Best Map Fails

[Alex4897]

So having been accepted to a college already, I decided to go and root through piles of junk mail I've gotten from various colleges over the past year or two (with the intention of throwing most of it out).  However, I came upon this gem sent to me from Stevenson University.  Bask in its glory:



A few things to note:

• LONG LIVE I-50
• Delaware and New Jersey have been annexed by Maryland
• I-795 goes to PA apparently

Can anyone top this?

[Zeffy]

I also notice I-66 isn't shown in D.C. or Virginia.

[DTComposer]

It also appears the retrocession of the District of Columbia to Virginia now includes the entire District, as well as a good portion of the Maryland suburbs.

That said, any number of maps in ads for local businesses can suffer as many errors, and often in a lot less space.

[national highway 1]

Also, it appears that I-95 passes through Washington DC. This was the original planned route, but now I-95 duplexes with the eastern half of I-495.

[kj3400]

Part of Former Delaware appears to have been reclaimed by the ocean.

[Alex4897]

Part of Former Delaware appears to have been reclaimed by the ocean.

Not to mention it looks like the Delaware River cuts across the state to drain into the Chesapeake Bay.

[Bickendan]

Apparently I-70 doesn't Breezewood, comes into Maryland around Frederick... then ends before reaching I-695. While irrelevant to what the map is trying to say, I-66, 68, 76 and 270 all disappeared...

[Kacie Jane]

While irrelevant to what the map is trying to say, I-66, 68, 76 and 270 all disappeared...

To be fair, let's focus on the many things that are actual errors.  Omitting highways that don't really serve any purpose in getting to the university is exactly what a map such as this should do.  De-cluttering the map that way is the one thing it does right.

[hobsini2]

Pure laziness.

[noelbotevera]

I-83 suddenly became ironed out and is almost as straight as a line.
Washington D.C, you traitor! Be with Maryland!
The Potomac River is now a land bridge.
I-50, the new innovation has become a line graph.
Virginia, did you find a land bridge with Maryland?

Cont.
I-70, I forbid you from running right into Stevenson University!
I-97, turn off your invisibility!
Nice job I-95, you have become State Line Freeway.
I-795, stop running into Pennsylvania and start a big green dot!

[jeffandnicole]

While irrelevant to what the map is trying to say, I-66, 68, 76 and 270 all disappeared...

To be fair, let's focus on the many things that are actual errors.  Omitting highways that don't really serve any purpose in getting to the university is exactly what a map such as this should do.  De-cluttering the map that way is the one thing it does right.

Thank you.  Not every single highway needs to be shown.  Although you do have to wonder how they put this map together, being that NJ and Delaware are missing completely.

[The Nature Boy]

I'm assuming that this school has a top notch geography department, no?

[kurumi]

RandMc once routed Interstate 447 around Peoria (I guess it didn't play there).

The Connecticut Tercentenary Map has about 12 genuine errors (CT 160 == "60", CT 83 == "82" etc.). Terrible map overall.

The first official state map to feature CT 286 got the number wrong.