Daily Picture Challenge!

[formulanone]

March 23, 2018 - A progressive challenge showing increasing number of exits on "Next X Exits" on BGSes.

I-40 in Texas:


DSC07260 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[US 89]

March 23, 2018 - A progressive challenge showing increasing number of exits on "Next X Exits" on BGSes.

I-15 in Utah:

[Jim]

March 23, 2018 - A progressive challenge showing increasing number of exits on "Next X Exits" on BGSes.

I can cover the "Next 5 Exits" case here on I-74 crossing into Illinois.  June 29, 2001.

[jflick99]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

The old alignment does not have to be currently in use. It just needs to be evident that something was there or was going to be there.

Here's my example. I-635 in Kansas City was originally proposed to follow what is now K-5 to meet up with US 69 and cross the Missouri River using the Fairfax Bridge. However, money was allocated for a new Missouri River crossing, and the abandoned freeway stub became part of K-5.

[US 89]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

Not sure if this is what you had in mind, but this is in Salt Lake City:



Currently, US 89 and SR-186 bump at this intersection. 89 goes south and west, and 186 goes north and east. But before 2007, both routes went straight through. 89 went north-south, and 186 went east-west. So 186 is an old alignment of 89, and 89 is an old alignment of 186.

[US71]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

Dongola, IL US 51, with old 51 to the right


Alma, AR : US 71 jumps onto I-40, but old 71 continues south

[Eth]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

This photo is taken on northbound Church Street leaving Decatur, GA. Up until sometime before 1954*, this was US 29. In the background, you can see traffic coming down Scott Blvd, which is modern US 29 (and US 78).



* GDOT maps from 1948-1953 have both the old and new alignments labeled as the US 29 mainline; I don't know what the situation was in the field at the time. Starting with the 1954 map, the old route is labeled as 29 Business, which it would remain until the 1980s.

[Truvelo]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

The two lane road in the distance on the right is the original road which would have continued in a straight line towards the bridge I'm on. The new road opened a day or two prior to taking this photo. For some reason the old road is still busy with traffic.

[AsphaltPlanet]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

Ontario Highway 11, with the former alignment (now Highway 124) at right:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_290_north_Jun12_24x16.jpg

Ontario Highway 69, with the former alignment snaking along the shoreline of the Murdoch River:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_60-69_images/69N_cl_637int_south_Aug12_24x16.jpg

Hwy 11/17 looking southwest towards Thunder Bay, old alignment at left:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_1401_west_Aug14_24x16.jpg

[TBKS1]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

I personally will split the UK into the four parts.

For example,



US-165 by TheInstrumentalist, on Flickr

[Jim]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

I'm assuming we will disallow examples like "New Canada" so the country name needs to match exactly.

Poland, New York, from New York 8 at New York 10's northern terminus.  February 7, 2014.



19 miles to Brazil, Indiana, on I-70.  January 23, 2004.



Town of Russia, New York.  On New York 28.  May 15, 2013.

[hotdogPi]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

Here are 6 new countries (and 1 already used, and 2 non-countries). These are all in Maine.

[Truvelo]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

Ontario Highway 11, with the former alignment (now Highway 124) at right:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_290_north_Jun12_24x16.jpg

Surely the old alignment is on the left?

[Eth]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

I personally will split the UK into the four parts.

Here's another part of it: Scotland Ave in Gainesville, GA.

[paulthemapguy]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

I don't take pictures of standalone green guide signs much, so these are all from BGS's.  I was planning on making a stop in Cuba, IL this past February, but I ran out of time.  Now I'm regretting it.

Lebanon, OH


OH-I-71X032S by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Peru, IL


IL-I-80X077W by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Morocco, IN


IN-I-65-114N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[AsphaltPlanet]

March 24, 2018: Post a single photo that shows a highway's current alignment along with an old or proposed alignment of the same highway.

Ontario Highway 11, with the former alignment (now Highway 124) at right:

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_11_images/11_cl_290_north_Jun12_24x16.jpg

Surely the old alignment is on the left?

Yeah... my bad.  Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that.

[Jim]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

A few more from my collection.

Switzerland, South Carolina.  US 17 in Ridgeland.  June 21, 2008.



Columbia, South Carolina.  July 3, 2006.

Invalid image removed.

Greece, New York.  I-590 in Rochester.  April 20, 2007.

[hotdogPi]

The country is Colombia, not Columbia.

[AsphaltPlanet]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

Mexico, MO:


http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/MO/US/54/US54_MO_dv_Mexico_north_Jul17_24x16.jpg

[Jim]

The country is Colombia, not Columbia.

Offending entry removed.

[MCRoads]

Challenge for March 25th: A city or street name that is also the name of a country. How many can we get?

A few more from my collection.

Switzerland, South Carolina.  US 17 in Ridgeland.  June 21, 2008.



Columbia, South Carolina.  July 3, 2006.

Invalid image removed.

Greece, New York.  I-590 in Rochester.  April 20, 2007.

Why is the school bus going the wrong way?

[Truvelo]

Why is the school bus going the wrong way?

It's on a trailer or being towed.

[empirestate]

March 26, 2018
Challenge: Post photos of interchange ramps that are steeply inclined not on account of a grade separation.

Exit 83 on I-86 westbound:


The inclination here (and it looks much steeper in real life) is because the ramp must climb the embankment to meet the parallel surface road (old NY 17 in this case) which runs on top of it. The intersecting road does not cross the freeway, so there's no overpass that the ramp has to get up to. It's only due to terrain.

[hotdogPi]

March 27, 2018: Two or more speed limit signs showing different numbers.

I-285 at I-85, northern crossing

Electronic sign speed limit 65 and exit ramp speed limit 15.

[Jim]

March 27, 2018: Two or more speed limit signs showing different numbers.

I-70 in eastern Utah.  April 29, 2004.