NWT/Nunavut/Yukon Question

[DrZoidberg]

I notice these territories (well, not so much Nunavut) have highways going through them with numeric designations.  Does anybody know or have pictures of highway shields from here?  I've never seen a NWT shield, and wasn't sure if they had their own markers or not.  Do any of these regions sign their highways by number?

[un1]

I had a Nunavut question in my Trivia set.
Nunavut doesn't have a highway system, mostly privately owned.
NWT and Yukon have highway systems, Yukon has a shield but I forget what the shield looked like same with NWT.

[corco]

Yukon's shield is essentially a Massachusetts style shield with no border and varying color depending on the route number inside, if memory serves me.

A lot of shield assemblies in Yukon/NWT/Nunavut just use the number printed on the sign without any formatting- I'm not sure that NWT/Nunavut actually have a shield

[Stephane Dumas]

there a study from 2006 for an highway project linking Manitoba with the Nunavut, mainly the part known as the Keewatin district
http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/
http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/Exhibit%2011_Rev%20PC_Dec%202006.pdf

[Hellfighter]

I guess the question is, is worth the effort to build a road to Nunavut, will there be enough traffic or will it just be trucks.

[un1]

There is a winter road to Nunavut from NWT. There is about 10-15K trucks per year on it.

[Stephane Dumas]

I guess the question is, is worth the effort to build a road to Nunavut, will there be enough traffic or will it just be trucks.

with the increase level of mining exploration, I guess they'll be a need for a permanent road to ease the access to some locations

[corco]

I imagine that truck traffic alone would be enough of a motivator to build the highway, that plus governmental transport ability to somehow drive to Iqaluit (I realize this is impossible but a ferry from said highway to Iqaluit is potentially feasible)

[un1]

Yeah, Iqaluit is on an island and to build a bridge or a tunnel would be to pointless for now.

[Alps]

NWT has a shield with a bear in it.  There was one on eBay last time I checked.  It's a green rectangle with white letters and number.

[Tom]

No photos 2 speak of here, but the following Wikipedia articles of the highways in the 3 territories should add information 2 this catagory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Northwest_Territories_highways
(articles of the other 2 territories can b logged onto from the bottom of the NWT highway article)

[agentsteel53]

here's a Yukon shield, in Alaska, actually. 



The gantry is missing the left arrow for the 9 and 5, and should also have a "TO" above the 9, as Alaska 5 turns into Yukon 9 a couple hundred miles up the road.

[vdeane]

Alaska: the one place in the US where 200 miles is close enough to start signing routes from an adjacent area.

Now that I read that it sounds like a good motivator poster.

[Alps]

here's a Yukon shield, in Alaska, actually. 



The gantry is missing the left arrow for the 9 and 5, and should also have a "TO" above the 9, as Alaska 5 turns into Yukon 9 a couple hundred miles up the road.

See, the big problem with Yukon's shield is that, for me looking at that page, I think, "What does that number 9 have to do with Route 5?"  A red "TO" would certainly help, but really, Yukon ought to at least put Y.T. in their shield so it looks like something.

[agentsteel53]

See, the big problem with Yukon's shield is that, for me looking at that page, I think, "What does that number 9 have to do with Route 5?"  A red "TO" would certainly help, but really, Yukon ought to at least put Y.T. in their shield so it looks like something.

I would even use the territorial outline.  As far as I know, all Yukon routes are single digit, so they would fit in the bottom half.  Then maybe a YUKON in the upper right corner?

but definitely keep the colors - each route number has its own color.  Who needs Floridachrome when you have Dancing Rainbow Polar Bear Vision?

[RoadWarrior56]

I drove through the Yukon on the way to Alaska several years ago.  They were Yukon route numbers on the square signs embedded on larger green directional signs.  I never saw a free standing Yukon route number shield.  Notice the photo above was likely taken in Alaska, not Yukon.

[agentsteel53]

it was indeed taken in Alaska, at Tetlin Junction.

[Bickendan]

YT 14, 15 and 37 disagree, but that hardly matters, yes?

[oscar]

Bickendan, where are YT 14 and 15?  I know about YT 10 and a very short stub YT 37 (extension of BC 37), but otherwise nothing above 10 shown in the latest Milepost, IIRC.

[agentsteel53]

YT 14, 15 and 37 disagree, but that hardly matters, yes?

there's a 37?  that may make things tricky.  10, 14, 15 are one and a half digits and would work fine.

the question is, what is that font that Yukon uses for its numbers?

[Alps]

I see an 11 in their official map...

[oscar]

Yeah, YT 11 is a short spur from YT 2 to Mayo.  I forgot about that one.

YT 10 is a long spur from YT 4 to Tungsten NWT.  The Milepost reports the highway extends a few km into NWT as a public road, but since it's completely isolated from the rest of the NWT road network, I doubt that NWT would bother slapping a number on its segment. 

YT 37 is so short, if it gets any route signage at all, "TO BC 37" would probably do the trick.

[Bickendan]

Alaska: The one place in the US where 200 miles is close enough to start signing routes from an adjacent area.

Now that I read that it sounds like a good motivator poster.

Someone shop in a To sign and a left arrow, slap the pic against a black background with caption on it and we'll have a winner.

[Bickendan]

Bickendan, where are YT 14 and 15?  I know about YT 10 and a very short stub YT 37 (extension of BC 37), but otherwise nothing above 10 shown in the latest Milepost, IIRC.

YT 14 is a spur of YT 2 north of Whitehorse, running west to Tahinni Hot Springs. YT 15 is a spur of YT 4 from Faro, running north a short ways on Mitchell Rd.

[oscar]

Since I visited that hot spring on my 1994 Alaska trio, I guess I've clinched YT 14 by accident.  (BTW, it's an OK stopover on the way up to Alaska, though it's a developed commercial hot spring, while I prefer undeveloped hot springs like Liard HS along the Alaska Highway in northern BC.)

Also got all of YT 2 , 3, 8, and 9.  Not 1 -- the two segments of the entire Alaska Highway I missed are both in the Yukon.