NY 747 goes to an airport. ND/SD 1804 and ND/SD 1806 are numbered for years important to the region's history.
I can't think of any other examples. Half beltway numbered 180? SR 100 to Hundred Acre Wood? Missouri secondary Y that is 3-legged?
Non-US examples welcome. However, examples must be intentional.
CA 49 represents the 1849 California Gold Rush. NM 2001 apparently was a reference to 2001 a Space Odyssey.
Both I-76s (PA's for 1776, CO's for statehood in 1876)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 03:40:20 PM
Both I-76s (PA's for 1776, CO's for statehood in 1876)
Those fit in the grid, and there weren't many numbers to choose from. If these events had happened 6 years earlier, they would have claimed that I-70 was numbered for these events, but the network numbering would be the same.
Alaska 98 (only route number in the state higher than 11), for the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.
Also, New Mexico 6563, to a solar observatory, and numbered for the wavelength of a hydrogen spectral line studied by observatory scientists.
I-820 in Fort Worth was numbered after a popular local radio station, AM 820.
NC 400 in Manteo/Roanoke Island was commissioned 400 years after the founding of the Lost Colony.
Quote from: 1 on April 16, 2020, 03:42:21 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 03:40:20 PM
Both I-76s (PA's for 1776, CO's for statehood in 1876)
Those fit in the grid, and there weren't many numbers to choose from. If these events had happened 6 years earlier, they would have claimed that I-70 was numbered for these events, but the network numbering would be the same.
Two problems with that logic-
1. I-70 has never gone through Philadelphia.
2. I-70 was never renumbered from suffixed routes.
The future I-87 corridor between Raleigh and Norfolk, has been tied to 4 historic years for both states.
New $1 billion, 213-mile interstate planned to connect Norfolk and Raleigh (https://www.pilotonline.com/news/transportation/article_b621ca2d-0824-5d08-9ca8-636230f8475b.html)
QuoteThe number also is tied to four historic years, he said. The colony of Sir Walter Raleigh was lost on Roanoke Island in 1587. James Madison's 1787 Virginia Plan helped established the nation's form of government. North Carolina State University was founded in 1887. Norfolk's tallest building, Dominion Tower, was built in 1987.
The debate of whether it should be east-west vs. north-south aside, the numbering does fit the grid, with its southern terminus located between I-85 and I-95.
Though road related, IL 38 used to be US 30A. Speaking both out loud, "thirty eight" sounds very similar to "thirty A".
There was an NM 2001 that went to the New Mexico Museum of Space History.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 03:40:20 PM
Both I-76s (PA's for 1776, CO's for statehood in 1876)
https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/i76.cfm
QuoteSo, returning to the original question, the Rambler draws this conclusion about whether 76 was chosen because of its evocation of Independence Day, 1776: its selection was a coincidence–a lucky coincidence, perhaps–that after years of unrelated numbering changes and a a chain reaction from the addition of I-79 in western Pennsylvania, 76 was the best choice.
Indiana has nothing, but reading this thread makes me want to see INDOT designate Crawfordsville Road between I-465 and Georgetown Rd as IN 500.
North Carolina state route 3 is numbered as such as a tribute to the late Dale Earnhardt, the NASCAR driver whose car bore the number 3.
NC 3 was originally a short 1.5 mile route in eastern North Carolina, but in 2002 its designation was swapped with the significantly longer NC 136, which runs from Kannapolis to Mooresville.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_Highway_3)
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 04:24:55 PM
I-820 in Fort Worth was numbered after a popular local radio station, AM 820.
For some reason, I keep hearing that was more coincidence(/happy accident) than actual fact. IDK for sure. It is amusing sometimes to hear traffic reports on competing stations (especially 1080 AM, 820's news rival) having to mention slow traffic or wrecks on "Loop 820" (but there would be no 1080-numbered roads in the area, so...).
Park Road 76 in Rusk, TX connects US 84 to the Rusk Depot on the Texas State Railroad, a popular passenger excursion train. The depot and park road opened in 1976.
Not 100% sure on this one, but Route AR (only Route AR in the state) near Bakersfield, MO means Arkansas, as it is a connector to AR 87.
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on April 16, 2020, 07:04:13 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 04:24:55 PM
I-820 in Fort Worth was numbered after a popular local radio station, AM 820.
