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Road and Highway Reference Sites

Started by DesertDog

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 51
Views: 66,032

September 30, 2023, 03:28:12 PM
by Alex

How do you get the URL of a particular place on Google Street View?

Started by J Route Z

Pages1 2

Replies: 32
Views: 63,306

June 06, 2023, 03:26:34 PM
by hotdogPi

Historic official state maps online

Started by NE2

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 108
Views: 132,186

January 19, 2024, 10:58:40 AM
by chrislopezz

AASHTO Route Numbering Database Documents

Started by Rover_0

Pages1 2 3 ... 8

Replies: 195
Views: 96,055

March 26, 2024, 08:45:13 PM
by Mapmikey

Wildlife crossings

Started by -- US 175 --

Replies: 1
Views: 214

April 21, 2024, 07:17:36 PM
by epzik8

Highway history book with white cover from years ago

Started by -- US 175 --

Replies: 2
Views: 1,496

February 26, 2020, 09:54:43 PM
by Max Rockatansky

"Sitting ducks" or "bullseyes"

Started by -- US 175 --

Replies: 3
Views: 1,634

June 22, 2020, 04:35:50 PM
by Mapmikey

Highest speed limit on a two lane suburban road with driveways

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 11
Views: 6,082

July 03, 2015, 12:36:45 PM
by 6a

Streetlight Outages, Reporting of

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 8
Views: 4,672

May 06, 2015, 10:06:52 PM
by oscar

SUNOCO Exclusivity

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 8
Views: 3,723

November 13, 2016, 12:31:58 AM
by Pink Jazz

NC Quick Pass

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 5
Views: 4,934

August 12, 2015, 06:16:13 PM
by WashuOtaku

Delays due to "volume"

Started by 02 Park Ave

Replies: 10
Views: 2,199

August 10, 2019, 05:03:52 AM
by english si

Road composition - material used

Started by 12C

Replies: 0
Views: 2,195

August 10, 2013, 02:08:04 PM
by 12C

US 395 / I-15E / US 60

Started by 1970_i feel alright

Replies: 10
Views: 5,348

March 08, 2012, 03:11:34 AM
by TheStranger

Pretentious street names

Started by 1995hoo

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Replies: 86
Views: 12,920

May 01, 2024, 06:07:00 PM
by kirbykart

Is this sidewalk placement unique?

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 13
Views: 5,365

August 30, 2014, 10:21:40 AM
by Tom958

Simultaneous merges from both sides

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 8
Views: 3,113

July 16, 2013, 01:05:57 PM
by 2Co5_14

Is passing on two-lane roads a lost art?

Started by 1995hoo

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 15,894

November 26, 2015, 01:18:21 AM
by myosh_tino

Toll road service area positioning

Started by 1995hoo

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 84
Views: 44,732

October 14, 2012, 05:49:40 PM
by Interstatefan78

Stupid street or road names

Started by 1995hoo

Pages1 2 3 ... 8

Replies: 187
Views: 59,206

July 06, 2017, 09:36:14 PM
by silverback1065

Bypasses that don't bypass the designated business route

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 1
Views: 743

July 19, 2022, 01:04:08 PM
by Mapmikey

Referring to mile markers

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 21
Views: 5,392

April 05, 2017, 11:27:33 PM
by PurdueBill

Anyone know why cardinal direction goes above reassurance shield?

Started by 1995hoo

Pages1 2

Replies: 29
Views: 17,690

August 14, 2011, 02:12:58 AM
by aridawn

Roads that feel like a different place driving in opposite directions

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 13
Views: 6,219

February 24, 2015, 09:42:29 PM
by Duke87

Concurrencies and exit numbering

Started by 1995hoo

Replies: 0
Views: 1,447

October 23, 2017, 11:49:54 AM
by 1995hoo

On house numbering

Started by 20160805

Pages1 2

Replies: 40
Views: 12,831

July 13, 2017, 02:10:21 AM
by apeman33

New feature on Google Street View?

