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Traffic Control

Topics about signs, signals, laws, and other traffic control devices.

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Last post: Today at 01:38:30 AM Re: Erroneous road signs by LilianaUwU

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USA Toll Transponder Interoperability - 2024 edition

Started by SSOWorld

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Replies: 127
Views: 54,553

April 18, 2025, 09:23:38 AM
by I-55

Road and Highway Reference Sites

Started by DesertDog

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Replies: 52
Views: 89,452

March 18, 2025, 06:05:59 PM
by bing101

Historic official state maps online

Started by NE2

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Replies: 112
Views: 171,888

November 18, 2024, 11:23:54 PM
by bugo

AASHTO Route Numbering Database Documents

Started by Rover_0

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Replies: 209
Views: 136,962

November 12, 2024, 12:01:05 PM
by Mapmikey

How do you get the URL of a particular place on Google Street View?

Started by J Route Z

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Replies: 32
Views: 81,649

June 06, 2023, 03:26:34 PM
by hotdogPi

States that want to call highway-related terms differently

Started by Big John

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Replies: 87
Views: 14,750

Today at 12:13:46 AM
by ElishaGOtis

XY Challenge

Started by paulthemapguy

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Replies: 749
Views: 81,423

April 18, 2025, 11:44:01 PM
by wanderer2575

Wisconsin residents file suit to block Buc-ees

Started by edwaleni

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Replies: 45
Views: 908

April 18, 2025, 08:48:42 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Colorado town to allow Buc-ees after protest

Started by edwaleni

Replies: 5
Views: 130

April 18, 2025, 03:46:09 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Longest Stretches of Interstates You've Still Not Traveled

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 38
Views: 6,305

April 18, 2025, 10:16:35 AM
by JayhawkCO

License Plate News

Started by Alex

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Replies: 2,499
Views: 806,517

April 17, 2025, 10:59:54 PM
by jzn110

Crash prone 'modern roundabouts'

Started by tradephoric

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Replies: 3,029
Views: 821,061

April 17, 2025, 03:08:21 PM
by tradephoric

Interstates that continue as a state highway

Started by OCGuy81

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Replies: 77
Views: 2,723

April 16, 2025, 06:41:59 PM
by cwf1701

Highways You Have Clinched

Started by Ian

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Replies: 576
Views: 222,738

April 15, 2025, 11:22:01 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Strange license plate

Started by pderocco

Replies: 7
Views: 323

April 15, 2025, 01:50:52 PM
by jdbx

Railroad Overpasses With RR Company Logos -- Surviving VIntage Signs

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 77
Views: 41,118

April 15, 2025, 10:25:13 AM
by fillup420

Sign Stickers

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 576

April 14, 2025, 07:13:44 PM
by formulanone

Strange lines on roads

Started by pderocco

Replies: 11
Views: 370

April 14, 2025, 04:25:14 PM
by kphoger

Highways / Signs in Movies, TV Shows, and Videos

Started by Alex

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Replies: 884
Views: 428,039

April 14, 2025, 12:20:58 AM
by Max Rockatansky

Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

Started by agentsteel53

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Replies: 2,992
Views: 781,916

April 13, 2025, 03:16:44 AM
by Rothman

One-way patterns changed to serve brothels

Started by bandit957

Replies: 2
Views: 260

April 13, 2025, 03:06:19 AM
by Rothman

Roads built atop former railroad grades and named after them

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 15
Views: 780

April 12, 2025, 05:45:11 PM
by dantheman

SO What Should be the Minimum Road Sizes of US Numbered routes be?

