Longest Distance on a Mileage Sign in Each State

[MNHighwayMan]

To recap so far...

First category: longest reference to a city in each state...

Oklahoma: Oklahoma City 327 (?)

That sign is right here.

[pdx-wanderer]

^^

Noted and edited!

[Thing 342]

For Virginia I'm pretty sure the winner is a mileage sign for Roanoke located on I-81 just south of Exit 323(185 miles away).
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2811875,-78.0897022,3a,27.2y,247.51h,89.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8CItkXf9re5U6eGbOIgPpA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This sign off I-64 near Exit 1 has Richmond at 189 miles: https://goo.gl/maps/SyNPSoV1PBQ2

[Jmiles32]

For Virginia I'm pretty sure the winner is a mileage sign for Roanoke located on I-81 just south of Exit 323(185 miles away).
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2811875,-78.0897022,3a,27.2y,247.51h,89.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8CItkXf9re5U6eGbOIgPpA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This sign off I-64 near Exit 1 has Richmond at 189 miles: https://goo.gl/maps/SyNPSoV1PBQ2

Unless there's a sign for Winchester near Bristol then yeah that's probably the winner. Didn't think to check there since I-64 goes through Lexington, Staunton, and Charlottesville all well before Richmond.

[csw]

This isn't official, just the farthest I could find.

Nebraska: I-80 WB just after the merge with I-76. 351 to Omaha. https://goo.gl/maps/mXkJpSuGgi82

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

Before ODOT district 2 came up with their goofy signs, along I-75, several years back, one of the more "notorious" milage signs was ODOT skipping a couple of states and directing folks along I-80, after Youngstown to New York City. 400 miles away.


Runner up in long milage, Ohio division...


3rd place, Ohio division...


4th place, Ohio division...
https://goo.gl/maps/xv1EGzwXX4s

[cl94]

Before ODOT district 2 came up with their goofy signs, along I-75, several years back, one of the more "notorious" milage signs was ODOT skipping a couple of states and directing folks along I-80, after Youngstown to New York City. 400 miles away.

Can't say I blame them. No cities of note along I-80 between Youngstown and the New York metro. Clarion? Hazleton? What are these places?

[nexus73]

3365 miles wins the race in Oregon and Massachusetts.  US 20 is our nation's longest continuous route.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-route-20-boston-newport-oregon-signs/

Rick

[hotdogPi]

3365 miles wins the race in Oregon and Massachusetts.  US 20 is our nation's longest continuous route.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-route-20-boston-newport-oregon-signs/

Rick

(not counting celebratory markers at the beginning of cross-country routes)

[Mapmikey]

For Virginia I'm pretty sure the winner is a mileage sign for Roanoke located on I-81 just south of Exit 323(185 miles away).
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2811875,-78.0897022,3a,27.2y,247.51h,89.43t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8CItkXf9re5U6eGbOIgPpA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

This sign off I-64 near Exit 1 has Richmond at 189 miles: https://goo.gl/maps/SyNPSoV1PBQ2

The winner for in-state reference is Winchester at 200 miles - https://goo.gl/maps/K92rG79hgcG2
The winner for any location I believe is Charleston WV at 205 miles - https://goo.gl/maps/HC95sfb5B292

The winner on a non-interstate is Harrisonburg at 165 miles on VA 33 leaving VA 14 near West Point - https://goo.gl/maps/jwVHpws9Gbq.  There used to be a Virginia Beach 171 miles sign on US 58 but I believe it is gone now.

[theroadwayone]

For longest distance to any location in a state, in Maryland, there's a clear winner.

[PHLBOS]

For longest distance to any location in a state, in Maryland, there's a clear winner.

No offense but...

(not counting celebratory markers at the beginning of cross-country routes)

[TXtoNJ]

Before ODOT district 2 came up with their goofy signs, along I-75, several years back, one of the more "notorious" milage signs was ODOT skipping a couple of states and directing folks along I-80, after Youngstown to New York City. 400 miles away.