For some reason, I keep hearing that was more coincidence(/happy accident) than actual fact. IDK for sure. It is amusing sometimes to hear traffic reports on competing stations (especially 1080 AM, 820's news rival) having to mention slow traffic or wrecks on "Loop 820" (but there would be no 1080-numbered roads in the area, so...).
The only argument I have against coincidence is that 220, 420, and 620 were all available and they went straight to 820, but you certainly could be right.
Apparently it was a TX route 820 before being upgraded to Interstate status.
Maybe not exactly a good example, but NJ Route 139 is a little different from just adding a digit or letter to the previous number once the route has been bypassed or otherwise rerouted. The "3" was chosen because it was similar enough looking to an ampersand that was in the route's previous designation as Business US 1&9. It's the only thing that came to mind for NJ, and to me 139 just means an extension of US 1&9, which is really what it is to the Holland Tunnel.
WI 32 is named for the 32nd Division Memorial Highway and the signs have red arrows on it.
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 07:35:25 PM
Quote from: -- US 175 -- on April 16, 2020, 07:04:13 PM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on April 16, 2020, 04:24:55 PM
I-820 in Fort Worth was numbered after a popular local radio station, AM 820.
For some reason, I keep hearing that was more coincidence(/happy accident) than actual fact. IDK for sure. It is amusing sometimes to hear traffic reports on competing stations (especially 1080 AM, 820's news rival) having to mention slow traffic or wrecks on "Loop 820" (but there would be no 1080-numbered roads in the area, so...).
The only argument I have against coincidence is that 220, 420, and 620 were all available and they went straight to 820, but you certainly could be right.
Apparently it was a TX route 820 before being upgraded to Interstate status.
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/ih/ih0820.htm
http://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/sl/sl0820.htm
I didn't know this until reading the designation files: apparently SH 820 was applied to what is now SH 183.
Some County highways in Minnesota have a few significant numbers.
HENNEPIN
CSAH-42 - runs along part of 42nd st in Minneapolis
CSAH-46 - runs along parts of 46th st in Minneapolis
CSAH-88 (formerly MN-88) - former routing of US-8
CSAH-96 - former routing of MN-96
CSAH-112 - former routing of US-12
CSAH-122 (formerly MN-122) - former routing for US-12.
CSAH-152 - part of it was a former routing of US-52
CSAH-62 - runs along 62nd st (also known as Townline Ave) on the Minnetonka/Eden Prairie line (see below)
RAMSEY
CSAH-49 - former routing of MN-49
ANOKA
CSAH-10 - former routing of US-10
VARIOUS
CSAH-61 (along I-35 between Wyoming and Duluth) - former routings of US-61
CSAH-101 (Scott/Hennepin) - former routings of MN-101 (Anoka/Carver county portions are still MN-101)
Also some notable state routes, too.
EXTANT
MN-62 - (mostly) 62nd Street on the Minneapolis/Richfield line.
MN-610 - Interstate-style numbering for a partial loop south of Anoka off US-10 (I-94 and MN-101 completes a southern freeway half-loop around the city)
MN-65 - state highway continuation of US-65 (though the two no longer connect)
MN-120 - former routing of MN-100
MN-169 - state highway continuation of US-169
MN-61 - state highway continuation of US-61 (though the two no longer connect)
MN-16 - former routing of US-16
MN-55 - S Minneapolis portion was a former proposed routing of US-55 (Minnehaha Ave), before Hiawatha Ave became a thing.
MN-156 - former routing of MN-56
MN-149 - former routing of MN-49
MN-200 - part of a multistate "Highway 200"
EXTINCT
MN-88 (now CSAH-88) - see above, former routing of US-8
MN-122 (now CSAH-122) - see above, former routing of US-12
MN-312 (now US-212) - future routing of US-212
MN-110 (now MN-62) - former routing of MN-100
Also, there's a chance I-535 (instead of another odd 3di) could have been chosen because its entire length is a multiplex with US-53
Certainly none of which I am aware in Kentucky.
Someone beat me to the NC 3 reference.
The OP can correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems that he was going for route numbers that derive their meaning from something other than another route. Otherwise the list is endless and uninteresting.
Quote from: noelbotevera on April 16, 2020, 05:06:40 PM
Though road related, IL 38 used to be US 30A. Speaking both out loud, "thirty eight" sounds very similar to "thirty A".
MA 38 used to be 3B, so in a way that your example is a soundalike, Mass pulled a lookalike change on this one.
US-50 from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, CA 50 states.
Although the US-50 designation goes back to the 1920's to 1930's prior to the United States having 50 states though.