Started by 20160805

Replies: 13
Views: 6,509

December 20, 2016, 05:24:26 PM
by 20160805

Four-Level Stack Interchange built out of LEGO

Started by 2Co5_14

Replies: 17
Views: 3,843

April 09, 2018, 11:05:37 AM
by Dustin DeWinn

Play the Game-How Are These Cities Related?

Started by 2Co5_14

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 17,499

September 23, 2009, 11:27:56 PM
by SSOWorld

Confused driving in construction zones

Started by 2Co5_14

Replies: 2
Views: 2,216

August 26, 2014, 05:04:46 PM
by Brian556

Highest number of lanes in both directions

Started by 2Co5_14

Pages1 2

Replies: 43
Views: 15,470

July 25, 2013, 07:10:24 PM
by Alps

Same control city for two different directions

Started by 2Co5_14

Pages1 2

Replies: 26
Views: 12,968

February 16, 2014, 08:04:45 AM
by mrsman

Overlapping Alternate Routes

Started by 31E

Replies: 21
Views: 7,687

September 17, 2013, 11:11:10 AM
by hbelkins

Google Traffic Maps

Started by 3467

Replies: 15
Views: 7,365

July 16, 2010, 08:51:36 PM
by Bickendan

21 Million a Mile ..For Rural Freeway

Started by 3467

Replies: 10
Views: 5,453

August 02, 2013, 05:19:53 PM
by Chris

Did Your State Have a Post Interstate Highway Plan ?

Started by 3467

Replies: 16
Views: 7,672

November 30, 2011, 05:46:52 PM
by J N Winkler

Two Lane Roads in a Four Lane Right of Way.

Started by 3467

Pages1 2

Replies: 49
Views: 5,950

February 03, 2021, 08:11:02 PM
by PHLBOS

Illinois Designates Chicago-Kansas City Highway

Started by 3467

Replies: 23
Views: 17,116

July 02, 2010, 10:34:11 PM
by 3467

Openings

Started by 3467

Replies: 17
Views: 6,696

November 27, 2012, 09:50:31 PM
by US71

Highway Numbering Meetings

Started by 3467

Replies: 2
Views: 2,326

August 01, 2010, 01:30:34 PM
by deathtopumpkins

Non-Interstate Route That carry a lot of Interstate Traffic

Started by 3467

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 79
Views: 29,396

January 26, 2015, 08:43:38 AM
by Gnutella

Why aren't reversible lanes more popular?

Started by 404inthe404

Replies: 20
Views: 11,033

September 29, 2013, 05:55:56 PM
by cpzilliacus

Using the internet to track road changes

Started by 6a

Replies: 1
Views: 2,698

July 27, 2010, 06:42:30 PM
by huskeroadgeek

Highest Numbered Detour You've Seen

Started by 7/8

Pages1 2

Replies: 26
Views: 8,999

September 08, 2016, 08:23:02 AM
by cbeach40

Impossible to Follow the Highway in One or Both Directions

Started by 7/8

Pages1 2

Replies: 49
Views: 3,743

July 15, 2022, 01:55:50 PM
by Mr_Northside

Cities with odd street networks

Started by 7/8

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 75
Views: 25,710

September 15, 2016, 01:13:55 PM
by hm insulators

Most names on a single street in a city

Started by 7/8

Replies: 14
Views: 4,869

August 19, 2016, 08:58:10 AM
by Rothman

US 2

Started by 707

Replies: 12
Views: 5,634

November 04, 2012, 08:27:46 PM
by jp the roadgeek

I hope to start a US 80 Historical Society in Arizona and need a lot of help

Started by 707

Replies: 7
Views: 3,484

January 30, 2015, 10:02:20 PM
by NE2

Split Intersection

Started by 74/171FAN

Replies: 6
Views: 5,998

April 19, 2009, 01:30:07 PM
by Duke87

First State Route Clinched In A State

Started by 74/171FAN

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 69
Views: 10,507

May 15, 2024, 12:11:52 PM
by JayhawkCO

Longest Interstate Highways

Started by 74/171FAN

Replies: 10
Views: 3,979

January 23, 2015, 02:22:38 PM
by Bickendan

I-90 or I-94 qucikest across the Dakotas?