Started by bwana39

Replies: 23
Views: 565

April 11, 2025, 11:58:23 AM
by Molandfreak

2026 Rand McNally Road Atlas

Started by bob7374

Replies: 8
Views: 1,428

April 10, 2025, 07:09:27 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Longest Distance Between Freeway Exits in Urban/Suburban Areas

Started by webny99

Replies: 20
Views: 767

April 10, 2025, 01:11:20 AM
by RZF

Highways from a County into another state with the same name

Started by roadman65

Replies: 16
Views: 587

April 09, 2025, 11:57:58 PM
by TBKS1

Lowest numbered route you don't have a picture of

Started by TBKS1

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Replies: 86
Views: 32,828

April 09, 2025, 11:05:15 PM
by TBKS1

New book covering the first century of the US route system

Started by usends

Replies: 19
Views: 3,160

April 09, 2025, 06:19:34 PM
by usends

Most Boring Drive Between Two Major Cities?

Started by webny99

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Replies: 195
Views: 45,629

April 08, 2025, 11:46:53 AM
by Mav94

Just got back from LA

Started by achilles765

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Replies: 32
Views: 8,390

April 04, 2025, 10:31:49 PM
by architect77

Interchange U-Turns that are Intentional/By Design (NOT Texas U-Turns)

Started by webny99

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Replies: 76
Views: 7,187

April 04, 2025, 10:25:14 PM
by bassoon1986

Roadgeek Hot Takes

Started by CoreySamson

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Replies: 113
Views: 3,947

April 02, 2025, 08:30:26 PM
by Rothman

New Clearview Controversy?

Started by Thunderbyrd316

Replies: 9
Views: 470

April 01, 2025, 03:24:17 PM
by Henry

Longest Interstate You Haven't Been On

Started by adwerkema

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Replies: 373
Views: 59,618

March 31, 2025, 08:23:58 PM
by TheHighwayMan3561

Highways Where the Quickest Way to Travel Between Endpoints is to Turn Off

Started by JayhawkCO

Replies: 22
Views: 1,505

March 30, 2025, 11:35:41 PM
by Dirt Roads

Clinching a highway by walking along it

Started by Dough4872

Replies: 14
Views: 1,194

March 27, 2025, 09:37:20 AM
by catch22

Streets that appear to be freeway ramps, but aren't.

Started by ErmineNotyours

Replies: 12
Views: 2,354

March 23, 2025, 11:56:49 PM
by jp the roadgeek

Low clearances

Started by D-Dey65

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Replies: 134
Views: 73,840

March 22, 2025, 11:27:31 PM
by TheCatalyst31

Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

Started by hotdogPi

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Replies: 1,499
Views: 258,363

March 22, 2025, 08:51:22 PM
by Rothman

Highway Conspiracy Theories

Started by Max Rockatansky

Pages1 2

Replies: 32
Views: 2,515

March 22, 2025, 06:56:25 AM
by english si

Longest unclinched roads you've driven both ends of

Started by pderocco

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Replies: 50
Views: 10,334

March 21, 2025, 05:10:56 PM
by clong

How do highway engineers handle tectonic shifts?

Started by kernals12

Replies: 4
Views: 1,115

March 21, 2025, 04:24:41 PM
by kernals12

Bannered Routes That Don’t Make Sense

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 62
Views: 12,093

March 20, 2025, 07:39:18 PM
by pderocco

What are the exit numbers on the interstate in the major cities in your state?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 33
Views: 8,816

March 17, 2025, 10:56:38 PM
by bassoon1986

Exit Numbers on non freeways

Started by roadman65

Replies: 23
Views: 3,702

March 13, 2025, 07:53:03 PM
by machias

Interchanges with no stoplights

Started by webny99

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Replies: 67
Views: 14,570

March 11, 2025, 08:31:29 AM
by webny99

Toll "islands"

Started by mrsman

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 9,710

March 10, 2025, 12:35:31 AM
by lepidopteran

Roads named for businesses which no longer exist (there)

Started by briantroutman

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Replies: 261
Views: 87,347

March 09, 2025, 06:12:43 PM
by JayhawkCO

The Next Generation of the Interstate

Started by California5

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Replies: 135
Views: 13,435

March 07, 2025, 12:25:49 PM
by kphoger

"Impossible" highway improvement projects

Started by ZLoth

Pages1 2

Replies: 31
Views: 4,192

March 07, 2025, 09:54:41 AM
by webny99

Bannered county roads

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 4,117

March 04, 2025, 10:57:52 PM
by Big John

Roads in Video Games

Started by KEK Inc.

