What's the weirdest you've seen?
Mine would have to be the "RR Yard" off of exit 421A in Kansas City, KS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0928219,-94.6403003,3a,37.5y,285.61h,92.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NMlhkSe28Ua9abG5e3puw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0928219,-94.6403003,3a,37.5y,285.61h,92.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NMlhkSe28Ua9abG5e3puw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
The Boeing "Exit" off of I-170 in St. Louis https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7499117,-90.337708,3a,75y,335.5h,89.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spVLmHEiIfrKX1dvpNb8HYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7499117,-90.337708,3a,75y,335.5h,89.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spVLmHEiIfrKX1dvpNb8HYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
With my weird sense of humor, I've always found this one entertaining:
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.4419129,-81.7656485,3a,75y,110.22h,90.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1saffW8mnVtll2BGK2_DXWbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Does this mean there will be some woman named Joanna Whitmire standing at the end of the ramp? (Har har har har)
This one isn't necessarily strange, it's just extremely cool: https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5790036,-122.1226883,3a,75y,87.27h,67.82t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sSvyKDKMFlfu7o5b-ET9_1A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
There's a state park in the median of the interstate!
Quote from: TravelingBethelite on November 24, 2015, 10:19:56 AM
What's the weirdest you've seen?
Mine would have to be the "RR Yard" off of exit 421A in Kansas City, KS:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0928219,-94.6403003,3a,37.5y,285.61h,92.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NMlhkSe28Ua9abG5e3puw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0928219,-94.6403003,3a,37.5y,285.61h,92.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NMlhkSe28Ua9abG5e3puw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
In Nashua NH, Exit 4 on the Everett Turnpike (East Dunstable Road) once included the legend "FAA Facility" (a reference to the Boston Center air traffic control facility). The legend was removed shortly after 9/11, but the sign panels still have a large blank space where the legend once was.
One I find kind of strange is US-31 NB at BUS US-31 south of Ludington. The control city from the ramp is still Ludington despite coming straight out of Ludington. Traverse City, Manistee, or even Scottville would make more sense there
Quote from: roadman on November 24, 2015, 11:03:21 AM
In Nashua NH, Exit 4 on the Everett Turnpike (East Dunstable Road) once included the legend "FAA Facility" (a reference to the Boston Center air traffic control facility). The legend was removed shortly after 9/11, but the sign panels still have a large blank space where the legend once was.
The Baltimore-Washington Parkway has a lot of similar exits, and they haven't changed their signs for the same security reasons.
On US 23 between Lucasville and Piketon, Ohio: "American Centrifuge". Fissile material is enriched there...
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.okroads.com%2F070905%2Fi91vtsbexit10s_01.JPG&hash=0a9d0841bde76ef0be5e51b8a73ce6aedd7e29a5)
Interstate 91 in White River Junction, Vermont
The airport in question is a small airport in Lebanon, NH (right across the river). It seems like a weird control city for an interstate that you would take to get to Concord, Manchester and Boston.
In Tifton, Georgia, there's signs for "ABAC" on U.S. 41 at I-75 (https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4822905,-83.5168204,3a,75y,208.64h,87.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srIJ5FApu18ohIFwCifd77Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1). Unless you're from the area, you'd probably not know that ABAC was the abbreviation for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
After they opened the new US 34 bridge between Iowa and Nebraska last year, I thought it was quite odd that on I-29, the control city for WB US 34 is "South Bellevue". Unlike "North Omaha", which gets posted off of I-29 and I-80 at their respective I-680 exits in Iowa, there is no area generally referred to as "South Bellevue", that I'm aware of.
BUMP
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1827925,-118.1717537,3a,15y,309.28h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soFD3jayWSsYPMWSD7U5fwA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
This is off exit 22A (duh) on I-210 in Pasadena, California. Unless you're a science geek, you'd never know that JPL stands for Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Quote from: lordsutch on November 27, 2015, 02:01:19 AM
In Tifton, Georgia, there's signs for "ABAC" on U.S. 41 at I-75 (https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4822905,-83.5168204,3a,75y,208.64h,87.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srIJ5FApu18ohIFwCifd77Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1). Unless you're from the area, you'd probably not know that ABAC was the abbreviation for Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
I always wondered. Thank you.
