Blue Star Memorial Highway

Started by Voyager, February 28, 2009, 03:48:51 PM

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Voyager

How many of these are there in the United States? The only one I know of is I-680 in California.
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akotchi

I believe portions of U.S. 50 and U.S. 301 in Maryland are also so designated.
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I-64 through all of Kentucky is designated as such.  EDIT: Come to think of it, all of the rest areas/ welcome centers along the entire strech of I-64 have the Blue Star Memorial Highway signs, but KY posts them along the roadway.

bugo

There's one of these signs just off of US 59-71 in Mena, AR. 

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Greybear

There was one of those signs at the old Arkansas Welcome Center on I-30 between Exits 1 and 2 in Texarkana before it closed. I'm not sure if there is one at the new one.

brad2971

US 40 in Colorado is designated as a Blue Star Memorial Highway, and the state historical marker for it is just east of I-225.

rmsandw

One is posted along IL 53 (Old U.S. 66) in Wilmington, IL in the VFW parking lot.  There was a push by the VFW there several years ago to get the marker.
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PAHighways

The Pennsylvania Turnpike as well as I-70 in Ohio are marked as a Blue Star Highway.

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Quote from: PAHighways on February 28, 2009, 10:54:04 PM
The Pennsylvania Turnpike as well as I-70 in Ohio are marked as a Blue Star Highway.

I knew there was one in PA, I just couldn't remember what! :banghead:
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Ian

I-95 in New Hampshire and Maine are the Blue Star Memorial Highway. I also think the New York Thruway is named that aswell.
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Chris

The most significant is the probably the outer belt of Boston, I-495.

Ian

Quote from: Chris on March 01, 2009, 01:43:41 PM
The most significant is the probably the outer belt of Boston, I-495.

It is  :confused: :confused: Hmm, never knew that. I should know since I travel it a lot  :banghead:.
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CarlFox

US 17 (Park Avenue) in Orange Park, FL is designated as a Blue Star Highway.  I'm not sure if that designation goes all the way through Clay County, or just in the town limits of Orange Park, though.

ComputerGuy

For Washington, there's a whole bunch. Mark Bozanich found some at rest areas and such:

http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/hwysofwastate/blustr.html

Voyager

Oh wow, I thought there was only one of them!
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CarlFox

Couple of links for you :

The Blue Star Memorial program is run by National Garden Clubs, Inc..  Unfortunately, while they have a description of the program, they don't have a list of the roads so designated.  (It appears, with a bit more Googling, that if a state's Garden Club affiliate can afford to purchase the sign, and can get the appropriate permission from their state government, then any highway can be a Blue Star Memorial Highway...)

FHWA also has a page on the Blue Star highways, but again, no list.

cjk374

In Ruston, LA where US 167 divides near 1-20  a marker is located in the median.
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