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#1
Off-Topic / Largest city in the Southeast?
Last post by Daniel Fiddler - Today at 09:51:57 AM
What city do you consider the largest city in the Southeast USA (Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky, and Mississippi)?


#2
Off-Topic / Re: Minor things that bother y...
Last post by kphoger - Today at 09:46:35 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on July 12, 2025, 02:06:01 AMI have heard in rural Nevada it's common to just straddle the yellow line because that makes it easier to not go off the road at triple-digit speeds.

On a lot of Missouri's lettered routes, I routinely straddle the centerline on purpose because they're narrow, have no edge line, and/or aren't well maintained.  Yes, I find it's easy to tack on an additional 5 to 10 mph that way.

Quote from: Dirt Roads on July 12, 2025, 10:56:38 AMHistorically, West Virginians drove across the center line in every curve to round out and tack on another 5 MPH in speed.  The extra speed was also necessary to help avoid in the opposing lane doing the opposite manuever in the same curve (both vehicles manuevering at the same time).  Amazingly, I never ever heard of any head-on collisions in curves.  Cannot imagine anyone doing this today without tragic consequences.

Not in West Virginia, but I do this all the time when driving in the Ozarks.
#3
Photos, Videos, and More / Re: END signs
Last post by paulthemapguy - Today at 09:45:01 AM
Some end markers from northeastern Iowa. These were all taken July 6.

North end of Iowa 150 in Calmar, at US Route 52 and the east end of Iowa 24


IA-150NT by Paul Across America, on Flickr

North end of Iowa 51 southwest of Waukon, at Iowa 9


IA-051-009N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Southwest end of Iowa 76 in MacGregor at US Route 18


IA-076ST by Paul Across America, on Flickr

North end of Iowa 13 at US Route 52, west of Marquette


IA-013NT by Paul Across America, on Flickr

East end of Iowa 56 at Iowa 13, on the eastern outskirts of Elkader


IA-056-013E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

South end of Iowa 62 at Iowa 64 in Maquoketa

IA-062ST by Paul Across America, on Flickr
#4
General Highway Talk / Re: License Plate News
Last post by kphoger - Today at 09:35:33 AM
Quote from: mgk920 on July 12, 2025, 05:48:16 PMI saw an interesting plate today here in Appleton, WI. It was all white with dark blue everything else, very simple and almost generic looking, very 'Texas-like'.  Chihuahua (Mexico) with the number [ERY-(nnn)-B]. I believe that it was not embossed.

Was it this?  Standard issue since 2022.



The previous issue was simpler, but I don't think Chihuahua ever switched from ABC-12-34 to ABC-123-D until the new base.
#5
Off-Topic / Re: The United States divided ...
Last post by vdeane - Today at 09:21:11 AM
Quote from: GaryV on Today at 07:09:55 AMHint: That's the way the system was designed by the original framers of the Constitution.
Hint: there is a reason why it's unconstitutional for states to replicate that system for their own Senates.  Especially since nearly all political battles these days are urban vs. rural or blue collar vs. white collar, not big state vs. small state.  Even before the modern divides, it was slave state vs. free state, so in retrospect, big state vs. small state feels more like an unfounded fear than anything that was ever actually real (although the Senate did at least prove useful for balancing power between slave and free, but it ending up that way was largely a happy coincidence for a while and eventually broke down, resulting in the Civil War, so that was really more postponing the inevitable and possibly making it worse rather than keeping the peace).
#6
General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge
Last post by paulthemapguy - Today at 09:20:40 AM
Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 13, 2025, 10:54:30 AMJuly 14: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with a 4 in the tens place.

US14 and US41 on the far north side of Chicago


IL-US14-US41ES by Paul Across America, on Flickr                                      IL-US14-US41ENR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US17 and US441 in Kissimmee, Florida


137 US92 by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US11 and US43 around Tuscaloosa--they share a pretty long concurrency


AL-US11-US43D by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
July 15: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with a 5 in the tens place.
July 16: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with a 6 in the tens place.
July 17: Post the junction of a US highway with a 1 in the tens place and a US highway with a 7 in the tens place.
#7
General Highway Talk / Re: XY Challenge
Last post by formulanone - Today at 09:15:45 AM
US 441 and US 411 at Newport, Tennessee:



US 340 and US 211 in Virginia:



US 12 at US 41 in Hammond, Indiana:

#8
Northeast / Re: New York
Last post by crispy93 - Today at 09:09:40 AM
Quote from: Jim on July 13, 2025, 11:05:41 AMDoes anyone know if that was the last instance out there of a route like "N Y 5" spelled out?

There's this "US 9" sign in Poughkeepsie. It replaces an identical one that had "US 9" spelled out: https://maps.app.goo.gl/U3UkGLvZV1b9LadW9

I seem to recall a few on NY 100 in Yonkers, here's one of the survivors: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBjjr5tWhSojPB8W6

Bonus, there are all-text "US 9W" signs on the Palisades Parkway, but the NJ section. 
#9
Off-Topic / Re: The United States divided ...
Last post by formulanone - Today at 09:01:59 AM
Greetings from Alakandaho, the Big America Land.

U.S. Route 37 from Mobile to Coeur d'Alene, I think this is needed.
#10
Mid-Atlantic / Re: Delaware
Last post by MASTERNC - Today at 08:56:59 AM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 11, 2025, 09:43:30 AM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on July 11, 2025, 09:24:49 AM
Quote from: MASTERNC on July 11, 2025, 09:10:28 AM
Quote from: Great Lakes Roads on July 10, 2025, 06:23:54 PM
Quote from: 74/171FAN on July 10, 2025, 04:21:44 PM(For I-95, US 301, and DE 1)  Statewide - DelDOT Toll and Fee Increases Coming Soon to Support Infrastructure Investments

"I'll pay $5 just to drive through Delaware!"

-said by no one

Ironically, they just improved the shunpike at the north end of the tolls.  Without AET gantries (which would likely anger anyone working at UD or the tech campus), the incentive to exit before the tolls just increased.

A lot of people live off this interchange also.

Actually DE 279 heading towards DE 4/DE 896 got an extra lane a few years ago as well.

And the DE 4/DE 896 bridge is supposed to be widened in the coming years

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