U.S. Bike Route 66 takes its number from the Historic Route 66, for which is largely parallels.
U.S. Bike Route 76 was the route used in the Bikecentennial event of 1976, which commemorated the Bicentennial of the DoI signed in 1776. The route was commissioned a few years later.
Quote from: bing101 on April 17, 2020, 05:07:22 PM
US-50 from Ocean City, Maryland to West Sacramento, CA 50 states.
Although the US-50 designation goes back to the 1920's to 1930's prior to the United States having 50 states though.
How is US 50 supposed to represent the 50 states?
According to my cousin, who retired from Caltrans a while back but was working in old Division of Highways days, the original alignment -- and numbering -- of SSR 33, which until 1964 branched off US 99 (multiplexed with SSR 166 from US 99 west to Maricopa) was an alliterative alternate to 99, intended to serve as a "detour" route when tule fog or flooding affected 99. The DOH also felt that since 66 was itself iconic, that a number that was half of that and a third of the main CA N-S corridor would be easy for folks needing that option to remember. SSR 33 (and present CA 33 north of Maricopa) sits slightly above the Valley on the east Coast Range alluvial until it gets north of Coalinga; it's back on agricultural bottom land by Mendota and stays there most of the way to its historical northern terminus near Tracy (that portion definitely does get tule fog in winter!). So even being out of the way, it was, at least for 3/4 of its length, a viable alternative to weather-related issues that plagued US 99, particularly when it was still a 2-lane rural highway. And since a lot of migrants to the Valley used US 66 to get out to CA and US 99 for the final leg to their aspirational agricultural employment area and new home, the number 33 as a useful alternate route was certainly viable.
K-96: I believe I read once that 96 was an early phone number along the road for a garage (?), so the road they were on was numbered 96.
M-239 in Michigan stand for to state highway 39 (in Indiana). This highway was first signed when I-94 ended at exit 1 (M-239).
OH 3 was a shortening of the auto trail, Cincinnati-Columbus-Cleveland Highway, thus the 3-C Highway.
http://www.lincolnhighwayoh.com/articles/8-articles/20-in-search-of-the-three-c-highway
http://3chighway.org/index.php/2-uncategorised
US 1/9 is numbered that because it's a concurrency of US 1 and US 9.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/014/033/The_More_You_Know_0-0_screenshot.jpg)
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 17, 2020, 10:48:04 PM
US 1/9 is numbered that because it's a concurrency of US 1 and US 9.
(https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/mobile/000/014/033/The_More_You_Know_0-0_screenshot.jpg)
Nonsense, it was named in advance of the upcoming Fiat X1/9.
Quote from: formulanone on April 17, 2020, 11:25:14 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 17, 2020, 10:48:04 PM
US 1/9 is numbered that because it's a concurrency of US 1 and US 9.
Nonsense, it was named in advance of the upcoming Fiat X1/9.
Actually, it's just the fraction format of the designated number, US Route 0.11111
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on April 18, 2020, 12:52:03 AM
Quote from: formulanone on April 17, 2020, 11:25:14 PM
Quote from: Roadsguy on April 17, 2020, 10:48:04 PM
US 1/9 is numbered that because it's a concurrency of US 1 and US 9.
Nonsense, it was named in advance of the upcoming Fiat X1/9.
Actually, it's just the fraction format of the designated number, US Route 0.11111
No, it's really a couple different routes. This one near Union City marks US -8:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20080412%2Fnj3njtpnj495us1-9.jpg&hash=e933f5be00bd317afd952ade9c7849e16ba6ad66)
And this one in Jersey City was put up by a C programmer who likes bitwise and, as an alternate way of saying US 1, since 0001 & 1001 = 0001.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20080412%2Fus1and9nj7.jpg&hash=5161703812dcd778b0e789403e1f1a677fe2a19f)
Both taken April 12, 2008.
Two L.A. examples I can think of:
I-710 in was a former route for CA 7, and I-110 was the old route for CA 11.
In Tacoma, I-705 was once numbered as WA 7.
Quote from: Henry on April 20, 2020, 09:32:16 AM
Two L.A. examples I can think of:
I-710 in was a former route for CA 7, and I-110 was the old route for CA 11.
In Tacoma, I-705 was once numbered as WA 7.
