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Title: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Here's a new challenge game that I thought of. Let's see how far we can go with it. Due to the nature of the game, photos from Alaska and Hawaii will have to be omitted, but that's OK.

The general premise is that a photo of a state route marker will be posted. The next poster will then post a photo of a state route marker of the next highest number from a state adjoining the location of the previous post. You should identify the state, since someone who posts a photo from Tennessee could be followed up by someone playing a circular route marker from either of two neighbors (Kentucky or Mississippi).

Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Preference is for ground-mounted markers. BGS route markers are discouraged but allowable in dire circumstances.

I'll start with KY 1.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2FKY1-KY1711.jpg&hash=b24e35e8558672a722e17b483275403a86ea289c)

Next poster must play a State Route 2 sign from either Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois or Indiana.

Have fun. Let's see how far we can get with this and how many states we can get in play; I'm thinking somewhere well into the triple digits until we run out of options.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 15, 2017, 02:26:15 PM
I like this idea!  Let's jump first toward the east to West Virginia, with a 2:

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5446/29785385993_666f51cbff_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Mo2TxP)
IMG_6216 (https://flic.kr/p/Mo2TxP) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 15, 2017, 02:27:32 PM
What happens if we get to a dead end, like NY 5?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 15, 2017, 03:35:52 PM
West Virginia -> Virginia: VA 3

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc1.staticflickr.com%2F1%2F429%2F32777618846_956a62aeb7_b.jpg&hash=b78ee8b0facabc79e52d42e903547c9cbaa6fc91) (http://flic.kr/p/RWrS8q)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: epzik8 on February 15, 2017, 04:30:07 PM
From Virginia across the Potomac to Maryland. Maryland Route 4 in St. Mary's County, 02/03/2017.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FV1WseXF.jpg&hash=68dccceb0ba3c1a5a7c033007ff2306d59799ec0)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 15, 2017, 04:33:36 PM
I wanted to alert everyone of an imminent trap here...do NOT take us north or we'll be surrounded by states that US6 passes through, meaning they won't have any state route 6's to speak of.  Unless we go up to PA and back to MD for MD-6.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 15, 2017, 06:57:20 PM
Thanks, Doug! Credit to Doug Kerr.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8379/8467132662_17c13b4c34_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dUdgxU)Pennsylvania State Route 5 (https://flic.kr/p/dUdgxU) by Doug Kerr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 15, 2017, 07:45:31 PM
I hate to be a party pooper, but...

Quote from: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Shall we continue anyway?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 09:25:03 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 15, 2017, 06:57:20 PM
Thanks, Doug! Credit to Doug Kerr.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8379/8467132662_17c13b4c34_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/dUdgxU)Pennsylvania State Route 5 (https://flic.kr/p/dUdgxU) by Doug Kerr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/), on Flickr

Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 15, 2017, 07:45:31 PM
I hate to be a party pooper, but...

Quote from: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Shall we continue anyway?

The posted PA 5 entry is disqualified per the original rules. I'll take us back to West Virginia from Maryland with WV 5.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2FWashington_CD_2004%2FPICT1223.JPG&hash=0c0f168949f1b7db67f16cd2eeb5d43f5843bc16)

So there's no danger of the game ending at 6. Options include Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 15, 2017, 09:39:23 PM
To Maryland 6 in the Newtown area.  December 26, 2014.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20141226%2Feastmd6.jpg&hash=9d90c7f3864abbb5ddd99180295f992a20fdd7c1)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 16, 2017, 03:21:25 PM
To Virginia. VA 7

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5184/5683571297_a9e8137094_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9EeMJz)PICT0190 (https://flic.kr/p/9EeMJz) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

This would be a good chance for North Carolina to become part of this challenge.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Scott5114 on February 16, 2017, 08:37:12 PM
The problem I can see with this is that large numbers of users are going to be sitting out hoping the game gets anywhere close to them. I've been to Virginia and the surrounding states exactly once, so I'm just going to have to sit here and hope that it drifts toward OK/KS/MO where all of my photos were taken.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jmd41280 on February 16, 2017, 10:25:57 PM
VA 7 -> WV 8

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5524/9854203633_8724ea1660_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/g1MnqD)
WV Route 2 @ WV Route 8 (https://flic.kr/p/g1MnqD) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Alex on February 17, 2017, 12:51:29 AM
Back to KY for 9:

(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/kentucky001/ky-0009_sb_after_ky-1998.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 17, 2017, 09:32:34 AM
Let's try and get a little Midwestern.

Kentucky >> Illinois 10

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8629/28840605432_b2849a0bc1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KWxDcN)
IL-010-047e (https://flic.kr/p/KWxDcN) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 17, 2017, 09:41:38 AM
Back east one state to Indiana for 11.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/573/31242149784_5dc2f8d9fd_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/PALbEU)2016 East End Bridge Trip Day 1 - 355 (https://flic.kr/p/PALbEU) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 17, 2017, 09:46:30 AM
Indiana -> Michigan

Error M-12 sign (if we permit errors):
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.staticflickr.com%2F2919%2F14230274941_b1d8e72f31_b.jpg&hash=0a4dab683d3bcf7de746b2fa0e19aa31ff4470d2)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 17, 2017, 09:47:23 AM
We need to get this thread back down south or I'm not going to be able to contribute very much beyond that lone Wisconsin 69 sign that I have.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 17, 2017, 09:56:04 AM
Moving over to Wisconsin for 13.  Ashland on July 12, 2003.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20030712%2Fus2wi13.jpg&hash=9068990bf677be1a18e5d9cd16b6a5db55e3d196)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on February 17, 2017, 10:45:26 AM
Going from Wisconsin to Iowa for 14.

(https://i.imgur.com/ZQ5mJQ8.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/ZQ5mJQ8.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 11:43:27 AM
Now we're in my neck of the woods (not really): Minnesota Route 15
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FDHLcAeE.jpg%3F1&hash=2ec8328344d56cead1f21f1014f6e524371e6b12)
Math bonus: all shields are multiples of 15; and this is in the middle of a stretch of 3 consecutive overlaps along MN 60, all of which (4, 30, 15) are factors of 60.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 17, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Quote from: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 11:43:27 AM
Now we're in my neck of the woods (not really): Minnesota Route 15
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FDHLcAeE.jpg%3F1&hash=2ec8328344d56cead1f21f1014f6e524371e6b12)
Math bonus: all shields are multiples of 15; and this is in the middle of a stretch of 3 consecutive overlaps along MN 60, all of which (4, 30, 15) are factors of 60.

It's a shame the old Road Sign Math site isn't still active, because this would be a perfect candidate.

Anyway, back to Wisconsin for 16.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_Iowa_Day_3%2FImages%2F228.jpg&hash=e3938108943e5ef0e406fea8be097fd4b20c9b82)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 17, 2017, 12:04:53 PM
Let's get more toward the south so we have more options...IL-17
Even numbers may get difficult in states near US18, US20, etc.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8286/29508651282_c083e78543_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LXzxXG)IL-017-089w (https://flic.kr/p/LXzxXG) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

I know of an 18 in Indiana and Missouri.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 17, 2017, 12:27:45 PM
For future planning:

The only numbers available for Maine are 10 (already passed), 17 (already passed), 27, 32, 86, 102, 103, 105, 107-129 (large range), 131, 136, 141, 150, 151, 152, and 154.




EDIT: Why was a WI 58 sign here for a minute or two?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 17, 2017, 03:48:01 PM
Idea for a rule, to help get more states involved: Someone can override the last-played number with a number from a state that hasn't been played yet. (Rule does not apply if the number that would be overriden is itself the first of its state.)

Idea for a rule to put Hawaii in play: For the purposes of this game, Hawaii is considered to be adjacent to California, Oregon and Washington.

Should we even bother with Alaska? The last number it has left is 98.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 17, 2017, 03:56:30 PM
Illinois -> Kentucky Route 18

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.staticflickr.com%2F3874%2F14146716767_12d07420c8.jpg&hash=6c35a6ac59c8e69afd3a496ac9826e8dd287bec6)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2017, 06:11:03 PM
Hopping over to Missouri for 19. (KY ---> MO)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5763/22597213514_85bec54713_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on February 17, 2017, 06:12:42 PM
Quote from: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 11:43:27 AM
Now we're in my neck of the woods (not really): Minnesota Route 15
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FDHLcAeE.jpg%3F1&hash=2ec8328344d56cead1f21f1014f6e524371e6b12)

Is that car's spare tire cover made out of Vantablack?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 17, 2017, 06:16:45 PM
Quote from: jbnv on February 17, 2017, 03:48:01 PM
Idea for a rule, to help get more states involved: Someone can override the last-played number with a number from a state that hasn't been played yet. (Rule does not apply if the number that would be overriden is itself the first of its state.)
Quote

No overrides, except one that is played from an improper source (such as happened upthread.)

QuoteIdea for a rule to put Hawaii in play: For the purposes of this game, Hawaii is considered to be adjacent to California, Oregon and Washington.

New rule accepted. And Alaska can be considered to border Hawaii and Washington.

QuoteShould we even bother with Alaska? The last number it has left is 98.

See above.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Ian on February 17, 2017, 06:26:34 PM
Missouri => Oklahoma route 20

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/328/31755169130_4ebf6c3b7c_z.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 08:53:53 PM
Quote from: empirestate on February 17, 2017, 06:12:42 PM
Quote from: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 11:43:27 AM
Now we're in my neck of the woods (not really): Minnesota Route 15
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FDHLcAeE.jpg%3F1&hash=2ec8328344d56cead1f21f1014f6e524371e6b12)

Is that car's spare tire cover made out of Vantablack?

"none more black" :-)

Quick and dirty obscure-the-license-plate job, for the privacy of the motorist
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 17, 2017, 10:39:06 PM
Oklahoma 20 to New Mexico 21, shown here from I-25 with a bonus double US highway shield.  April 12, 2002.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20020412%2Fexit412.jpg&hash=a30e005b51107e6ff91af5b1a9ceb118a151d986)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on February 18, 2017, 12:04:06 AM
Quote from: kurumi on February 17, 2017, 08:53:53 PM
Quote from: empirestate on February 17, 2017, 06:12:42 PM
Is that car's spare tire cover made out of Vantablack?

"none more black" :-)

Quick and dirty obscure-the-license-plate job, for the privacy of the motorist

Oh. ...wonder what the motorist uses for privacy when he's just driving around; you know, out in public? :-D
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: vdeane on February 18, 2017, 06:00:25 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 17, 2017, 06:16:45 PM
Quote from: jbnv on February 17, 2017, 03:48:01 PM
Idea for a rule, to help get more states involved: Someone can override the last-played number with a number from a state that hasn't been played yet. (Rule does not apply if the number that would be overriden is itself the first of its state.)

