Take-It-Yourself Route Number Challenge

[formulanone]

PA 437 on I-80:


Cullman County 437 - formerly part of State Route 69 before Lewis Smith Lake was created by Alabama Power:

[Jim]

Here's New York 437 in Melrose Park.  July 11, 2015.

[jbnv]

438 is now in play.


Florida 434 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Florida 435 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr


Florida 436 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[formulanone]

Thanks to some Scranton-area traffic last fall, I nicely composed PA 438 on I-81:

[Jim]

Hate to do this, but it's my only 438, so I will.  Here's that same Pennsylvania 438 on I-81.  Mine's older, taken July 13, 2008.  Is it just the lighting and angle or is the newer sign using a narrower font?

[formulanone]

Hate to do this, but it's my only 438, so I will.  Here's that same Pennsylvania 438 on I-81.  Mine's older, taken July 13, 2008.  Is it just the lighting and angle or is the newer sign using a narrower font?

I think it's the lighting and the angle. I was using a cloudy-day white balance which enhances the reds (fall colors) but makes greens more yellow.

[MNHighwayMan]

Hate to do this, but it's my only 438, so I will.  Here's that same Pennsylvania 438 on I-81.  Mine's older, taken July 13, 2008.  Is it just the lighting and angle or is the newer sign using a narrower font?

I think it's the lighting and the angle. I was using a cloudy-day white balance which enhances the reds (fall colors) but makes greens more yellow.

To me it looks like that particular implementation of Clearview looks narrower than I'm used to–on the other hand, it might also just be the power of suggestion. IDK.

[Jim]

Hate to do this, but it's my only 438, so I will.  Here's that same Pennsylvania 438 on I-81.  Mine's older, taken July 13, 2008.  Is it just the lighting and angle or is the newer sign using a narrower font?

I think it's the lighting and the angle. I was using a cloudy-day white balance which enhances the reds (fall colors) but makes greens more yellow.

To me it looks like that particular implementation of Clearview looks narrower than I'm used to–on the other hand, it might also just be the power of suggestion. IDK.

On I-81 in NEPA a few days ago I thought many of the signs were either using a narrower Clearview than I'm used to or something not Clearview at all.

[formulanone]

Hate to do this, but it's my only 438, so I will.  Here's that same Pennsylvania 438 on I-81.  Mine's older, taken July 13, 2008.  Is it just the lighting and angle or is the newer sign using a narrower font?

I think it’s the lighting and the angle. I was using a cloudy-day white balance which enhances the reds (fall colors) but makes greens more yellow.

To me it looks like that particular implementation of Clearview looks narrower than I'm used to—on the other hand, it might also just be the power of suggestion. IDK.

On I-81 in NEPA a few days ago I thought many of the signs were either using a narrower Clearview than I'm used to or something not Clearview at all.

On second thought, the numerals on the shield are definitely thicker in my photo than yours. So the text is either a few whiskers thinner on mine, or it's an optical illusion. There's a little fine cracking on the exit tab, but otherwise it looks quite new...so I'm not certain that it's the same sign.

I'm not as familiar with the highway/signage history in the area, but since Pennsylvania was one of the first to experiment with Clearview, they're probably likely to be two different signs due to replacement.

[formulanone]

Texas Highway Spur 439 along US 190 (now I-14):


Lake County (FL) Road 439 along CR 42, just one of many uni-signs in the area:

[Truvelo]

B439 heading to the historic town of Stratford-upon-Avon.

[Jim]

My only 439 is not very exciting.  New Jersey 439 from 1&9 in Elizabeth.

[Max Rockatansky]

I suppose that I ought to get caught up with the backtracks...

US 223 from the start of the US 23 multiplex south to Ohio:

IMG_6516 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

M50:

IMG_6517 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

The random ass western terminus of CA 68:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[formulanone]

Four Forty Time!

I haven't played the Garden State in a while, so here's NJ 440:


Arkansas 440 in Little Rock:


Louisiana 440 on I-55:

[Jim]

2-for-1 I-440 and Arkansas 440 in Little Rock.  March 17, 2004.



Here's New York 440 on Staten Island.  June 14, 2006.



A-440 in Québec.  June 28, 2011.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'll be back in for 441, so let's see what else I've dug up on my recent travels for backtracks.

Kind of hard to see but there is a CR G9 behind the CA 152:

IMG_7734 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

CR G8:

IMG_7747 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

CR G17:

0 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[7/8]

Time for 441. Here's US 441 on I-75 in FL


I-440 in Nashville, TN


A-440 in Montreal, QC

[Jim]

New York 441 from I-490 in the Rochester area.  August 14, 2016.



I'll cheat with two variations on US 441.  First is a "Georgia Heritage" near Athens.  December 26, 2004.



Second is in Okeechobee, Florida.  July 29, 2007.

[Max Rockatansky]

My US 441 shield out of my sign collection.

IMG_5289 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[dgolub]

No one did NJ 439.  Here it is, from coming off the Goethals Bridge (I-278):

[csw]

Indiana 441 from southbound US 41, Vincennes, IN:

[jmd41280]

PA 441 (along PA 230 in Middletown)


PA Route 230 @ PA Route 441 - Middletown, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[formulanone]

TN 441 on northbound I-65:


LA 10 / 441 multiplex near I-55:


Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

[paulthemapguy]

Texas spur 437


IMG_0594 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

US441


201 US441 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

Terminus of US 441 / SR 7 at Calle Ocho in Miami:

Disgraceful that a US route terminus is signed with such ugly shields like that.