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Title: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:05:54 PM
a new game for those of us that like one- and two-digit route markers.  This one was come up with by HB Elkins; I've added a couple tiny modifications to make the game go on longer than it would otherwise.

QuoteYou start out by posting a state route 1 sign from a certain state. Someone follows up with state route 2 from another state. The idea is to get to 50 with one route represented from all 50 states. Then the game repeats with a different state being required for each route number. For instance, if the game starts off with Indiana 1, then when it recycles another state has to be used for SR 1. And if the first game is followed up with WV 2, then WV 2 can't be used in the second round. This could last only as long as the state with the fewest amount of numbered highways, and strategy would be important. For instance, I don't know how many numbered highways Alaska has, but let's say 12. If we are in the 11th reset of the game and someone posts a KY 12 sign, then the game would die the next time we made the rounds and Alaska could not be represented.

all pictures must be from the wild.  You need not have taken it yourself, though.  

you may use route markers of all classifications - interstate, US, state, county, etc... but once a route number and state combination is used, it is eliminated forever (for example, Georgia US 27 will eliminate Georgia state route 27 as well.)

here's the fun part!  Photos have to make it obvious what state the sign is from!  So, if you want to post a sign that was used in multiple states (neutered US shield, Goddamn Circle, Boring Square, etc), it has to be accompanied by, say, a Welcome to Kentucky sign or a Maine state-named interstate shield.

oh, and no prefixed (H-1), suffixed (1-A) or otherwise modified other route numbers.  The number in by itself must be the entire designation for the route.  

edit: additional rule - in the case of unresolvable hardship (say, running out of Alaska routes), a non-US-state (read, DC, Mexico, etc) shield can be used as a wild card, with the state being replaced having to be named explicitly.  You cannot call unresolvable hardship until it actually arrives -  if we get past route 11 and there hasn't been an Alaska posted, we gotta make it all the way to route 50 using other states. 

I will start us off with a route 1.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AR/AR19500621i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:09:43 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fco%2F2%2F285to25%2F2.JPG&hash=76cada5a6476b04d2baff07d7a706cffe177e996)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:09:50 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MI/MI19550032i1.jpg)

city of Detroit job.  there used to be about 4 of them but they're all gone now.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:13:08 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fne%2F4%2F183to6%2F3.jpg&hash=6fbe157f33d6dbbea6599558541e1d51a110ecc7)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:16:45 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OR/OR19580051i1.jpg)

this is the only state-named interstate shield left in Oregon.

states used up in this round: AR CO MI NE OR
states available: eh, the other 45.

oh, additional rule - in the case of unresolvable hardship (say, running out of Alaska routes), a non-US-state (read, DC, Mexico, etc) shield can be used as a wild card, with the state being replaced having to be named explicitly.

this is so the game doesn't actually die.  :sombrero:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:24:03 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fid%2F6%2F95towastateline%2F2.JPG&hash=51e0c35602f4e9d6e52cadb2aafff86dd1f12a4c)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:26:27 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MS/MS19560492i1.jpg)

colored cutouts and triangle state route shields uniquely identify this state.  It is left as an exercise to the reader to figure out which one  :sombrero:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:27:37 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fks%2F36%2F204to8%2F5.jpg&hash=d489079fe6d9a784a1332d16e82724e3e264338c)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:31:13 PM
before Alaska becomes a real problem... I'll save that DC-US 50 for a real emergency  :sombrero:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AK/AK19900091i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:32:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2F10%2F97to970%2F1.JPG&hash=1e3e0128d9a2b5f5a36fb181c02bee04da0c9e58)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:33:59 PM
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definitely not my picture!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:34:29 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fwy%2F12%2F80toalbany57%2F1.JPG&hash=3c59aa9e074b26b88cba9d5514abcbd101894120)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:38:29 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MD/MD19610131i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:41:02 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fsd14.jpg&hash=933394d70d2857cf94cc4e348f5aa508841d1191)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:43:20 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MT/MT19610151i1.jpg)