No overrides, except one that is played from an improper source (such as happened upthread.)

QuoteIdea for a rule to put Hawaii in play: For the purposes of this game, Hawaii is considered to be adjacent to California, Oregon and Washington.

New rule accepted. And Alaska can be considered to border Hawaii and Washington.

QuoteShould we even bother with Alaska? The last number it has left is 98.

See above.
British Columbia has both 97 and 99.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: corco on February 18, 2017, 06:49:48 PM
NM 21->CO 22

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fco%2F2%2F76to22%2F3.JPG&hash=c95de0bcaa067b6bc0bba3bf97dee4cd5817dc3c)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 18, 2017, 07:27:22 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 18, 2017, 06:00:25 PM
British Columbia has both 97 and 99.

British Columbia isn't a state.  :-D
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: okroads on February 18, 2017, 08:27:45 PM
CO 22 -> OK 23:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5544/9338262683_edd8e52325_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fec3a2)DSC03464 (https://flic.kr/p/fec3a2) by Eric Stuve (https://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 18, 2017, 11:07:47 PM
OK 23 to TX 24.  Paris.  July 2, 2013.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20130702%2Floop286us82tx19tx24.jpg&hash=91f0e6d4cb5606fe6af3d0170ce652810705ebee)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 19, 2017, 08:32:22 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 18, 2017, 07:27:22 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 18, 2017, 06:00:25 PM
British Columbia has both 97 and 99.

British Columbia isn't a state.  :-D

But Canada is.  :bigass:
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 19, 2017, 08:53:05 AM
TX 24 ---> AR 25

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fy9UZAZ3.jpg&hash=9e15df12f466caca7c5f19823ec045641dfca4c5)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 19, 2017, 01:00:55 PM
AR 25 >> LA 26

There are 27s in Mississippi and Arkansas.  TN has US27 and TX has I-27 so those are out I think.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1550/26373493216_213b068158_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gbx3Gh)
IMG_0412 (https://flic.kr/p/Gbx3Gh) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 19, 2017, 07:57:10 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 19, 2017, 01:00:55 PM
AR 25 >> LA 26

There are 27s in Mississippi and Arkansas.  TN has US27 and TX has I-27 so those are out I think.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1550/26373493216_213b068158_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Gbx3Gh)
IMG_0412 (https://flic.kr/p/Gbx3Gh) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

There's a TN 27 in Chattanooga (not too far from US 27) but Louisiana doesn't border Tennessee, so it doesn't matter.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on February 19, 2017, 08:15:15 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 19, 2017, 01:00:55 PM
There are 27s in Mississippi and Arkansas.  TN has US27 and TX has I-27 so those are out I think.

Since Texas doesn't care about number duplication, there is a Texas SH 27 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_State_Highway_27).
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 19, 2017, 08:44:36 PM
I have an LA 28.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on February 20, 2017, 11:14:21 AM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 19, 2017, 08:32:22 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 18, 2017, 07:27:22 PM
Quote from: vdeane on February 18, 2017, 06:00:25 PM
British Columbia has both 97 and 99.

British Columbia isn't a state.  :-D

But Canada is.  :bigass:

Rats, I don't have any pictures of Mexican state highway shields in my collection...
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 20, 2017, 08:31:25 PM
Here's MS 27.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_NOLA_Day_2%2FImages%2F297.jpg&hash=204b2462ac82c7f871a4b586d18df9185fa3ecc9)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 20, 2017, 10:00:44 PM
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7475/28194163926_85b9dfd436.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JXqsEA)
LA 28 and 1207 Route Signs (https://flic.kr/p/JXqsEA) by Jay Bienvenu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bienvenunet/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 21, 2017, 12:16:09 PM
I disfavor guide sign markers in the game, but will play one to keep it moving along.

AR 29.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_DFW_Day_3%2FImages%2F13.jpg&hash=339b211a87dc344326df646578eecb75148294f1)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 21, 2017, 12:42:10 PM
I have LA 30 on a BGS. Should I play it to keep the game moving, or wait 24 hours and play someone else's LA 30 shield?

I do have LA 31.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 21, 2017, 01:43:18 PM
I know I have a TN 30 that I can play.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 21, 2017, 04:11:10 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 21, 2017, 01:43:18 PM
I know I have a TN 30 that I can play.

Did the rules change - 24 hours or 5 posts?

Tennessee Route 30:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7469%2F30212189971_5955536bb3_b.jpg&hash=46b6680fbb48e2586132e84958785eab9d6731ea)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 21, 2017, 04:30:49 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 21, 2017, 04:11:10 PM
Did the rules change - 24 hours or 5 posts?

We don't have that rule here.

VA 31

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Richmond_meet_Day_4%2FImages%2F147.jpg&hash=342a2d8d1ea2f59f9374107936e2e2afbde81021)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on February 21, 2017, 05:48:14 PM
If we can keep it in the south for a little while, I can bring Georgia into the game at 34.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 21, 2017, 08:01:35 PM
We might be able to pull off NC 32 >> SC 33 >> GA 34.  Be wary of states containing US33, they probably won't be playable for a state route 33.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 21, 2017, 08:03:15 PM
Sorry about that...

VA 31 >> MD 32:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FC3KJaVG.jpg&hash=0cacc8be5d3c1bfc4208d8a8fc32ae64f3449822)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 21, 2017, 08:18:05 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 21, 2017, 08:03:15 PM
Sorry about that...

No worries!!  MD 32 >> PA 33

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1441/25924683362_5a3238b5bf_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FuSMam)IMG_1888 (https://flic.kr/p/FuSMam) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

This is much better than whatever I suggested.  This might be our chance to get into New England--if we enter through New York, remember, we'll have to exit through New York as well.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 21, 2017, 08:38:11 PM
PA 33 to NY 34.  Weedsport.  June 1, 2009.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20090601%2Fsouthny34.jpg&hash=23a2e5da33547b780a9812b4511e673d51b1c497)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jmd41280 on February 21, 2017, 09:09:30 PM
NY 34 -> PA 35

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5717/20452203053_d9d0f8d7e3_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/xahTqz)
PA Route 641 @ PA Route 35 - Shade Gap, PA (https://flic.kr/p/xahTqz) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 21, 2017, 09:21:37 PM
PA 35 >> NY 36

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8331/29213275561_eb0c4750d5_k.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 21, 2017, 09:35:57 PM
NY 36 >> MA 37

I'm aware of a 38 in NY and VT.  (NH 38 will be hard to back out of)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/2/1700/25413594313_c60238204a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/EHHjcc)
IMG_2252 (https://flic.kr/p/EHHjcc) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 21, 2017, 10:03:14 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 21, 2017, 09:35:57 PM
(NH 38 will be hard to back out of)

MA 39 exists on the Cape, but I'm not sure if anyone has a picture.

On the other hand, we can't get into Maine and successfully back out until 86.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 22, 2017, 09:38:16 AM
My first contribution to this thread, NY 38:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F6%2F63%2FNY_79_at_NY_38_in_Richford.jpg&hash=7f3787f2bd0eda645c5af57be12b6ff219922900)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 22, 2017, 10:21:47 AM
NY 38 >> CT 39 (I am for once submitting a shield...oh well.)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2Fk4VyWec.jpg&hash=accce3f82aa84e56ad945f8a1fb1934f744808e0)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
I forgot to mention: next available Rhode Island possibility is RI 78. (RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 22, 2017, 11:48:51 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

CT 50 and MA 50 do not exist. Same with 76.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 22, 2017, 11:56:04 AM
Connecticut -> New York 40:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5791/31058986286_4561186919_b.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 01:16:18 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Oh, you meant in the game, not in real life.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on February 22, 2017, 03:03:06 PM
While y'all are up in that area, beware the upcoming US 44. Using CT 43, for instance, would result in a dead end.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 03:41:51 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 22, 2017, 03:03:06 PM
While y'all are up in that area, beware the upcoming US 44. Using CT 43, for instance, would result in a dead end.

We should be able to get to Illinois in seven moves easily enough, opening up the Midwest.  Most of these intersect Interstate highways, so there are bound to be pictures floating around:
NJ-41 | PA-42 | OH-43 | IN-44 | MI-45 | IN-46 | IL-47

From there, the surrounding 48s are fairly minor highways, but Iowa seems somewhat likely.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 22, 2017, 03:43:59 PM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 03:41:51 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 22, 2017, 03:03:06 PM
While y'all are up in that area, beware the upcoming US 44. Using CT 43, for instance, would result in a dead end.

We should be able to get to Illinois in seven moves easily enough, opening up the Midwest.  Most of these intersect Interstate highways, so there are bound to be pictures floating around:
NJ-41 | PA-42 | OH-43 | IN-44 | MI-45 | IN-46 | IL-47

From there, the surrounding 48s are fairly minor highways, but Iowa seems somewhat likely.

I would rather go NJ-41 | DE-42 | PA-43, as Delaware opportunities are fairly rare.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 22, 2017, 04:55:05 PM
New York 40 to New Jersey 41, as requested.  Taken on New Jersey 42.  March 17, 2012.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120317%2Fexit12-42.jpg&hash=f50a5e467058677d9e5d03c287cd6c08c6b9d790)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 22, 2017, 08:09:56 PM
PA 43 (regular, not toll.)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5001/5355964827_7c7477df84_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9ahHKa)SS850824 (https://flic.kr/p/9ahHKa) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 22, 2017, 08:16:55 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 22, 2017, 08:09:56 PM
PA 43 (regular, not toll.)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5001/5355964827_7c7477df84_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9ahHKa)SS850824 (https://flic.kr/p/9ahHKa) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

42 got skipped.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 22, 2017, 09:09:20 PM
Yes, still need a 42 bordering New Jersey.  Mine had NJ 42, but I was playing the NJ 41 off the NY 40.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: PHLBOS on February 23, 2017, 09:07:35 AM
Quote from: Jim on February 22, 2017, 09:09:20 PM
Yes, still need a 42 bordering New Jersey.  Mine had NJ 42, but I was playing the NJ 41 off the NY 40.
Delaware & PA both have Route 42s:
DE Route 42 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware_Route_42)
PA Route 42 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Route_42)
Since there's must use your own photo requirement still in play; I can't contribute since I don't have any personal photos of these routes.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 23, 2017, 09:09:24 AM
I'm kicking myself because I planned to get a PA 42 photo in October 2015 but it got too dark before I got there.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 23, 2017, 09:36:59 AM
And here it is, DE 42:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/DE_42_eastbound_past_US_13.jpg/1024px-DE_42_eastbound_past_US_13.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 23, 2017, 02:37:15 PM
OK, I'll play a green PA 43 to get us back on track.

