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Topics about signs, signals, laws, and other traffic control devices.

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Last post: Today at 12:40:12 PM Re: US/State mixup shiel... by TBKS1

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USA Toll Transponder Interoperability - 2025 edition

Started by SSOWorld

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Replies: 149
Views: 119,675

June 17, 2025, 02:56:09 PM
by I-55

Road and Highway Reference Sites

Started by DesertDog

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Replies: 52
Views: 121,061

March 18, 2025, 06:05:59 PM
by bing101

Historic official state maps online

Started by NE2

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Replies: 112
Views: 224,961

November 18, 2024, 11:23:54 PM
by bugo

AASHTO Route Numbering Database Documents

Started by Rover_0

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Replies: 209
Views: 201,962

November 12, 2024, 12:01:05 PM
by Mapmikey

How do you get the URL of a particular place on Google Street View?

Started by J Route Z

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Replies: 32
Views: 105,688

June 06, 2023, 03:26:34 PM
by hotdogPi

Passing on the right in the US

Started by edwaleni

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Views: 1,040

Today at 03:58:49 PM
by CtrlAltDel

Roads with a different speed limit in each direction?

Started by DriverDave

Replies: 3
Views: 155

Today at 01:15:58 PM
by I-55

Metric Signs

Started by KillerTux

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Replies: 60
Views: 27,450

Today at 11:46:33 AM
by TXtoNJ

XY Challenge

Started by paulthemapguy

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Replies: 1,083
Views: 295,763

Today at 10:03:53 AM
by paulthemapguy

License Plate News

Started by Alex

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Replies: 2,554
Views: 1,093,473

June 18, 2025, 06:48:20 PM
by jdbx

Secretly Signed Highways

Started by TBKS1

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Replies: 57
Views: 8,590

June 18, 2025, 06:08:01 PM
by Road Hog

Dead & Dying Toll Road Interchanges...

Started by thenetwork

Replies: 11
Views: 494

June 18, 2025, 05:47:03 PM
by Road Hog

Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

Started by hotdogPi

Pages1 2 3 ... 62

Replies: 1,531
Views: 456,330

June 18, 2025, 02:33:24 PM
by CNGL-Leudimin

Highways You Have Clinched

Started by Ian

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Replies: 592
Views: 378,274

June 18, 2025, 12:51:52 PM
by JayhawkCO

State Names *Only* That Are Used As Control Cities

Started by thenetwork

Pages1 2

Replies: 42
Views: 2,263

June 16, 2025, 10:37:50 PM
by lepidopteran

Worst control city on an interstate in your state

Started by SkyPesos

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Replies: 679
Views: 230,865

June 16, 2025, 07:53:46 PM
by thenetwork

Longest Stretch of Highway Where You've Used Every Exit

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 166
Views: 93,366

June 16, 2025, 09:56:24 AM
by Rothman

Photos of roads not in Google Street View

Started by Max Rockatansky

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Replies: 35
Views: 16,176

June 14, 2025, 07:02:20 PM
by CoreySamson

Crash prone 'modern roundabouts'

Started by tradephoric

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Replies: 3,082
Views: 1,198,899

June 13, 2025, 12:23:34 PM
by kphoger

What are these Street Light Assemblies called?

Started by roadman65

Replies: 6
Views: 942

June 11, 2025, 10:08:03 PM
by Henry

Exit Numbers on non freeways

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 30
Views: 17,066

June 10, 2025, 05:43:04 PM
by peterj920

State Routes That Visit Every County Seat

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 57
Views: 7,923

June 10, 2025, 02:26:27 AM
by pderocco

Ferry(S) connecting Sections of US Highways

Started by mapman1071

Replies: 13
Views: 938

June 09, 2025, 07:18:45 PM
by Konza

Google Maps for navigational guidance - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Started by webny99