Started by 8.Lug

Replies: 0
Views: 1,670

June 03, 2016, 03:27:28 PM
by 8.Lug

Solo multi-day roadgeeking adventures

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 60
Views: 23,565

April 14, 2012, 02:40:51 PM
by Alps

Numbering of 3di interstates ... why not use the lowest digit available?

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 80
Views: 27,260

December 15, 2012, 10:09:21 AM
by Scott5114

Argument about road-related terminology on news article comments

Started by A.J. Bertin

Replies: 22
Views: 8,478

May 22, 2012, 10:57:45 AM
by bsmart

Non-freeway toll roads (other than tunnels/bridges)

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2

Replies: 42
Views: 14,506

May 15, 2013, 12:37:03 PM
by agentsteel53

I've realized I'm a big fan of non-Interstate freeways. LOL

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 93
Views: 32,254

October 07, 2013, 03:53:01 PM
by Aerobird

Google Maps: route option to avoid "highways"

Started by A.J. Bertin

Replies: 20
Views: 14,228

March 24, 2015, 04:55:10 PM
by 1995hoo

Is it incorrect to call a toll road a "freeway"?

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 108
Views: 42,892

July 06, 2013, 02:20:35 AM
by roadfro

Interstates that significantly deviate from their directional trend (signage)

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2

Replies: 32
Views: 8,474

January 23, 2017, 12:40:53 PM
by PHLBOS

The World's Most Spectacular Roads

Started by A.J. Bertin

Replies: 0
Views: 2,727

July 09, 2010, 06:52:26 PM
by A.J. Bertin

America's 100 Deadliest Highways

Started by A.J. Bertin

Replies: 10
Views: 8,661

September 21, 2010, 05:46:18 PM
by Tom

What are your criteria for clinching a highway?

Started by A.J. Bertin

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 76
Views: 27,759

April 24, 2013, 10:27:54 AM
by 1995hoo

What's the funniest road-related news article you know of?

Started by AABattery

Replies: 7
Views: 751

January 24, 2024, 11:42:21 PM
by Henry

Area Service functional road classification

Started by Aaron Camp

Replies: 1
Views: 1,512

March 24, 2019, 10:34:21 AM
by NE2

Primary state highways functionally classified as minor collector roads

Started by Aaron Camp

Replies: 4
Views: 1,678

February 05, 2020, 08:05:45 PM
by vdeane

Old highway signs?

Started by aaronfab

Replies: 5
Views: 2,762

January 30, 2013, 07:48:01 PM
by route56

Physical drive lanes?

Started by abefroman329

Replies: 7
Views: 1,083

July 09, 2022, 08:24:37 AM
by abefroman329

Road Work Ahead versus Road Construction Ahead signs

Started by abqtraveler

Replies: 11
Views: 3,251

September 03, 2019, 10:35:55 PM
by RobbieL2415

Highways getting Truncated

Started by AcE_Wolf_287

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 89
Views: 17,291

January 25, 2022, 11:22:16 PM
by tolbs17

3di Poll

Started by AcE_Wolf_287

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 69
Views: 6,518

April 09, 2020, 01:26:16 PM
by Thunderbyrd316

Suffix Routes

Started by AcE_Wolf_287

Replies: 22
Views: 3,140

October 28, 2020, 05:52:34 PM
by sparker

Whats the background of your interest in all this? Howâ€™d you develop it?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 43
Views: 5,538

October 03, 2021, 10:46:44 PM
by OracleUsr

Longest stretch of elevated freeway or highway in the Us

Started by achilles765

Replies: 11
Views: 877

March 13, 2024, 01:19:58 PM
by mgk920

Why is there an interstate THERE but not one___?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 61
Views: 7,416

September 10, 2021, 03:36:58 PM
by US20IL64

Best, coolest, or most impressive stretches of highways

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 4,589

January 14, 2022, 10:05:13 PM
by vdeane

What is the difference between HOT lanes and tollways?

