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Started by empirestate, January 02, 2017, 01:18:44 PM

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hotdogPi

#4175
QuoteJuly 6, 2018: Words that are homographs.

Pictures must be road-related, obviously.



"Entrance" can be pronounced two different ways: accent on the first syllable (which has the definition that the sign means), and accent on the second syllable (verb with an entirely different definition).



Reading, MA (and every other place named Reading) is pronounced differently from the standard dictionary definition (as in reading a book).

Other languages count, e.g. French "est" (which can mean either "east" or "is", and both meanings are pronounced differently).
Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.


Eth

QuoteJuly 11, 2018: US routes that run concurrently with two different state routes of the same number.

For instance, US 278 shares pavement with GA 6 (photo by me, February 24, 2018):



and also with MS 6 (photo by jbnv, taken from the Take-it-Yourself Route Number Challenge thread):


Mississippi 6 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

MNHighwayMan

#4177
QuoteJuly 12, 2018: Destination signs on at-grade highway junctions where all the destinations on the sign are in the same direction. Bonus points if they're all straight ahead.

This is northbound US-69 at US-65, where they intersect several miles south of Indianola, Iowa.



Same junction but from NB US-65, as it turns right onto US-69.


Mapmikey

QuoteJuly 12, 2018: Destination signs on at-grade highway junctions where all the destinations on the sign are in the same direction. Bonus points if they're all straight ahead.

This is northbound US 13 at VA 175 on the Eastern Shore.  Photo by Froggie jan 2002



After making the turn I got this assembly in April 2007...


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paulthemapguy

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on July 12, 2018, 07:29:07 AM
July 12, 2018: Destination signs on at-grade highway junctions where all the destinations on the sign are in the same direction. Bonus points if they're all straight ahead.

145 miles is a long way away


IMG_1322 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Medford, OR


OR-US199-238E by Paul Drives, on Flickr
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
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National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

csw

QuoteJuly 14, 2018:Signs with a bird perched on them.

A red-winged blackbird (I think) hanging out on a WIS 81 shield somewhere in Lafayette County, Wisconsin:


Jim


QuoteJuly 14, 2018:Signs with a bird perched on them.

Assuming "a bird" can also mean "many birds", I offer this from I-890 in Rotterdam, New York.  December 3, 2015.

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MNHighwayMan

QuoteJuly 14, 2018: Signs with a bird perched on them.

I'm going to assume the same thing as Jim. The sign is on NB US-69 approaching I-35/80 near Des Moines. My finger is in the bottom left corner. :-D


US71

Since it's been a week since anyone has posted, let's see if I can get this moving again

QuoteJuly 21, 2018: Old signs, New signs


From 2006, an OK 112 "meatcleaver" with an OK 9A "bullet" shield


I-40 at Conway, Arkansas circa 2008

Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

US 89

QuoteJuly 21, 2018: Old signs, New signs



The 24 shield is probably 20 years older than the 25 shield.



The 204 is a newer spec (early 2000s) but both interstate shields and the 79 probably date back to the 1970s or 80s. That traffic signal in the background is new as well, replaced maybe a year ago. Also note the yellow poles; they're not common in Utah, limited mostly to older signs in the Ogden area (like these).

OracleUsr

Here's one:

I-40 at I-440 New Old Raleigh Sign by Brent White, on Flickr

The overhead is a newer version of the sign sitting on the ground (old one circa 2010, new one circa 2018)
Anti-center-tabbing, anti-sequential-numbering, anti-Clearview BGS FAN

paulthemapguy

Quote from: US 89 on July 21, 2018, 10:05:33 AM
July 21, 2018: Old signs, New signs

Looks to me like one of these I-280 shields is older than the other.


110 IA-22 by Paul Drives, on Flickr
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

bassoon1986

Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 21, 2018, 01:43:25 PM
Quote from: US 89 on July 21, 2018, 10:05:33 AM
July 21, 2018: Old signs, New signs

Very old I-20 sign with a newer one in the background on the mast arm.




iPhone

TBKS1

QuoteJuly 21, 2018: Old signs, New signs

Does this count?

I take pictures of road signs, that's about it.

General rule of thumb: Just stay in the "Traffic Control" section of the forum and you'll be fine.

hotdogPi

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

Clinched, minus I-93 (I'm missing a few miles and my file is incorrect)

Traveled, plus US 13, 44, and 50, and several state routes

I will be in Burlington VT for the eclipse.

wanderer2575

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

I-96 Jeffries Freeway reconstruction in 2014 (with bonus inappropriate use of negative-contrast Clearview font):



US 89

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

This was a surprisingly difficult challenge. Here's one on UT 248 westbound, just past the US 40 junction.



I-15 north, Salt Lake City:



Exit 6 from I-215 east:


Eth

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

You could even say this one has four if you include the LEFT tab:


formulanone

#4193
QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

Southbound I-95:


A four-some on I-40 approaching Memphis:

MNHighwayMan

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.


Jim


QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

They're not all on one panel, but assuming this whole thing constitutes a "sign", here's one from Illinois with pastel colors.  June 8, 2001.

Photos I post are my own unless otherwise noted.
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csw

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

Eastbound on the Jane Addams Tollway:


paulthemapguy

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

On I-95 in Connecticut.


IMG_2047 by Paul Drives, on Flickr
Avatar is the last interesting highway I clinched.
My website! http://www.paulacrossamerica.com Now featuring all of Ohio!
My USA Shield Gallery https://flic.kr/s/aHsmHwJRZk
TM Clinches https://bit.ly/2UwRs4O

National collection status: 361/425. Only 64 route markers remain

wanderer2575

#4198
QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

Warrensville Heights, OH:


Rapid City, SD:


Does a temporary roadwork overlay count?  I-94 in Roseville, MI this year:


ErmineNotyours

QuoteJuly 22, 2018: Signs with 3 or more background colors.

Google Street View, so it doesn't count for the game, but it is another example.



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