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State routes only. Also, most well-known to the general public, not just to us.

We should come to an agreement on the list (and the order of the list, if possible).

CA 1 probably ranks #1.

Others that might make the list, from most likely to least likely:

FL A1A
MA 128
NY 17
NY 25
NY 27
MA 2
OH 2
200 (the one that goes through Montana and several other states)
NE 2 (the user, not the route)

M-1, Woodward Avenue
M-102, Eight Mile Road (although it is usually referred to as just "Eight Mile")
HI-36, Hana Highway

If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

Some potential examples:

Pacific Coast Hwy (CA 1)
Blue Ridge Pkwy/Skyline Dr (VA 48)
Extraterrestrial Hwy (NV 375)
Lincoln Tunnel (NJ 495)
Santa Monica Blvd (CA 2)
Alaska Hwy (AK 2)
Icefields Pkwy (AB 93)


If you're thinking numbers only...maybe FL A1A...NC 12?

Mapmikey

NC-12 is a good one. It's the only way in and out of the Outer Banks.

VT 100

Merritt Parkway (CT 15)
PA 283
CT 8
NY 149 (the connector highway between the Interstate system and Vermont ski country)

Quote from: Mapmikey on August 06, 2014, 01:46:10 PM
If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

Quote from: Roadrunner75 on August 06, 2014, 02:12:20 PM

Quote from: Mapmikey on August 06, 2014, 01:46:10 PM
If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

Add the Garden State Parkway and the New York parkways

Quote from: The Nature Boy on August 06, 2014, 01:57:01 PM
NC-12 is a good one. It's the only way in and out of the Outer Banks.

And sadly, in hurricane season, the one that always seems to get shut down from shore erosion...

Quote from: cl94 on August 06, 2014, 02:13:52 PM

Quote from: Roadrunner75 on August 06, 2014, 02:12:20 PM

Quote from: Mapmikey on August 06, 2014, 01:46:10 PM
If you are talking the nationwide public, it would seem to me that people wouldn't know the numbers of very many state routes outside their area, but would know the names of some roads that happen to be state highways:

By name only - New Jersey Turnpike:  NJ Route 700

Add the Garden State Parkway and the New York parkways

And AC Expressway.

DE 1 is good for those travelling towards/away from Delmarva.

NY Route 5

Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2014, 02:23:53 PM
NY Route 5

What's that one?  :confused:

Quote from: Brandon on August 06, 2014, 02:24:58 PM

Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2014, 02:23:53 PM
NY Route 5

What's that one?  :confused:

I wouldn't include it. While important in the cities it runs through, it's overshadowed by the parallel I-90 and US 20, at least one of which is within ~7 miles at all times.

M (Michigan)-22 deserves some serious consideration.  From a national, general public perspective, I think it's definitely ahead of the aforementioned M-1.  Definitely behind M-102, but that's only if one is calling it "8 Mile" instead of M-102.


I live in the Cincinnati Metro area, I see what I find an abnormally large number of M-22 car stickers down here.  Seriously, around an average of 1-2 stickers a day.  I also see a lot of "1," car stickers too (it refers to a town on M-22, a bit of an "inside joke"). 


Who knows, maybe I notice them because I try to get to Manistee twice a year myself, but Cincinnati's not that close to NW Michigan.  It does seem like the "NW Michigan secret" is getting out quite a bit over the last 10 years.

Quote from: cl94 on August 06, 2014, 02:37:46 PM

Quote from: Brandon on August 06, 2014, 02:24:58 PM

Quote from: roadman65 on August 06, 2014, 02:23:53 PM
NY Route 5

What's that one?  :confused:

I wouldn't include it. While important in the cities it runs through, it's overshadowed by the parallel I-90 and US 20, at least one of which is within ~7 miles at all times.

It is actually more important than US 20 across the state.  I-90 is the Thruway and of course a toll road.  It is a great corridor considering.

NY 17 is one I did forget.  Even though most absorbed by I-86 and soon to be truncated to Harriman for decades it was always a major route across the southern tier of the state.

Quote from: Brandon on August 06, 2014, 01:39:54 PM
HI-36, Hana Highway

Not under that number.  HI 36 is the boring part, though it passes through the cute old plantation town of Paia.  HI 360, and the Hana Highway segment of CR 31, are the parts with hundreds of hairpin curves and dozens of one-lane bridges. 