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5207/5356575342_c692d5908a_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/9akReh)SS850817 (https://flic.kr/p/9akReh) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Alex on February 23, 2017, 07:12:05 PM
PA 43 -> DE 44

(https://www.aaroads.com/mid-atlantic/delaware009/de-011_sb_app_de-044_02.jpg)

From our recently updated page for DE 11 (https://www.aaroads.com/guide.php?page=s0011de)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 23, 2017, 08:39:01 PM
I can take us back to NJ for 45, but I'll wait a while to see if someone wants to go back to PA or MD instead, since both have a 45.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: TravelingBethelite on February 24, 2017, 08:40:45 AM
DE 44 >> MD 45

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FlVDzr7f.jpg&hash=54a5d98efdff9cbb5be24bf8ef7a91d7e56e39f2)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 24, 2017, 09:56:02 AM
WV 46

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5513/9632603980_96059b7616_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fFcByY)2013 Maryland Trip Days 2-3 - 490 (https://flic.kr/p/fFcByY) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr

And a bonus, a WV 46 sign posted in Maryland (the previous state).

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7340/9629366795_022a96dd4e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/fEV2gr)2013 Maryland Trip Days 2-3 - 480 (https://flic.kr/p/fEV2gr) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 24, 2017, 10:20:47 AM
Can I post 4 in a row?  I could XD

WV 46 >> Ohio 47

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7664/27973123385_9cbfc16011_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JBTz1M)
OH-047 (https://flic.kr/p/JBTz1M) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr


Watch out for states with US50, 51, and 52.
I could do IN 48 >> IL 49 >> WI-50, so we're far enough north to avoid US50...Then, IA-51 would be possible, then jumping southwest we could have a few states with 52's.  We'll want to stay away from MN/WI/IL/IN/OH for 52.  MI-50 and MI-51 would trap us.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jmd41280 on February 24, 2017, 02:12:41 PM
OH 47 -> PA 48

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4131/4975780234_c466fb1d0a_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/8zGb7o)
Pa 48 - Monroeville, PA (https://flic.kr/p/8zGb7o) by Jon Dawson (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmd41280/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 24, 2017, 03:16:37 PM
Pushing us back west a bit, going PA 48 to OH 49.  Taken May 29, 2009, in northwestern Ohio.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20090529%2Fwestus30northoh49.jpg&hash=3d9b4e3d4f5e1da0350f62e9182c1dfd68a0c999)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 24, 2017, 03:43:19 PM
M-50

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_Michigan_Day_2%2FImages%2F269.jpg&hash=e2fe874c7691cb9f3de6d6b1ce62a9c5f6917b44)

(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 24, 2017, 04:05:35 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 24, 2017, 03:43:19 PM
(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)

Don't worry, WI 51 doesn't exist.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 24, 2017, 07:29:27 PM
Well I think Mr. Elkins or someone ought to have a KY-52.  It's gonna be our only option.

Quote from: hbelkins on February 24, 2017, 03:43:19 PM
(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)

I have both, so I'll do Indiana to mix it up a bit

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8085/29785313562_3d5e68d6a4_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Mo2w21)
IN-051Noff130 (https://flic.kr/p/Mo2w21) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 24, 2017, 08:19:12 PM
I happen to live on KY 52 so yes, I have a pic, but I will wait to see if anyone else happens to have one.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: okroads on February 25, 2017, 02:58:43 PM
Here's KY 52, taken by me in November 2015:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5695/22853216719_1824dc5940_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/APsH8V)DSC06028 (https://flic.kr/p/APsH8V) by Eric Stuve (https://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Mapmikey on February 25, 2017, 03:28:20 PM
VA 53 before they tore down this bridge, taken March 2007

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fva000%2Fva053_et_03.jpg&hash=8134b264ec655483214320ca92a33889aa9c56e8)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 25, 2017, 11:12:06 PM
From VA 53 to NC 54 we go:
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/north_carolina085/i-085_nb_exit_148_02.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: SectorZ on February 26, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

So, NJ and Delaware don't border then? Maryland and Virginia?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 10:36:34 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Because you shifted the goal posts.

How so? The original rules simply say "a state adjoining the location". No one ever said the border had to be a land border. I didn't shift any goalposts, I merely pointed out an alternative possibility within the existing goalposts that hadn't been considered.

To add some fuel to this fire, I will also point out that had the Orient Point-Watch Hill Bridge (http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/eastern-sound/) been built, it would have been possible to drive directly from New York into Rhode Island. If that bridge existed, would you still not care about this border?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 26, 2017, 10:55:06 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Quote from: kphoger on February 22, 2017, 11:50:11 AM
Quote from: jbnv on February 22, 2017, 11:41:33 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 22, 2017, 10:31:58 AM
(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.

Many political borders are created due to bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, or oceans. The problem is when one argues whether Florida has a water border with South Carolina and all points north.

Is there New York State <-> Block Island auto ferry? Then I'd say it counts, but I don't know of one (a Narragansett <-> Block Island ferry exists). If we're going to introduce any shipping or cruise line, as opposed to auto ferries, then we're kind of opening things up past the scope of the thread/forum, in my opinion.

North Carolina -> TN 55 in Tullahoma:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc1.staticflickr.com%2F8%2F7420%2F16393354739_2f86a43f08_b.jpg&hash=d15bf298c031b084d7389b6ccd80681c4454971d) (http://flic.kr/p/qYCeee)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on February 26, 2017, 11:56:42 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

Nevertheless, it does, as does Minnesota. Whether or not someone cares about certain borders, or goes around referring to them, was never made a condition of the game. If they exist, they count, unless we find some other interpretation of "state adjoining".
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on February 26, 2017, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: empirestate on February 26, 2017, 11:56:42 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on February 26, 2017, 09:05:11 AM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 12:55:33 AM
Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.2678016,-71.9132213,12z).

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

Nevertheless, it does, as does Minnesota. Whether or not someone cares about certain borders, or goes around referring to them, was never made a condition of the game. If they exist, they count, unless we find some other interpretation of "state adjoining".

I feel like a definition more in the spirit of this game would be something like "you can drive directly from one state to the other without passing through another state" (the existing AK/HI exemptions notwithstanding). That seems clear enough to me.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on February 26, 2017, 12:35:57 PM
TN 55 -> GA 56

Taken in Swainsboro, July 2, 2006.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20060702%2Fus80ga56busus1busga4.jpg&hash=f39f756c861859a43d604fe00fea56ba8b546c11)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 06:42:38 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 26, 2017, 10:55:06 AM
Many political borders are created due to bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, or oceans. The problem is when one argues whether Florida has a water border with South Carolina and all points north.

Is there New York State <-> Block Island auto ferry? Then I'd say it counts, but I don't know of one (a Narragansett <-> Block Island ferry exists). If we're going to introduce any shipping or cruise line, as opposed to auto ferries, then we're kind of opening things up past the scope of the thread/forum, in my opinion.

If you look into legal definitions this is unambiguous. Michigan borders Illinois and Minnesota because they are on opposite sides of an interior waterway, and each state's legal jurisdiction extends to the middle of the lake.

When dealing with states facing the ocean, however, the UN Convention on the Law of The Sea stipulates that a nation's territorial waters only extend up to 12 miles off its coasts - so this is, in effect, the maximum distance that any US state's jurisdiction can extend into the ocean. Which in turn means that in order for two coastal states to border each other, they must come within 24 miles of each other in a straight line across open water. Florida theerefore does not have a water border with South Carolina since the two states are separated by a considerably greater distance than this. And even if they were closer, the geography of the coast is such that Georgia would still have jurisdiction of some of the water between them.

As for New York and Rhode Island, forget Block Island... the eastern tip of Fisher's Island (part of New York) is only about 2.1 miles from Napatree Point (part of Rhode Island). (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3007739,-71.9087951,14z) There is no ferry service connecting the two directly, but so what? The existence of a border is not dependent on there being a fixed or regularly scheduled means of transporting a car across it. There are no roads crossing the land border between Panama and Colombia (the infamous "Darien Gap" in the Pan-American Highway), so you can't drive across. Would you say that the two countries don't border each other on account of this?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Mapmikey on February 26, 2017, 07:41:11 PM
The only square shield I've seen with the new style SC route shield on SC 9-57 leaving I-95...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Ferrors%2Fsquare-SC57.jpg&hash=69e13a131c5a62075ed8a310697c04466b121cc4)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on February 26, 2017, 09:24:31 PM
Quote from: Eth on February 26, 2017, 12:34:11 PM
Quote from: empirestate on February 26, 2017, 11:56:42 AM
Nevertheless, it does, as does Minnesota. Whether or not someone cares about certain borders, or goes around referring to them, was never made a condition of the game. If they exist, they count, unless we find some other interpretation of "state adjoining".

I feel like a definition more in the spirit of this game would be something like "you can drive directly from one state to the other without passing through another state" (the existing AK/HI exemptions notwithstanding). That seems clear enough to me.

I'd say that would be quite a reasonable stipulation to add for these purposes. But we would have to add it; it isn't implicit in the unmodified phrase.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 26, 2017, 09:33:30 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 06:42:38 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 26, 2017, 10:55:06 AM
Many political borders are created due to bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, or oceans. The problem is when one argues whether Florida has a water border with South Carolina and all points north.

Is there New York State <-> Block Island auto ferry? Then I'd say it counts, but I don't know of one (a Narragansett <-> Block Island ferry exists). If we're going to introduce any shipping or cruise line, as opposed to auto ferries, then we're kind of opening things up past the scope of the thread/forum, in my opinion.

If you look into legal definitions this is unambiguous. Michigan borders Illinois and Minnesota because they are on opposite sides of an interior waterway, and each state's legal jurisdiction extends to the middle of the lake.

When dealing with states facing the ocean, however, the UN Convention on the Law of The Sea stipulates that a nation's territorial waters only extend up to 12 miles off its coasts - so this is, in effect, the maximum distance that any US state's jurisdiction can extend into the ocean. Which in turn means that in order for two coastal states to border each other, they must come within 24 miles of each other in a straight line across open water. Florida theerefore does not have a water border with South Carolina since the two states are separated by a considerably greater distance than this. And even if they were closer, the geography of the coast is such that Georgia would still have jurisdiction of some of the water between them.

