Why is there a US-38 shield on the Regional Mod tag?

Started by thspfc, October 17, 2020, 05:20:27 PM

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thspfc



J N Winkler

This answer doesn't really go to motivation for design of the tag itself, but there are a couple of observations that seem relevant:

*  US 38 was a regional (Nebraska-Colorado) route later subsumed into US 6.

*  A longstanding MUTCD heirloom, dating from at least the 1960's, is an illustration of a post-interchange distance sign that references US 38 in the top line, initially as text and now as a shield:  [US 38] JCT 5, Greenville 40, St Louis 125 in the current edition.
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Scott5114

I think the main motivation was just to put an unused number in it. It could have easily been 47.
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webny99

This actually never occurred to me until you pointed it out, but I'm glad an even number was chosen.

kphoger

So why is there a not-unused number on the Administrator tag?   :hmmm:
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hotdogPi

Quote from: kphoger on October 20, 2020, 02:59:11 PM
So why is there a not-unused number on the Administrator tag?   :hmmm:

It's the colored shield that's no longer used, not the number.
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corco

It looks like the original suggestion was, as Winkler speculated above:

QuoteI would have a different number for the two other moderators.  maybe global moderator can be US 6 (a fairly long-reaching highway) and regional moderator be US 38 (a short, regional highway with a tie-in to US 6)

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thspfc

Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2020, 09:46:09 PM
So how come I'm stuck with US 6?
US-6 is not a bad one to be stuck with. I love the way that 6 looks on a US shield.

I-55

Quote from: thspfc on October 21, 2020, 04:39:02 PM
Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2020, 09:46:09 PM
So how come I'm stuck with US 6?
US-6 is not a bad one to be stuck with. I love the way that 6 looks on a US shield.

Not to mention that it's named "Grand Army of the Republic Highway" for its full length. Not many cross country roads can say they carry a name through multiple states.
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US 89

Quote from: I-55 on October 25, 2020, 01:50:12 AM
Quote from: thspfc on October 21, 2020, 04:39:02 PM
Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2020, 09:46:09 PM
So how come I'm stuck with US 6?
US-6 is not a bad one to be stuck with. I love the way that 6 looks on a US shield.
Not to mention that it's named "Grand Army of the Republic Highway" for its full length. Not many cross country roads can say they carry a name through multiple states.

Of course, most states barely sign that (if at all). Utah has one small sign like this at each state line:


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Quote from: US 89 on October 25, 2020, 12:24:18 PM
Quote from: I-55 on October 25, 2020, 01:50:12 AM
Quote from: thspfc on October 21, 2020, 04:39:02 PM
Quote from: Alps on October 20, 2020, 09:46:09 PM
So how come I'm stuck with US 6?
US-6 is not a bad one to be stuck with. I love the way that 6 looks on a US shield.
Not to mention that it's named "Grand Army of the Republic Highway" for its full length. Not many cross country roads can say they carry a name through multiple states.

Of course, most states barely sign that (if at all). Utah has one small sign like this at each state line:



Someone has been signing it on US 6, US 395, and CA 14 in the last couple years.  It doesn't look like a Caltrans job. 



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