Guess the speed limit challenge

[doorknob60]

Hmmm, interesting. Center mounted exit tab...must be Oregon. Monotube sign bridge? Definitely Oregon. And that looks like Bend.

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Bend Pkwy! 45

Yeah I thought someone might recognize the actual road here, it's a bit distinct, and kinda infamous for its low speed limit lol. 45 is correct. Average traffic speed seemed higher on my recent trip than it even used to be. Used to be many people would push it to the low 50s to try to get closer to a reasonable speed without too much ticket risk. Now, almost everyone was in the 55-60 range. And yeah if you ask me, without question the road should be 55 even as it is (get rid of the silly crosswalks on the south end though, even at 45 they're stupid), and with a few minor changes could be 60 or 65.

Here's the link with the speed sign visible, no longer conveniently blocked by the truck lol. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0842396,-121.3007739,3a,75y,7.46h,84.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUbr6W2dEn5tAaRkr5XvCaQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[Roadgeekteen]

Jakeroot is up next

[jakeroot]

Hmmm, interesting. Center mounted exit tab...must be Oregon. Monotube sign bridge? Definitely Oregon. And that looks like Bend.

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Bend Pkwy! 45

Yeah I thought someone might recognize the actual road here, it's a bit distinct, and kinda infamous for its low speed limit lol. 45 is correct. Average traffic speed seemed higher on my recent trip than it even used to be. Used to be many people would push it to the low 50s to try to get closer to a reasonable speed without too much ticket risk. Now, almost everyone was in the 55-60 range. And yeah if you ask me, without question the road should be 55 even as it is (get rid of the silly crosswalks on the south end though, even at 45 they're stupid), and with a few minor changes could be 60 or 65.

Here's the link with the speed sign visible, no longer conveniently blocked by the truck lol. https://www.google.com/maps/@44.0842396,-121.3007739,3a,75y,7.46h,84.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUbr6W2dEn5tAaRkr5XvCaQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

It's interesting, I have noticed a similar uptick here in Seattle too. The upper end of freeway speeds used to be about 10 over, but lately it's been creeping into 15 to 20+ over. Whatever enforcement there used to be, it's largely absent these days.

45 for that road seems way too low, though I know I'm far from the first to say that. Even 50 would be far more reasonable.

[jakeroot]

Here is my submission. Had to use the signal to cover up the sign:


Road in WA by Jacob Root, on Flickr

[Roadgeekteen]

40

[jakeroot]

40

Not that.

[doorknob60]

35

[jakeroot]

35

Not that either.

[MCRoads]

Here is my submission. Had to use the signal to cover up the sign:


Road in WA by Jacob Root, on Flickr

45?

[jakeroot]

45?

Also not that.

[webny99]

Hmm. Waffling on whether to go lower or higher here.

30 mph?

[jakeroot]

Hmm. Waffling on whether to go lower or higher here.

30 mph?

Fair enough. But not 30 either.

[doorknob60]

I hope I'm wrong, but my next guess is 25.

[Roadgeekteen]

50

[jakeroot]

50

Perhaps the more logical direction! But no...

I hope I'm wrong, but my next guess is 25.

Sadly, this is correct. Lindvig Way in Poulsbo, WA. I'm not sure why it's posted at 25. Even 30 would be vastly more realistic.

[doorknob60]

Excuse the smoke, but I guess that doesn't narrow it down too much these days. Non-smoky GSV had too much traffic to see the road well.

[webny99]

50 mph?

[Roadgeekteen]

55 mph

[doorknob60]

55 mph

You got it, it's ID-55 (Eagle Rd) in Meridian, right near the Boise city limits (counterintuitively, driving northbound here, you cross from Meridian into Boise for a couple miles). Unfortunately, a lot of times people are oblivious and cruise at 45 in both lanes. And when traffic is busy it will be more like 35-40 sometimes.

With the amount of development that's happened along this road in the past 10-15 years in this area that used to be mostly rural, I'm surprised the speed limit hasn't been dropped to 45 or something (see US-95 in Coeur d'Alene), but so far has not happened, and I'm not complaining.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.6346846,-116.3542529,3a,90y,24.62h,82.6t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxmLNaVtxSb9VLXeyWHuVGg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

[Roadgeekteen]

[doorknob60]

70

[snowc]

65

[webny99]

How about 80 mph?

[JayhawkCO]

55

Chris

[sprjus4]

85 mph, I smell SH-130 for some reason.