Incorrect highways marked on Google Maps

[froggie]

As long as they got the designations correct, it's not an error, period.  That said, whether or not to label them, when they're not signed as such in the field plus the confusion factor that mightyace noted, is debatable...

[mightyace]

As long as they got the designations correct, it's not an error, period.  That said, whether or not to label them, when they're not signed as such in the field plus the confusion factor that mightyace noted, is debatable...

True, but I'm definitely against showing them for another reason.  I now have a Motorola Droid phone using the Google Android platform.  It has a GPS navigation function in with the Droid version of Google maps.  I tested it on a recent trip around this area and the directions told be to turn on the hidden highway instead of the signed one. 

[Scott5114]

Trying to get from Tulsa to Independence, KS? Better take US-3300.

[xonhulu]

Trying to get from Tulsa to Independence, KS? Better take US-3300.

The 33rd branch route of US 0?  It is near US 400.

[Alex]

As if South Boulevard did not have enough highways sharing its pavement, U.S. 43 now joins the fold!

[corco]

Good to see another I-264 pop up, but this is an odd spot

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=31.655062,-93.824379&spn=0.01295,0.027874&z=16

[Michael]

^^ That's worse than I-99!

[okroads]

Here is U.S. 2556 in the Rio Grande Valley:
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=26.17824,-97.803898&spn=0.093048,0.132008&z=13

[Ian]

US 666 lives on...
http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=34.098301,-109.23852&spn=0.034542,0.076818&t=h&z=14

[corco]

In that case, so does US-187

http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&hl=en&ll=41.792561,-109.331474&spn=0.102899,0.338173&z=12

[CL]

Eastbound Center Street turns into a freeway alignment for a block.

http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Salt+Lake+City,+Salt+Lake,+Utah&ll=40.233707,-111.665951&spn=0.004529,0.009645&z=17

[WNYroadgeek]

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=42.953643,-76.980214&spn=0.007758,0.013797&z=16

Since when was NY 318 extended onto interchange 42?

[Duke87]

Okay, I know Pennsylvania loves to name towns weird things like "Moon", "Pillow", or "Bird in Hand", but this is taking it to a whole new level.


Random Arabic!

[agentsteel53]

well, you know how those Amish are with their strange hobbies in the absence of electricity,  "learn Arabic" is just a few notches higher than "churn butter", apparently.

[corco]

On that note- this popped up north of Laramie a while ago. The Japanese is Japanese for "Wyoming" which is interesting because about a month ago Google showed a small community called "Wyoming" in the same spot. I have no idea what the town Test- Wrong Locality is all about

[agentsteel53]

Test- Wrong Locality

site of a battle between the US Army and the Wrong Locality Sioux in 1886.

[Duke87]

Rhode Island is also in on the new Arabic trend:


And then there's this:


The city of Milford, CT is indeed at that location, but I've never heard it referred to as "Milford City". The "(balance)" part makes no sense whatsoever.

[jdb1234]

i was looking at Louisville, KY and since when did US 7 and US 50 get extended to Kentucky?

[mapman]

The city of Milford, CT is indeed at that location, but I've never heard it referred to as "Milford City". The "(balance)" part makes no sense whatsoever.

"Milford" refers to the central portion of Milford, CT, while "Milford City (balance)" refers to the balance, or rest, of Milford.  See, simple!    

Now, excuse me while I head to bed, or, as Google calls it, "House (balance)." 

[Scott5114]

"(balance)" usually refers to a sort of fiction invented to make Census figures come out more useful, especially in the case of consolidated city-counties. Here's the Wikipedia entry on "balances". Pretty much how the equation works is "Balance + population of any cities independent of the consolidated government = county population total".

Not sure what that has to do with Milford, but the article section above gives several examples of (balance)s.

[NWI_Irish96]

US 150 is apparently also secretly US 7 for its entire length.

[huskeroadgeek]

"(balance)" usually refers to a sort of fiction invented to make Census figures come out more useful, especially in the case of consolidated city-counties. Here's the Wikipedia entry on "balances". Pretty much how the equation works is "Balance + population of any cities independent of the consolidated government = county population total".

Not sure what that has to do with Milford, but the article section above gives several examples of (balance)s.

I think what it has to do with here is Connecticut's town structure, which is the primary method of local government. The state is divided into 169 towns that in many cases don't correspond to what we would think of as cities in most states. Instead of having cities with corporate limits surrounded by unincorporated areas, every piece of land in the state is under the jurisdiction of a town-there are no unincorporated areas. A town is more like one main city with other smaller towns put together in one single governmental unit. So I think here it is distinguishing between the main part of Milford and the "balance" is the rest of the town which is part of the town of Milford(officially called a city-a distinction which makes no difference in this case), but not part of the central city.

[Alps]

Google's rendition of ME 92 bugged me up good.  92 EB doesn't turn left to get back to 1 - it goes all the way down the peninsula and ends at a dirt driveway with little warning.  Not the best way to spend a frantic night of driving...

[TheStranger]

Google Maps's view of the harbor area in Los Angeles shows Route 47 as making an odd left turn onto Anaheim Street to reach Alameda Street, instead of correctly simply continuing straight on Henry Ford Avenue to reach Alameda:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Henry+Ford+Ave+%26+E+Anaheim+St,+Long+Beach,+CA&sll=33.780681,-118.23864&sspn=0.019012,0.027595&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=E+Anaheim+St+%26+N+Henry+Ford+Ave,+Los+Angeles,+California+90744&z=16

[Alex]

US 150 is apparently also secretly US 7 for its entire length.

It appears that U.S. 7 makes its way westward via the Bel Air and Hickory Business Loops of U.S. 1 in Maryland!