Daily Picture Challenge!

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dgolub

#1125
May 02, 2017, 06:55:06 PM  
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May 2nd, 2017
Challenge: Post something your state is known for.

Letter-suffixed routes with arbitrary letter suffixes (not just A or a compass direction) in New York.  For example, NY 17K as shown on this exit from the New York Thruway (I-87) northbound:

formulanone

#1126
May 02, 2017, 06:57:22 PM   Last Edit: May 02, 2017, 09:06:18 PM by formulanone
Alabama uses blue for Appalachian Development corridors:









Eth

#1127
May 02, 2017, 06:59:54 PM  
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May 2nd, 2017
Challenge: Post something your state is known for.

The (in)famous (and gradually disappearing) "Georgia D" freeway guide sign font, complete with square D and dotless ı:

jbnv

#1128
May 02, 2017, 08:12:47 PM  
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May 2nd, 2017 Post something your state is known for.

Two for one: 4-digit numbers and number-hyphen-number routes.


Directional Sign in Lake Charles by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr
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jmd41280

#1129
May 02, 2017, 08:16:54 PM  
QuoteMay 2nd, 2017 Post something your state is known for.

PA is known for having many towns with interesting names, such as Intercourse, Bird-in-Hand, Blue Ball, Panic, Mars, and...


PA Routes 96 & 869 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr
"Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around!"

Jim

#1130
May 02, 2017, 08:30:08 PM  

QuoteMay 2nd, 2017 Post something your state is known for.

New York's Adirondack gold on brown.

Indian Lake.  April 25, 2009.



New York 8 approaching New York 10's northern end.  February 7, 2014.



Entering Tupper Lake on New York 30.  April 25, 2009.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
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luokou

#1131
May 02, 2017, 08:41:09 PM  
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April 11, 2017 Challenge: Let's get ugly. Ugly /Misshapen shields, ugly fonts
Taken while I was visiting Orange County last month. Deformed and non-cutout!


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May 2nd, 2017 Post something your state is known for.
The "Limitless" speed signs of Oregon.

plain

#1132
May 02, 2017, 09:22:44 PM  
Quote from: Michael on May 02, 2017, 05:58:18 PM
Wow, it's almost 6 PM EST, and no challenge yet?!

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May 2nd, 2017
Challenge: Post something your state is known for.

Here's box-beam guardrail at the northern terminus of NY 174:

As an added bonus, many bridges in NY are the same shade of green

I originally wanted to make this challenge "post something your state contributed to road design", but I don't know if box-beam guardrail was invented in New York, Wyoming, or even somewhere else!

So THAT'S what those guardrails are called. Thanks  :bigass: 
Do you know about what year NY started using them?
Newark born, Richmond bred

US71

#1133
May 02, 2017, 09:29:40 PM  
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May 2nd, 2017
Challenge: Post something your state is known for.





Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Michael

#1134
May 03, 2017, 08:46:01 AM  
Quote from: plain on May 02, 2017, 09:22:44 PM
So THAT'S what those guardrails are called. Thanks  :bigass: 
Do you know about what year NY started using them?

NYSDOT has used them since at least June 12th, 1975.  See section 10.5.7.1 on page 18 of this PDF.

empirestate

#1135
May 03, 2017, 10:16:17 AM  
Quote from: luokou on May 02, 2017, 08:41:09 PM
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April 11, 2017 Challenge: Let's get ugly. Ugly /Misshapen shields, ugly fonts
Taken while I was visiting Orange County last month. Deformed and non-cutout!

That Challenge has been closed for a while.

hbelkins

#1136
May 03, 2017, 12:21:36 PM  
Quote from: plain on May 02, 2017, 09:22:44 PM
Quote from: Michael on May 02, 2017, 05:58:18 PM
Wow, it's almost 6 PM EST, and no challenge yet?!

Quote
May 2nd, 2017
Challenge: Post something your state is known for.

Here's box-beam guardrail at the northern terminus of NY 174:

As an added bonus, many bridges in NY are the same shade of green

I originally wanted to make this challenge "post something your state contributed to road design", but I don't know if box-beam guardrail was invented in New York, Wyoming, or even somewhere else!

So THAT'S what those guardrails are called. Thanks  :bigass: 
Do you know about what year NY started using them?