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Replies: 273
Views: 141,043

March 04, 2025, 04:57:21 PM
by ET21

Examples of banked curves on public roads?

Started by kernals12

Pages1 2

Replies: 39
Views: 4,016

March 02, 2025, 02:05:39 PM
by thspfc

Suburban Streets that Default to Freeway Ramps

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 55
Views: 11,529

February 24, 2025, 02:47:09 PM
by epzik8

The first *100 year milestone* in US route history

Started by usends

Replies: 23
Views: 5,903

February 24, 2025, 02:03:36 PM
by kphoger

Incorrect highways marked on Google Maps

Started by Riverside Frwy

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Replies: 1,269
Views: 585,653

February 23, 2025, 10:48:06 AM
by roadman65

Best “roller coaster” roads

Started by twinsfan87

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Replies: 75
Views: 15,141

February 21, 2025, 07:27:58 PM
by dantheman

What's the most recent new route designation in your state/province?

Started by TheStranger

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Replies: 56
Views: 11,498

February 14, 2025, 11:53:10 PM
by bassoon1986

Buildings whose addresses have changed due to land annexations

Started by KCRoadFan

Replies: 12
Views: 1,830

February 13, 2025, 06:12:48 PM
by Streetman

Glaring Map Errors

Started by CapeCodder

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 62
Views: 15,006

February 12, 2025, 09:32:42 PM
by LilianaUwU

Shun Piking what are seemingly Toll Islands in a vehicle

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 3
Views: 1,087

February 12, 2025, 04:35:47 PM
by hotdogPi

Which Highways in Your State are Most/Likely to be Clinched by Travelers

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 129
Views: 28,196

February 11, 2025, 01:14:43 AM
by jlam

Most extreme/bizarre railroad crossings

Started by index

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Replies: 87
Views: 26,514

February 09, 2025, 11:19:11 AM
by RobbieL2415

Longest Stretch of Highway Where You've Used Every Exit

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 152
Views: 41,642

February 05, 2025, 02:12:33 AM
by RoadRebel

Roads that you have been on before disaster

Started by Roadgeekteen

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 78
Views: 22,649

February 05, 2025, 01:47:47 AM
by RoadRebel

Traffic Lights for Residential Driveways

Started by Alex4897

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 106
Views: 49,036

February 03, 2025, 11:53:37 AM
by RobbieL2415

So. What are everyone’s favorites?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 28
Views: 7,775

January 26, 2025, 08:52:59 PM
by RG470

Infrastructure Bill 2021

Started by ITB

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Replies: 449
Views: 88,758

January 23, 2025, 04:36:18 PM
by hotdogPi

Most desolate current (surface road) business route?

Started by TheStranger

Replies: 10
Views: 2,727

January 23, 2025, 12:59:45 AM
by TheCatalyst31

Highway between France and Germany getting 5G upgrade

Started by kernals12

Replies: 10
Views: 2,710

January 21, 2025, 10:17:21 AM
by seicer

Remaining roadways with non-overlaid jointed reinforced concrete pavement

Started by Crown Victoria

Replies: 19
Views: 4,963

January 20, 2025, 06:43:28 PM
by Bitmapped

Road-Geeky Things Of The Past That You Miss...

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 156
Views: 33,138

January 20, 2025, 04:24:17 PM
by Shedingtonian

Are there any bannered routes outside the US?