Replies: 21
Views: 1,320

June 07, 2025, 03:04:55 PM
by kphoger

Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

Started by agentsteel53

Pages1 2 3 ... 121

Replies: 3,021
Views: 1,166,673

May 31, 2025, 08:00:59 PM
by vdeane

Lowest numbered route you don't have a picture of

Started by TBKS1

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Replies: 89
Views: 77,421

May 30, 2025, 11:31:24 AM
by Max Rockatansky

Closest stretches of road you have NOT clinched

Started by NWI_Irish96

Pages1 2 3 ... 9

Replies: 215
Views: 150,825

May 29, 2025, 03:53:16 AM
by pderocco

AASHTO Spring 2025 Meeting (Hartford, CT)

Started by Great Lakes Roads

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Replies: 31
Views: 5,336

May 27, 2025, 05:39:41 PM
by 74/171FAN

Highway Conspiracy Theories

Started by Max Rockatansky

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Replies: 146
Views: 29,751

May 22, 2025, 09:32:20 AM
by kphoger

Interchange U-Turns that are Intentional/By Design (NOT Texas U-Turns)

Started by webny99

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Replies: 79
Views: 31,726

May 19, 2025, 09:03:09 PM
by Bitmapped

US Route redundant concurrencies

Started by kramie13

Replies: 16
Views: 3,089

May 19, 2025, 04:59:11 AM
by Great Lakes Roads

Bannered Routes That Don’t Make Sense

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 74
Views: 48,789

May 18, 2025, 10:36:40 PM
by TheCatalyst31

Roadgeeking on Military Bases

Started by PColumbus73

Replies: 12
Views: 2,344

May 18, 2025, 12:27:52 PM
by ElishaGOtis

Railroad Overpasses With RR Company Logos -- Surviving VIntage Signs

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 79
Views: 71,365

May 09, 2025, 12:44:00 PM
by thenetwork

Road-Geeky Things Of The Past That You Miss...

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 175
Views: 96,804

May 07, 2025, 05:25:52 PM
by PColumbus73

Rank Your States Border Crossings in order of volume of travel crossed

Started by Roadgeekteen

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Replies: 82
Views: 59,752

May 07, 2025, 04:23:07 PM
by Sctvhound

Traffic Lights for Residential Driveways

Started by Alex4897

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 111
Views: 98,372

May 07, 2025, 02:11:07 PM
by formulanone

The Next Generation of the Interstate

Started by California5

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Replies: 136
Views: 72,874

May 07, 2025, 04:55:20 AM
by Quillz

"Bypasses" around Nothing Special

Started by Dirt Roads

Pages1 2

Replies: 46
Views: 13,168

May 07, 2025, 01:27:46 AM
by Quillz

Counties without stoplights

Started by ftballfan

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Replies: 164
Views: 101,325

May 07, 2025, 01:04:16 AM
by Quillz

Left Lane Camping

Started by webny99

Pages1 2 3 ... 12

Replies: 283
Views: 100,682

May 06, 2025, 03:19:03 PM
by roadman65

What's the most recent new route designation in your state/province?

Started by TheStranger

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Replies: 60
Views: 40,796

May 05, 2025, 01:39:55 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Roadgeek Hot Takes

Started by CoreySamson

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 119
Views: 28,791

May 05, 2025, 11:59:35 AM
by SEWIGuy

Two-Lane Roads Where Passing Is Common

Started by webny99

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Replies: 58
Views: 20,979

May 04, 2025, 11:11:33 PM
by JREwing78

Roads you have never traveled a non-multiplexed segment of

Started by epzik8

Pages1 2 3 ... 5

Replies: 115
Views: 99,033

May 04, 2025, 06:53:21 PM
by bassoon1986

2026 Rand McNally Road Atlas

Started by bob7374

Replies: 17
Views: 12,603

May 03, 2025, 07:08:12 PM
by wriddle082

Highways from a County into another state with the same name

Started by roadman65

Replies: 19
Views: 7,423

May 03, 2025, 08:52:35 AM
by Flint1979

Longest on/off ramps

Started by MCRoads

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Replies: 90
Views: 31,954

May 02, 2025, 10:39:09 PM
by Scott5114

All Roads End Eventually...

Started by Dirt Roads

Replies: 21
Views: 10,645

May 02, 2025, 01:34:45 PM
by jeffandnicole

Are there any bannered routes outside the US?

