Highways with state designated names instead of numbers

[roadman65]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

[sprjus4]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

True, but it was in the OP. But either way, doesn't matter - we all do it sometimes.

[Rothman]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

True, but it was in the OP. But either way, doesn't matter - we all do it sometimes.

Nah.  Not everyone.

[roadman65]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

True, but it was in the OP. But either way, doesn't matter - we all do it sometimes.

Yes we do.  And yes the OP should be read at least and I did a boo boo there. I admit it.

[kphoger]

Pro tip:  Don't just read the OP.  Also do a search feature within the thread for what you want to post.  That way, even if OSR had been mentioned 27 posts in, your search would immediately find it.

[hotdogPi]

Pro tip:  Don't just read the OP.  Also do a search feature within the thread for what you want to post.  That way, even if OSR had been mentioned 27 posts in, your search would immediately find it.

It doesn't always work. There are two things that need to be searched: the abbreviation and the full name. While both are mentioned here, that's not always the case.

Then there's searching for US 50 getting results for US 501, people misspelling words, images with no text, etc.

[kphoger]

Pro tip:  Don't just read the OP.  Also do a search feature within the thread for what you want to post.  That way, even if OSR had been mentioned 27 posts in, your search would immediately find it.

It doesn't always work. There are two things that need to be searched: the abbreviation and the full name. While both are mentioned here, that's not always the case.

Then there's searching for US 50 getting results for US 501, people misspelling words, images with no text, etc.

...all of which implies you know what you're talking about, which means you already use the search feature enough to understand its limitations.  If only everyone else even tried!

[Avalanchez71]

New York
Saw Mill Parkway

[LilianaUwU]

New York
Saw Mill Parkway

That's an iffy one, as it's unsigned NY 987D.

[hbelkins]

Who maintains the LL Tisdale Parkway in Tulsa? It's signposted.

[skluth]

There's also the Colonial Parkway connecting Jamestown-Williamsburg-Yorktown in VA, though Wikipedia says it has an official designation of State Route 90003. I don't remember seeing a number when I lived in Tidewater several years back.

[sprjus4]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

True, but it was in the OP. But either way, doesn't matter - we all do it sometimes.

Nah.  Not everyone.

Things happen with everyone. Grow up.

[bulldog1979]

Michigan has the Capitol Loop. MDOT assigned it Connector 496 as an internal number.

[Rothman]

OSR in Texas.

That was literally the only specific example mentioned in the first post of this thread.

Well I can't read all posts. Besides I have seen worse things posted. Heck I get copied in a thread too.

True, but it was in the OP. But either way, doesn't matter - we all do it sometimes.

Nah.  Not everyone.

Things happen with everyone. Grow up.

Talking about some generic "blob" of things is moving the goalposts lightyears from the simple, minor phenomenon of ignoring the OP.  In fact, I'd say a good number of respondents on here have never made that mistake -- I'd go as far as betting on the majority, actually.

[US 89]

Who maintains the LL Tisdale Parkway in Tulsa? It's signposted.

I believe it’s the city of Tulsa, and I’m fairly sure they also maintain the portion of the Gilcrease that is not SH 11.

[bugo]

Yes, the LL Tisdale Parkway is owned by the city of Tulsa. And the Gilcrease Expressway west of US 75 is also a local road. The Gilcrease Turnpike, which is under construction, is going to be OK 344.

[bing101]

One text file I created for a Python program I created has this list:


San Bernardino Freeway

Wait isn't San Bernardino freeway I-10 in the San Gabriel Valley. But there is an unsigned CA-10 Between I-5 and US-101 in Downtown Los Angeles and there is an El Monte Busway that gets its own lanes that's parallel to the San Bernardino freeway.

[Roadgeekteen]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2699991,-71.1963907,3a,42.7y,276.89h,90.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfHADxk63-dm40aLyQDdBew!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great Plain Avenue in Needham

[crispy93]

NY's parkways

NY's parkways have numbers -- NYSDOT's, anyway.

I think the Cross-Island Parkway is only NYCDOT but it still has a reference route (907A).

The LaSalle Expressway near Niagara Falls doesn't have a signed route number (but it's reference route 951A)

There are various NYSDOT roads that don't have posted route numbers but the names are probably decided by the town, not the state

[MikieTimT]

Fulbright Expressway in Fayetteville, AR.  Basically both of the ends of the old Fayetteville US-71 Bypass before the middle section became subsumed into what eventually became I-49 through Fayetteville.  Also the reason for the janky U-turn of I-49 on the north end where the Fulbright Expressway forks off to dump onto 71B south of the mall and Joyce Blvd.

[Ben114]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2699991,-71.1963907,3a,42.7y,276.89h,90.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfHADxk63-dm40aLyQDdBew!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great Plain Avenue in Needham

This isn't what the thread is mainly looking for (which would be named roads like the Lowell Connector or Storrow Drive). In this case, the state is responsible for maintenance of a short section of Great Plain Ave, with the end located shortly west of the beginning that you linked to.

The same works the other way around in MA, where portions of numbered roads are maintained by local DPWs, such as a section of MA 122 in Northbridge, with the north end and the south end.

[Roadgeekteen]

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.2699991,-71.1963907,3a,42.7y,276.89h,90.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfHADxk63-dm40aLyQDdBew!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Great Plain Avenue in Needham

This isn't what the thread is mainly looking for (which would be named roads like the Lowell Connector or Storrow Drive). In this case, the state is responsible for maintenance of a short section of Great Plain Ave, with the end located shortly west of the beginning that you linked to.

The same works the other way around in MA, where portions of numbered roads are maintained by local DPWs, such as a section of MA 122 in Northbridge, with the north end and the south end.

Is the Plimoth Plantation Highway maintained by the state?

[frankenroad]

A short section of the Ronald Reagan Hwy (also called the Cross-County Highway) near Cincinnati is unnumbered.   The rest of it is part of OH-126, but the westernmost leg is unnumbered.  When it was originally built (starting in the 1950s) it was all unnumbered and was called the Cross-County Highway, but when it was completed in the 1990s, 126 was rerouted from its previous alignment to the current routing.   That was about the same time when it was re-named the Ronald Reagan Highway.   Most people (at least my age) still call it Cross County.