Or even CA 110/I-110 being the former route of CA 11. Poor CA 7 has been tossed around so many times after having one really big significant corridor. CA 107 was partially part of the original CA 7 and largely thought to be a reference to it. Similarly CA 330 and CA 371 are references to earlier two digit designations. I'm half convinced CA 46 is simply a shortening of former US 466. CA 58 took it's number from it's old Legislative Route designation of 58.
WV 44 is signed as the "Jerry West Highway", 44 being West's number in the NBA. However, it is completely in Logan County, to which West has no connections.
All the original Arizona State Routes were meant to be sequential to the original run of US Routes in the state. AZ 88 was originally meant to be AZ 66 but US 60 being changed to US 66 forced that to change. What is now AZ 89A was meant to be AZ 89 and probably would have been mainline US 89 once it was completed. US 89 was moved to what was planned as US 280 and AZ 89 became the first AZ 79.
Quote from: SP Cook on April 20, 2020, 02:20:22 PM
WV 44 is signed as the "Jerry West Highway", 44 being West's number in the NBA. However, it is completely in Logan County, to which West has no connections.
It's also the old routing of US 119, pre-Corridor G. I'm drawing a blank on what route was signed WV 44 before the four-lane US 119 was built.
Old US 119 did come awfully close to Cabin Creek, though. It followed what is now WV 17 out of Logan to the Madison/Danville area, then WV 3 and what is now WV 94 to Chesapeake, and then WV 61 down the Kanawha to Charleston.
Quote from: hbelkins on April 20, 2020, 03:38:40 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 20, 2020, 02:20:22 PM
WV 44 is signed as the "Jerry West Highway", 44 being West's number in the NBA. However, it is completely in Logan County, to which West has no connections.
It's also the old routing of US 119, pre-Corridor G. I'm drawing a blank on what route was signed WV 44 before the four-lane US 119 was built.
Old US 119 did come awfully close to Cabin Creek, though. It followed what is now WV 17 out of Logan to the Madison/Danville area, then WV 3 and what is now WV 94 to Chesapeake, and then WV 61 down the Kanawha to Charleston.
There have been 4 different WV 44s:
1922-1930ish: Petersburg to Mt. Storm (now mostly WV 42)
1930ish-1941: Princeton to Nettie (now mostly WV 20)
late 50s to late 70s: short route between Cottageville and Ripley Landing (became US 33 but is now part of WV 62)
since late 70s or 1980: current version of WV 44
Lots of mapscans at http://www.vahighways.com/wvannex/route-log/wv044.htm
Quote from: Mapmikey on April 21, 2020, 06:30:52 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 20, 2020, 03:38:40 PM
Quote from: SP Cook on April 20, 2020, 02:20:22 PM
WV 44 is signed as the "Jerry West Highway", 44 being West's number in the NBA. However, it is completely in Logan County, to which West has no connections.
It's also the old routing of US 119, pre-Corridor G. I'm drawing a blank on what route was signed WV 44 before the four-lane US 119 was built.
Old US 119 did come awfully close to Cabin Creek, though. It followed what is now WV 17 out of Logan to the Madison/Danville area, then WV 3 and what is now WV 94 to Chesapeake, and then WV 61 down the Kanawha to Charleston.
There have been 4 different WV 44s:
1922-1930ish: Petersburg to Mt. Storm (now mostly WV 42)
1930ish-1941: Princeton to Nettie (now mostly WV 20)
late 50s to late 70s: short route between Cottageville and Ripley Landing (became US 33 but is now part of WV 62)
since late 70s or 1980: current version of WV 44
Lots of mapscans at http://www.vahighways.com/wvannex/route-log/wv044.htm
I can confirm that at one time, WV 44 was signed along former WV 65 (and at one time, a routing of US 119) westward from its current terminus to Holden.
Before the Logan bypass was built, US 119 ended in that area and was routed through Logan, rejoining the four-lane just south of Chapmanville. When that newest segment was built (and WV 73, as well), WV 44 was signed there. I have pictures somewhere. In later years, the designation was removed.
Surprised nobody brought up Bud Shuster's I-99, named for the #99 Streetcar from Shuster's hometown of Glassport to McKeesport.
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
A 200+ mile route warrants a 2di designation, not a 3di.
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 21, 2020, 04:11:16 PM
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
A 200+ mile route warrants a 2di designation, not a 3di.
One problem with that: I-99 isn't a coherent corridor... it's a clumsy amalgamation of three different corridors (US 220 between Bedford and State College, the western half of the route connecting Williamsport to I-80 in both directions, and US 15 from Williamsport to Painted Post, the latter of which makes more sense as an interstate to Harrisburg than Altoona).