As for the Alaska Highway someone else mentioned, the most interesting parts are in Canada.  But the more recently-famous highway in Alaska is the Dalton Highway (AK 11), from its being hyped on "Ice Road Truckers".

A few more...

CA 17
CA 82
CA 91

MN 62 (Crosstown)

WI 32
WI 100

NV 375 (The Extraterrestrial Highway! )

(In no particular order)

CA 1
FL A1A
NC 12
NY 27
GA 400
CA 99
AK 11
M-102
NY-9A
MA-128

For Pennsylvania, I'd add PA 611 because of the late 611 Records–and the fact that it's gained a little traction as shorthand for southeastern PA.

Can't think of any entries that Kentucky or West Virginia would have on this list.

GA 400 and FL A1A which are both near me I can agree with. People nationwide or at least in the southeast are probably familiar with them. GA 400 is a major freeway serving the monstrously sprawling northern suburbs of Atlanta, and FL A1A is a major route serving many popular beaches & cities on the east coast of Florida.

Whatever California state routes show up in movies, and the only ones the come to my mind right now are CA 1, CA 2, and CA 111.

NC 12 because you see it on bumper stickers up and down the East Coast.

GA 520 aka Corridor Z or the South Georgia Parkway.

FL 50 is used as a major cross Florida route by many.
FL 60 ditto.

NJ 55 as its an important freeway in South Jersey.

WIS 29 is getting the freeway love and the traffic between Green Bay and it's rival - Minneapolis.

Missouri Route Z.

I'll serve up MA 2 a.k.a the Mohawk Trail. A very pretty rosa and fun drive from Greenfield to a North Adams.

I'll offer up NH 1A, it's a fun way to miss US 1 and I-95 and see the beautiful New Hampshire seacoast.

I'm not sure how well known it is but it should be more well-known.

How about MA 28?  It should be familiar to anyone who vacations on Cape Cod.

Honestly, the only state route I've heard of, but never been on, outside of the state I live in (NJ), is NY 17. Except...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned
MO 66
OK 66
AZ 66
CA 66

MN 61 as that particular road links I-35 with Canada.

"MN 61" is still US 61 as far as I'm concerned.

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:11:12 AM
"MN 61" is still US 61 as far as I'm concerned.

MnDOT would like to politely disagree with you.

Quote from: Brandon on August 07, 2014, 11:14:33 AM

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:11:12 AM
"MN 61" is still US 61 as far as I'm concerned.

MnDOT would like to politely disagree with you.

MnDOT can politely go fuck itself.

How about DC/MD 295?

Quote from: cabiness42 on August 07, 2014, 12:08:34 PM
How about DC/MD 295?

I thought of those as well. What about the 99s (CA and OR 99) on the west coast?

Former US routes don't count because they're still US routes as far as a lot of us are concerned.  That strikes out my Route Z example.

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:15:37 AM

Quote from: Brandon on August 07, 2014, 11:14:33 AM

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:11:12 AM
"MN 61" is still US 61 as far as I'm concerned.

MnDOT would like to politely disagree with you.

MnDOT can politely go fuck itself.

Yes! U.S. 61 should never have been truncated.

Quote from: Molandfreak on August 07, 2014, 12:30:04 PM

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:15:37 AM

Quote from: Brandon on August 07, 2014, 11:14:33 AM

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 11:11:12 AM
"MN 61" is still US 61 as far as I'm concerned.

MnDOT would like to politely disagree with you.

MnDOT can politely go fuck itself.

Yes! U.S. 61 should never have been truncated.

I agree as it did go to a border crossing, but that's not the issue.  It is what it is now,

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 12:20:07 PM
Former US routes don't count because they're still US routes as far as a lot of us are concerned.  That strikes out my Route Z example.

Routes based on the Interstate system shouldn't count either, thus striking out MD/DC 295.  That's pretty much an Interstate as far as the driving public is concerned.

Quote from: Zeffy on August 07, 2014, 12:13:16 PM

Quote from: cabiness42 on August 07, 2014, 12:08:34 PM
How about DC/MD 295?

I thought of those as well. What about the 99s (CA and OR 99) on the west coast?

And WA 99 exists too!