(and no, this does not eliminate 12 in Montana - just 15)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 12:44:24 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fut%2F16%2F30to39%2F1.JPG&hash=22d822bc6f8d33bf9305bd478b76bc0e3c35ec30)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 12:46:00 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IA/IA19260171i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rawmustard on June 08, 2010, 12:55:26 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3584%2F3463002627_9f27aa1a8c.jpg&hash=e1774ea11588d043a4595ed14277137d835c169e) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawmustard/3463002627/)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 01:00:08 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19700191i1.jpg)

there is, as far as I know, only one Skyway on US-19.  Certainly only one combination of Skyway and St. Petersburg.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 08, 2010, 01:08:24 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_NOLA_Day_4%2FImages%2F409.jpg&hash=4f43ca1f7bc87884f4d369c6921c73dc8a219d64)

Down goes the Volunteer State! This was taken in 2008 and that "99 TENN" shield may still be up today.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 01:10:40 PM
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This one is also still around as of January 2010.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: cu2010 on June 08, 2010, 01:54:25 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi45.tinypic.com%2F2cqfek9.jpg&hash=689945f206a0a9d35e2bdb3c4163fcaa0b612dc7)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 08, 2010, 01:58:09 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_TN_Day_1-2%2FImages%2F1.jpg&hash=14bb86d5a5f59ed0169b4f97cce2103af4862541)

City names and "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" designation place this one in Virginia. Check the Old Dominion off the list.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 02:06:14 PM
dang, couldn't find a cutout 23?  there aren't very many left on top of the green signs - in fact I am hard-pressed to think of a single one.

okay, here's a cutout 24

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19500241i2.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 02:14:34 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fi25newmexico.jpg&hash=5ebedb78b5b0003780edddeae93bc83f831f604d)

Also- any benefit to having every other round be numbers 51-100?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 02:18:11 PM
bzort, that sign is technically in Colorado (it's about 4 feet north of the state line).  On ground of state location ambiguity, you lose and I'll have to come to your house and eat your cat.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
QuoteOn ground of state location ambiguity, you lose and I'll have to come to your house and eat your cat.

I'm currently the only road enthusiast on the planet who does not have a cat

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fi27.jpg&hash=19c4ef5de78f6792fb5613632b34f31de480005f)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 02:28:21 PM
Quote from: corco on June 08, 2010, 02:25:51 PM

I don't have a cat

one will be provided for you.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MA/MA19480011i1.jpg)

if the control city was not enough identification, then the unique guide sign shape will be.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: US71 on June 08, 2010, 03:15:19 PM
Quote from: corco on June 08, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
I'm currently the only road enthusiast on the planet who does not have a cat


I don't either (lease forbids pets)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: US71 on June 08, 2010, 03:19:00 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2668%2F3979839291_9fef831401.jpg&hash=a64bd6cbc0eaf7b32a76dd302de0615190be621d)

29 (but the State Shield says which state since this state uses neutered shields)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Mr. Matté on June 08, 2010, 03:27:44 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F8%2F80%2FCR_537_heading_towards_Tenth_Street_and_US_30.jpg%2F500px-CR_537_heading_towards_Tenth_Street_and_US_30.jpg&hash=44519d82071d1f2677bf67f339c30b4c4bc989e8)

What's around the shield should give away what state it's in.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 03:30:49 PM
Quote(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2668%2F3979839291_9fef831401.jpg&hash=a64bd6cbc0eaf7b32a76dd302de0615190be621d)
hold up- South Dakota's been used (14)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: jdb1234 on June 08, 2010, 03:35:08 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 08, 2010, 03:15:19 PM
Quote from: corco on June 08, 2010, 02:25:51 PM
I'm currently the only road enthusiast on the planet who does not have a cat


I don't either (lease forbids pets)

That makes 3 of us.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 03:52:53 PM
Quote from: Mr. Matté on June 08, 2010, 03:27:44 PM

What's around the shield should give away what state it's in.

that's not unique to New Jersey, but between that and North Camden it can be fairly quickly figured out.

anyway, here's a 29

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/SC/SC19610261i1.jpg)

now, we can continue with 31
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 03:54:09 PM
Quote from: US71 on June 08, 2010, 03:15:19 PM


I don't either (lease forbids pets)

for posting an incorrect 29, I'll have to ... wait, what? oh, um, I'll just eat your lease paperwork, then your cat.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 08, 2010, 05:26:22 PM
Here's 31 and Louisiana.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20031122%2Fla31.jpg&hash=a9cd995343318ae1035ea9edbb7f5122649ea648)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 05:55:00 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/HI/HI19560301i1.jpg)

