Exit signs with nothing but the exit number

[US71]

I-90 in South Dakota has a number of Exits with just the exit number

[StogieGuy7]

Here is one on I-80 in Utah: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7308835,-111.7597937,3a,75y,242.44h,103.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxb3_5xquY_XIEfjO15gMVg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I am pretty sure that UDOT used to sign this one as a "Ranch Exit", but they seem to be getting away from this nomenclature lately.

You may be thinking of the next exit up, exit 132 appears to be still signed as "Ranch Exit". https://goo.gl/maps/5JcSJ8BAP6fw6cCB9

131 was never signed as a Ranch Exit, as far as I know. In the eastbound direction, 131 used to be "Quarry Exit" , but is now just "Quarry" .

UDOT is indeed moving away from "Ranch Exit" , though - within the last few years, the other ranch exit on I-80 and all examples on I-15 and I-70 were renamed to something else. The only ones left are the aforementioned exit 132 on I-80 and exits 12, 32, and 106 on I-84.

You are right!  I had a memory glitch there - it did indeed say "Quarry Exit" for many years.  Yes, I have noticed the "Ranch Exit" signs being changed to either community names or road names (both of which are pretty creative when we're talking about the likes of I-70 in the San Rafael Swell.

[zachary_amaryllis]

I-70 Exit 218 is one of my favorites in Colorado and is located just east of Loveland Pass and the Eisenhower and Johnson tunnels. It provides access to Herman Gulch which is a National Forest hiking trail up to Lake Herman near the continental divide.

there's also an exit 4-something (or is it 3-something) in eastern colorado on I-70.

[KeithE4Phx]

I have to assume that most of these rural western exits are for private ranches/farms.  This is going to be an issue with I-11 in Arizona, between Wickenburg and I-40 east of Kingman (and in Nevada north of Vegas?).  There are about 3 dozen private ranch turnoffs on US 93 in that approximately 125 mile span that will still need access to the freeway.  My guess is that they will remain at-grade intersections, similar to I-40 in Texas.  Not only would it be expensive to upgrade these ranch turnoffs to ramps, but there isn't a lot of room to build them.

[US 89]

I have to assume that most of these rural western exits are for private ranches/farms.  This is going to be an issue with I-11 in Arizona, between Wickenburg and I-40 east of Kingman (and in Nevada north of Vegas?).  There are about 3 dozen private ranch turnoffs on US 93 in that approximately 125 mile span that will still need access to the freeway.  My guess is that they will remain at-grade intersections, similar to I-40 in Texas.  Not only would it be expensive to upgrade these ranch turnoffs to ramps, but there isn't a lot of room to build them.

Is it feasible to build a frontage road and have exits with access to the frontage road every 10-15 miles or so?

[sprjus4]

US-93 will likely be addressed by constructing two-way frontage roads along most of the length with occasional overpasses where needed and interchanges every 5 or 10 miles at intersecting roads where determined.

Since this is not Texas, no need for slip ramps and one-way two lane frontage roads.

[ethanhopkin14]

On I-10 in southwestern New Mexico:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3096552,-108.6027939,3a,45.8y,320.31h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-CtU7JTWNRCa7GOjgeoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Good subject because I have always found this odd.  In Texas, an exist always has some verbiage.  Even if it is a road that no one even knows that road by that name, it will be on the BGS.  Also, even if the exit is intended to be just a crossover and has no destination, the BGS will say Frontage Rd.

The Next step up, a town name, or ghost town name, with no road name or US/state highway that goes to that town/ghost town.  I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2004782,-108.4198756,3a,75y,314.13h,89.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0zO-_pY9KLT7IBaKjtY_Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[mrsman]

On I-10 in southwestern New Mexico:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3096552,-108.6027939,3a,45.8y,320.31h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-CtU7JTWNRCa7GOjgeoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Good subject because I have always found this odd.  In Texas, an exist always has some verbiage.  Even if it is a road that no one even knows that road by that name, it will be on the BGS.  Also, even if the exit is intended to be just a crossover and has no destination, the BGS will say Frontage Rd.