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 10,944

January 19, 2025, 01:57:22 PM
by freebrickproductions

Rank Your States Border Crossings in order of volume of travel crossed

Started by Roadgeekteen

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Replies: 78
Views: 17,698

January 12, 2025, 04:56:29 PM
by NWI_Irish96

Longest signed interval between gas stations

Started by oscar

Pages1 2

Replies: 31
Views: 82,353

January 12, 2025, 11:17:31 AM
by Rothman

Clinching Counties' Highways

Started by NWI_Irish96

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 129
Views: 50,630

January 10, 2025, 12:25:50 AM
by ModernDayWarrior

Intersections where the streets trade names

Started by mrsman

Replies: 5
Views: 3,004

January 09, 2025, 08:09:39 PM
by Dirt Roads

AASHTO Fall 2023 Meeting

Started by Crown Victoria

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 53
Views: 19,601

January 08, 2025, 05:32:55 PM
by yakra

Closest stretches of road you have NOT clinched

Started by NWI_Irish96

Pages1 2 3 ... 9

Replies: 213
Views: 88,822

January 07, 2025, 01:58:12 AM
by ModernDayWarrior

State Clinches - Various Categories

Started by Buck87

Pages1 2 3 ... 7

Replies: 168
Views: 74,617

January 03, 2025, 01:54:14 PM
by paulthemapguy

AASHTO Spring 2024 Meeting Minutes

Started by ericlipford

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 84
Views: 23,826

December 30, 2024, 08:58:05 PM
by ClassicHasClass

Highways sometimes called by an incorrect (not former) name

Started by Streetman

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 54
Views: 13,069

December 28, 2024, 10:00:43 PM
by Max Rockatansky

8,000 cars per hour per lane on the highways of tomorrow?

Started by kernals12

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 114
Views: 22,669

December 27, 2024, 10:16:07 PM
by Bickendan

When did they started doing enlarged letters

Started by Zxct56y

Pages1 2

Replies: 41
Views: 9,565

December 27, 2024, 01:55:11 PM
by baugh17

Wrong way detour concurrences

Started by Flint1979

Replies: 2
Views: 1,980

December 23, 2024, 07:42:46 AM
by Flint1979

How bad are non road geeks

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 61
Views: 15,766

December 22, 2024, 10:59:36 PM
by PColumbus73

Themed street names

Started by hm insulators

Pages1 2 3 ... 13

Replies: 311
Views: 157,708

December 19, 2024, 08:18:35 PM
by pderocco

What do you think is the most scenic highway in your state?

Started by PNWRoadgeek

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 54
Views: 12,397

December 19, 2024, 05:33:11 PM
by boilerup25

Rural freeways that need more than six lanes

Started by Roadgeekteen

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 80
Views: 34,250

December 19, 2024, 02:56:34 PM
by democraticnole

State welcome signs at places other than state borders

Started by index

Pages1 2

Replies: 37
Views: 12,270

December 19, 2024, 11:12:10 AM
by Bitmapped

Lowest-Numbered Route You Have Not Clinched

Started by formulanone

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 114
Views: 43,844

December 18, 2024, 05:09:10 PM
by formulanone

Redundant Interchanges

Started by Georgia Guardrail

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 58
Views: 23,872

December 18, 2024, 02:12:00 PM
by Voyager

Locations where bollards are needed to prevent incorrect lane changes

Started by webny99

Replies: 9
Views: 3,355

December 18, 2024, 10:25:25 AM
by epzik8

Got pulled over for going 7 MPH over.

Started by texaskdog

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 75
Views: 16,059

December 17, 2024, 03:11:30 PM
by hbelkins

OSM Down due to network outage

Started by snowc

Replies: 0
Views: 1,789

December 16, 2024, 12:38:59 PM
by snowc

Most Isolated Major US City?

Started by webny99

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 94
Views: 20,909

December 16, 2024, 06:51:44 AM
by Quillz

Roads you have never traveled a non-multiplexed segment of

Started by epzik8

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 112
Views: 51,860

December 16, 2024, 12:08:50 AM
by 74/171FAN

Random thought: Who are the staff that actually work on numbering decisions?

Started by TheStranger

Replies: 9
Views: 3,449

December 15, 2024, 02:00:20 AM
by 6a

The original Interstate system plan

Started by Voyager

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 72
Views: 16,268

December 13, 2024, 11:30:59 AM
by Flint1979

Abandoned Rest Areas

Started by Brandon

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Replies: 320
Views: 176,310

December 11, 2024, 09:50:04 PM
by Icyhot1111

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