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
Surprised nobody brought up Bud Shuster's I-99, named for the #99 Streetcar from Shuster's hometown of Glassport to McKeesport.
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
I've never heard of the streetcar number reason for the Interstate number. As a long-time denizen of this forum, I think I've heard just about every reason to hate the route number, but that one is new to me.
Quote from: vdeane on April 21, 2020, 09:03:55 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 21, 2020, 04:11:16 PM
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
A 200+ mile route warrants a 2di designation, not a 3di.
One problem with that: I-99 isn't a coherent corridor... it's a clumsy amalgamation of three different corridors (US 220 between Bedford and State College, the western half of the route connecting Williamsport to I-80 in both directions, and US 15 from Williamsport to Painted Post, the latter of which makes more sense as an interstate to Harrisburg than Altoona).
Yes. If anything, it should be something along the lines of I-580 or something. It's about as long as I-376, so...
Quote from: Hwy 61 Revisited on April 21, 2020, 10:12:05 PM
Quote from: vdeane on April 21, 2020, 09:03:55 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 21, 2020, 04:11:16 PM
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
A 200+ mile route warrants a 2di designation, not a 3di.
One problem with that: I-99 isn't a coherent corridor... it's a clumsy amalgamation of three different corridors (US 220 between Bedford and State College, the western half of the route connecting Williamsport to I-80 in both directions, and US 15 from Williamsport to Painted Post, the latter of which makes more sense as an interstate to Harrisburg than Altoona).
Yes. If anything, it should be something along the lines of I-580 or something. It's about as long as I-376, so...
One could argue that there was a perfectly good number already available: US 220
Not every limited access highway needs an Interstate designation.
Quote from: vdeane on April 21, 2020, 09:03:55 PM
Quote from: sprjus4 on April 21, 2020, 04:11:16 PM
Quote from: J3ebrules on April 21, 2020, 03:58:18 PM
And because 99 was "catchier" than a spur number.
A 200+ mile route warrants a 2di designation, not a 3di.
One problem with that: I-99 isn't a coherent corridor... it's a clumsy amalgamation of three different corridors (US 220 between Bedford and State College, the western half of the route connecting Williamsport to I-80 in both directions, and US 15 from Williamsport to Painted Post, the latter of which makes more sense as an interstate to Harrisburg than Altoona).
I'd arguably count the entire section south of Williamsport as a single corridor, but north of Williamsport is truly a separate corridor that would indeed make more sense as an I-83 extension. Too bad PennDOT only widened US 11/15 to four lanes south of Selinsgrove and didn't upgrade it to Interstate standards. It wouldn't be prohibitively difficult to upgrade today, but it's just expensive enough that it won't happen any time soon.
Quote from: oscar on April 21, 2020, 09:58:41 PM
I've never heard of the streetcar number reason for the Interstate number. As a long-time denizen of this forum, I think I've heard just about every reason to hate the route number, but that one is new to me.
It was mentioned in a
New York Times article (https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/us/28highway.html).
QuoteFirst, when he was told that the highway would officially be considered a "spur" connecting I-76 and I-80 and would have to be named something like Interstate 876 or Interstate 280, he resisted because, he said, it was not "catchy."
So, reaching into his childhood memories of the old rickety street car, No. 99, that took people from his hometown of Glassport, Pa., to McKeesport, he wrote into law that it would be called I-99, believed to be the first time that was ever done.
Quote from: hbelkins on April 21, 2020, 03:39:41 PM
I can confirm that at one time, WV 44 was signed along former WV 65 (and at one time, a routing of US 119) westward from its current terminus to Holden.
Before the Logan bypass was built, US 119 ended in that area and was routed through Logan, rejoining the four-lane just south of Chapmanville. When that newest segment was built (and WV 73, as well), WV 44 was signed there. I have pictures somewhere. In later years, the designation was removed.
would love to see any pics as I have no map proof to put on my WV 44 page....
Quote from: Mapmikey on April 22, 2020, 08:41:55 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 21, 2020, 03:39:41 PM
I can confirm that at one time, WV 44 was signed along former WV 65 (and at one time, a routing of US 119) westward from its current terminus to Holden.
Before the Logan bypass was built, US 119 ended in that area and was routed through Logan, rejoining the four-lane just south of Chapmanville. When that newest segment was built (and WV 73, as well), WV 44 was signed there. I have pictures somewhere. In later years, the designation was removed.
would love to see any pics as I have no map proof to put on my WV 44 page....
