavava, AR: 255 should have an angled double arrow, similar to below). Otherwise, you're going in someone's driveway

Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

paulthemapguy

#4061
May 25, 2018, 04:35:04 PM  
May 25, 2018:  Post a road sign with a number on it that corresponds to which day of the year you were born, from 1 to 365.

For example, I was born on November 5, which is the 309th day of the year (I wasn't born in a leap year).  So here's route 309:


OH-309-117EWR by Paul Drives, on Flickr
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

kphoger

#4062
May 25, 2018, 04:44:10 PM  
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 25, 2018, 04:35:04 PM
May 25, 2018:  Post a road sign with a number on it that corresponds to which day of the year you were born, from 1 to 365.

For example, I was born on November 5, which is the 309th day of the year (I wasn't born in a leap year).  So here's route 309:

What if someone were born on December 31 in a leap year?  Your number range doesn't extend that far.   :hmmm:

Well, not at any speed below 85 mph, that is.   :awesomeface:
Keep right except to pass.  Yes.  You.
Visit scenic Orleans County, NY!
Male pronouns, please.

Quote from: Philip K. DickIf you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use them.

oscar

#4063
May 25, 2018, 05:07:32 PM  
County 305 over 400 on Maui (I'm not telling you whether I was born in a leap year):

my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

hotdogPi

#4064
May 25, 2018, 05:08:46 PM  
Quote from: oscar on May 25, 2018, 05:07:32 PM
(I'm not telling you whether I was born in a leap year)

You do know your age is visible, right?
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus several state routes

Lowest untraveled: 25 (updated from 14)

New clinches: MA 286
New traveled: MA 14, MA 123

oscar

#4065
May 25, 2018, 05:23:15 PM  
Quote from: 1 on May 25, 2018, 05:08:46 PM
Quote from: oscar on May 25, 2018, 05:07:32 PM
(I'm not telling you whether I was born in a leap year)

You do know your age is visible, right?

The birthdate I put in my profile is a fake birthdate, so my display age is only approximate. I'll admit to being an old fart, but not exactly how old.
my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

Eth

#4066
May 25, 2018, 06:25:57 PM  
Quote from: paulthemapguy on May 25, 2018, 04:35:04 PM
May 25, 2018:  Post a road sign with a number on it that corresponds to which day of the year you were born, from 1 to 365.

Fortunately, this says nothing about it having to be a route number. The relevance of I-285's exit 48 is unaffected by whether or not it's a leap year. :)

7/8

#4067
May 25, 2018, 06:45:17 PM  
QuoteMay 25, 2018:  Post a road sign with a number on it that corresponds to which day of the year you were born, from 1 to 365.

I was born on the 115th day of the year (not a leap year). This photo is in Peterborough, ON:



Here's a useful website to find your birthday's number: https://www.epochconverter.com/days/2018

paulthemapguy

#4068
May 30, 2018, 12:11:03 PM  
May 30, 2018:  The runt of the litter challenge.  Post a series of route markers where one is oddly smaller than the rest.


IL-US54ET by Paul Drives, on Flickr
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

hotdogPi

#4069
May 30, 2018, 12:29:05 PM  
Did we forget the recap yesterday?
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus several state routes

Lowest untraveled: 25 (updated from 14)

New clinches: MA 286
New traveled: MA 14, MA 123

Mapmikey

#4070
May 30, 2018, 12:36:27 PM  
Quote
May 30, 2018:  The runt of the litter challenge.  Post a series of route markers where one is oddly smaller than the rest.



The photo is from 2000 by Shawn DeCasri, and it was still this way as of last month...


Here is one from HB Elkins in 2004.  The VA 16 shield was removed but cutouts remained in last GMSV (2008)


Another one that is technically not a second shield but is ridiculous looking.  Also from HB in 2004...

US71

#4071
May 30, 2018, 01:07:26 PM  
Quote
May 30, 2018:  The runt of the litter challenge.  Post a series of route markers where one is oddly smaller than the rest.


Walnut Corner, AR


Neosho, MO
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

US 89

#4072
May 30, 2018, 03:41:53 PM  
Quote
May 30, 2018:  The runt of the litter challenge.  Post a series of route markers where one is oddly smaller than the rest.

Bountiful, UT:

plain

#4073
May 30, 2018, 03:48:20 PM   Last Edit: May 30, 2018, 03:50:23 PM by plain
Quote
May 30, 2018:  The runt of the litter challenge.  Post a series of route markers where one is oddly smaller than the rest.

Runt I-95 shield on a BGS on I-64 WB approaching I-95

photo 2003 taken from AARoads



SM-S820L

Newark born, Richmond bred

empirestate

#4074
May 30, 2018, 05:31:44 PM  
Quote from: 1 on May 30, 2018, 12:29:05 PM
Did we forget the recap yesterday?

Yes. However, no other Challenge was posted for May 29th, so as per usual procedure:

QuoteMay 29, 2018
:colorful::colorful::colorful: Monthly recap time! :colorful::colorful::colorful:

As usual, May 30th and 31st will have their own Challenges. Also, since this was late in being posted, we'll extend the recap through June 1st (which will also have its own Challenge).
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