The Next step up, a town name, or ghost town name, with no road name or US/state highway that goes to that town/ghost town.  I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2004782,-108.4198756,3a,75y,314.13h,89.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0zO-_pY9KLT7IBaKjtY_Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

While this is an interesting phenomena, I don't like it.  Every exit should have some kind of name.  The above exit could be called "Ulmorris Rd" or Turbine Station or something.

[ethanhopkin14]

On I-10 in southwestern New Mexico:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3096552,-108.6027939,3a,45.8y,320.31h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-CtU7JTWNRCa7GOjgeoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Good subject because I have always found this odd.  In Texas, an exist always has some verbiage.  Even if it is a road that no one even knows that road by that name, it will be on the BGS.  Also, even if the exit is intended to be just a crossover and has no destination, the BGS will say Frontage Rd.

The Next step up, a town name, or ghost town name, with no road name or US/state highway that goes to that town/ghost town.  I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2004782,-108.4198756,3a,75y,314.13h,89.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0zO-_pY9KLT7IBaKjtY_Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

While this is an interesting phenomena, I don't like it.  Every exit should have some kind of name.  The above exit could be called "Ulmorris Rd" or Turbine Station or something.

Again:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2274405,-108.9852824,3a,36.9y,301.59h,88.11t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sfJGrYpP6HDbh5UCEB1ZPbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[kphoger]

I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

I just want to point out that not all roads necessarily have a name.

The rural roads in the county I grew up in didn't have names, although they got them for 911 purposes about 15 years ago now.

[STLmapboy]

On I-10 in southwestern New Mexico:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3096552,-108.6027939,3a,45.8y,320.31h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-CtU7JTWNRCa7GOjgeoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Good subject because I have always found this odd.  In Texas, an exist always has some verbiage.  Even if it is a road that no one even knows that road by that name, it will be on the BGS.  Also, even if the exit is intended to be just a crossover and has no destination, the BGS will say Frontage Rd.

The Next step up, a town name, or ghost town name, with no road name or US/state highway that goes to that town/ghost town.  I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2004782,-108.4198756,3a,75y,314.13h,89.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0zO-_pY9KLT7IBaKjtY_Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Some of the exit signs on I-10 in West TX turn up few results on Google or Maps (153-Michigan Flat, 159-Plateau, 166-Boracho Station, 173-Hurds Draw Rd, 184-Springhills).

[ethanhopkin14]

On I-10 in southwestern New Mexico:

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.3096552,-108.6027939,3a,45.8y,320.31h,89.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1so-CtU7JTWNRCa7GOjgeoQw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Good subject because I have always found this odd.  In Texas, an exist always has some verbiage.  Even if it is a road that no one even knows that road by that name, it will be on the BGS.  Also, even if the exit is intended to be just a crossover and has no destination, the BGS will say Frontage Rd.

The Next step up, a town name, or ghost town name, with no road name or US/state highway that goes to that town/ghost town.  I find that equally as odd because the road has to have a name.  You don't just exit and you were in that town. 

https://www.google.com/maps/@32.2004782,-108.4198756,3a,75y,314.13h,89.64t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0zO-_pY9KLT7IBaKjtY_Zg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Some of the exit signs on I-10 in West TX turn up few results on Google or Maps (153-Michigan Flat, 159-Plateau, 166-Boracho Station, 173-Hurds Draw Rd, 184-Springhills).

I know those exits.  You have me on the Plateau one, but the rest I always thought were the name of the road.  Roads do have odd descriptions as a postfix (here in Austin, Barton Skyway) so I always thought Flat and Station were the name of the road type.    Springhills never registered in my mind as a place name like Steins, NM.  It isn't an actual town. 