Quote from: Molandfreak on August 07, 2014, 12:36:15 PM

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 12:20:07 PM
Former US routes don't count because they're still US routes as far as a lot of us are concerned.  That strikes out my Route Z example.

Routes based on the Interstate system shouldn't count either, thus striking out MD/DC 295.  That's pretty much an Interstate as far as the driving public is concerned.

Sadly, I have to agree with that, because the West Coast 99s and various state route 66s would've made pretty good candidates for this list.

How about CA 110 and CA 66. This have a greater recognition than CA 82.

M-1 has some historical firsts...

1909: first mile of concrete roadway paved in America between McNichols and Seven Mile.
1920: first 3-section traffic light in America installed at Woodward & Michigan Avenue.

When VA Route 168 crossed the Hampton Roads Harbor instead of ending in Willoughby Spit like it does now and ended at VA 33 near West Point via Hampton, Newport News, and Williamsburg it was well known.  In fact it was more of the major highway than US 60 as it was four lanes while US 60 was two.  When I-64 was built it not only took on its traffic more so than US 60, but it took its designation as VA 143 became its original Jefferson Avenue and Merimac Trail alignment long before being truncated to where it ends now.

I remember as well in the early 80's when VA 168 made the connection between the two freeway segments of I-64 near Williamsburg carrying all the interstate's traffic until it was upgraded to the current freeway there.

TN 19 through Nutbush, immortalized by Ike & Tina Turner (and later, by Bob Seger).

WA-520: World's longest pontoon/floating bridge, one of the major freeways in the Seattle area, frequently complained about by commuters, connects Seattle to the Microsoft headquarters.

WA-530 has also gained tons of attention because of the Oso mudslide. Wikipedia traffic to its article (http://stats.grok.se/en/201403/Washington%20State%20Route%20530) peaked at 10,000 views in March 2014.

I suppose in Nebraska, it has to be NE 2, since that's the scenic route through the Sandhills AND it's also the shortcut between I-29 and I-80, even though both parts should really have separate numbers.  I suppose in Omaha, NE 133 is notable because they always seem to have an accident on there somewhere between Omaha and Blair, plus they always seem to be talking about expanding it without ever seeming to do much with it.

Even though most of it is signed as US 441....what about FL 7?

Quote from: bing101 on August 07, 2014, 02:50:14 PM
How about CA 110 and CA 66. This have a greater recognition than CA 82.

this have a already been posteding former no US routes permissitivity.

CA 99? 

OH 32: Appalacian Highway, signed and known primarily by number, it's an important expressway across southern Ohio.

FL 60: From the Tampa airport west to its end, this is the last leg of nearly every northern vacationer's trip to Clearwater Beach, which has become quite a popular destination over the last few decades.

I have added a poll. The options listed are those mentioned in this thread at least twice.

If the title doesn't seem accurate, you can ask me to change it.

I voted for CA 1 (probably the winner here), FL A1A (2nd behind CA 1), MA 128 (heard some people talk about 128 in MA), NY 17, NY 27, and NV 375 thanks to all the "UFO sightings" and such.

Quote from: bugo on August 07, 2014, 12:20:07 PM
Former US routes don't count because they're still US routes as far as a lot of us are concerned.  That strikes out my Route Z example.

So we have to stop talking about M-1?

Quote from: DesertDog on August 09, 2014, 09:38:56 PM

Quote from: Zeffy on August 09, 2014, 11:51:49 AM
I voted for CA 1 (probably the winner here), FL A1A (2nd behind CA 1), MA 128 (heard some people talk about 128 in MA), NY 17, NY 27, and NV 375 thanks to all the "UFO sightings" and such.

I'm shocked A1A is so closed to CA 1.  Both are coastal...but man the Pacific coast is so much prettier and varied than the Atlantic.  I prefer the Tamiami Trail, The Overseas Highway or ever US 98 to A1A (and I'm not counting that tiny stub in Key West).  I'm not saying A1A isn't pretty...it's no Pacific Coast Highway.

BTW, I like to nominate AZ 88 which I neglected to do in my previous post.  Love me some curves and off-roading along the Salt River on the Apache Trail.

A1A is a strange letter-number combination.

FL 30A is well known to folks from the SE who vacation in NW FL since it's the coastal route through Walton County leading to popular destinations like Seaside and Seagrove Beach, where I spent a few happy vacations in my childhood.