As for New York and Rhode Island, forget Block Island... the eastern tip of Fisher's Island (part of New York) is only about 2.1 miles from Napatree Point (part of Rhode Island). (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.3007739,-71.9087951,14z) There is no ferry service connecting the two directly, but so what? The existence of a border is not dependent on there being a fixed or regularly scheduled means of transporting a car across it. There are no roads crossing the land border between Panama and Colombia (the infamous "Darien Gap" in the Pan-American Highway), so you can't drive across. Would you say that the two countries don't border each other on account of this?

Right...So do you have a photo or not?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 26, 2017, 10:08:31 PM
If a state borders another state, it counts. Illinois and Michigan count. New York and Rhode Island count.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on February 26, 2017, 10:42:13 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on February 26, 2017, 06:42:38 PMThe existence of a border is not dependent on there being a fixed or regularly scheduled means of transporting a car across it. There are no roads crossing the land border between Panama and Colombia (the infamous "Darien Gap" in the Pan-American Highway), so you can't drive across. Would you say that the two countries don't border each other on account of this?

I've actually heard rumor of someone having ridden a dirt bike across the Darién, but I'm not sure how credible it is.

What is certain, however, is that it's possible to take a vehicle from Panamá to Colombia. There used to be regular ferry service, and one can still transport a vehicle by ocean-going cargo vessel (in a container or strapped to the deck). I've even read the account of an adventurous chap who made his way along the coast with his motorbike by paying natives to transport him and his bike by motorboat. Besides vehicles, it's also only a few hours' walk along the coast from a Colombian immigration office to a Panamanian one.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 27, 2017, 09:53:01 AM
Keeping things moving ... GA 58

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_NOLA_Day_1%2FImages%2F246.jpg&hash=834be9807def400a8de1fa9d8296e862cf17de60)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 27, 2017, 10:22:02 AM
Here's AL 59 (even though that state also has an I-59):
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/alabama055/al-059_sb_at_fbe_01.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 27, 2017, 10:32:02 AM
AL 59 -> FL 60:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fc1.staticflickr.com%2F9%2F8257%2F29636627445_1ff2ef3e4e_b.jpg&hash=28b89cb111637b660ee26abb6dd33516461119c9) (http://flic.kr/p/M9TsPg)

(...and an excuse to post a shield with a pirate on it.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: okroads on February 27, 2017, 10:43:42 AM
FL 60 -> GA 61:
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7133/6860987786_f9676106a8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/bshmCS)DSC02048 (https://flic.kr/p/bshmCS) by Eric Stuve (https://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 02, 2017, 10:10:51 AM
GA 61 -> NC 62:
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/north_carolina085/i-085_nb_exit_108_04.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 02, 2017, 12:40:38 PM
Quote from: Henry on March 02, 2017, 10:10:51 AM
GA 61 -> NC 62:
(https://www.aaroads.com/southeast/north_carolina085/i-085_nb_exit_108_04.jpg)
Uh which states have 64's?  We're pretty close to territory containing either US64 or I-64, possibly nullifying the chance of a state having a SR-64.  I know Alabama has a 64.  Anyone have a GA-63?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 02, 2017, 12:44:02 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 02, 2017, 12:40:38 PM
Uh which states have 64's?  We're pretty close to territory containing either US64 or I-64, possibly nullifying the chance of a state having a SR-64.  I know Alabama has a 64.  Anyone have a GA-63?

I have a SC 63 I could play but I guess that would require someone having a GA 64 to play off it.  I'll hold off for now but would be happy to post it if helpful.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jeffandnicole on March 02, 2017, 12:49:37 PM
Quote from: Jim on March 02, 2017, 12:44:02 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 02, 2017, 12:40:38 PM
Uh which states have 64's?  We're pretty close to territory containing either US64 or I-64, possibly nullifying the chance of a state having a SR-64.  I know Alabama has a 64.  Anyone have a GA-63?

I have a SC 63 I could play but I guess that would require someone having a GA 64 to play off it.  I'll hold off for now but would be happy to post it if helpful.

As long as Georgia has a route 64, that's not your worry.  Go ahead and use your SC 63!
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 02, 2017, 03:58:53 PM
It's been a few hours, so I'll go ahead and take us NC 62 -> SC 63.

Walterboro.  December 27, 2010.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20101227%2Fsc63altus17.jpg&hash=71c8461714f5fb82ff92f7e3b50811134cbceabd)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 04, 2017, 01:50:48 PM
If we're stuck and someone wants to post a GA 63 instead of a GA 64, I could delete my SC 63.  GA 63 intersects I-85 so maybe someone's more likely to have it than GA 64.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Mapmikey on March 04, 2017, 02:22:59 PM
Here is my favorite VA 63 photo then...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fcutouts%2Fimages%2Fva063.jpg&hash=f9e50c088f7204fc03156b5fe9f2748c8353ad3b)
Haysi
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 04, 2017, 06:49:52 PM
I have that very same VA 63 photo, which I took a few years ago.

VA 63 pretty much forces us to Maryland. Both West Virginia and Kentucky have I-64, North Carolina has US 64, and while Tennessee duplicates state and US routes, I'm not sure about TN 64's existence.

GA 64 runs through Bacon County, which I visited last summer, but unfortunately I don't have any photos of signage since I was not on that route.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_Route_64

I've been to Hagerstown many times, but don't recall ever traveling on US 40 past the terminus of MD 64.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_Route_64
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on March 04, 2017, 06:58:28 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 04, 2017, 06:49:52 PM
VA 63 pretty much forces us to Maryland. Both West Virginia and Kentucky have I-64, North Carolina has US 64, and while Tennessee duplicates state and US routes, I'm not sure about TN 64's existence.

GA 64 runs through Bacon County, which I visited last summer, but unfortunately I don't have any photos of signage since I was not on that route.

TN 64 does exist, and in fact crosses I-24 just southeast of Murfreesboro. Both it and GA 64 are, alas, roughly three and a half hours away from me.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 04, 2017, 09:33:17 PM
Quote from: Eth on March 04, 2017, 06:58:28 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 04, 2017, 06:49:52 PM
VA 63 pretty much forces us to Maryland. Both West Virginia and Kentucky have I-64, North Carolina has US 64, and while Tennessee duplicates state and US routes, I'm not sure about TN 64's existence.

GA 64 runs through Bacon County, which I visited last summer, but unfortunately I don't have any photos of signage since I was not on that route.

TN 64 does exist, and in fact crosses I-24 just southeast of Murfreesboro. Both it and GA 64 are, alas, roughly three and a half hours away from me.

I hadn't checked it out, but you're right and I've driven part of it. So therefore...

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7407/15752738664_230a4fe2c1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/q11Uou)IMG_0489 (https://flic.kr/p/q11Uou) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on March 05, 2017, 09:50:51 AM
Tennessee -> Alabama Route 65:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5551/31537124751_1d6977d5d6_b.jpg)

Can we get to Alaska for 98?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 05, 2017, 02:27:30 PM
If someone has MS 66, I have LA 67.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 05, 2017, 06:14:56 PM
Looks like there are a good number of 67 options that can follow Tennessee 66, so I'll play it.  AL 65 -> TN 66

Sevierville.  July 10, 2008.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20080710%2Ftn66toi40.jpg&hash=6ecacb45c10aa503679b02eb1d70f454784224cc)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 05, 2017, 11:50:19 PM
I have an MS 67, but I think maybe we should head further north to avoid states where US70, 72, etc will cancel out the presence of state routes with that number.  Also I feel like I should bring up that Indiana will be kaput for the most part in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 06, 2017, 10:24:22 AM
Mississippi 67

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5345/30185322731_ccc2f53edf.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MZnENP)
I-110/MS 15/MS 67 Exit (https://flic.kr/p/MZnENP) by Jay Bienvenu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bienvenunet/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on March 06, 2017, 06:33:17 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 05, 2017, 11:50:19 PM
I have an MS 67, but I think maybe we should head further north to avoid states where US70, 72, etc will cancel out the presence of state routes with that number.  Also I feel like I should bring up that Indiana will be kaput for the most part in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.

And as we head toward the upper reaches of the double digits, note that this does not mean the South will be out of play - TN, GA, AL, and FL are all a-okay with number duplication. (EDIT: AL allows duplication with Interstates, but not US routes.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 07, 2017, 09:10:06 AM
MS 67 -> LA 68:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/LA/LA20080681i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on March 07, 2017, 09:40:47 AM
Long-term plan: Get AK 98, and then quickly get to New England before Rhode Island becomes impossible (and also get Maine).
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 09, 2017, 09:13:08 AM
Quote from: 1 on March 07, 2017, 09:40:47 AM
Long-term plan: Get AK 98, and then quickly get to New England before Rhode Island becomes impossible (and also get Maine).

That all sounds completely unattainable.

We're looking for a 69 from AR or MS if I recall correctly.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kurumi on March 09, 2017, 11:39:33 AM
This turns out to be an interesting programming exercise. The bordering states are a bidirectional graph, and each node has a list of available route numbers. Your algorithm can find the longest path starting from anywhere, or the longest path starting, ending, or including a given node (state).

It could even be a useful interview exercise, if the data set were already provided. (Defining the borders and listing the route numbers would take a lot of time.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 09, 2017, 04:23:01 PM
AR 69 in the hometown of Mark Martin. Often a bridesmaid but never a bride.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_DFW_Day_3%2FImages%2F183.jpg&hash=64bd4e953b7e35657875b51b51ba133133843294)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 09, 2017, 04:57:42 PM
Quote from: kurumi on March 09, 2017, 11:39:33 AM
This turns out to be an interesting programming exercise. The bordering states are a bidirectional graph, and each node has a list of available route numbers. Your algorithm can find the longest path starting from anywhere, or the longest path starting, ending, or including a given node (state).

It could even be a useful interview exercise, if the data set were already provided. (Defining the borders and listing the route numbers would take a lot of time.)

Travel Mapping has most states in a convenient (CSV) form, but we're still incomplete or nonexistent in a few places...
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 09, 2017, 05:15:20 PM
AR 69 -> TX 70:
(https://www.aaroads.com/texas/texas300/us-380_wb_app_tx-070_01.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 10, 2017, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Henry on March 09, 2017, 05:15:20 PM
AR 69 -> TX 70:

Louisiana and perhaps Arkansas are out for 71 (US 71).
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on March 10, 2017, 01:30:19 PM
Quote from: jbnv on March 10, 2017, 09:03:10 AM
Quote from: Henry on March 09, 2017, 05:15:20 PM
AR 69 -> TX 70:

Louisiana and perhaps Arkansas are out for 71 (US 71).

