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Though the sign is in Georgia, two places on the sign are not only places in Georgia, but two places in New York not even served by this road.

Albany along US 19 in Georgia is also a city in New York, where also Pelham along US 19 in South Georgia is a neighborhood for New York's largest city as well also not connected by US 19 either. 

Both places make it onto one sign and are both names in two completely different states.

and cairo is also a place in NY off exit 21 on the Thruway.

This is going to generate a lot of posts. It's not hard to come up with examples. For instance, the US 27/68 exit lists Paris (TN) and Lexington (VA), even though it really is for the places in Kentucky. Exit 90 on I-75 for Irvine (CA) and richmond (VA). And farther south, London (England) and Somerset (PA).

Quote from: Declan127 on April 16, 2020, 10:32:15 AM
and cairo is also a place in NY off exit 21 on the Thruway.

You're right - triple header on that sign with Pelham, Cairo, and Albany.
Many mileage signs don't even have 3 lines to start out with, much less be interchangeable with different states while doing so!
Too bad there's no Camilla in NY, then we'd be a perfect 4 for 4. We do have a Camillus (Syracuse suburb); is that close enough?  :)

Swap out the shields and exit number (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0294262,-77.9952701,3a,18y,114.83h,92.95t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sLdijcGcyRoEc_AHueqMKgg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), and you've got yourself a sign that could be shifted 1000 miles west and replace this one (https://www.google.com/maps/@43.8757717,-92.5087356,3a,42.8y,71.02h,90.02t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s2xI6pJJbUyu_6YCx2efSFw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e1), also on I-90, just in Minnesota instead of New York. Beat that!

This sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.
(https://i.imgur.com/2tQUy0x.jpg)

An international one: A-2, Alcolea del Pinar (and onwards) Spain (https://www.google.es/maps/@41.0435672,-2.4480955,3a,35.9y,190.67h,98.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1swHYP6kVIspDV2IZ_5TkKpQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192), featuring Guadalajara (also in Mexico) and Madrid (also in Iowa and New York, although this sign is for the better known one).

Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3667/32099060044_b88afcf90d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QUu5eJ)

Louisiana can also do the double:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/953/42134196552_1be7d69f92_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/27cfLGG)

Quote from: csw on April 16, 2020, 02:16:42 PM
This sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.
(https://i.imgur.com/2tQUy0x.jpg)

Swap the US 278 shield for a MO 47, change the exit number, and that sign could work on I-70 in Missouri.

I believe on I-83 northbound in Baltimore County, just past Hunt Valley, Maryland, there is a mileage sign which includes both York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Interstate 77 in SC exit 65, for SC 9 to Lancaster and Chester--both cities in PA:

https://www.google.com/maps/@34.7400724,-81.0348754,3a,75y,20.6h,77.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9NIo2N0BD9BAVZ_Spu1WJA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en

I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

That is one interpretation of the thread title, but not what the OP meant.
What's being looked for are cases where places with the same names exist in other states as well.

Like this, one of the better ones so far:

Quote from: formulanone on April 16, 2020, 03:01:04 PM
Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3667/32099060044_b88afcf90d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QUu5eJ)

I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpnearl.com%2Fsigns%2FIMG_0307.jpg&hash=36fbe64c79bcc8a260f030399429aae775ecb1ba)

Quote from: machias on April 17, 2020, 10:27:31 PM
I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.

Wow, that's a great one. Those are the exact controls used on I-90 in Buffalo, and there's not even any shields to give the location away. You had me stumped for quite a while there, but I finally found it (https://www.google.com/maps/@41.6901627,-90.0815083,3a,45.1y,261.58h,86.17t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sEtY4vJcRmsRCBNAN3hpAYA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!5m1!1e1). :)

Signs for I-95 South in Delaware point to Newark, DE (pronounced Noo-ARK). I've always thought this had the potential to cause confusion because the much larger Newark, NJ (pronounced NEW-urk, or just Nork if you have a real thick Jersey accent) is just over a 100 miles away... in the other direction, up the New Jersey Turnpike.

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6763213,-75.6553492,3a,75y,332.23h,108.84t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skADY1UWKdSPmOHia98MWrQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.6877525,-75.6447708,3a,75y,238.31h,96.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sxu9-yAK4UZGlKi2gBDxBDw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Quote from: machias on April 17, 2020, 10:27:31 PM
I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.

[snip]

Even better, this is on I-88, which also exists in New York and ends near Albany.