^^ And that is redundant too as another sign leading to that exit almost spells it out (except the agricultural part): https://www.google.com/maps/@31.4918253,-83.5156823,3a,75y,219.62h,90.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si7aav9sOg6fdabWn448mAQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I can't post a Street View link using my iPad, but one I've found odd is on northbound I-95 in Virginia at Exit 166 for the Fairfax County Parkway (Route 286). The sign for the northbound Parkway says "286 North/Fairfax County Parkway/Backlick Rd/Fullerton Rd." I find the final two lines a bit odd. In fairness, I will note that once upon a time they made sense–for many years, the northbound road stub-ended less than a mile west of I-95 and it didn't go anywhere other than Backlick and Fullerton Roads. Nowadays, the road is finished and provides a direct route to Burke, Fair Lakes, Reston, and Herndon, although admittedly you do have a TOTSO situation a shirt distance to the north.
The BGSs for that interchange were replaced recently (I don't know exactly when, but it was sometime this year), but the new signs are simply Clearview clones of the old ones. I would have thought a sign-replacement project would be an ideal time to put a real destination on the sign instead of simply two street names. VDOT doesn't seem to like to put "Burke" on road signs, though, other than some of the smaller signs you see at at-grade intersections, and I suppose maybe they don't want to use "Reston" or "Herndon" due to both distance and the availability of the Beltway route a short distance to the north.
NH Liquor Store for the Turnpike rest areas.
FDOT using "Magic Kingdom" for US 192 Westbound on I-4.
Then in Tifton, GA you have an acronym used for US 41 along I-75 that is not even a city.
Quote from: noelbotevera on November 27, 2015, 11:46:15 PM
BUMP
https://www.google.com/maps/@34.1827925,-118.1717537,3a,15y,309.28h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1soFD3jayWSsYPMWSD7U5fwA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
This is off exit 22A (duh) on I-210 in Pasadena, California. Unless you're a science geek, you'd never know that JPL stands for Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
JPL is actually pretty well known by the public at large. People may not know exactly what goes on there, but it's a fairly regular source of developments that make it into the mainstream news.
Quote from: roadman65 on November 28, 2015, 01:31:13 PM
FDOT using "Magic Kingdom" for US 192 Westbound on I-4.
Then in Tifton, GA you have an acronym used for US 41 along I-75 that is not even a city.
You mean this one (https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=16902.msg2108536#msg2108536)?
This one should take the cake:
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.2966022,-76.7426332,3a,75y,357.02h,79.34t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sKjJOx0uBJGQHx9kt_MAGag!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DKjJOx0uBJGQHx9kt_MAGag%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D88.914551%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656
It's Local Traffic for I-70 east of I-695. Of course, it was once planned to extend all the way to I-95, but heavy opposition due to its route through a large wooded area shot it down.
I like this one, on I-70 in Colorado.
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Exit 39 on I-40 in New Mexico is "Refinery".
To answer you Pete, yes that is the one!
Many places, of course, use local slang that you have to be from the area to know, but to strangers it is strange. :bigass:
Quote from: roadman65 on November 28, 2015, 01:31:13 PM
FDOT using "Magic Kingdom" for US 192 Westbound on I-4.
Then in Tifton, GA you have an acronym used for US 41 along I-75 that is not even a city.
And "Disney World" is a control city on the 417.
I always liked the "Canaveral/Cape-Port-AFS" signs for the 528 that have since been replaced.
The strangest destination I've seen? Well, it's either 'CEDER' (Renewable energies development center), exit 56 off (Spanish) A-15, or 'vÃa de servicio' ('Frontage road'), exit 347 off A-23, which just serves the old N-330 road.
Quote from: realjd on November 29, 2015, 04:40:06 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on November 28, 2015, 01:31:13 PM
FDOT using "Magic Kingdom" for US 192 Westbound on I-4.
Then in Tifton, GA you have an acronym used for US 41 along I-75 that is not even a city.
And "Disney World" is a control city on the 417.
I always liked the "Canaveral/Cape-Port-AFS" signs for the 528 that have since been replaced.
Part right as its cosigned with "Tampa."
