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Started by webny99, February 10, 2018, 02:56:40 PM

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webny99

February 10, 2018, 02:56:40 PM  
I still have to use Google once in a while, so I thought it would be handy (especially for new users) to have a list:

BGS - big green sign
FHWA - Federal Highway Works Administration
MTR - misc.transport.road
MUTCD - Manual for Uniform Traffic Contol Devices
[X]DOT - [state] Department of Transportation

They can be humorous, but they have to be actually used, and road/forum-related in some way.

hotdogPi

#1
February 10, 2018, 03:04:09 PM  
RIRO (right in right out)
SPUI (single point urban interchange)
DDI (diverging diamond interchange)
TOTSO (turn off to stay on)
AASHTO (expansion of acronym not memorized)
NIMBY (not in my back yard)
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 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

bing101

#2
February 10, 2018, 03:09:44 PM  
FM- Farm to Market road (State route in Texas)
CR- County Route



roadman65

#3
February 10, 2018, 03:29:24 PM  
CBBT- US 13 across the Chesapeake Bay.
HRBT- I-64 across Hampton Roads
MMBT- I-664 across Hampton Roads
OBT- Orange Blossom Trail (Orlando and Kissimmee in FL)
JYP- John Young Pky (Orlando- Kissimmee )
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

roadfro

#4
February 10, 2018, 04:05:47 PM  
3DI - Three-digit Interstate [also: 3DUS - Three-digit U.S. Route]
BR - sometimes uses as shorthand for "Business Route", instead of typing 'Bus.'
IH - Interstate Highway (official designation for Interstates used by TxDOT)
RM - Ranch to Market Road (type of state highway in Texas, in the same classification as FM)

FYA - Flashing Yellow Arrow (a newer PPLT signal display) [also: FRA - Flashing Red Arrow]
PPLT - Protected/Permitted left turn

SHS - The "Standard Highway Signs" book, which supplements the MUTCD.

Quote from: webny99 on February 10, 2018, 02:56:40 PM
FHWA - Federal Highway Works Administration
MUTCD - Manual foron Uniform Traffic Control Devices
Quote from: 1 on February 10, 2018, 03:04:09 PM
AASHTO (expansion of acronym not memorized) American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Fixed these for you...
Roadfro - AARoads Pacific Southwest moderator since 2010, Nevada roadgeek since 1983.

Roadgeek2500

#5
February 10, 2018, 05:31:31 PM   Last Edit: February 10, 2018, 05:35:50 PM by Roadgeek2500
PTC: Pennsylvania Turnpike Commisson
DRPA: Delaware River Port Authority
DRBA: Delaware River and Bay Authority
NJTA: New Jersey Turnpike Authority

ROW: Right of Way
VMS: Variable Message Sign
Quote from: NE2 on December 20, 2013 - DRPA =Derpa

CapeCodder

#6
February 10, 2018, 06:56:42 PM  
BANANA- Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone.

sparker

#7
February 12, 2018, 01:57:08 AM   Last Edit: February 12, 2018, 02:01:08 AM by sparker
Specific to CA:
     LRN: Legislative Route Number (pre-'64 renumbering effort; only signage on mileposts & structures).
     SSR: Numerical state-shielded signage applied to any pre-'64 state-maintained facility;  originally the old small
          "bear" shields but replaced in the mid-50's by black-on-white signage similar to today's white-on-green shields.
     DOH: Division of Highways; supplanted in '73 by CALTRANS when reconfigured as a statewide omnibus trans-
          portation agency addressing multiple transportation modes (road, rail, waterway, airports, etc.)
     CH&PW:  California Highways & Public Works, late lamented bimonthly publication of DOH that included detailed
          (informative as well as technical) articles regarding statewide highway projects as well as maps of recently adopted
          freeway alignments and/or highway reroutings.  Ceased publication in early 1967 as part of a pan-agency cost-cutting
          measure (certainly not Ronald Reagan's finest hour!).
         

adventurernumber1

#8
February 12, 2018, 11:50:19 AM  
Definitely not as common and known an acronym as BGS (Big Green Sign), but I want to think that maybe I have also heard of LGS (Little Green Sign), which describes smaller green signs such as distance/mileage ones:

-Ex. (ROADBURG 7, ROAD CITY 123, etc.)-

Am I correct that this has been used before?  :hmmm:
Now alternating between different highway shields for my avatar - my previous highway shield avatar for the last few years was US 76.

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webny99

#9
February 12, 2018, 12:04:32 PM  
Quote from: adventurernumber1 on February 12, 2018, 11:50:19 AM
Definitely not as common and known an acronym as BGS (Big Green Sign), but I want to think that maybe I have also heard of LGS (Little Green Sign), which describes smaller green signs such as distance/mileage ones:

-Ex. (ROADBURG 7, ROAD CITY 123, etc.)-

Am I correct that this has been used before?  :hmmm:

Yep, that's definitely correct, though LGS is used much less frequently.

oscar

#10
February 12, 2018, 12:47:44 PM  
Quote from: bing101 on February 10, 2018, 03:09:44 PM
CR- County Route

Or County Road, or (just in California), CH - County Highway.
my Hot Springs and Highways pages, with links to my roads sites:
http://www.alaskaroads.com/home.html

hbelkins

#11
February 12, 2018, 01:07:26 PM  
DUAAFAFO -- short for Tom From Ohio's warm greeting to anyone he was about to flame.