I think the OP wanted examples where two signed places exist in another state and the same for both. In that sense, I searched around Spain for a sign with both Valencia and Barcelona (two cities also found in Venezuela), and there should be a few. But this sign in Southern Spain (https://www.google.es/maps/@36.5226779,-4.8464708,3a,32y,177.32h,88.56t,4.12r/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1auubUTC4C27Tsn7Eibjow!2e0!7i13312!8i6656) takes the cake, as there aren't many signs displaying a distance over 1000 km.

Quote from: webny99 on April 17, 2020, 09:14:54 PM

Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

That is one interpretation of the thread title, but not what the OP meant.
What's being looked for are cases where places with the same names exist in other states as well.

Like this, one of the better ones so far:

Quote from: formulanone on April 16, 2020, 03:01:04 PM
Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/3667/32099060044_b88afcf90d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QUu5eJ)

I just past that Cleveland-Dayton sign a few weeks ago and I sarcastically remarked we're in Ohio already.

Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

Don't count.   In fact its places that are on the sign for the road on posted.  My example in the OP was for two Georgia Places along US 19 that are on the same sign but in a different state.

Both places are in New York that are in Georgia listed in the mileage sign for the two cities in the state of origin.

This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3069166,-76.7713826,3a,75y,246.25h,90.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPrHD-Q2YyBLPzjGZcqwvmw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) famous sign on I-70 westbound west of I-695 in Baltimore County, Maryland shows the following:

• Columbus [Ohio]
• St. Louis [Missouri]
• Denver [Colorado]
• Cove Fort [Utah] (near western terminus of I-70)

The first three cities are duplicated in at least one other state.

• There's Columbus, Georgia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia).
• There's the small community of Saint Louis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis,_Virginia) (I have also seen it spelled St. Louis) in southern Loudoun County, Virginia. It's a historically African American community, but still big enough to have a Virginia Department of Transportation maintenance headquarters complex (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0087009,-77.7839185,3a,15y,351h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN7Sfw6HRJiObtmvH0joLTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).
• There's a borough in Pennsylvania called Denver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Pennsylvania).
• I am not aware of another Cove Fort in the United States.

Quote from: cpzilliacus on April 20, 2020, 10:49:09 AM
This (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.3069166,-76.7713826,3a,75y,246.25h,90.44t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPrHD-Q2YyBLPzjGZcqwvmw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192) famous sign on I-70 westbound west of I-695 in Baltimore County, Maryland shows the following:

• Columbus [Ohio]
• St. Louis [Missouri]
• Denver [Colorado]
• Cove Fort [Utah] (near western terminus of I-70)

The first three cities are duplicated in at least one other state.

• There's Columbus, Georgia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Georgia).
• There's the small community of Saint Louis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Louis,_Virginia) (I have also seen it spelled St. Louis) in southern Loudoun County, Virginia. It's a historically African American community, but still big enough to have a Virginia Department of Transportation maintenance headquarters complex (https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0087009,-77.7839185,3a,15y,351h,86.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN7Sfw6HRJiObtmvH0joLTw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en).
• There's a borough in Pennsylvania called Denver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Pennsylvania).
• I am not aware of another Cove Fort in the United States.

That's not what this thread is about.  From the OP:

QuoteThough the sign is in Georgia, two places on the sign are not only places in Georgia, but two places in New York not even served by this road.

We are looking for signs that are going to real places, and those places also exist in some other state.  Not signs that are simply for places in other states.

The OP's example was a sign for Dayton and Cleveland, in GA.  Referencing those places in GA.  But that just also happened to be places in OH.

Branson and Des Moines, signed in New Mexico:

(https://i.imgur.com/1aYWlYM.png)

Quote from: csw on April 16, 2020, 02:16:42 PMThis sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.
(https://i.imgur.com/2tQUy0x.jpg)

In that case, this one just east of Sperryville, Virginia, would qualify, and it has a third place that qualifies because there are at least ten places in the United States named Winchester (including the one referenced on this sign). I think the sign would be more interesting if it listed the mileage to Washington, DC, but I get why they wanted points on both of the signed routes (and DC is neither, though Route 211 used to go there).

https://maps.app.goo.gl/5tvXa3Q8kWn2E3H4A

Then you got this sign (https://maps.app.goo.gl/KYDgxevyQza5HCVn9) on I-70 in eastern Ohio.  Bethesda is in MD, and Flushing is in NY (technically it's a part of the NYC borough of Queens, but the neighborhoods there get their own address designation.)

Alton and Memphis on a sign for IL 255 and I-255 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ULyQ1BrRRfELPqgL8); Missouri and I'm sure other states have both.

Quote from: Revive 755 on July 08, 2025, 10:09:54 PMAlton and Memphis on a sign for IL 255 and I-255 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/ULyQ1BrRRfELPqgL8); Missouri and I'm sure other states have both.

