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agentsteel53:
I do recall that 447 randomly on the county section - wasn't sure if it was a mistake or whatnot, but since it was a modern number, I didn't pay much attention to it.

I've only seen one 8A - are there others?  Then again I've only driven 8A about five miles away from the state line.  I've also never gone down 34, Jungo Road, or any of the other dirt roads in the area.  I've definitely not gone all the way to Vya.

I've taken some dirt roads between Susanville and the road to Pyramid Lake and there are a lot of county-erected green signs, but the only old sign I remember is a flat printed steel yellow diamond with a curve arrow.

Rover_0:
It's odd to see the county use state route signs, but in Utah, I've seen some small pointer signs to US-91 in North Logan and also some US-89 signs at the end of some county routes in Kane County, so this isn't entirely foreign to me.  Also, you have that oddly-placed "TO UT-22" sign at the junction of UT-12 and UT-63, over 30 (maybe 40) miles from the actual south end of UT-22.

Roadfro, since you are in Nevada, I have one nagging question:  Why exactly did Nevada go with virtually all 3-digit state routes?  It seems as though the older system was pretty good (save for route duplication)--why didn't they just line up all the route numbers with the posted route number, like Utah?

agentsteel53:
any Utah county-erected shields that are unusual in appearance?

Nevada's official switchover was 1976, and first reflected in their 1978 state map.  Though major parts of the switchover were done as late as 1982.

roadfro:

--- Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 10:13:34 AM ---I've only seen one 8A - are there others?  Then again I've only driven 8A about five miles away from the state line.  I've also never gone down 34, Jungo Road, or any of the other dirt roads in the area.  I've definitely not gone all the way to Vya.

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I've not been out there myself either, but I've seen a few photos from user 'sagebrushgis' on Flickr:
8A eastbound at 34 near Vya
34 northbound at 8A near Vya
8A at the CA state line (this one shows up on Street View at the end of California SR 299, missing the NV state line sign)


--- Quote from: Rover_0 on June 15, 2010, 12:40:57 PM ---It's odd to see the county use state route signs...

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Yeah, but remember that these are remnants from the state route days. The county probably just never bothered to put up pentagons. They probably should put some up in certain areas though.


--- Quote from: Rover_0 on June 15, 2010, 12:40:57 PM ---Roadfro, since you are in Nevada, I have one nagging question:  Why exactly did Nevada go with virtually all 3-digit state routes?  It seems as though the older system was pretty good (save for route duplication)--why didn't they just line up all the route numbers with the posted route number, like Utah?

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The "Which Nevada SH system was better?" thread has the explanation on how the current route numbers were derived, which represents most of what information I've found about the history of Nevada's highway system.

The old system was very cumbersome. Routes were legislatively defined and numbers assigned and reassigned with no apparent rhyme or reason--several routes were segmented, suffixed routes didn't always logically branch from the parent, and numbers didn't distinguish which routes were longer or important. In reassigning the Federal Aid numbers across the state, it gave NDOT an opportunity to put some thought into the state highway numbering--using the existing route numbers in the new federal aid numbering would not have fit with the scheme developed.

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