However, that is the center of tourism here in Florida, so it gets mentioned. It used to be the sole destination for US 192 on US 27 until a few years ago when "Kissimmee" was added as well.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itownsee.com%2Fimages%2Ftowns%2F00005-Ho-Ho-Kus-NJ%2FHo-Ho-Kus-NJ-001.jpg&hash=0232438d4670a836743d0aa016267253f7e6fb71) Reminds me of santa
Quote from: NJ on November 29, 2015, 06:20:52 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itownsee.com%2Fimages%2Ftowns%2F00005-Ho-Ho-Kus-NJ%2FHo-Ho-Kus-NJ-001.jpg&hash=0232438d4670a836743d0aa016267253f7e6fb71) Reminds me of santa
Living near Ho-Ho-Kus for many years, the name lost any oddity to me and I never thought much about it, until some prankster went and added an extra "Ho-" to one of these signs at Christmastime.
I-35/Kansas Turnpike.
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/9413391913_7cd0d08368_z.jpg)
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 29, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: NJ on November 29, 2015, 06:20:52 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itownsee.com%2Fimages%2Ftowns%2F00005-Ho-Ho-Kus-NJ%2FHo-Ho-Kus-NJ-001.jpg&hash=0232438d4670a836743d0aa016267253f7e6fb71) Reminds me of santa
Living near Ho-Ho-Kus for many years, the name lost any oddity to me and I never thought much about it, until some prankster went and added an extra "Ho-" to one of these signs at Christmastime.
Is it close to this?:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5552855649_f31d428d79.jpg)
I-8 Beaches the westbound direction for San Diego.
Quote from: Big John on November 29, 2015, 08:02:19 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 29, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: NJ on November 29, 2015, 06:20:52 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itownsee.com%2Fimages%2Ftowns%2F00005-Ho-Ho-Kus-NJ%2FHo-Ho-Kus-NJ-001.jpg&hash=0232438d4670a836743d0aa016267253f7e6fb71) Reminds me of santa
Living near Ho-Ho-Kus for many years, the name lost any oddity to me and I never thought much about it, until some prankster went and added an extra "Ho-" to one of these signs at Christmastime.
Is it close to this?:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5552855649_f31d428d79.jpg)
So that is where the song "Here Comes Santa Claus" gets the line "Right down Santa Claus Lane." :bigass:
In these days of turmoil and strife, it's good to know there's a place off I-94 in western North Dakota where all is still right with the world:
https://goo.gl/maps/GjeKjguGSyB2
MD 32
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Quote from: wanderer2575 on November 29, 2015, 09:07:56 PM
In these days of turmoil and strife, it's good to know there's a place off I-94 in western North Dakota where all is still right with the world:
https://goo.gl/maps/GjeKjguGSyB2 (https://goo.gl/maps/GjeKjguGSyB2)
:clap:
It would be so awesome if there was a secondary sign that said "Where the Deer and Antelope Play / NEXT RIGHT"
My favorite in Florida... exit 193 on Florida's Turnpike, Yeehaw Junction.
Surely the fact that Exit 29 on I-10 in New Mexico has no destination means its a contender:
https://goo.gl/maps/LPYgsKZYtvB2
^^ North Dakota is full of those
Quote from: Big John on November 29, 2015, 08:02:19 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on November 29, 2015, 07:10:53 PM
Quote from: NJ on November 29, 2015, 06:20:52 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itownsee.com%2Fimages%2Ftowns%2F00005-Ho-Ho-Kus-NJ%2FHo-Ho-Kus-NJ-001.jpg&hash=0232438d4670a836743d0aa016267253f7e6fb71) Reminds me of santa
Living near Ho-Ho-Kus for many years, the name lost any oddity to me and I never thought much about it, until some prankster went and added an extra "Ho-" to one of these signs at Christmastime.
Is it close to this?:
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5270/5552855649_f31d428d79.jpg)
It's nowhere close to this:
Christmas Blvd. in Santa Claus, IN (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.1182371,-86.9275195,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s0Lr8daOMauKMaKDHot4aOA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). Nearby there are lots of
Christmas-related street names and businesses (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.1230651,-86.9193656,16z), including a Santa Lane. I found the town to be a bit of a disappointment, aside from the Christmas store with nearly every kind of Christmas decoration imaginable. I've been told that the Holiday World amusement park is a treat for the younger set.