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 40
Views: 35,074

April 26, 2025, 09:06:02 PM
by froggie

Highways Where the Quickest Way to Travel Between Endpoints is to Turn Off

Started by JayhawkCO

Pages1 2

Replies: 25
Views: 11,441

April 26, 2025, 04:51:29 PM
by dantheman

Clinching Counties' Highways

Started by NWI_Irish96

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 131
Views: 109,803

April 24, 2025, 01:35:37 PM
by JCinSummerfield

Emails to the webmasters

Started by Alex

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Replies: 86
Views: 92,303

April 23, 2025, 09:28:44 PM
by froggie

Need help identifying a particular highway

Started by WISFreeways

Replies: 11
Views: 6,832

April 23, 2025, 11:55:22 AM
by kphoger

Highways / Signs in Movies, TV Shows, and Videos

Started by Alex

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Replies: 885
Views: 521,552

April 21, 2025, 12:10:27 PM
by wxfree

The first *100 year milestone* in US route history

Started by usends

Replies: 24
Views: 18,580

April 20, 2025, 11:40:41 AM
by usends

States that want to call highway-related terms differently

Started by Big John

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Replies: 87
Views: 41,818

April 19, 2025, 12:13:46 AM
by ElishaGOtis

Longest Stretches of Interstates You've Still Not Traveled

Started by JayhawkCO

Pages1 2

Replies: 38
Views: 19,001

April 18, 2025, 10:16:35 AM
by JayhawkCO

Interstates that continue as a state highway

Started by OCGuy81

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Replies: 77
Views: 24,501

April 16, 2025, 06:41:59 PM
by cwf1701

Strange license plate

Started by pderocco

Replies: 7
Views: 3,940

April 15, 2025, 01:50:52 PM
by jdbx

Sign Stickers

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 4,868

April 14, 2025, 07:13:44 PM
by formulanone

Strange lines on roads

Started by pderocco

Replies: 11
Views: 4,025

April 14, 2025, 04:25:14 PM
by kphoger

One-way patterns changed to serve brothels

Started by bandit957

Replies: 2
Views: 2,912

April 13, 2025, 03:06:19 AM
by Rothman

Roads built atop former railroad grades and named after them

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 15
Views: 5,111

April 12, 2025, 05:45:11 PM
by dantheman

SO What Should be the Minimum Road Sizes of US Numbered routes be?

Started by bwana39

Replies: 23
Views: 5,626

April 11, 2025, 11:58:23 AM
by Molandfreak

Longest Distance Between Freeway Exits in Urban/Suburban Areas

Started by webny99

Replies: 20
Views: 6,577

April 10, 2025, 01:11:20 AM
by RZF

New book covering the first century of the US route system

Started by usends

Replies: 19
Views: 13,178

April 09, 2025, 06:19:34 PM
by usends

Most Boring Drive Between Two Major Cities?

Started by webny99

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Replies: 195
Views: 119,373

April 08, 2025, 11:46:53 AM
by Mav94

Just got back from LA

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 32
Views: 26,186

April 04, 2025, 10:31:49 PM
by architect77

New Clearview Controversy?

Started by Thunderbyrd316

Replies: 9
Views: 5,327

April 01, 2025, 03:24:17 PM
by Henry

Longest Interstate You Haven't Been On

Started by adwerkema

Pages1 2 3 ... 15

Replies: 373
Views: 119,779

March 31, 2025, 08:23:58 PM
by TheHighwayMan3561

Clinching a highway by walking along it

Started by Dough4872

Replies: 14
Views: 8,241

March 27, 2025, 09:37:20 AM
by catch22

Streets that appear to be freeway ramps, but aren't.

Started by ErmineNotyours

Replies: 12
Views: 10,060

March 23, 2025, 11:56:49 PM
by jp the roadgeek

Low clearances

Started by D-Dey65

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 134
Views: 125,713

March 22, 2025, 11:27:31 PM
by TheCatalyst31

Longest unclinched roads you've driven both ends of

Started by pderocco

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 39,027

March 21, 2025, 05:10:56 PM
by clong

How do highway engineers handle tectonic shifts?