Correct.  Oklahoma has one, and New Mexico used to until somewhat recently, though.

In case anyone was planning to be tricky, I already checked:  none of the Mexican states bordering Texas have a state highway numbered 71.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 12, 2017, 08:56:07 PM
Looks like I just missed being able to get an OK 71 a few years ago. Is 71 going to be the number that ends the game?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Mapmikey on March 13, 2017, 06:39:17 AM
can always retract TX 70 and replace with a TN 70 which would open the game back up...
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 13, 2017, 09:26:32 AM
I had a TX70 and specifically decided against playing it, due to the chance it would lead to a dead end (considering the proximity of US71).
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 13, 2017, 09:32:32 AM
Quote from: Mapmikey on March 13, 2017, 06:39:17 AM
can always retract TX 70 and replace with a TN 70 which would open the game back up...

Or let me play an LA 70. Then if someone has TX 71 we should be able to cruise forward.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: okroads on March 13, 2017, 09:34:44 AM
I have an OK 71:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3602/3691891394_2ff9f91dc9_z.jpg?zz&#x3D;1) (https://flic.kr/p/6CeUFU)DSC01664 (https://flic.kr/p/6CeUFU) by Eric Stuve (https://www.flickr.com/photos/okroads/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 13, 2017, 09:55:58 AM
I have LA 73.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 13, 2017, 10:08:54 AM
MO 72

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_DFW_Day_3%2FImages%2F383.jpg&hash=a5c6cf9e1b6ab48415c1f8d7b96cfa3701388b24)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 13, 2017, 02:11:07 PM
Back to the Sooner State with OK 73:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F1%2F11%2FOK_73_at_I-40_BL_in_Clinton.jpg%2F640px-OK_73_at_I-40_BL_in_Clinton.jpg&hash=4c5b5b6898e2967531f6935d03857a438e4406e0)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 15, 2017, 09:57:25 AM
May be a spur, but this still counts as 74:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/TexasIH30EatSpur74.JPG)
Guess OK is out for 75, because of the US highway with that number being there.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on March 15, 2017, 10:16:12 AM
Quote from: Henry on March 15, 2017, 09:57:25 AM
May be a spur, but this still counts as 74:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/TexasIH30EatSpur74.JPG)

For those who might be wondering, the above photo is from Texas.

Quote from: Henry on March 15, 2017, 09:57:25 AM
Guess OK is out for 75, because of the US highway with that number being there.

Yes, since 1947.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 15, 2017, 12:52:26 PM
AR 75

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2009_OKC_Day_1%2FImages%2F558.jpg&hash=5f83e3266fb6aef1ef0f16d89168c4a6e85dddb7)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 15, 2017, 02:02:07 PM
Arkansas 75 -> Louisiana 76

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7564/29956166376_78f92f7bbb.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MD8bBb)
LA 76 Route Sign (https://flic.kr/p/MD8bBb) by Jay Bienvenu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bienvenunet/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 20, 2017, 09:58:32 AM
LA 76 -> TX 77:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TX/TX19690771i1.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on March 20, 2017, 10:46:00 AM
Texas 77 -> Louisiana 78 (hopefully I'm not boxing us in with US 79)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8135/29912257261_19d06704f1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Mzf8Xt)
LA 78/411 Route Signs (https://flic.kr/p/Mzf8Xt) by Jay Bienvenu (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bienvenunet/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on March 20, 2017, 10:59:59 AM
Nope.  TX-79 is a decently long corridor.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kurumi on March 20, 2017, 11:54:24 AM
I had thought about writing a program to figure out the longest "hello neighbor" chain in the US -- but the number of possible paths is a combinatorial explosion.

In the 6 New England states, using state routes from 1-100 only, there are 5,539 combinations. All the longest ones start with RI 7 and end with NH 28. (US 1 through 6 are "in the way" for most states, and no state has a Route 29.) That's manageable.

Add New York, routes 1 through 30 only, and the number of combinations increases to more than 13 million. The longest chain is still 7 though 28, but many more paths run through NY.

Add the rest of the New York state routes to 100, and ... I don't know how long it takes to run. A rough estimate based on NE+NY routes to 30 is about 1.73^n, where n is the number of routes. 1.73^100 is about 6.4 * 10^23, a little more than a mole. All 50 states, 100 routes, might be about (1.73 * 50/7)^100 or 8 * 10^107. We could probably refine this estimate based on route density, number of neighbors, and so on.

Instead of a brute force "search everything", a bounded search (say, starting from LA 78) will be quicker. Then most of the work is data entry (listing all the routes for each state). But the algorithm itself was the more interesting part.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: ColossalBlocks on March 20, 2017, 02:31:03 PM
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on February 17, 2017, 06:11:03 PM
Hopping over to Missouri for 19. (KY ---> MO)

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5763/22597213514_85bec54713_k.jpg)

Dammit, I wish I knew about this thread earlier. I probably would've occupied MO 19.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 21, 2017, 07:39:58 AM
I think this is a safe move.  Oklahoma and New Mexico have 80s.

Louisiana 78 -> Texas 79.  Wichita Falls.  March 13, 2011.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20110313%2Fus281tx79us82us287.jpg&hash=050ff116476e2926ed226993409c0a44b1c86a10)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 21, 2017, 07:44:04 AM
Quote from: Jim on March 21, 2017, 07:39:58 AM
I think this is a safe move.  Oklahoma and New Mexico have 80s.

Louisiana 78 -> Texas 79.  Wichita Falls.  March 13, 2011.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20110313%2Fus281tx79us82us287.jpg&hash=050ff116476e2926ed226993409c0a44b1c86a10)

Unfortunately I didn't have anything ground-mounted for TX 79 except the error below (should be US 79).  I can delete the previous post if someone has a legitimate TX 79 not on a BGS.

Buffalo.  August 30, 2003.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20030830%2Fi45tx79.jpg&hash=bb0eb5a664bc68c97980bf0c0febf77b39fe5c57)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 21, 2017, 09:20:23 AM
TX 79 -> NM 80:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F80%2F10to145%2F1.jpg&hash=47a7aae833ee0882f62b20c5a3e2f0abcc73ccd0)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on March 21, 2017, 11:07:19 AM
Quote from: Henry on March 21, 2017, 09:20:23 AM
Error 101
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on April 18, 2017, 03:17:06 PM
Looks like this thread isn't going to go anywhere.  Should we start over?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on April 18, 2017, 03:28:24 PM
From Eric Stuve.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.okroads.com%2F101603%2Fi35exit364b.JPG&hash=294863aa60ee8a8536ddf26561724efd452992ef)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on April 18, 2017, 04:21:57 PM
I can take us back to Louisiana for 82, which should allow us to move back to Texas for 83.

Taken just across the bridge from Texas.  May 25, 2004.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20040525%2Fla82.jpg&hash=3cc4d6cb32622d97c05e3a4c5e9460f067db17e9)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on April 18, 2017, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on April 18, 2017, 03:17:06 PM
Looks like this thread isn't going to go anywhere.  Should we start over?

Rule proposal: If 48 hours passes without anyone making a valid play, any player can play one of the following:

A) Route 1 from the last state played.
B) A US or Interstate highway matching the next number in a neighboring state.

(Yes, I realize that these two cases don't necessarily ensure that the game would be restarted.)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on April 19, 2017, 09:44:04 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Ftx%2F62%2F213to83%2F7.jpg&hash=52d3059ef7a250ee87a48730718b95650196520c)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on April 19, 2017, 01:11:30 PM
Quote from: jbnv on April 18, 2017, 05:01:19 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on April 18, 2017, 03:17:06 PM
Looks like this thread isn't going to go anywhere.  Should we start over?

Rule proposal: If 48 hours passes without anyone making a valid play, any player can play one of the following:

A) Route 1 from the last state played.
B) A US or Interstate highway matching the next number in a neighboring state.

(Yes, I realize that these two cases don't necessarily ensure that the game would be restarted.)

I am personally not in favor of either one of these.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on September 28, 2017, 08:35:29 AM
Jumpstarting this thread, because I can.

Arkansas Highway 84, photo courtesy of corco:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Far%2F8%2F84to84%2F1.jpg&hash=aeb00a6359a9ba1bdfee452863f0f3e23d2bf083)

Edit: Source >> http://www.corcohighways.org/highways/az/azroutes/?p=555
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on September 28, 2017, 12:05:50 PM
Glad to see this one get going again, especially since I started it.

Let's cross the Big Muddy to Tennessee.

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5336/14135195801_9ac1983f38_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nx5zfr)2014 Tennessee Meet Trip Day 1 - 078 (https://flic.kr/p/nx5zfr) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on September 28, 2017, 12:41:10 PM
And right back across it to Missouri for 86.  From I-49 and US 71.  July 23, 2015.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20150723%2Fexit27.jpg&hash=39e285bd579b336f32b448f4b8fe3d5be0f4d0c3)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on September 29, 2017, 09:07:20 AM
Going west to K-87:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fks%2F36%2F110to87%2F2.jpg&hash=33ca0f5cd99d8b7ee37f2a6c0e1541ddd99d7af0)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on September 29, 2017, 09:54:13 AM
West some more to Colorado 88.  From US 6 in Denver.  March 6, 2013.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20130306%2Fco88federal.jpg&hash=56c6f4e5fd7b94dab3eb26bc7866b381eff3e185)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on October 01, 2017, 02:45:55 PM
It looks like 89s in Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Wyoming offer options to continue, but I don't have any of those.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: ColossalBlocks on December 10, 2017, 09:08:44 PM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Newhertzlersign.jpg/220px-Newhertzlersign.jpg)

Guess it's time to revive this thread.