Well pretty soon we might not have all these names as some, like former user Bugo, thought that was forcing religious values on the people, may have them removed altogether.
http://www.carpinteria.com/points_of_interest/santaland/
Santa Claus Lane in Santa Barbara, CA off US-101.
http://www.m-plex.com/roads/trips/i70et_parkandride.html
Security BLVd at the east end of I-70 in Maryland and Park and Ride.
Quote from: hbelkins on November 29, 2015, 10:06:17 PM
MD 32
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Seems like the body of that sign should be black on white.
There's also a Santa Claus, GA (https://www.google.com/maps/@32.171545,-82.3339669,16z), with some Christmas-themed streets (Reindeer St, December Dr, Candy Cane St, Dasher Dr, Noel St, Sleigh St, Dancer St, Salem St, Rudolph Way). Although one has to wonder, why only three reindeer names, and what exactly does Salem have to do with Christmas?
Quote from: Big John on November 30, 2015, 05:32:02 PM
^^ North Dakota is full of those
And all the other plains states.
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Quote from: NJ on December 01, 2015, 08:45:04 PM
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That's a rather discriminatory sign.
Quote from: Zeffy on December 01, 2015, 10:42:29 PMThat's a rather discriminatory sign.
I can understand not letting non-Muslims into Mecca's holy areas. However the sign is pretty meaningless as the only non-Muslims allowed in Saudi Arabia are foreign workers (the ones of a certain calibre - not the slave labour from Africa/Indian subcontinent) who live in compounds that allow them some freedom within (though still no booze or Christianity. And definitely no Jews!) and have limited access to the rest of the country.
And that's before we mention that women cannot drive past that sign, nor any other in the country*.
Saudi Arabia is basically what the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (to use the name of the initials most commonly used: ISIS) would look like if it successfully cleared out the undesirable peoples, got recognised as a nation state and become a Western 'ally'.
*When the previous King of Saud visited Queen Elizabeth II some years ago, they were at her Scottish estate. The Queen asked if the King would like a drive around the estate. He said yes, and got in the back of the Land Rover, expecting to be joined in the back by the Queen and driven by some game keeper or chauffeur. The Queen got in the driving seat and drove off without saying a word about it, but began discussing the estate and pointing out stuff. I can't remember whether this subtle challenge to the Saudi King was turned into "we can't let women drive - the Queen drives way too fast over rough terrain, takes her hand off the wheel to point, etc" or not.
In Hanover, MD, Exit 8 of MD-100 is for "Coca-Cola Dr."
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.1749379,-76.7372314,3a,75y,354.12h,86.87t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1syh8Q95FH1ieCczuCSY7gbw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
While there actually is a Coca-Cola bottling plant in Hanover, it's not on that road. Perhaps it was at one time?
One exit on I-75 has control cities "Cleveland, Dayton". What's odd about that you say? It's that this exit in the middle of Tennessee! You would think of these as cities in Ohio, where I-75 spends a lot of it's route. Admittedly, you might have heard of Dayton, TN, as it was put on the map by the Scopes Monkey Trial, which was fictionalized in "Inherit the Wind".
In Monroe, OH, Exit 29 of I-75 is for OH-63. A supplementary BGS (not brown) on the side used to read
"Americana
Fantasy Farm
Next Right"
You might think of "Fantasy Farm" as some sort of "adult"-oriented resort, but it was actually quite the opposite; a small amusement park featuring only kiddie rides, along with some live farm animals and such. It was right next door to another amusement park, Americana, also known as LeSourdsville Lake. Both parks have been closed for a while now. Ironically, that same exit was frequently used to access yet another theme park -- King's Island -- a much bigger park whose 1972 opening arguably hastened the demise of the other two. While the "official" directions from points north were I-75 -> I-275 -> I-71, most folks seemed to take OH-63 to OH-741, if not some other back route.
In Port Clinton, OH, an exit on OH-2 used to have "Put-in-Bay" as a control city IIRC. A somewhat odd name, Put-in-Bay is a resort on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. A supplementary BGS (LGS?) does still say which "Next 2 Exits" has ferry service to get there. One such exit has a control city of "Catawba Is", which is actually more of a peninsula than an island.