Except in New York, they're called guiderails, not guardrails.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

hotdogPi

#1137
May 03, 2017, 03:40:51 PM  
QuoteMay 3 (it's already 3:37 PM!): Any road photo taken at an elevation of 1 mile or more. If it is not obvious where the photo was taken, mention where the photo was taken. No Google Images or Google Street View.
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 107, 109, 117, 119, 126, 141, 159
NH 27, 111A(E); CA 133; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 25

US71

#1138
May 03, 2017, 07:44:10 PM  

QuoteMay 3 (it's already 3:37 PM!): Any road photo taken at an elevation of 1 mile or more. If it is not obvious where the photo was taken, mention where the photo was taken. No Google Images or Google Street View.


Cripple Creek, CO Elevation 9494 (approx 1.79 miles)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Jim

#1139
May 03, 2017, 08:52:45 PM  
QuoteMay 3 (it's already 3:37 PM!): Any road photo taken at an elevation of 1 mile or more. If it is not obvious where the photo was taken, mention where the photo was taken. No Google Images or Google Street View.

Mile high is too easy, so I'll go only over 2 miles.

I-70 at the Eisenhower Tunnel.  April 13, 2002.



US 6 at Loveland Pass.  April 13, 2002.



Not sure of the exact elevation where the picture was taken, but it's on Copper Mountain, looking down toward I-70.  I'm confident it's above 2 miles elevation.  March 5, 2013.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

formulanone

#1140
May 03, 2017, 09:14:42 PM  
QuoteMay 3 (it's already 3:37 PM!): Any road photo taken at an elevation of 1 mile or more.

Colorado Avenue - near Denver:

7/8

#1141
May 04, 2017, 12:00:03 AM  
QuoteMay the Fourth be with you! Post photos of road signs which relate to the Star Wars franchise.

Unfortunately I can't find anything in my own collection, but I'm hoping a few people have something to share here.

Jim

#1142
May 04, 2017, 06:24:39 AM  

QuoteMay the Fourth be with you! Post photos of road signs which relate to the Star Wars franchise.

Start with the easy one.  The Empire State.  Entering NY from Massachusetts 102.  October 21, 2009.



Fisher.  I-57 in Illinois.  July 21, 2003.



Rogue Rd.  US 101 in southern Oregon.  July 19, 2004.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

Jim

#1143
May 04, 2017, 02:41:58 PM  
QuoteMay the Fourth be with you! Post photos of road signs which relate to the Star Wars franchise.

Been waiting for someone else to add something in, but since no one is doing so, I'll continue.

(A New) Hope, New York.  New York 30.  April 25, 2009.



Or"Lando", Florida, from I-75.  July 19, 2007.



(Harrison) Ford Field.  I-75 in Detroit.  October 7, 2006


Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
Signs: https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/
Travel Mapping: https://travelmapping.net/user/?u=terescoj
Counties: http://www.mob-rule.com/user/terescoj
Twitter @JimTeresco (roads, travel, skiing, weather, sports)

roadgeek01

#1144
May 04, 2017, 03:17:42 PM  
This intersection: East Kinobe Avenue and South Leia Street (Las Vegas, NV)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4154/5432444494_96f90f3319.jpg
pork bork my hork

idk what it means either

chays

#1145
May 04, 2017, 03:31:47 PM  

empirestate

#1146
May 04, 2017, 05:05:25 PM  
See, I'd have thought this was the easy one:

https://goo.gl/maps/nNDQyURvkFG2

jmd41280

#1147
May 04, 2017, 10:20:27 PM  
QuoteMay the Fourth be with you! Post photos of road signs which relate to the Star Wars franchise.

These are probably a stretch, but...

George(Lucas)ville, PA

Georgeville, Indiana County by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

(James Earl)Jones Mills, PA

PA Routes 31/711 multiplex by Jon Dawson, on Flickr
"Increase the Flash Gordon noise and put more science stuff around!"

hotdogPi

#1148
May 05, 2017, 07:20:02 AM  
QuoteMay 5: Today is Cinco de Mayo. Post road signs in Spanish.
Clinched, plus MA 286

Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 107, 109, 117, 119, 126, 141, 159
NH 27, 111A(E); CA 133; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 25

empirestate

#1149
May 05, 2017, 01:15:43 PM  
Quote from: 1 on May 05, 2017, 07:20:02 AM
QuoteMay 5: Today is Cinco de Mayo. Post road signs in Spanish.

To make it fully appropriate, should it be signs in Spanish that might otherwise have been in French? :sombrero:
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