Started by kernals12

Replies: 4
Views: 6,623

March 21, 2025, 04:24:41 PM
by kernals12

What are the exit numbers on the interstate in the major cities in your state?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 33
Views: 27,645

March 17, 2025, 10:56:38 PM
by bassoon1986

Interchanges with no stoplights

Started by webny99

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 67
Views: 45,272

March 11, 2025, 08:31:29 AM
by webny99

Toll "islands"

Started by mrsman

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 50
Views: 36,845

March 10, 2025, 12:35:31 AM
by lepidopteran

Roads named for businesses which no longer exist (there)

Started by briantroutman

Pages1 2 3 ... 11

Replies: 261
Views: 156,089

March 09, 2025, 06:12:43 PM
by JayhawkCO

"Impossible" highway improvement projects

Started by ZLoth

Pages1 2

Replies: 31
Views: 20,191

March 07, 2025, 09:54:41 AM
by webny99

Bannered county roads

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 14,057

March 04, 2025, 10:57:52 PM
by Big John

Roads in Video Games

Started by KEK Inc.

Pages1 2 3 ... 11

Replies: 273
Views: 195,352

March 04, 2025, 04:57:21 PM
by ET21

Examples of banked curves on public roads?

Started by kernals12

Pages1 2

Replies: 39
Views: 23,731

March 02, 2025, 02:05:39 PM
by thspfc

Suburban Streets that Default to Freeway Ramps

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 55
Views: 37,722

February 24, 2025, 02:47:09 PM
by epzik8

Incorrect highways marked on Google Maps

Started by Riverside Frwy

Pages1 2 3 ... 51

Replies: 1,269
Views: 680,344

February 23, 2025, 10:48:06 AM
by roadman65

Best “roller coaster” roads

Started by twinsfan87

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 75
Views: 49,120

February 21, 2025, 07:27:58 PM
by dantheman

Buildings whose addresses have changed due to land annexations

Started by KCRoadFan

Replies: 12
Views: 9,662

February 13, 2025, 06:12:48 PM
by Streetman

Glaring Map Errors

Started by CapeCodder

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 62
Views: 42,235

February 12, 2025, 09:32:42 PM
by LilianaUwU

Shun Piking what are seemingly Toll Islands in a vehicle

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 3
Views: 6,462

February 12, 2025, 04:35:47 PM
by hotdogPi

Which Highways in Your State are Most/Likely to be Clinched by Travelers

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 129
Views: 79,276

February 11, 2025, 01:14:43 AM
by jlam

Most extreme/bizarre railroad crossings

Started by index

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Replies: 87
Views: 74,047

February 09, 2025, 11:19:11 AM
by RobbieL2415

Roads that you have been on before disaster

Started by Roadgeekteen

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 78
Views: 64,473

February 05, 2025, 01:47:47 AM
by RoadRebel

So. What are everyone’s favorites?

Started by achilles765

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Replies: 28
Views: 25,554

January 26, 2025, 08:52:59 PM
by RG470

Infrastructure Bill 2021

Started by ITB

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Replies: 449
Views: 178,581

January 23, 2025, 04:36:18 PM
by hotdogPi

Most desolate current (surface road) business route?

Started by TheStranger

Replies: 10
Views: 10,082

January 23, 2025, 12:59:45 AM
by TheCatalyst31

Highway between France and Germany getting 5G upgrade

Started by kernals12

Replies: 10
Views: 9,570

January 21, 2025, 10:17:21 AM
by seicer

Remaining roadways with non-overlaid jointed reinforced concrete pavement

Started by Crown Victoria

Replies: 19
Views: 15,042

January 20, 2025, 06:43:28 PM
by Bitmapped

Longest signed interval between gas stations

Started by oscar

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Replies: 31
Views: 104,130

January 12, 2025, 11:17:31 AM
by Rothman

Intersections where the streets trade names

Started by mrsman

Replies: 5
Views: 8,969

January 09, 2025, 08:09:39 PM
by Dirt Roads

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