I wonder if they'll pull that Clark Griswold prank at the Garden State Parkway's Exit 135 again? Maybe they're trying to petition the town of Westfield to change its name to Griswold, as suggested by the temporary alteration below:
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This is what the real signs for the exit read:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6289706,-74.3023079,3a,75y,235.88h,81.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2HSnud7Rcyg4UJry_jr1Ww!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: lepidopteran on December 02, 2015, 01:59:18 PMOne exit on I-75 has control cities "Cleveland, Dayton". What's odd about that you say? It's that this exit in the middle of Tennessee! You would think of these as cities in Ohio, where I-75 spends a lot of it's route. Admittedly, you might have heard of Dayton, TN, as it was put on the map by the Scopes Monkey Trial, which was fictionalized in "Inherit the Wind".
But then you realize that I-75 in OH goes through Dayton, but not Cleveland :bigass:
^ Looks like that patch was stolen from Connecticut.
There seem to be two general types of entries here: those where the destination itself isn't strange, but has a funny or interesting name (like all the Santa Claus stuff); and those where the exit is actually signed for a type of facility or location that isn't usually seen on exit signage (such as a rail yard).
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All of the "Ranch Exits" in Utah.
Quote from: Mark68 on December 02, 2015, 06:06:17 PM
All of the "Ranch Exits" in Utah.
Those are in Montana, too.
I like Crazy Woman Creek Road in Wyoming:
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Quote from: hbelkins on November 29, 2015, 10:06:17 PM
MD 32
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Quote from: jwolfer on December 02, 2015, 10:52:25 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 29, 2015, 10:06:17 PM
MD 32
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.
California Interstate 15 Exit 239
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Quote from: lepidopteran on December 02, 2015, 01:59:18 PM
In Port Clinton, OH, an exit on OH-2 used to have "Put-in-Bay" as a control city IIRC. A somewhat odd name, Put-in-Bay is a resort on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. A supplementary BGS (LGS?) does still say which "Next 2 Exits" has ferry service to get there.
I thought Put-In-Bay was a legit city. Checking Wikipedia, apparently it's a village with a population of 138. While it may be essentially a "resort town", it's still a town, consisting of more than just a single resort.
Quote from: The Nature Boy on December 02, 2015, 10:55:58 PM
Quote from: jwolfer on December 02, 2015, 10:52:25 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on November 29, 2015, 10:06:17 PM
MD 32
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.
This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)
Too bad "Intercourse, PA" has no freeways directly around it. That would make a strange destination on its signs.
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.
This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)
Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.
Quote from: vdeane on December 03, 2015, 01:22:47 PM
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.
This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)
Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.
Actually, it's probably because of these traffic cones:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B006'03.9%22N+76%C2%B046'10.8%22W/@39.1012489,-76.770229,3a,66.8y,66.34h,80.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sm9Yg2K_b0mS4cH1cdgUDQw!2e0
Boeing Receiving, complete with Truck Symbol when Westbound on (WA) SR-526
Boeing Parking, eastbound at Airport Road, again on SR-526. The odd thing is that it used to be a direct access to Parking, but the entrance it was connected was closed in 1993, but the signs are still there.
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I would not want to get off the wrong exit here!!
Not as risky as you might think. The NSA would likely already know you're coming and whether or not you're a threat.
This is a unique exit overall. Limited access (but not in the usual sense), left exits, a traffic circle in the median. And no street view either, for some reason. (39.101088, -76.769663)
Google probably didn't want to get searched at the gate.
Actually, it's probably because of these traffic cones:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B006'03.9%22N+76%C2%B046'10.8%22W/@39.1012489,-76.770229,3a,66.8y,66.34h,80.38t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sm9Yg2K_b0mS4cH1cdgUDQw!2e0
The other direction doesn't appear to be blocked off.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9544844,-77.138804,3a,75y,22.01h,78.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s8emroVhHOBfM1tBbUVgHlA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
In the same spirit as the NSA. GW Parkway.
Quote from: bing101 on November 30, 2015, 06:53:04 PM
http://www.m-plex.com/roads/trips/i70et_parkandride.html
Security BLVd at the east end of I-70 in Maryland and Park and Ride.
Also, at I-695, the two control cities on I-70 EB are the towns "Local" and "Traffic".
Quote from: roadman65 on December 03, 2015, 08:33:13 AM
Too bad "Intercourse, PA" has no freeways directly around it. That would make a strange destination on its signs.