Well, I suppose, but Alton IL is the one everyone knows, so I'm not sure this matches the spirit of the thread.  Do any of the other Altons even top 1000 population?

A slightly better one for Illinois would be Marion (not OH) and Harrisburg (not PA) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ln1vxa5HXASjMXGP6).  If only the spelling were the same, the third destination would also qualify.

If only the road between Eldorado and IL-34 weren't signed for Eldorado from IL-34, there would also be Raleigh/Harrisburg.  But alas, Raleigh is only signed from the other endpoint.

Some runners-up:
Virginia (not the state), Jacksonville (not FL) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/EZsPYexR3YZokV476)
Danville (not VA), Paris (not TX) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ahrk2Aa5WaZkfkYQ6)
Stockton (not CA), Freeport (not NY) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/UZSRJ9EQm21C5iGb6)

I think it's more interesting when the two faraway locations are ones that could reasonably appear on the same sign.

Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2025, 10:44:10 PMA slightly better one for Illinois would be Marion (not OH) and Harrisburg (not PA) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ln1vxa5HXASjMXGP6).  If only the spelling were the same, the third destination would also qualify.

If only the road between Eldorado and IL-34 weren't signed for Eldorado from IL-34, there would also be Raleigh/Harrisburg.  But alas, Raleigh is only signed from the other endpoint.

Some runners-up:
Virginia (not the state), Jacksonville (not FL) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/EZsPYexR3YZokV476)
Danville (not VA), Paris (not TX) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ahrk2Aa5WaZkfkYQ6)
Stockton (not CA), Freeport (not NY) (https://maps.app.goo.gl/UZSRJ9EQm21C5iGb6)

I'm pretty sure that can find a sign on I-80 near Salt Lake that shows Reno and Cheyenne (opposite directions), but I'm late to the party. That probably wasn't what OP had in mind. There's definitely a "Mecca" and "Baghdad" distance sign (on US-395, if memory serves) in California.

Quote from: michravera on July 09, 2025, 12:19:14 AMThere's definitely a "Mecca" and "Baghdad" distance sign (on US-395, if memory serves) in California.

Yeah, I've been avoiding foreign location names, because the OP specifically says "in another state".  Alternate definitions aside, I don't think he had foreign states in mind.  Otherwise, of course, we'd have Ottawa and Peru (https://maps.app.goo.gl/i87SGEAbQ1ZiGMsZ8).

(I once had a co-worker with a learning disability who mentioned every so often that she was born in Peru.  Because this was in the Chicago suburbs, a bunch of us at work simply assumed she was actually born in Peru IL but was confused and thought she was born in the South American country of the same name.  Years went by before we learned her parents were missionaries.)

Quote from: kphoger on July 09, 2025, 09:08:24 AM....

(I once had a co-worker with a learning disability who mentioned every so often that she was born in Peru.  Because this was in the Chicago suburbs, a bunch of us at work simply assumed she was actually born in Peru IL but was confused and thought she was born in the South American country of the same name.  Years went by before we learned her parents were missionaries.)

One Mother's Day maybe 15 or 20 years ago, we took my mom to dinner at the Ashby Inn, a restaurant in a small town in Virginia (https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Ashby+Inn+%26+Restaurant/@39.0045859,-77.951178,19.79z/data=!4m9!3m8!1s0x89b5dfc11835e62f:0x84e233ee4d555e35!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d39.0045585!4d-77.9518477!16s%2Fg%2F11c1vms3dg?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D). We told her that if any of her colleagues asked, she should say we took her to Paris for dinner. (The small town is Paris, Virginia.)

Quote from: hotdogPi on July 08, 2025, 11:17:28 PMI think it's more interesting when the two faraway locations are ones that could reasonably appear on the same sign.

Yeah, if it weren't for that one single letter...
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NWNzDQ44fSRrLwKU8
https://maps.app.goo.gl/NBZkZzheYeFsTw1n7

(Marion PA is somewhat close to Harrisburg, but I haven't been able to find a sign with both place names on it.)

This one doesn't work, but it amuses me that, from the I-135/US-54 interchange in Wichita, you can either go to Newton or take Kellogg to Goddard (https://maps.app.goo.gl/GRvyZes7UscGrt5v7).

On I-77 northbound near Parkersburg, WV

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53804072062_c2a296a461_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pYtW7S)
WV-I-77NTJ7 (https://flic.kr/p/2pYtW7S) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

Not the spirit of the thread.

Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 09, 2025, 09:35:28 AMOn I-77 northbound near Parkersburg, WV

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53804072062_c2a296a461_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2pYtW7S)
WV-I-77NTJ7 (https://flic.kr/p/2pYtW7S) by Paul Across America (https://www.flickr.com/photos/138603251@N02/), on Flickr

Williamstown and Cambridge are on opposite ends of MA 2, although Cambridge is overshadowed by Boston from that direction.

Aurora and Springfield (https://maps.app.goo.gl/DU2Qgxgu29nHDR8W7), but this is not Illinois.
Columbus and Fremont (https://maps.app.goo.gl/UdQdZN1oAkF4imEh7), but this is not Ohio.

Quote from: kphoger on July 08, 2025, 10:22:59 PMWell, I suppose, but Alton IL is the one everyone knows, so I'm not sure this matches the spirit of the thread.  Do any of the other Altons even top 1000 population?

I don't recall seeing a population requirement earlier in this thread  :sombrero:

But per Wikipedia, Alton, Texas has 18,198.  Memphis, Texas has 2,048.

How's this for irony? These two towns are located in a state that uses a diamond state highway shield, but they're not in the one you'd expect:

(https://crosscountryroads.com/images/michigan/i96eb/IMG_7647.JPG)

Quote from: Henry on July 09, 2025, 10:55:57 PMThese two towns are located in a state that uses a diamond state highway shield, but they're not in the one you'd expect

And my first thought was, "Yeah, what about it?"

I guess I should have thought of that major city, spelled the same but pronounced differently.

But when I thought Lowell, the one that immediately came to mind was in MA. I didn't know there was one in NC.

Centralia and Frankfort (https://maps.app.goo.gl/6Qndayhz84JjY8NN8), but this is not Illinois.
Chester and Belleville (https://maps.app.goo.gl/SQBaPgwyrsB543NS7), but this is not Illinois.
Madison and Appleton (https://maps.app.goo.gl/dZteL9W1B1ZjLGQp9), but this is not Wisconsin.

Not in Kentucky:

(https://i.imgur.com/R2HV9Fa.jpeg)

Quote from: NWI_Irish96 on July 10, 2025, 10:23:05 AMNot in Kentucky:

(https://i.imgur.com/R2HV9Fa.jpeg)

Nor Illinois, which is home to the Lebanon and Frankfort I've been to.

On Wis 73 outside Princeton WI:
Randolph & Columbus. Pair is also in KS and MN.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1E3DBmeySdZWuv2B6

On Neb 71 outside Scottsbluff NE:
Bridgeport & Alliance. Pair is also in OH and NJ.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/6Udjn2xerBRSVj4D8

On I-5 in Eugene OR 2 different signs for different pairs:
Goshen & Roseburg. Pair is in IN.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/1XWncx92rhtSY3UJ9

Eugene & Springfield. Pair is in MO and MI.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/h8fkWxGFUc58HoqB7

Springfield and Ludlow are next to each other in Massachusetts, but this sign (https://maps.app.goo.gl/zy6jxZsPn5kGeLn56) is about 85 miles north in Vermont.

And the reverse... here's a sign (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Ez4sZ88bTk7hdns8) for two Vermont-named towns in Massachusetts.  :biggrin:

Up until 1989, this sign (https://maps.app.goo.gl/DSQtA8zHSBG9hRTf6) had three Massachusetts town names on it despite being in Vermont. Now technically it's only two, since Manchester, MA officially changed its name to "Manchester-by-the-Sea." (If only Ludlow was on this one too.)

Norwalk and Ontario (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2STCHy9D2UHkpgaR6), but not in southern California. The third place name on there isn't the best-known of its name either, but the famous one isn't a city.

Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on July 13, 2025, 12:13:26 AMNorwalk and Ontario (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2STCHy9D2UHkpgaR6), but not in southern California.

I'll be dead and buried before I recognize Ontario, California.

Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 13, 2025, 12:17:08 AM

Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on July 13, 2025, 12:13:26 AMNorwalk and Ontario (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2STCHy9D2UHkpgaR6), but not in southern California.

I'll be dead and buried before I recognize Ontario, California.

Is that because of your hockey affiliation or the California one is just inferior to the province? Either way, power to you.

Quote from: hobsini2 on July 13, 2025, 11:55:28 AM

Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 13, 2025, 12:17:08 AM

Quote from: TheCatalyst31 on July 13, 2025, 12:13:26 AMNorwalk and Ontario (https://maps.app.goo.gl/2STCHy9D2UHkpgaR6), but not in southern California.

I'll be dead and buried before I recognize Ontario, California.

Is that because of your hockey affiliation or the California one is just inferior to the province? Either way, power to you.

It's because on Wikipedia, "Ontario, CA" redirected to the city for some reason for the longest time in a textbook example of Americentrism.