TN 111 is an important Appalachian corridor that connects Cookeville to greater Chattanooga and could be considered well known from a regional standpoint, and is scenic in places, especially north of Dunlap.

I would not consider TN 155 a well known designation because everyone has traditionally called it Briley Pkwy, though it is an important Nashville area freeway with modern 8-lane sections on the NE quadrant.

I think CA-1 tops the list, but there's no reason why one out of these:

UT-12,
UT-9, or
UT-128

shouldn't be on this list somewhere. </homerism>

I don't know- I've lived in most of the states that surround Utah. Nobody knows those roads by number, but yeah, folks know of 9 as the road to Zion and the 12 as the road through Grand Staircase and Capital Reef.

I don't know that those highways are well-known so much as the scenery they serve, which is really well known, but if you asked people to name the highway I bet you'd not get too many people that know the actual number. People definitely know of those roads, but not so much for the road's sake as they might, say, CA-1.

CA-1
FL-A1A
CA-99
WA-520
NY-25 (Queens Blvd)
MA-128
PA-611 (Broad Street)
GA-141 (Peachtree)
M-1 (Woodward Ave, Detroit)
DE-1

On my list, many people may know the street better than the highway number but it still counts.

Back when I was a kid, I know that the Las Vegas Strip was also a state highway, but it seems to be decommissioned now.

Quote from: HurrMark on August 08, 2014, 11:30:40 AM
Even though most of it is signed as US 441....what about FL 7?

I don't think it's well-known outside of South Florida. It's the area anomaly because it doesn't really have any other name (most of Miami-Dade calls it 7th Street), as a nod to its pre-US Route heritage. Outside of the area, few would speak of the 826, 836, Shula Expressway, et al.

A1A is probably the only one in Florida that's really-well known outside of its own state by its SR designation. Otherwise most are just known by their name (Florida's Turnpike, International Drive, or Calle Ocho would otherwise be up there in popularity).

Can't talk about Utah without including the Moki Dugway.

Quote from: hbelkins on August 10, 2014, 11:45:09 AM
Can't talk about Utah without including the Moki Dugway.

The state of Utah itself is often forgotten. (Iowa and West Virginia are the other two.)

Judging from many of the replies, I see talk of the routes by road-fan.  The poll is about ordinary non-roadfan POV.  Seems to be a conflict here. 

What About CA-49 in Placerville in Gold Country, CA does this count.
or CA-29 since its a major route for wine tourism in Napa County do they count?
CA-17 from San Jose to Santa Cruz do these count?

CA-118 President Reagan Freeway aka Simi Valley Freeway in San Fernando Valley due to Reagan role as Governor in the 1960's and 1970s.  CA 170 Hollywood Freeway due to close proximity to major California studios and the CA 134 for similar reasons.

Realistically, the 10 most well known state routes known by the typical non road-fan are going to be 10 state routes in their own state, maybe including a couple in a neighboring state.  The only one I've heard here that I think might be somewhat known throughout the US is probably CA-1, assuming you are going by route number only and not road name.

Quote from: SSOWorld on August 10, 2014, 12:54:37 PM
Judging from many of the replies, I see talk of the routes by road-fan.  The poll is about ordinary non-roadfan POV.  Seems to be a conflict here.

I was thinking the same thing. You really can't do a nationwide list of this because people in the northeast don't know/care about anything in the southwest and vice versa. Such a thread would really work best on a regional basis because this country is so big. Having lived in the northeast and midwest, I can tell you that each place I've lived has quite a few routes that are known only by number. In Ohio, you'd have to put down SRs 2, 3, 8, 16, 32, 104, 161, and 315, and that's only from living in Columbus and having family in Akron. In New York, you've got 3, 5, 7, 8, 17, 22, 28, 33, 63, 149, and most of the LI 3-digits, all pretty major roads known almost exclusively by their number outside of an inner city street. Depending on the part of the state, some of us are pretty familiar with VT 2 and 100, MA 2, 9, and 128, and NJ 17.

It depends on which part of the country you are from.  In the Mid Atlantic and North-East you have people calling all route designations "Route" so no matter if it is interstate, US, state route, or county roads the number is always called route.  So indeed there the major state numbers that offer a long linear corridor are important.