Colorado Route 88>>Kansas Route 89.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on December 10, 2017, 09:46:09 PM
Thanks for giving this one another shot.  Here's Missouri 90 from US 71 in Jane.  July 23, 2015.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20150723%2Fmo90us71.jpg&hash=7c1621935354fef57a2b9d4876d1bc510f46f66e)

Looks like we have a few options for neighboring 91 routes.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 10, 2017, 10:36:36 PM
Glad someone found a way to move this forward.  I know Wisconsin and Kentucky have good 92's, so here's Illinois 91:

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8723/27591795393_d821d1f749_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/J3caue)
IL-091-078ER (https://flic.kr/p/J3caue) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

Illinois has a state route 94 in case the thread stays in this region.  Many other states won't because of the proximity of I-94.  Thinking ahead, note that the route of WI-92 and MN-93 will lead to a dead end.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 10, 2017, 11:39:45 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 10, 2017, 10:36:36 PM
I know Wisconsin and Kentucky have good 92's, so here's Illinois 91:

Imma take this a different direction, with Iowa 92 :)

(https://i.imgur.com/0vAuxS6.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 12:24:04 AM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on December 10, 2017, 11:39:45 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 10, 2017, 10:36:36 PM
I know Wisconsin and Kentucky have good 92's, so here's Illinois 91:

Imma take this a different direction, with Iowa 92 :)


How did I forget about that.  What an idiot.   :-D
But yeah no MN-93 pls, it's a trap.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 11, 2017, 12:30:46 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 12:24:04 AM
But yeah no MN-93 pls, it's a trap.

It's probably fortunate then that I can't post twice in a row. I do have pictures of MN-93. :bigass:
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 11, 2017, 01:26:08 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/midwest/wisconsin053/us-053_sb_at_wi-093_01.jpg)
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on December 11, 2017, 12:30:46 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 12:24:04 AM
But yeah no MN-93 pls, it's a trap.

It's probably fortunate then that I can't post twice in a row. I do have pictures of MN-93. :bigass:

Maybe not a trap and it's not the same state :-D
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on December 11, 2017, 05:17:56 AM
Illinois Route 94:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4547/24116217957_d66d71c001_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/CK4Vpk)

Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on December 11, 2017, 06:06:30 AM
Unfortunately, Alaska's out...
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 09:40:02 AM
Quote from: 1 on December 11, 2017, 06:06:30 AM
Unfortunately, Alaska's out...

Wow, you don't say?  :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:

I have a Michigan 95, but that doesn't quite border IL.  WI and MO should work though.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on December 11, 2017, 09:47:21 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 09:40:02 AM
Quote from: 1 on December 11, 2017, 06:06:30 AM
Unfortunately, Alaska's out...

Wow, you don't say?  :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:  :hmmm: :confused:

I have a Michigan 95, but that doesn't quite border IL.  WI and MO should work though.

Reply #28 says Alaska is considered to be adjacent to Washington and Hawaii for the purposes of this game.. We can't get to Alaska in 4 steps anymore (98 was the only possibility), so it's out.

Also, see the argument on Page 4 about whether Illinois to Michigan is allowed (it's a water border).
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on December 11, 2017, 10:08:01 AM
WI 95:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Wisconsin_Highway_95_north_terminus.jpg/1200px-Wisconsin_Highway_95_north_terminus.jpg)
(I didn't realize this game was still going on!)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 10:17:32 AM
Let's head into Iowa again.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4211/35623884406_a46725cd3b_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WgXHHy)
IA-096-US63N (https://flic.kr/p/WgXHHy) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

This picture makes it pretty clear that yes, I do get out of the car to take sign photos.  I want one good shot of every individual state route.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 11, 2017, 11:02:15 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 10:17:32 AM
This picture makes it pretty clear that yes, I do get out of the car to take sign photos.  I want one good shot of every individual state route.

As do I, except (usually) for freeway signage (for the obvious safety and legal reasons :)). I really dislike pictures taken in the car.

Minnesota 97:

(https://i.imgur.com/LkYWWxc.jpg)

Edit to add: I too have photographed that same Iowa 96/US-63 sign (https://i.imgur.com/4F5ya6E.jpg). For some reason I'm fascinated when more than one of us have taken almost the same picture. :biggrin:
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 11, 2017, 11:37:23 AM
Iowa 98:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelfire.com%2Fia%2Fjdmorrison%2Fends%2FEnd98S.jpg&hash=cb395ddeb5e8cb2ea028db8c63bedd9b9b5279fd)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 11, 2017, 11:55:37 AM
Minnesota 99:

(https://i.imgur.com/2RAfgLv.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on December 11, 2017, 01:56:41 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Shouldn't this have stopped at 92?
Hurricane Rex is pulling photos from elsewhere on the web mere hours after the preceding play.

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on December 10, 2017, 11:39:45 PM
Imma take this a different direction, with Iowa 92 :)

Quote from: Hurricane Rex on December 11, 2017, 01:26:08 AM
[img https://www.aaroads.com/midwest/wisconsin053/us-053_sb_at_wi-093_01.jpg [/img
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 11, 2017, 08:39:48 PM
Does anyone have WI-93** and IA-98 photos to supplant the outsourced posts?  I have an IA-98
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 12, 2017, 12:51:36 AM
Quote from: kphoger on December 11, 2017, 01:56:41 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Shouldn't this have stopped at 92?
Hurricane Rex is pulling photos from elsewhere on the web mere hours after the preceding play.

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on December 10, 2017, 11:39:45 PM
Imma take this a different direction, with Iowa 92 :)

Quote from: Hurricane Rex on December 11, 2017, 01:26:08 AM
[img https://www.aaroads.com/midwest/wisconsin053/us-053_sb_at_wi-093_01.jpg [/img
Assumed the rule was the same for each challenge. Generally only gsv isn't allowed.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on December 12, 2017, 01:07:04 PM
You can pull from elsewhere, but you have to wait 24 hours to give someone a real chance.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on December 12, 2017, 09:43:09 PM
The idea is to use sources other than GSV or the like. Use your own personal collection or someone else's personal collection, not a commercial or similar source.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on December 13, 2017, 09:35:24 AM
MN 99 -> WI 100:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fwisconsin%2Fshield%2Fimages%2F94wi_0407.jpg&hash=f3b37751c9593322600bd6eaa9045b4eeec7b2cd)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 10:36:39 AM
Before I proceed...Do rustic roads in Wisconsin count for this challenge?

Here's a retroactive IA-98.  WI-100 was played last.  I have an IL-101 if someone wishes to farm (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/albums/72157673117616431) it from my collection

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4132/34820313904_58826be01e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/V3XdcJ)
IA-098-016E (https://flic.kr/p/V3XdcJ) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on December 13, 2017, 11:25:59 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 10:36:39 AM
Before I proceed...Do rustic roads in Wisconsin count for this challenge?


Quote from: hbelkins on February 15, 2017, 02:13:17 PM
Here's a new challenge game that I thought of. Let's see how far we can go with it. Due to the nature of the game, photos from Alaska and Hawaii will have to be omitted, but that's OK.

The general premise is that a photo of a state route marker will be posted. The next poster will then post a photo of a state route marker of the next highest number from a state adjoining the location of the previous post. You should identify the state, since someone who posts a photo from Tennessee could be followed up by someone playing a circular route marker from either of two neighbors (Kentucky or Mississippi).

Photos must be from your personal collection. No Google Street View, DOT photologs, etc. The exception is that if we get stuck for 24 hours, you may post a photo from another roadgeek's website, Facebook page, Flickr collection, and so on.

Preference is for ground-mounted markers. BGS route markers are discouraged but allowable in dire circumstances.

I'll start with KY 1.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmillenniumhwy.net%2Foldsigns%2Fky%2FKY1-KY1711.jpg&hash=b24e35e8558672a722e17b483275403a86ea289c)

Next poster must play a State Route 2 sign from either Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois or Indiana.

Have fun. Let's see how far we can get with this and how many states we can get in play; I'm thinking somewhere well into the triple digits until we run out of options.

I was thinking mostly of state primary route markers, but I realize that Tennessee provides a special difficulty here since their numbered roads can switch from rectangular signage with the state name and outline on the bottom, to a triangle, and back to the rectangle. So I will say that while primary routes are preferred, secondary routes for the states that have them (Virginia circles, West Virginia circles, Tennessee triangles, etc.) will be acceptable.

As for Wisconsin's Rustic Roads, I don't know that I have ever seen a marker with a route number on it. Just a supplemental sign similar to the Kentucky Scenic Byway, Virginia Byway, West Virginia Byway/Backway, or similar.

Next play would be 101 from any of Iowa's neighbors.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on December 13, 2017, 02:54:05 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 13, 2017, 11:25:59 AM
Next play would be 101 from any of Iowa's neighbors.

Believe you mean Wisconsin, but it ends up all the same here. ;-)

So because I have the opportunity, and Minnesota's TH 101 is one of my favorite routes just for its odd history, I have to play it:

(https://i.imgur.com/guYWiiS.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 03:23:22 PM
So this is the Wisconsin sign I wanted to post, if it's okay.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4574/38860456121_fcd1cff2bc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22cXZJa)
WI-R102 (https://flic.kr/p/22cXZJa) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on December 13, 2017, 03:24:29 PM
^^ If that sign isn't allowed, then there's something fundamentally wrong with the universe.  That's an awesome picture.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on December 13, 2017, 03:27:06 PM
M-103:

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5323/30058802423_3c899e5d94_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/MNcdJc)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 03:42:37 PM
I could take us back to WI but let's go to IN this time.  I could probably bounce around IL/IN until the 130's.  I have an OH-105 too

IN-104

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7228/27952097485_611fed1864_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JA2NKg)
IN-104 (https://flic.kr/p/JA2NKg) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on December 13, 2017, 04:06:38 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 03:42:37 PM
I could probably bounce around IL/IN until the 130's.

Rhode Island will become unavailable soon.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 13, 2017, 10:18:02 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on December 13, 2017, 03:23:22 PM
So this is the Wisconsin sign I wanted to post, if it's okay.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4574/38860456121_fcd1cff2bc_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/22cXZJa)
WI-R102 (https://flic.kr/p/22cXZJa) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

Can you put a link to where there was because you got my attention.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on December 14, 2017, 10:47:54 AM
Let's come back to my home state. KY 105

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/683/32043140036_648ac9c592_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QPxtaE)2016 Bloomington Trip Day 1 - 133 (https://flic.kr/p/QPxtaE) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 14, 2017, 12:30:31 PM
This is where I took the picture of R-102.

https://goo.gl/maps/2YDEb7CSuVB2

Because there's a good 107 in three of four bordering states, I'll take us back up to Indiana

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7287/27917703316_464c9b9695_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/JwZwym)
IN-106 (https://flic.kr/p/JwZwym) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 16, 2017, 03:10:31 AM
24 hour rule of inactivity:

Illinois 107
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fnendil107a.jpg&hash=6936b9629180b28e3e927bf44047369b6993ca79)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on December 18, 2017, 09:31:35 AM
IL 107 -> WI 108:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fwisconsin%2Fimages2%2Fjctwi108lacrossec.jpg&hash=3ec7763feb686bab7c95fe54ec032f062dcea37a)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on December 18, 2017, 09:39:12 AM
WI 108 -> M-109.  At the Sleeping Bear Dunes NL.  July 13, 2007.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20070713%2Fmi22mi109ends.jpg&hash=173c24a47e6ed9f1035a0aa4527a01224790cdf8)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on December 18, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
For purposes of this game, Michigan borders Illinois, even though there is no land border, so if anyone wants to post an Illinois CKC 110 before I go searching, feel free.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on December 18, 2017, 06:41:46 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 18, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
For purposes of this game, Michigan borders Illinois, even though there is no land border, so if anyone wants to post an Illinois CKC 110 before I go searching, feel free.