Heaven only knows where they are. I took them with a film camera, pre-digital, and have no idea where the prints or negatives are. And I can't find any evidence that I ever scanned them.
FM 518 between I-45 and SH 146 was redesignated as NASA Road 1 when the Johnson Space Center was opened.
Although not a number, Texas OSR is named after the Old San Antonio Road.
Quote from: hbelkins on April 22, 2020, 02:04:08 PM
Quote from: Mapmikey on April 22, 2020, 08:41:55 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on April 21, 2020, 03:39:41 PM
I can confirm that at one time, WV 44 was signed along former WV 65 (and at one time, a routing of US 119) westward from its current terminus to Holden.
Before the Logan bypass was built, US 119 ended in that area and was routed through Logan, rejoining the four-lane just south of Chapmanville. When that newest segment was built (and WV 73, as well), WV 44 was signed there. I have pictures somewhere. In later years, the designation was removed.
would love to see any pics as I have no map proof to put on my WV 44 page....
Heaven only knows where they are. I took them with a film camera, pre-digital, and have no idea where the prints or negatives are. And I can't find any evidence that I ever scanned them.
Don't know if this is helpful but you did scan two photos in a nearby location in Dec 1997 and Nov 1998, posted on this page (2nd row) - http://www.millenniumhwy.net/signgoofs/wv/index.html
On I-75 just north of Lexington, KY, the exit for the Kentucky Horse Park has state route 1973 on the sign. As this is the only place I remember encountering a 4-digit route number on a BGS, I came to the conclusion a while ago that it was the year the horse park attraction opened. But it looks like I was incorrect because (1) there are a lot of other 4-digit routes in the area, including others depicting recent years, and (2) googling indicates that the park didn't open until 1978. I wonder how tricky it would have been to rename the route?
Was there a plan to name the section of I-70 running through St. Louis for baseball player Mark McGwire? Back in 1998 he hit 70 home runs that season playing for the Cardinals, breaking Roger Maris' longstanding record of 62. (This was neck-and-neck with Sammy Sosa of the Cubs, who scored 66.)
Quote from: lepidopteran on April 23, 2020, 06:42:35 PM
Was there a plan to name the section of I-70 running through St. Louis for baseball player Mark McGwire? Back in 1998 he hit 70 home runs that season playing for the Cardinals, breaking Roger Maris' longstanding record of 62. (This was neck-and-neck with Sammy Sosa of the Cubs, who scored 66.)
Five miles of I-70 were named for him. But after his admission of steroids use, the highway was re-named for Mark Twain.
Quote from: oscar on April 23, 2020, 07:02:09 PM
Quote from: lepidopteran on April 23, 2020, 06:42:35 PM
Was there a plan to name the section of I-70 running through St. Louis for baseball player Mark McGwire? Back in 1998 he hit 70 home runs that season playing for the Cardinals, breaking Roger Maris' longstanding record of 62. (This was neck-and-neck with Sammy Sosa of the Cubs, who scored 66.)
Five miles of I-70 were named for him. But after his admission of steroids use, the highway was re-named for Mark Twain.
Yet, Big Mac Land remains a prominent feature of Busch Stadium; even with the McDonald's partnership, the section is synonymous with McGwire for more than one reason.
Quote from: lepidopteran on April 23, 2020, 06:42:35 PM
On I-75 just north of Lexington, KY, the exit for the Kentucky Horse Park has state route 1973 on the sign. As this is the only place I remember encountering a 4-digit route number on a BGS, I came to the conclusion a while ago that it was the year the horse park attraction opened. But it looks like I was incorrect because (1) there are a lot of other 4-digit routes in the area, including others depicting recent years, and (2) googling indicates that the park didn't open until 1978. I wonder how tricky it would have been to rename the route?
Was there a plan to name the section of I-70 running through St. Louis for baseball player Mark McGwire? Back in 1998 he hit 70 home runs that season playing for the Cardinals, breaking Roger Maris' longstanding record of 62. (This was neck-and-neck with Sammy Sosa of the Cubs, who scored 66.)
Lots of 196x and 197x routes in the Lexington area. The first such one that caught my attention was KY 1974.
The KY 1973 (Ironworks Pike) exit was built at the same time the Horse Park was, IIRC. The whole segment of KY 1973 between KY 922 and I-75 was improved.