The rest of the country you will find most state routes are secondary to US and interstates so not too many state routes that are considered major you will find.

Burt Reynold's character Bandit Darvill in Smokey And The Bandit once said this "It depends on which part of the country you stand in depends on how dumb you really are."  I think that is true with almost everything.  Come on down south and you ask what is grits, you will be ridiculed, but ask that same question up north or out in California people will not even know what it even is, so you won't get a dirty look or a name calling.

Quote from: bing101 on August 10, 2014, 05:46:58 PM
What About CA-49 in Placerville in Gold Country, CA does this count.
or CA-29 since its a major route for wine tourism in Napa County do they count?

Came in here to mention those, as well as UT 12 (maybe this isn't as famous as I thought, but I was under the impression that it's pretty near the top of any list of "most scenic drives" in the country).

NM 14 (Turquoise Trail) is another one that probably isn't quite nationally renowned, but is certainly well known.

OH 7 and WV 2 are probably not known at all nationally by non-roadfans, but they definitely have great regional import as the Ohio River roads in their respective states.

Quote from: roadman65 on August 10, 2014, 09:09:22 PM
It depends on which part of the country you are from.  In the Mid Atlantic and North-East you have people calling all route designations "Route" so no matter if it is interstate, US, state route, or county roads the number is always called route.  So indeed there the major state numbers that offer a long linear corridor are important.

The rest of the country you will find most state routes are secondary to US and interstates so not too many state routes that are considered major you will find.

Burt Reynold's character Bandit Darvill in Smokey And The Bandit once said this "It depends on which part of the country you stand in depends on how dumb you really are."  I think that is true with almost everything.  Come on down south and you ask what is grits, you will be ridiculed, but ask that same question up north or out in California people will not even know what it even is, so you won't get a dirty look or a name calling.

Isn't there a trend to de-emphasize US routes and let state routes take over as more primary? Here in NJ, I can think of as many state freeways as US ones, and even when discounting those, there are plenty of state routes that are as important as nearby US ones.

Yeah I know about NJ, like NJ 10 and US 46.  Route 10 is more primary than US 46 now being in I-80's shadow.  I do not know if its a trend, but it appears to be heading that way trend or no trend.

In New York State, there dislike for US route designations has many state routes more primary than some of their US routes.  Look at US 44 verses NY 299 west of the Hudson River.  NY 299 is more primary than US 44 as it connects with the Thruway (as US 44 has no interchange with it) and it is more on a linear line serving the region than the US route as that one zigs quite a bit and is more of a local corridor given its non linear alignment.

Then my original post on here with NY 5 being more of a corridor than US 20.  NY 5 seems to have more regional importance than US 20 in the center portion of NYS.

NY 5 actually goes places that have people.  US 20 pretty much stays out in podunk much of its length in NY.

Quote from: 1 on August 10, 2014, 11:48:22 AM

Quote from: hbelkins on August 10, 2014, 11:45:09 AM
Can't talk about Utah without including the Moki Dugway.

The state of Utah itself is often forgotten. (Iowa and West Virginia are the other two.)

There's another one, too.  You know... starts with an M, or an N, or a P... has lots of, um, something...

Quote from: SSOWorld on August 10, 2014, 12:54:37 PM
Judging from many of the replies, I see talk of the routes by road-fan.  The poll is about ordinary non-roadfan POV.  Seems to be a conflict here.

There are almost no numbered state highways that approach everyday recognition nationally.  A1A probably is the closest.  All these Mass. 2s and N.Y. 5s are tremendous reaches.   

Named road recognition travels a little further.  "Garden State Parkway" sticks in the mind a little easier than "Georgia 400."

Arkansas 7

Wait the band Train had an album called CA 37 one time and that got national attention.

But the real ca 37 is used as another wine tour route, San Pablo bay, Six Flags Vallejo, and a Nascar Route to Sonoma raceway.

What about Hawaii 36 and Hawaii 360 in Maui its a coastal route for Tourists but the public cannot remember the route number.

CA 22 Garden Grove Freeway near Disneyland and Little Saigon in Garden Grove and Anaheim area. Im shocked that these routes do not get legendary status like CA 1 does. Ca 84 location of Facebook,  CA 85, CA 237 and CA 87 Silicon Valley companies are close to these freeways.