It could be a reasonable destination for the PA 340 exit from the US 30 freeway near Lancaster. Alas, it seems they opted to just use the street name (Old Philadelphia Pike) instead.
Exit 144 of I-75 in TN is for Stinking Creek Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.4170322,-84.2830179,3a,75y,183.44h,70.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXeH24P8dJZocbkC0dFAE6g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Exit 58 of I-75 in OH is for Needmore Rd (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8159582,-84.1889951,3a,75y,9.82h,87.56t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slmzjbjFOt4lgj0wEPtQ9Sw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656).
Exit 192 of I-80 in PA is for Jersey Shore (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.0570521,-77.2109424,3a,75y,207.86h,73.65t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sgt96FrMbJtVlhHqYvdyrqA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). But this is in the middle of a mountainous region of Pennsylvania! But that is a real borough, one whose "shore" is on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. I wonder how much confusion that's caused for folks heading for the "other" Jersey Shore?
Speaking of Jersey shores...
Exit 22 of I-295 in NJ is for Woodbury and Red Bank (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8577806,-75.1605822,3a,75y,240.65h,80.67t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ss4DACivAG7diIUiRHSHfpg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656). When I first saw this, I thought, that's odd to have a county road (644) list a town that way across the state (and in a different county -- Monmouth). Of course, it's really signed for an unincorporated community near the highway.
Exit 16W of the NJ Turnpike used to be signed as (IIRC) "Kearny, The Oranges". Someone once said that "Kearny and The Oranges" sounded like the name of a rock band. But it appears to have been re-signed as merely "Newark, Kearny". (For those unfamiliar, "The Oranges" referred to the city of Orange, NJ, along with East, West, and South Orange -- all cardinal directions except north.)
Exit 58 of I-68 in MD is for Flintstone (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.7057933,-78.5697998,3a,75y,320.96h,102.3t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s-fv8RoBfICb2q_Om36QAMQ!2e0!7i3328!8i1664). Still can give me an earworm of The Flintstones' theme song.
Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: Henry on December 04, 2015, 01:00:51 PM
Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Well, a road is not an inherently strange destination. If it just said "Truck Stop" that might be unusual.
Quote from: CapeCodder on November 24, 2015, 10:25:39 AM
The Boeing "Exit" off of I-170 in St. Louis https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7499117,-90.337708,3a,75y,335.5h,89.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spVLmHEiIfrKX1dvpNb8HYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 (https://www.google.com/maps/@38.7499117,-90.337708,3a,75y,335.5h,89.75t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spVLmHEiIfrKX1dvpNb8HYg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
In similar fashion, the Boeing Receiving exit on the Boeing Freeway (SR 526) in Everett, WA:
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.9226907,-122.2797178,3a,75y,331.61h,94.88t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s5bVDUkgvJzSMTn4xHe29tA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Quote from: mapman1071 on December 03, 2015, 01:00:18 AM
California Interstate 15 Exit 239
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Surely that should have been XYZZY
Quote from: bzakharin on December 07, 2015, 05:48:18 PM
Quote from: mapman1071 on December 03, 2015, 01:00:18 AM
California Interstate 15 Exit 239
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Zzyzx_road.jpg/250px-Zzyzx_road.jpg)
Surely that should have been XYZZY
Huh? :confused:
Quote from: myosh_tino on December 08, 2015, 04:11:00 AM
Quote from: bzakharin on December 07, 2015, 05:48:18 PM
Surely that should have been XYZZY
Huh? :confused:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy_(computing)
Sorry, forgot the audience here is not all computer geeks
Quote from: Henry on December 04, 2015, 01:00:51 PM
Surprised no one mentioned this, I-95 at Truck Stop Road in Kenly, NC:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.5756216,-78.1514106,3a,75y,75.56h,74.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_BHSB3dijW0flf0YjjKcMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Truck Stop Road used to be called Flowers Road at one time.
Another note, in Volusia County, FL Old Dixie Highway off I-95 between Palm Coast and Ormond Beach used to be called Marco Polo Park Boulevard.
Quote from: bzakharin on December 08, 2015, 11:17:09 AM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyzzy_%28computing%29
Sorry, forgot the audience here is not all computer geeks
FTFY.