Can't say I blame them. No cities of note along I-80 between Youngstown and the New York metro. Clarion? Hazleton? What are these places?

That sign has a descendant:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1404138,-80.7183327,3a,16.3y,0.27h,88.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDlaCuWbVbMbf3acBEBcCzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[JustDrive]

Haven't been out that way in a while, but I'm sure the longest distance on a mileage sign in California has to be on 395 in Mono County showing the distance to San Diego. There used to be a "Los Angeles 404" sign on 101 at San Antonio Road in the Bay Area, but it was removed during construction, and the longest in-state distance on I-5 is "Los Angeles 398" east of Woodland.

[bzakharin]

The longest in NJ that I've seen is probably this one:
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Are there any distance signs for places in NJ from out of state?

[Techknow]

Haven't been out that way in a while, but I'm sure the longest distance on a mileage sign in California has to be on 395 in Mono County showing the distance to San Diego. There used to be a "Los Angeles 404" sign on 101 at San Antonio Road in the Bay Area, but it was removed during construction, and the longest in-state distance on I-5 is "Los Angeles 398" east of Woodland.

Here's the longest distance on a mileage sign that does exist in the Bay Area, "Los Angeles 382". I took this photo over a week ago.

[ftballfan]

Found a winner for Michigan (along I-94 just west of Exit 202): https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2619783,-83.2887363,3a,75y,269.56h,76.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soscTr_Ynig9Zq1MbV2AaXg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en

[jaehak]

This is almost certainly the winner in Kansas. Denver 560

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kansas+Turnpike,+Lawrence,+KS+66049,+USA/@38.9936706,-95.273236,3a,75y,291.72h,89.03t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sOxkTnv1gerVP09tSggV9dA!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x87bf6eff56551135:0x878361e17863d464?hl=en

[GreenLanternCorps]

Before ODOT district 2 came up with their goofy signs, along I-75, several years back, one of the more "notorious" milage signs was ODOT skipping a couple of states and directing folks along I-80, after Youngstown to New York City. 400 miles away.

Can't say I blame them. No cities of note along I-80 between Youngstown and the New York metro. Clarion? Hazleton? What are these places?

That sign has a descendant:

https://www.google.com/maps/@41.1404138,-80.7183327,3a,16.3y,0.27h,88.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDlaCuWbVbMbf3acBEBcCzA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Also the overhead BGS in the background now says "New York" instead of "New York City"

[theroadwayone]

When crossing into Texas on I-10 westbound from Louisiana, a sign in Orange near Exit 875 shows:

Beaumont  23
El Paso     857


https://www.google.com/maps/@30.1214265,-93.7731589,3a,49y,287.98h,95.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sCgPWN_UDpbjP0jCL06Uf5A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I think that's the longest distance listed to another point while still in that state.

[golden eagle]

Within Mississippi, the longest I've seen is on the Natchez Trace to Tupelo. It's in the 170s.

[bassoon1986]

Within Mississippi, the longest I've seen is on the Natchez Trace to Tupelo. It's in the 170s.

I was thinking it was this sign, at the start of the Trace in Natchez, but it jumps from Jackson to Nashville


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[CrystalWalrein]

The longest in NJ that I've seen is probably this one:
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Are there any distance signs for places in NJ from out of state?

On NJ 42 in Turnersville:



On the Garden State Parkway near exit 44:

[roadman65]

Before NJDOT redone the US 1 & 9 split in Woodbridge, Cape May was about 123 miles listed on a mileage sign that was short lived there.  Since the redo, the contractors did not reinstall or copy the sign so its been gone since 2002 or 2003 despite only being there from 1998 onward.

[cjk374]

On NJ 42 in Turnersville:

I love distance signs that list 3 or more destinations. Very useful IMO.

On the Garden State Parkway near exit 44:

What are they using for sign posts??? Telephone poles??? I can't imagine those meet any current break-away standards.