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Title: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: fillup420 on July 25, 2017, 06:02:47 PM
My examples:

US 19E in western NC is labeled on street blades, and locally called, "Nineteen E Highway". Also, the long US 15/501 duplex through central NC is labeled "Fifteen/Five-O-One" in some rural places.
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: kurumi on July 26, 2017, 02:37:01 AM
Nashville's I-440 is called the Four Forty Parkway (https://www.flickr.com/photos/therealkurumi/5231728107/in/album-72157625403354483/).
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: jp the roadgeek on July 26, 2017, 02:41:10 AM
I've heard truckers refer to I-95 as "95th Street"
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on July 27, 2017, 09:36:17 AM
Primary and US route numbers in some rural parts of Virginia are spelled out on street sign blades if the road doesn't have another name...for example, US 1 is "Highway One" (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6891528,-78.2009129,3a,75y,160h,71.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1srdP1bAIA--4Dy0nxIJa-lw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), US 58 is "Highway Fifty-Eight" (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.6717374,-78.2883427,3a,75y,22.09h,92.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1spIP8KtaFa0bl_dXeblyDdA!2e0!7i3328!8i1664), VA 47 is "Highway Forty-Seven" (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.7655087,-78.1789296,3a,75y,65.57h,86.52t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szX9Qyrw_8d-TzUVP_CQb7g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656), and so on.

SR 634 in Sussex County is an old alignment of VA 40, and is named Old Forty Road (https://www.google.com/maps/@36.9150398,-77.2793598,3a,41.3y,117.68h,85.43t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s240PgNwKBKt1wZNlxHPw6Q!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3D240PgNwKBKt1wZNlxHPw6Q%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D241.73657%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656). There is also an "Old Route 33" in Henrico County that was an old alignment of US 33.
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: plain on July 27, 2017, 12:44:58 PM
^I've always had mixed feelings about the infamous US 58 shield on this mast arm, though I'm almost certain this is Atlantic St since it's inside South Hill (thus disqualifying it from this thread), VDOT posted the shield instead as if it didn't have a street name at all

https://goo.gl/maps/MbxLiKJtq1w
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: WillWeaverRVA on July 27, 2017, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: plain on July 27, 2017, 12:44:58 PM
^I've always had mixed feelings about the infamous US 58 shield on this mast arm, though I'm almost certain this is Atlantic St since it's inside South Hill (thus disqualifying it from this thread), VDOT posted the shield instead as if it didn't have a street name at all

https://goo.gl/maps/MbxLiKJtq1w

That's a strange intersection. On the Shaw Street side, US 58 is posted as Atlantic St. On the Cycle Lane side, it's posted as Highway Fifty-Eight. At this point it should definitely still be Atlantic St.

Of course, Google Maps also misidentifies US 58 BYPASS as Atlantic St, when it's posted as "58 BYPASS" (Atlantic St is on US 58 BUSINESS instead).
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: bzakharin on July 27, 2017, 05:41:53 PM
The 42 Freeway in NJ. Though it's not signed like that anywhere. Roads without names in NJ don't usually spell out the numbers on blades, just "Route xx" or "Rt. xx", e.g. https://goo.gl/GBnAqP
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: plain on July 27, 2017, 11:07:51 PM
Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on July 27, 2017, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: plain on July 27, 2017, 12:44:58 PM
^I've always had mixed feelings about the infamous US 58 shield on this mast arm, though I'm almost certain this is Atlantic St since it's inside South Hill (thus disqualifying it from this thread), VDOT posted the shield instead as if it didn't have a street name at all

https://goo.gl/maps/MbxLiKJtq1w

That's a strange intersection. On the Shaw Street side, US 58 is posted as Atlantic St. On the Cycle Lane side, it's posted as Highway Fifty-Eight. At this point it should definitely still be Atlantic St.

Of course, Google Maps also misidentifies US 58 BYPASS as Atlantic St, when it's posted as "58 BYPASS" (Atlantic St is on US 58 BUSINESS instead).

Every blade on that side says Atlantic St but none on the eastbound side, strange indeed. There's even an Old Hwy 58 blade for SR 618 with no blade at all for current US 58, also on the eastbound side.
Title: Re: Roads named using a variation of the number
Post by: fillup420 on July 27, 2017, 11:13:20 PM
On the I-74/US 74 duplex in southern NC, many of the locals have started calling it "The 74s".