Commission approves US Highway 78 designation through Northeast Arkansas

[The Ghostbuster]

I highly doubt it is yet, although Wikipedia's US 78 page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_78) and usends.com's US 78 page (https://www.usends.com/78.html) have both been updated to reflect US 78's new (and in my opinion, dubious) western terminus.

[MikieTimT]

Does anyone know if ARDOT has signposted US 78 yet?

The only places it ever will be done will be on the starting ends of on ramps and on the segments where it will supersede a state highway.  ARDOT is not well known for signing concurrencies on roads with multiple tiers of classification when it comes to confidence shields at least.

[freebrickproductions]

I believe US 78 is still signed on its old alignment in Memphis, from what I recall seeing at the start of last month, but I suppose that's to be expected given with the quality of route signage in the cities in Tennessee.

[The Ghostbuster]

Both ends of US 78's 1926-2023 terminuses (Memphis, TN to Charleston, SC) signed 78 poorly within their cities: https://www.usends.com/78.html. It will be interesting to see how well-signed it will be in Arkansas, although it likely won't be signed along Interstates 40 and 55.

[TheStranger]

Swa some posts (from forum user ericlipford) in the AASHTO Fall Meeting 2023 thread showing US 78 signage along Crump Boulevard in Memphis and I-55 in Arkansas, so will link them here:
https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?msg=2916462



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