Take-It-Yourself Route Number Challenge

[Jim]

Here is a US 221 pair just off the Blue Ridge Parkway near Blowing Rock, North Carolina.  August 13, 2002.



New York 221 from I-81.  June 4, 2013.



No others (besides a big group of other US 221) in my collection for today.

[MNHighwayMan]

Iowa 220


IA-220 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

I was certain for a moment that you'd somehow stolen one of my pictures, which heretofore had not been on the Internet:



But it's quickly obvious that mine has less snow in it

[jbnv]

US 221, somewhere in Florida:


US 221 Advance Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[jmd41280]

PA 221 (Taylorstown, PA)


PA Route 221 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

I-77 approaching US 58/221 (Hillsville, VA)


I-77 near US 58 / US 221 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[oscar]

Some catch-ups, from a dive into my film print shoeboxes for pix from a short 2002 visit to Puerto Rico. Just three in this post, two more to follow in a separate post.

PR 137, somewhere near Vega Baja (shot on the move, so of course another car got in the way):



PR 194, somewhere near Fajardo:



PR 195, also near Fajardo:

[Jim]

Moving us to 222, of which I can offer 2.

US 222 near Reading, Pennsylvania.  May 20, 2005.



Florida 222 in Gainesville.  July 12, 2014.

[epzik8]

Maryland Route 222 near Conowingo, Maryland, just off the U.S. Route 1 Conowingo Dam. MD-222 used to be a continuation of U.S. 222 between Conowingo and Perryville via Port Deposit until 1995.

[jbnv]

Florida 222 from I-75:


FL 222 Exit Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[formulanone]

US 221 near Uvalda, Georgia:


One more for Gainesville...FL 222:


M-222 on southbound US 131:

[dgolub]

CT 8 northbound at CT 222:

[oscar]

Here's my other two tropical catch-ups.

County 148 near Volcano HI, alongside an HI 11 marker (with some exceptions on Maui island, county route markers look just like state route markers):



PR 163 in suburban Ponce PR, underscoring that you can find the major U.S. junk food brands in Puerto Rico too:

[jmd41280]

I-78 east approaching US 222 (Allentown, PA)


On the Road by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[formulanone]

CT 8 northbound at CT 222:

That was going to be my third 222, but I'd forgotten 221...

[Max Rockatansky]

Moving up to 223 with CA 223:

223CAa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

A couple more back tracks with US 19:

19USb by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

And I-45:

45Ia by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Jim]

Two to offer for 223.

US 223 in Sylvania, Ohio.  July 9, 2003.



Alabama 223 in Union Springs.  July 3, 2012.

[formulanone]

US 223 in Michigan:


--- We're also due for 224 ---

US 224 in Decatur, Indiana:


An error sign for "Ohio 224", instead of the US Route. Found in Alliance, OH:

[Jim]

US 224 concurrent with I-76 near Akron, Ohio.  June 3, 2003.



This one feels like a bit of a cheat, but I'll add in a business US 224 in Van Wert, Ohio.  May 29, 2009.



Iowa 224 from US 6.  July 26, 2016.

[paulthemapguy]

US224


OH-US23-US224S by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Iowa 224 just N of I-80


IA-224-STN by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

Iowa 224 just N of I-80


IA-224-STN by Paul Drives, on Flickr

And here's the END IA-224 sign on the opposite side of the interchange–I'll add that the sign in your picture has since been replaced with a wide shield as well. March 4, 2017.



Also, am I the only one irritated by the fact that wide shields were used but still with Series C? I thought the whole point of using 30x24" shields was to be able to fit three Series D numerals.

[paulthemapguy]

And here's the END IA-224 sign on the opposite side of the interchange - I'll add that the sign in your picture has since been replaced with a wide shield as well. Also, am I the only one irritated by the fact that wide shields were used but still with Series C? I thought the whole point of using 30x24" shields was to be able to fit three Series D numerals.

If IowaDOT could figure out the kerning necessary between a 2 and a 4 (i.e. little to no spacing whatsoever), I'm sure they could have used Series D.  Look at the 2 and the 4--the spacing between is far too great.

[MNHighwayMan]

If IowaDOT could figure out the kerning necessary between a 2 and a 4 (i.e. little to no spacing whatsoever), I'm sure they could have used Series D.  Look at the 2 and the 4--the spacing between is far too great.

I'm wondering if it's just IowaDOT playing it conservatively so that custom kerning and other font fiddling isn't ever necessary. So much so that they even use Series C on digit combinations that would very clearly fit Series D, c.f. this Iowa 117 sign:



Also, I totally forgot to include this with my first post: a Minnesota 224 shield from my sign collection. This route connected the town of Ogema on US-59 to the unincorporated community/CDP of White Earth four miles to the east. The route was turned back to Becker County in 2005, and is now CR-34.

[formulanone]

Georgia State Route 224 on GA 26:

[jmd41280]

Intersection of US 224 and OH 43 (Mogadore, OH)


US 224/OH Route 43 Intersection by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[okroads]

M-216, taken 5/22/16:
DSC04878 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

CT 216 (erroneously signed as RI 216), taken 7/17/14:
DSC06666 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

MD 216, taken 7/13/14:
DSC03062 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[7/8]

Let's continue on to 225, since we've been on 224 for a while. Unfortunately, my next playable photo isn't until 231.