[KeithE4Phx]

I have to assume that most of these rural western exits are for private ranches/farms.  This is going to be an issue with I-11 in Arizona, between Wickenburg and I-40 east of Kingman (and in Nevada north of Vegas?).  There are about 3 dozen private ranch turnoffs on US 93 in that approximately 125 mile span that will still need access to the freeway.  My guess is that they will remain at-grade intersections, similar to I-40 in Texas.  Not only would it be expensive to upgrade these ranch turnoffs to ramps, but there isn't a lot of room to build them.

Is it feasible to build a frontage road and have exits with access to the frontage road every 10-15 miles or so?

The terrain is quite hilly in spots.  It would be possible to fill in/level or elevate the frontage roads, just like was/is being done for AZ/US 93 going back to when it was first built, but it'd be expensive. 

Besides, the gates that block entrance to the ranches are right at the turnoffs, maybe 50 feet back, tops. Ramps just might not be possible unless ADOT pays the ranchers for that land so they can build ramps.  Pretty much all of these roads are dirt.

[thenetwork]

Here is one on I-80 in Utah: https://www.google.com/maps/@40.7308835,-111.7597937,3a,75y,242.44h,103.15t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxb3_5xquY_XIEfjO15gMVg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

I am pretty sure that UDOT used to sign this one as a "Ranch Exit", but they seem to be getting away from this nomenclature lately.

Surprising, as I thought UDOT got rid of Ranch Aceess exits and just gave them specific names ‐‐at least thats what they did along I-70.

And my first exposure to generic Exit # exits was along I-94 in North Dakota in 1992.

[kphoger]

Roads do have odd descriptions as a postfix (here in Austin, Barton Skyway) so I always thought Flat and Station were the name of the road type.   

Just an FYI:  that's called the 'generic', not the 'postfix'.

'Postfix' is a synonym for 'suffix', which is an ending stuck onto a root word.  So, for example, in [Central Avenue], the -al is a postfix, but the Avenue is not.

[STLmapboy]

Roads do have odd descriptions as a postfix (here in Austin, Barton Skyway)

You'd get a kick out of the KC area (both MO and KS) with all its "trafficways."

[wolfiefrick]

Roads do have odd descriptions as a postfix (here in Austin, Barton Skyway)

You'd get a kick out of the KC area (both MO and KS) with all its "trafficways."

"Trafficway" is such a strange term; it confuses me every time I drive through KC. My best guess is that they're just major roads that mostly stay on the course of an existing street (7th Street Trafficway, 63rd Street Trafficway) or that just provide a connection from a particular region (Southwest Trafficway) to a major route.

Like, have they heard of "boulevard?" 

[TravelingBethelite]

Roads do have odd descriptions as a postfix (here in Austin, Barton Skyway)

You'd get a kick out of the KC area (both MO and KS) with all its "trafficways."

"Trafficway" is such a strange term; it confuses me every time I drive through KC. My best guess is that they're just major roads that mostly stay on the course of an existing street (7th Street Trafficway, 63rd Street Trafficway) or that just provide a connection from a particular region (Southwest Trafficway) to a major route.

Like, have they heard of "boulevard?" 

Don't forget how the KC area shunts "Highway" to the end. 50 Highway, 435 Highway, 291 Highway...

[kphoger]

Don't forget how the KC area shunts "Highway" to the end. 50 Highway, 435 Highway, 291 Highway...

Isn't that a Missouri thing, not just a KC thing?  I know people in Branson refer to roads as "76 Highway" or "BB Highway".

[wolfiefrick]

Don't forget how the KC area shunts "Highway" to the end. 50 Highway, 435 Highway, 291 Highway...

Isn't that a Missouri thing, not just a KC thing?  I know people in Branson refer to roads as "76 Highway" or "BB Highway".

I've never heard that before in St. Louis; people just refer to highways by their designation. Occasionally, "highway"  comes before, not after.

You'll get strange looks if you refer to I-64 as I-64 – in St. Louis, it's called "forty"  despite the fact that it's been an interstate for over 20 years. I-270 is "two-seventy,"  MO-141 is "one-forty-one,"  and so forth.

[kphoger]

True, I've never heard it in that part of the state.