Started by ACSCmapcollector

Replies: 7
Views: 3,541

October 12, 2016, 09:53:34 AM
by 1995hoo

New Rand McNally Road Atlas 2017, skips green florescent highlight for construc

Started by ACSCmapcollector

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 86
Views: 22,102

August 07, 2016, 01:32:54 AM
by Scott5114

The quality of Thomas Brothers Maps and Guides going down?

Started by ACSCmapcollector

Replies: 5
Views: 2,780

July 17, 2016, 03:18:34 AM
by djsekani

American Automobile Association (AAA) 2017 Road Atlas?

Started by ACSCmapcollector

Replies: 5
Views: 2,887

August 11, 2016, 11:28:28 PM
by ET21

Is there a person or group making awesome high-way driving videos?

Started by adamjackson

Replies: 15
Views: 9,320

April 30, 2015, 04:30:01 PM
by golden eagle

Three-Digit Roads That Are Longer Than Their Parent

Started by adventurernumber1

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 53
Views: 17,658

November 24, 2014, 06:50:59 PM
by GaryV

Former Auxiliary Interstates?

Started by adventurernumber1

Pages1 2

Replies: 36
Views: 12,045

August 18, 2014, 03:07:55 PM
by roadman

The Most Interesting Stretches of Highway

Started by adventurernumber1

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 72
Views: 13,097

March 02, 2020, 09:56:01 AM
by mgk920

Roads in desperate need of resurfacing

Started by adventurernumber1

Pages1 2

Replies: 49
Views: 17,776

December 05, 2014, 03:38:36 PM
by adventurernumber1

Optimal Routes by Car from the Geographic Center of the U.S. to All Counties

Started by adventurernumber1

Replies: 13
Views: 3,539

August 09, 2018, 12:47:50 PM
by SD Mapman

Extending I-20

Started by adventurernumber1

Replies: 6
Views: 3,382

July 17, 2014, 08:06:32 PM
by WashuOtaku

Longest Stretch of Road While Going "Straight"

Started by adwerkema

Pages1 2

Replies: 34
Views: 4,776

July 08, 2020, 03:15:38 AM
by sparker

Travel Time Equation and Route Efficiency

Started by adwerkema

Replies: 20
Views: 4,456

May 09, 2018, 07:59:09 PM
by webny99

Longest Interstate You Haven't Been On

Started by adwerkema

Pages1 2 3 ... 15

Replies: 359
Views: 43,264

February 05, 2024, 10:29:37 PM
by Dough4872

Poll: Highway Cruising Speed?

Started by adwerkema

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 78
Views: 14,266

May 22, 2018, 04:23:44 PM
by riiga

State counting speed run

Started by adwerkema

Replies: 2
Views: 416

January 24, 2024, 02:13:25 PM
by adwerkema

50 signs in 50 states

Started by agentsteel53

Pages1 2 3 ... 14

Replies: 342
Views: 113,771

June 23, 2010, 08:48:07 AM
by rickmastfan67

Meaningless route numbers

Started by agentsteel53

Replies: 13
Views: 3,645

April 09, 2013, 10:24:50 PM
by Alps

US-81, the population dividing line

Started by agentsteel53

Replies: 23
Views: 9,553

August 19, 2013, 02:28:45 PM
by NE2

largest lane count disparity between directions

Started by agentsteel53

Replies: 18
Views: 8,484

January 23, 2014, 11:16:11 AM
by PHLBOS

Guess the infrastructure element

Started by agentsteel53

Pages1 2 3 ... 8

Replies: 181
Views: 59,055

August 17, 2009, 04:00:01 PM
by njroadhorse

bicyclist gets felony manslaughter for plowing through red lights, pedestrian

Started by agentsteel53

Pages1 2

Replies: 44
Views: 15,599

August 09, 2013, 10:24:51 PM
by Duke87

multi-state routes which changed number

Started by agentsteel53

Replies: 16
Views: 8,456

March 04, 2012, 02:44:35 PM
by The High Plains Traveler

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