I have an Indiana 110 in my Indiana collection, but I'm holding off so I can possibly play OH-111.  IL, MI, IN, and OH don't have a 112...if we stay in the Midwest, 112 will have to be WI or MN.  WV has a 112 as well, and some other states of course.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on December 20, 2017, 09:55:47 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on December 18, 2017, 05:39:13 PM
For purposes of this game, Michigan borders Illinois, even though there is no land border, so if anyone wants to post an Illinois CKC 110 before I go searching, feel free.

Gladly!
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gredf.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FCKC-Interstate-172-Highway-Signs.jpg&hash=0920ccf2a2093fde08e87328b8775e02a779d45c)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on December 20, 2017, 12:24:01 PM
MO 111:

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8678/28267168853_6ea6ba48fa_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/K4SCue)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on December 26, 2017, 03:06:41 AM
24 hour inactivity rule and finally getting away from the Midwest:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Arkansas_Highway_112_south_of_MLK_Blvd%2C_Fayetteville.JPG/800px-Arkansas_Highway_112_south_of_MLK_Blvd%2C_Fayetteville.JPG)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on December 27, 2017, 09:19:20 AM
AR 112 -> MO 113:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.corcohighways.org%2Fhighways%2Fmo%2F59%2F118to113%2F14.jpg&hash=dd4971053d3460f2bb31ed74b4f29eb5ca449165)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 04, 2018, 04:20:39 PM
IL-114 featuring some weird dude looking at me funny

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1465/26017497555_616182bd61_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FD5tA4)
IL-114-WT (https://flic.kr/p/FD5tA4) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: kphoger on January 04, 2018, 04:23:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 04, 2018, 04:20:39 PM
some weird dude looking at me

Probably the same thing he was thinking.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on January 04, 2018, 06:41:15 PM
MO 115:
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5753/30638895383_01a1450aa7_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/NFsm9X)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on January 04, 2018, 11:43:47 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 04, 2018, 04:23:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 04, 2018, 04:20:39 PM
some weird dude looking at me
Probably the same thing he was thinking.

That's why I sometimes wait for people to clear out of the foreground and mid-ground of my pictures (if feasible, of course–I'm not going to stand there waiting for more than a few minutes). I think people care more about (not) being in the pictures than whatever it is you're photographing.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 05, 2018, 04:48:05 PM
Quote from: kphoger on January 04, 2018, 04:23:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 04, 2018, 04:20:39 PM
some weird dude looking at me
Probably the same thing he was thinking.
I mean, I fully expect that thought to enter people's minds every time I step out of the car heheh.  That's not news to me.

Quote from: MNHighwayMan on January 04, 2018, 11:43:47 PM

That's why I sometimes wait for people to clear out of the foreground and mid-ground of my pictures (if feasible, of course–I'm not going to stand there waiting for more than a few minutes). I think people care more about (not) being in the pictures than whatever it is you're photographing.

That guy was taking forever to make his way down the street, and he was only getting closer to me.  SO I got to the point where I didn't want to waste any more time.

I have a crapton of IL-116 since I clinched it last summer (then I can dance between IN and OH for a while if left to my own devices).

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4357/36117274580_54f01324ae_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/X2ytqG)
IL-116-251SE (https://flic.kr/p/X2ytqG) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on January 05, 2018, 06:04:49 PM
Iowa 117 (at its northern terminus)

(https://i.imgur.com/o4x87j1.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 12, 2018, 10:54:04 PM
I think the only valid plays are WI-118 and MO-118, both of which are very short routes.  Illinois has no 118.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on January 12, 2018, 11:24:22 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 12, 2018, 10:54:04 PM
I think the only valid plays are WI-118 and MO-118, both of which are very short routes.  Illinois has no 118.

MN-118 (the second one) existed for a bit in the 80s and 90s as the designation for the US-10 freeway before it was completed, but I doubt anyone has pictures of that. (If they did, I'd be impressed!)

I hope I didn't just play this game into a corner, though. :pan:
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Hurricane Rex on January 14, 2018, 01:41:41 AM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on January 12, 2018, 11:24:22 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on January 12, 2018, 10:54:04 PM
I think the only valid plays are WI-118 and MO-118, both of which are very short routes.  Illinois has no 118.

MN-118 (the second one) existed for a bit in the 80s and 90s as the designation for the US-10 freeway before it was completed, but I doubt anyone has pictures of that. (If they did, I'd be impressed!)

I hope I didn't just play this game into a corner, though. :pan:
If the game gets into a corner for an extended period of time, should the poster be able to reset the game by picking the number previously played?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on January 24, 2018, 08:26:33 PM
If we back up one and let this Michigan 117 replace the Iowa 117, maybe we can carry on a bit further?  Note: the OP specifically allowed the water border between IL and MI upthread.

Dollarville, Michigan.  July 11, 2003.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20030711%2Fm117m28.jpg&hash=f73519076162eb55326d0d2fb5065696de0e5cfd)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on January 24, 2018, 10:05:56 PM
If this post is okay, I can take us to Ohio...

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/27356967333_2c0580fb1d_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HFrBhz)
OH-118-US33NE (https://flic.kr/p/HFrBhz) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on January 25, 2018, 09:53:39 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Findiana%2Fimages%2Fjctin119n35.jpg&hash=f080b982cabb251677e8f8a12e26acc8018ab6ac)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 01, 2018, 09:48:41 AM
IN 119 -> IL 120:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fil120n.jpg&hash=6daa399aabc9b9b0802a1f06d5ac23dacd8ac793)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on February 01, 2018, 10:02:50 AM
This is the complete list of states we have visited in this game:

(https://map1.maploco.com/visited-states/ml/AL-AR-CO-CT-DE-FL-GA-IA-IL-IN-KS-KY-LA-MA-MD-MI-MN-MO-MS-NC-NJ-NM-NY-OH-OK-PA-SC-TN-TX-VA-WI-WV.png)

Recently, we have done the same ones over and over. From 91 to 120, we have only visited 10 states, despite there being 30 different numbers:

(https://map1.maploco.com/visited-states/ml/AR-IA-IL-IN-KY-MI-MN-MO-OH-WI.png)

The "post it yourself" rule almost entirely prevents me from contributing.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 01, 2018, 10:47:27 AM
Quote from: 1 on February 01, 2018, 10:02:50 AM
The "post it yourself" rule almost entirely prevents me from contributing.

According to first post, it can be from someone's collection, if over 24 hours from the last post.

Indiana 121:
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2853/33951492575_017bff8be1_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/TJbgTD)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 12, 2018, 11:34:10 PM
welp

IL-122

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8545/28991428913_95472dd859_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LaSDLD)
IL-122-ET (https://flic.kr/p/LaSDLD) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: 7/8 on February 13, 2018, 08:38:14 AM
My first contribution! Let's head across Lake Michigan to M-123 in da U.P.

(https://i.imgur.com/qGWRooul.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 13, 2018, 09:21:17 AM
Chippewa Falls reacts

Wis 124

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1633/25906626555_dd14c9a764_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Fthev6)
WI-124NT (https://flic.kr/p/Fthev6) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on February 25, 2018, 12:43:17 PM
Can I try a Michigan 125?

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8620/30243752071_1502fcae2a_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/N5x8Pe)
MI-125-STNR (https://flic.kr/p/N5x8Pe) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 27, 2018, 07:30:02 AM
IL 126:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4630/40124469402_618334fbf5_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/248EoQA)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on February 27, 2018, 09:26:32 AM
WI 127:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fwisconsin%2Fimages2%2Fwi16127bgs89.jpg&hash=e497deffad9dc6af1bfbdeda84579bdbca3d8f43)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on February 27, 2018, 01:47:25 PM
We aren't leaving the Great Lakes region anytime soon, are we?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on February 27, 2018, 06:11:12 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 27, 2018, 01:47:25 PM
We aren't leaving the Great Lakes region anytime soon, are we?

It doesn't help that the area's states have a ton of routes in this range, and that we have a few active members in the area with pictures. And, TBH, I'm kind of surprised we've made it this far at all.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on February 28, 2018, 02:54:25 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on February 27, 2018, 06:11:12 PM
Quote from: formulanone on February 27, 2018, 01:47:25 PM
We aren't leaving the Great Lakes region anytime soon, are we?

It doesn't help that the area's states have a ton of routes in this range, and that we have a few active members in the area with pictures. And, TBH, I'm kind of surprised we've made it this far at all.

Let's leave the Great Lakes region and go to Iowa for 128.(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4331/36691498990_1807741b56_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XUiwky)2017 Upper Midwest Trip Day 2 - 374 (https://flic.kr/p/XUiwky) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: jbnv on February 28, 2018, 09:20:21 PM
If you can bring it back down to Louisiana, I have quite a few in this range. We have to act soon, though, because Louisiana doesn't have any 2xx routes.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 01, 2018, 09:00:48 AM
Missouri 129.  Near Bucklin.  June 28, 2012.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20120628%2Fus36mo110mo129.jpg&hash=1f0fc38d52dcb4ede7caaa28aa01db69c00f832a)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on March 01, 2018, 10:37:39 AM
TN 130 near Tullahoma:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7450/16553211416_12dc8f59b2_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/rdKx3Q)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 01, 2018, 11:15:11 AM
KY 131

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/481/32044720226_e4d01e5957_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QPFyUj)2016 Alabama Meet Trip Day 1 - 316 (https://flic.kr/p/QPFyUj) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Eth on March 02, 2018, 12:12:12 PM
If we can stay close to Georgia, I have the entire 136-141 range except for 137.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: mrpablue on March 02, 2018, 10:48:34 PM
Any chance of moving this west...?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 02, 2018, 11:17:16 PM
Quote from: mrpablue on March 02, 2018, 10:48:34 PM
Any chance of moving this west...?