Quote from: bing101 on August 12, 2014, 01:14:09 PM
Wait the band Train had an album called CA 37 one time and that got national attention.

But the real ca 37 is used as another wine tour route, San Pablo bay, Six Flags Vallejo, and a Nascar Route to Sonoma raceway.

What about Hawaii 36 and Hawaii 360 in Maui its a coastal route for Tourists but the public cannot remember the route number.

CA 22 Garden Grove Freeway near Disneyland and Little Saigon in Garden Grove and Anaheim area. Im shocked that these routes do not get legendary status like CA 1 does. Ca 84 location of Facebook,  CA 85, CA 237 and CA 87 Silicon Valley companies are close to these freeways.

The difference is the highways you mention are simply routes to get to well-known destinations. CA-1 is the destination.

Quote from: SSOWorld on August 10, 2014, 12:54:37 PM
Judging from many of the replies, I see talk of the routes by road-fan.  The poll is about ordinary non-roadfan POV.  Seems to be a conflict here.

Well I did mentioned that the public would draw US interstates and US Routes but not know the difference in another thread. Also interstates on business maps  are sometimes drawn in South Korean expressway shield in some cases

what

CA 1 is the only one of the choices I have ever heard the general public discuss. Usually it's in the same breath as US 66. People might not know it by number, though–I read one Reddit thread where someone somehow mangled it to "highway 64" and it took them four comments before it was clarified that they were referring to CA 1.

I've got two CA1 t-shirts that my parents got from a recent trip to California. One's a Pismo Beach one that has a no-green CA1 shield in the centre, with PISMO BEACH in large letters above it and facts about the Pacific Coast Hwy (using that term) under, left and right of it (length to 1/1000 of a mile, Est.1934, end points). The other's got a green CA1 shield with Sausalito underneath it.

Does any other state route get that? A brand recognition that very few US and I- routes get.

I'm surprised AK2 is on there - I don't think it's well known in Alaska, let alone elsewhere. The Alaska Highway, on the other hand, but that's like saying that the A40 is really famous as it's Oxford St's road number.

Quote from: english si on August 15, 2014, 05:36:11 AM
I'm surprised AK2 is on there - I don't think it's well known in Alaska, let alone elsewhere. The Alaska Highway, on the other hand, but that's like saying that the A40 is really famous as it's Oxford St's road number.

The choices I put on there were the ones mentioned at least twice in this thread at the time I created the poll.

Quote from: english si on August 15, 2014, 05:36:11 AM
I've got two CA1 t-shirts that my parents got from a recent trip to California. One's a Pismo Beach one that has a no-green CA1 shield in the centre, with PISMO BEACH in large letters above it and facts about the Pacific Coast Hwy (using that term) under, left and right of it (length to 1/1000 of a mile, Est.1934, end points). The other's got a green CA1 shield with Sausalito underneath it.

Does any other state route get that? A brand recognition that very few US and I- routes get.

The Dalton Highway (AK 11) has lots of T-shirts available for it, most or all of which I've bought.  One of them, the "Ice Road Truckers" version, prominently features an authentic-looking AK 11 route marker.  I wore it to the second Ottawa road meet in 2012 (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=6868.msg177561#msg177561), so you can see it in the thread for that meet.

I'm a few thousand miles away at the moment from most of my T-shirt collection, which might have more examples.  I know I have many T-shirts for the Hana Highway on Maui, and the Alaska Highway, none of which show their route markers.

I have a coffee mug for Nevada's Extraterrestrial Highway (//www.alaskaroads.com/roadgeek-souvenirs-page2.htm), which includes an inauthentic NV 375 marker.

NV 375 is well know among UFO buffs and conspiracy theorists.

Quote from: Zeffy on August 09, 2014, 11:51:49 AMMA 128 (heard some people talk about 128 in MA)

Many non-road people in New England (and even beyond) talk about MA 128 mainly because of the High-Tech industry boom that dotted the highway during the 1980s.  Such is likely one reason (out of many) why most (mainly locals) won't let go of the Route 128 moniker along the I-95 & 93 portions of the Yankee Division Highway despite such Interstate designations being present along that corridor for nearly 40 years.

Heck, during her speech at the 2012 GOP convention; Former-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made reference to Route 128 in terms of the Tech-boom.