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Quote from: NJ on December 09, 2015, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Makes me wonder how many parks out there are used as "control cities."
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2015, 12:53:26 AM
Quote from: NJ on December 09, 2015, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Makes me wonder how many parks out there are used as "control cities."
Probably a bunch of the national ones. You could make a case for Delaware Water Gap, but I imagine that's referring to the gap itself, not the park. (For that matter, how many natural physiographic features like passes are used likewise?)
Capitol Hill is used as a control city on I-395 and I-695 in DC, though not on any exit ramps I can think of. There are, however, a couple of exit signs that use "The House" and "US Senate."
Verizon Center (the hockey/basketball/concert arena) appears as a "control city" on at least two exit signs for the 12th Street Tunnel.
Quote from: empirestate on December 12, 2015, 09:45:47 AM
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2015, 12:53:26 AM
Quote from: NJ on December 09, 2015, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Makes me wonder how many parks out there are used as "control cities."
Probably a bunch of the national ones. You could make a case for Delaware Water Gap, but I imagine that's referring to the gap itself, not the park. (For that matter, how many natural physiographic features like passes are used likewise?)
I don't think it's the gap itself. If it's not the park, it's the Borough of Delaware Water Gap in PA, which is the first municipality I-80 enters after crossing into PA
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2015, 12:53:26 AM
Quote from: NJ on December 09, 2015, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Makes me wonder how many parks out there are used as "control cities."
I've seen it done on Long Island...
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5506/14422702947_310198d473_z.jpg)
Quote from: Ian on December 15, 2015, 12:54:51 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 12, 2015, 12:53:26 AM
Quote from: NJ on December 09, 2015, 03:52:16 PM
Quote from: Rothman on December 09, 2015, 01:49:56 PM
Battery Park as "control city." :D
https://goo.gl/maps/91pcM4GcbHB2
You're already in Manhattan so it may make sense
Makes me wonder how many parks out there are used as "control cities."
I've seen it done on Long Island...
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5506/14422702947_310198d473_z.jpg)
Still doesn't beat the JPL sign I posted upthread. Who even uses that as a control city?
Quote from: bzakharin on December 15, 2015, 12:43:26 PM
Quote from: empirestate on December 12, 2015, 09:45:47 AM
You could make a case for Delaware Water Gap, but I imagine that's referring to the gap itself, not the park. (For that matter, how many natural physiographic features like passes are used likewise?)
I don't think it's the gap itself. If it's not the park, it's the Borough of Delaware Water Gap in PA, which is the first municipality I-80 enters after crossing into PA
Maybe, but for travel purposes the gap makes more sense. It is, after all, how you get through the mountains and out of New Jersey. But I think it's unlikely we'll ever find an official memo or anything stating which is actually the case.
Here's another vote for "Del Water Gap" referring to the actual gap. It's been an important geographic feature since the 18th century, if not beforehand (as empirestate points out).
At the end of the I-5 exit ramps to US-97 near Weed, California, I think there used to be a guide sign that said "College" (arrow pointing one direction) and "Weed" (arrow pointing the other direction), which was probably a hoot in the '70s.
Apparently now the signs are less suggestive and direct traffic toward "College of Siskiyous" and "Central Weed / Klamath Falls."
Separately, I'm sure these are wonderful communities. Taken together, one might be inclined to just keep driving past...
https://goo.gl/maps/M872Hr91B3w
Many a Spanish speaking motorist has gotten a laugh out of the Boracho Station exit on I-10 in Far West Texas:
https://goo.gl/maps/37FybhKH4fH2
They chuckle because boracho translates to "drunk"; I get frustrated because TxDOT's MUTCD doesn't acknowledge "Sta" as the appropriate abbreviation for "Station":
http://onlinemanuals.txdot.gov/txdotmanuals/fsh/guide_sign_elements.htm
There's no agreement on the exact origin of the name of this place. There's also inconsistency about whether it's "Boracho" or "Boracho Station." To remove any ambiguity – and since this all ultimately in reference to a ghost town which is now nothing more than a cemetery – it would probably be best to sign it as "Boracho Station Road."
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrbeu
Actually the Spanish word for 'drunk' is borracho, with two Rs. 'Boracho' doesn't make sense.
Braggadocio, MO, along I-57.