Believe it or not, at one point we were in New Mexico. Gonna probably be tough to get out that far west again, though.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 03, 2018, 12:26:03 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 02, 2018, 11:17:16 PM
Quote from: mrpablue on March 02, 2018, 10:48:34 PM
Any chance of moving this west...?

Believe it or not, at one point we were in New Mexico. Gonna probably be tough to get out that far west again, though.

There's a whole lot of nowhere between the populated Midwest (roughly east of the Mississippi) and the West Coast, so it'll be less likely that members of the forum have much coverage of the roadways in the relative desolation.  I just have a ton of stuff from Illinois, plus a bunch of roads in WI, IN, IA, and western Ohio.  So it's safe for me here   :D

I have IL-132, but I've been holding off on posting it, in case anything else wants to show up.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 05, 2018, 09:43:29 AM
VA 132:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-nXtYksYguFM%2FUgLi4dKAMAI%2FAAAAAAAAheQ%2FzdKU3l95YYg%2Fs1600%2FSAM_7716.JPG&hash=a8aae2406faae4720880cef65b61e56c20f749da)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 05, 2018, 11:35:42 AM
North Carolina 133.  Leland. August 21, 2003.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20030821%2Fus17us74us76nc133.jpg&hash=e61b72f065840a9d040cec311b2f942eddc12513)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 11:13:13 AM
Is it time to think of a new rule limiting how often any single state can be used?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on March 07, 2018, 11:38:39 AM
I know we wanted to avoid BGS-mounted shields, but it's been two days.

Virginia Primary 134 on I-64:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4725/24468464717_97e0215008_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Dhch6k)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 11:13:13 AM
Is it time to think of a new rule limiting how often any single state can be used?

Given how slowly this thread actually moves, that seems awfully restrictive. The intrinsic nature of this thread never meant that it was going to get very far to begin with. I'd be surprised if we make it to 200 without backing into another corner, like we already did at 117.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 01:58:41 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 11:13:13 AM
Is it time to think of a new rule limiting how often any single state can be used?

Given how slowly this thread actually moves, that seems awfully restrictive. The intrinsic nature of this thread never meant that it was going to get very far to begin with. I'd be surprised if we make it to 200 without backing into another corner, like we already did at 117.

OK. Then maybe some mechanism that allows for an "escape" when stuck in a particular area?
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on March 07, 2018, 07:10:33 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 01:58:41 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 11:13:13 AM
Is it time to think of a new rule limiting how often any single state can be used?

Given how slowly this thread actually moves, that seems awfully restrictive. The intrinsic nature of this thread never meant that it was going to get very far to begin with. I'd be surprised if we make it to 200 without backing into another corner, like we already did at 117.

OK. Then maybe some mechanism that allows for an "escape" when stuck in a particular area?

Anyone with half a brain knows it has to be a place where they serve piña coladas.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 07, 2018, 08:50:11 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 01:58:41 PM
Quote from: MNHighwayMan on March 07, 2018, 12:30:27 PM
Quote from: empirestate on March 07, 2018, 11:13:13 AM
Is it time to think of a new rule limiting how often any single state can be used?

Given how slowly this thread actually moves, that seems awfully restrictive. The intrinsic nature of this thread never meant that it was going to get very far to begin with. I'd be surprised if we make it to 200 without backing into another corner, like we already did at 117.

OK. Then maybe some mechanism that allows for an "escape" when stuck in a particular area?

This thread will inevitably have to start over.  When we do, we can add a stipulation that the same state cannot be repeated within a certain number of plays.  (I'd recommend a number like 4 or 5.)  I'm not the boss here so take my suggestions as a grain of salt, and I'm obviously open to criticism, counterarguments etc.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hotdogPi on March 07, 2018, 08:53:56 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 07, 2018, 08:50:11 PM
This thread will inevitably have to start over.  When we do, we can add a stipulation that the same state cannot be repeated within a certain number of plays.  (I'd recommend a number like 4 or 5.)  I'm not the boss here so take my suggestions as a grain of salt, and I'm obviously open to criticism, counterarguments etc.

NH → ME → oops

With 5: NY → MA → oops

Also, WA and FL each border two states only, so if OR/ID/GA/AL doesn't have the next number... also oops.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 07, 2018, 09:27:50 PM
All this weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Just play, folks. If we get into a corner, game over, and if someone wants to start a new game, that's fine. I personally see no need to tweak the rules.

We're in Virginia, so we can go back to Kentucky for 135.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4410/36930022561_8432aeb9e9_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Ygo25V)2017 Western KY meet scouting trip Day 2 - 367 (https://flic.kr/p/Ygo25V) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 08, 2018, 07:11:27 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on March 07, 2018, 09:27:50 PM
All this weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Just play, folks. If we get into a corner, game over, and if someone wants to start a new game, that's fine. I personally see no need to tweak the rules.

As they say, a little less conversation; a little more action, please.

Back by popular demand!  It's Illinois!  :awesomeface:  Just because I'm aware of a couple options for 137 from there.  You want to take it to another area?  Nobody is stopping you...I just have every state highway in Illinois, so it's safe for me here...and I know I can depend on a couple people to keep giving us stuff from IA and MN. (and there is no IL-139)  Most states near me will die out before we get to 200--Indiana at 170, Illinois at around 180, Wisconsin at around 190.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4241/35622633816_94b0728cb8_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WgRiXE)
IL-136-WTER (https://flic.kr/p/WgRiXE) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 08, 2018, 07:47:23 PM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 08, 2018, 07:11:27 PM
Back by popular demand!  It's Illinois!  :awesomeface:  Just because I'm aware of a couple options for 137 from there.  You want to take it to another area?  Nobody is stopping you...I just have every state highway in Illinois, so it's safe for me here...and I know I can depend on a couple people to keep giving us stuff from IA and MN. (and there is no IL-139)  Most states near me will die out before we get to 200--Indiana at 170, Illinois at around 180, Wisconsin at around 190.

You were just asking for this. :bigass:

(https://i.imgur.com/fbvuR4N.jpg)

(Sadly, both Iowa and Minnesota 139 do exist [same road, actually], but I have pictures of neither. :-D)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 09, 2018, 11:31:39 AM
WI 138:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fwisconsin%2Fimages%2Fw14ats1380815.jpg&hash=b4df46132de702de436a439a87c295d55a886799)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Jim on March 09, 2018, 11:33:21 AM
M-139.  June 23, 2013.  From US 12 in Niles.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20130623%2Fnorthm139.jpg&hash=f70d2aca9113e793e0761866e911617ea2f22705)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 09, 2018, 02:27:34 PM
^^ that WI-138 play was my photo  :spin: :spin: :wave:

Let's continue the dance around Lake Michigan.  Indiana 140

(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5590/29642069763_2a822a85c0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ManmCk)
IN-140 (https://flic.kr/p/ManmCk) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 12, 2018, 09:31:26 AM
IL 141:
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/IL_141_in_Gallatin_County.jpg/1200px-IL_141_in_Gallatin_County.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 14, 2018, 09:46:45 AM
WI 142:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fwisconsin%2Fimages%2Fwi142kchsbgs3400715.jpg&hash=93d41685d6d44418f45a17822af2afde628912e6)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 15, 2018, 09:48:19 AM
IL 143:
(https://www.aaroads.com/midwest/illinois055/i-055_nb_exit_023_04.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 15, 2018, 10:13:09 AM
KY 144

(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/531/32043156256_5f54198a00_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QPxxZj)2016 Bloomington Trip Day 1 - 089 (https://flic.kr/p/QPxxZj) by H.B. Elkins (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbelkins/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 15, 2018, 10:20:25 AM
Something a little different from me! ;-)
MO-145 at its southern terminus:

(https://i.imgur.com/4bJtUkr.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 16, 2018, 01:56:57 AM
Iowa 146, with inconsistent arrows

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4053/35276432680_fac40860b7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VKfWqy)
IA-146 (https://flic.kr/p/VKfWqy) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: hbelkins on March 16, 2018, 11:28:02 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on March 16, 2018, 01:56:57 AM
Iowa 146, with inconsistent arrows

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4053/35276432680_fac40860b7_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/VKfWqy)
IA-146 (https://flic.kr/p/VKfWqy) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

Glad to see Iowa adopting standard arrows, but I hate the wide three-digit signs.
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on March 19, 2018, 09:27:52 AM
IL 147:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fillinois%2Fimages%2Fil147.jpg&hash=458b812ff7900043bf7808977fa37da6fb340065)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 19, 2018, 12:31:17 PM
North end of Iowa 148 at I-80

(https://i.imgur.com/aHkEbGH.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 19, 2018, 05:51:30 PM
Hey, what do you know?  I can post something from Minnesota this time.  (It'll require us to post IA-150 next but that's fine.)

MN-149

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1561/25811788041_0a846ece85_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FjUaji)
MN-149-055NR (https://flic.kr/p/FjUaji) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: MNHighwayMan on March 19, 2018, 06:02:30 PM
I can do that.

Iowa 150 immediately south of Oelwein

(https://i.imgur.com/bEtWKky.jpg)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on March 19, 2018, 06:22:29 PM
should probably take this back southeast, to avoid US151.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8838/28984019735_45b8f399a2_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LadFhc)
IL-151-NT (https://flic.kr/p/LadFhc) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on March 19, 2018, 08:52:00 PM
Missouri 152:

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4373/35923127694_75df75d2e0_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/WJpqjA)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: paulthemapguy on April 03, 2018, 12:36:05 AM
Illinois 153.  Took this photo when I was 15.

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4382/36608015161_0ae390c226_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/XLVDvc)
IL-153 (https://flic.kr/p/XLVDvc) by Paul Drives (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on April 03, 2018, 09:51:32 AM
MO 154:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.billburmaster.com%2Frmsandw%2Fmissouri%2Fimages%2Fe154atn191011.jpg&hash=c57cdac012bd9a0d9a2dbfc041820febe1bc340a)
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: formulanone on April 03, 2018, 10:30:39 PM
AR 155 in Aplin:
(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8414/29511975066_fa5e2473ce_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/LXSA1j)

I figured that we hadn't used Arkansas in a while...
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Scott5114 on April 03, 2018, 11:49:27 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/LLPwd3D.jpg)

KS-TX-NM-CO are all eligible now!
Title: Re: The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge
Post by: Henry on April 18, 2018, 10:07:19 AM
Time to start this up again with FM 157 somewhere near Arlington, TX:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oocities.org%2Ftxroads0%2Ftxfm157bgs449.JPG&hash=d9d6c6608dccdba593b0ec498061d1dc6008d612)