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National Boards => General Highway Talk => Topic started by: Brandon on October 24, 2013, 10:23:05 AM

Title: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Brandon on October 24, 2013, 10:23:05 AM
Forget 4, 42 is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, everything.

Here's a list (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highways_numbered_42), let's have photos!
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: 1995hoo on October 24, 2013, 10:33:05 AM
Honorable mention goes to the road named on the sign on the left!

http://goo.gl/maps/AaJI7
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: hotdogPi on October 24, 2013, 02:45:30 PM
Not sure why it's north-south (it's in Ohio, got it from Google Images)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westchesteroh.org%2Fimages%2F42%2520with%2520clouds-01.png&hash=340c2a675aa1289727da7d99d06057758a6189ed)
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Alex on October 24, 2013, 02:54:00 PM
So Long, and thanks for all the fish...

(https://www.aaroads.com/delaware/delaware010/de-042_wb_after_de-300.jpg)

Delaware 42
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: english si on October 24, 2013, 03:20:42 PM
Here (https://maps.google.com/?ll=51.639981,-0.472053&spn=0.004335,0.010568&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.639981,-0.472053&panoid=MWvfm0XcSIhyT4FNcGXBCw&cbp=12,307.6,,0,4.57)'s a possible (1 of about 5) location for where the person conceived here (https://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=51.511627,-0.078849&spn=0.001087,0.002642&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=51.511637,-0.078858&panoid=XH0g1EDmjw6qYc50Xcxung&cbp=12,305.52,,0,5.57) found the question to which we showing pictures of the answer to. The location is close to the A412, but sadly the 1 is there.

Anyway, here's a twofer
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabre-roads.org.uk%2Fwiki%2Fimages%2F8%2F88%2FLeaving_the_M1_for_the_South_West_-_Geograph_-_552837.jpg&hash=4cd570de467498ed091af0030575f9bf707b06ef)

PS: did you know that Douglas Adams was the first person in Britain to own an Apple Mac computer.
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 03:30:40 PM
is that Arialveticverstesk on "The SOUTH WEST" and possibly the line below as well?
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: ctsignguy on October 24, 2013, 05:01:09 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Ftenn42.jpg&hash=94716ae99c386bf8be1c577b2a69618068351464) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/tenn42.jpg.html)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi166.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu102%2Fctsignguy%2Fct42.jpg&hash=70de2b7c0b68c5082a518978aa9df3c6d590c82c) (http://s166.photobucket.com/user/ctsignguy/media/ct42.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: froggie on October 24, 2013, 06:02:42 PM
I want to say we've had a thread on this subject before...
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Occidental Tourist on October 24, 2013, 06:17:25 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/california/images042/ca-042_shield_manchester.jpg)
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: english si on October 24, 2013, 06:52:55 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on October 24, 2013, 03:30:40 PM
is that Arialveticverstesk on "The SOUTH WEST" and possibly the line below as well?
Pretty sure all the sign is in Transport, save the numbers (in Motorway). Certainly the destinations are in the same font.
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Mapmikey on October 24, 2013, 07:48:06 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fva-ends%2Fbannered%2Fbus042_st_03.jpg&hash=ee6da6ba8604be63e5f3c9bbadc5ebefe4c5182f)

Mapmikey
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: luokou on October 25, 2013, 02:25:23 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1218.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd402%2Ft3h_r0cko%2F1408970950_352cde84d2_o.jpg&hash=bf981b8bb8f4dd49ae291aab6e22de7ca7f236dc)
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: mgk920 on October 25, 2013, 12:16:44 PM
http://goo.gl/maps/knmSd

:nod:

Mike
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Ian on October 25, 2013, 01:47:53 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7070%2F6913016035_3346e9154d_z.jpg&hash=0cb0039128c3555e5bbb52195d809b2a3a058f91)
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Dr Frankenstein on October 25, 2013, 03:23:02 PM
This is getting out of hand.
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: Brandon on October 25, 2013, 03:44:38 PM
Quote from: Dr Frankenstein on October 25, 2013, 03:23:02 PM
This is getting out of hand.

It's mostly harmless.
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: dgolub on October 25, 2013, 07:18:50 PM
Suffolk County Route 42, which recently got a page on my site.
Title: Re: Route Numbers Which Are 42
Post by: nexus73 on October 25, 2013, 07:50:58 PM
Quote from: luokou on October 25, 2013, 02:25:23 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1218.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fdd402%2Ft3h_r0cko%2F1408970950_352cde84d2_o.jpg&hash=bf981b8bb8f4dd49ae291aab6e22de7ca7f236dc)

42S is originally 101.  Read about Oregon 42 here:

http://www.angelfire.com/or3/oroads/roads/or42/index.html

Rick