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

webny99

#12
February 12, 2018, 01:09:44 PM  
Quote from: hbelkins on February 12, 2018, 01:07:26 PM
DUAAFAFO -- short for Tom From Ohio's warm greeting to anyone he was about to flame.

That lends itself to some very interesting possibilities.  :-D

US71

#13
February 12, 2018, 01:14:01 PM  
Quote from: bing101 on February 10, 2018, 03:09:44 PM
FM- Farm to Market road (State route in Texas)
CR- County Route




Some Missouri counties use FR for Farm Road which is their county road
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Brandon

#14
February 12, 2018, 01:25:39 PM  
Illinois-specific

SBI: State Bond issue (i.e SBI Route 4)
FAP: Federal-Aid Primary (i.e. FAP 431)
FAI: Federal-Aid Interstate (i.e. FAI 80)
FAS: Federal-Aid Secondary (i.e. FAS 30)
ISTHA: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, formerly...
ISTHC: Illinois State Toll Highway Commission
CTA: Chicago Transit Authority
RTA: Regional Transportation Authority
CDOT: Chicago Department of Transportation
CMAP: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
IDPW: Illinois Department of Public Works (IDOT predecessor)
NIRC: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation aka Metra

There's a lot more on this list: http://www.idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Manuals-Guides-&-Handbooks/Highways/IDOT%20Acronyms.pdf
"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention." - Ramsay Bolton, "Game of Thrones"

"Symbolic of his struggle against reality." - Reg, "Monty Python's Life of Brian"

hotdogPi

#15
February 12, 2018, 01:29:24 PM  
Quote from: Brandon on February 12, 2018, 01:25:39 PM
Illinois-specific

SBI: State Bond issue (i.e SBI Route 4)
FAP: Federal-Aid Primary (i.e. FAP 431)
FAI: Federal-Aid Interstate (i.e. FAI 80)
FAS: Federal-Aid Secondary (i.e. FAS 30)
ISTHA: Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, formerly...
ISTHC: Illinois State Toll Highway Commission
CTA: Chicago Transit Authority
RTA: Regional Transportation Authority
CDOT: Chicago Department of Transportation
CMAP: Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
IDPW: Illinois Department of Public Works (IDOT predecessor)
NIRC: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation aka Metra

There's a lot more on this list: http://www.idot.illinois.gov/Assets/uploads/files/Transportation-System/Manuals-Guides-&-Handbooks/Highways/IDOT%20Acronyms.pdf

And of course, IDiOT.
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 44, 50
MA 22, 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

bing101

#16
February 12, 2018, 02:45:11 PM  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Highway

Forest Highway-FH
Federal Forest Highway-FFH

bing101

#17
February 12, 2018, 02:48:38 PM  

hbelkins

#18
February 12, 2018, 03:10:59 PM  
In all seriousness, most of these could be found on the old MTR FAQ, but I have no idea if that's still available anywhere or not.

Also: U-220 = I-99?


Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

J N Winkler

#19
February 12, 2018, 03:22:52 PM  
Quote from: hbelkins on February 12, 2018, 03:10:59 PMIn all seriousness, most of these could be found on the old MTR FAQ, but I have no idea if that's still available anywhere or not.

http://www.roadfan.com/mtrfaq.html
"It is necessary to spend a hundred lire now to save a thousand lire later."--Piero Puricelli, explaining the need for a first-class road system to Benito Mussolini

US71

#20
February 12, 2018, 04:45:19 PM  
Quote from: hbelkins on February 12, 2018, 01:07:26 PM
DUAAFAFO -- short for Tom From Ohio's warm greeting to anyone he was about to flame.

Don't forget TFTMS ;)
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

TBKS1

#21
February 12, 2018, 08:05:21 PM  
Quote from: bing101 on February 10, 2018, 03:09:44 PM
FM- Farm to Market road (State route in Texas)
CR- County Route

Don't forget RM! (Ranch to Market Road)
I take pictures of road signs, that's about it.

General rule of thumb: Just stay in the "Traffic Control" section of the forum and you'll be fine.

lepidopteran

#22
February 12, 2018, 11:31:52 PM  
In the northeast
NJTP: New Jersey Turnpike
GSP: Garden State Parkway
PATP: Pennsylvania Turnpike
JFX: Jones Falls Expressway (the section of I-83 inside the Baltimore Beltway)
LIE: Long Island Expressway
BQE: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
GWB: George Washington Bridge
TZB: Tappan-Zee Bridge

And not really roadgeek-specific...
FTFY: Fixed that for you

US71

#23
February 12, 2018, 11:33:47 PM  
Quote from: TBKS1 on February 12, 2018, 08:05:21 PM
Quote from: bing101 on February 10, 2018, 03:09:44 PM
FM- Farm to Market road (State route in Texas)
CR- County Route

Don't forget RM! (Ranch to Market Road)

and R (Recreation Roads) in Texas
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

Beltway

#24
February 12, 2018, 11:48:36 PM  
EIS - Environmental Impact Statement
FEIS - Final Environmental Impact Statement
DEIS - Draft Environmental Impact Statement
EA - Environmental Assessment
FONSI - Finding of No Significant Impact
ROD - Record of Decision
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
HOV - High Occupancy Vehicle
HOT - High Occupancy Toll
PRA - U.S. Public Roads Administration
BPR - U.S. Bureau of Public Roads (formerly was PRA)
FHWA — Federal Highway Administration (formerly was BPR)
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