I've also got a photo of the sign on someone's wall!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 08, 2010, 05:58:43 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Ffroggie%2Fwb-33.jpg&hash=f01552d6199899fec091be47fa89b6ebeaff5254)

Not many DOTs sign county routes this way...that should narrow down where this is...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 06:10:58 PM
I certainly can think of only one state that puts the word COUNTY above the number, gives no specific county identifer - and has such a visible love for both concrete and grain elevators  :sombrero:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/PA/PA19600151i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 06:51:38 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2F169.jpg&hash=402bd7350bde914813364cff7d5049b167b87ce8)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 06:57:36 PM
classic small 1950s shield

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VT/VT19550361i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rawmustard on June 08, 2010, 07:52:00 PM
Hold up! P-A was used for 18 this round. We need another 34, or we'll have to eat one of Jake's cats! :-/
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 08:00:07 PM
Quote from: rawmustard on June 08, 2010, 07:52:00 PM
Hold up! P-A was used for 18 this round. We need another 34, or we'll have to eat one of Jake's cats! :-/

oh shit, is that what that was?  My firewall blocked it at work, my mobile phone showed it as a tiny smudge about four pixels high, so I assumed it was Wisconsin based on the fact that you're from Michigan, and a kinda square-looking route shield was likely to be either a US-18 or a state route 18 (WI is not exactly known for keeping the distinction well) from one state over from you!  :-D

luckily I have no cats.  Here's another 34.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CT/CT19700911i1.jpg)

now we can continue with 37, and I can assume Wisconsin is fair game again.

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: US71 on June 08, 2010, 08:09:20 PM
No cats? We'll eat your photos, then.

In the meantime:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2446%2F3597018986_32b0c186f8.jpg&hash=09c5734e205fdb8675d82c60b5b168827bde4925)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 08:11:15 PM
gah, not another one blocked by the firewall!  Well, I'll assume it's not California since you tend to not have photos from there.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19580381i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 08, 2010, 08:14:44 PM
Quoteclassic small 1950s shield

Several of which still exist if you know where to look (121 and 140 come to mind).

(BTW, on the strategy bit, 40 *HAS* to come from Arizona, unless someone happens to have a photo of a BIA route sign hiding somewhere. Also, the only number we have left for Nevada is 50, and in Maine we're limited to 41, 43, or 46.)

(Merged double post. -S.)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Scott5114 on June 08, 2010, 09:38:38 PM
Minnesota already occurred, apparently.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 08, 2010, 10:22:15 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 08, 2010, 09:38:38 PM
Minnesota already occurred, apparently.

Sorry, I guessed North Dakota for that one.  Post deleted.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Duke87 on June 08, 2010, 10:35:56 PM
Perhaps it would be best if we kept a running tally of what has and hasn't been used. To that end...

used: AR CO MI NE OR ID MS KS AK WA WV WY MD SD MT UT IA PA FL TN AL NY VA IL NM NC TX MA SC NJ LA HI MN CT MO VT OK CA

Still good for this go-around:
AZ DE GA IN KY ME MT NV NH ND OH RI

compressed it so we didn't have a vertically large post
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 10:36:35 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 08, 2010, 08:14:44 PM
40 *HAS* to come from Arizona, unless someone happens to have a photo of a BIA route sign hiding somewhere

I've got a couple; I had been hoping that would be enough to tide us over.  Alternately, we can always wildcard it... even if we screwed up earlier, the escape clause is there.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 08, 2010, 10:58:03 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Foh39__oh60.jpg&hash=9ae876eb3f06b627f3523271d70663d7de2e9b21)

still available:  AZ DE GA IN KY ME MT NV NH ND RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 08, 2010, 11:04:55 PM
Montana, by the way, is not actually available. It was used at 15.

Remaining is: AZ DE GA IN KY ME NV NH ND RI WI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 11:08:07 PM
wish I could post my US-40 shield from Arizona but alas there is no context for it

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19610402i1.jpg)

I do like this indicator, and therefore mandate that it be used from now on.  No point in getting hosed due to firewalls  :ded:

still available: DE GA IN KY ME NV NH ND RI WI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 08, 2010, 11:40:58 PM
Thank you, Kentucky parkway signs!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2010_TN_Day_4%2FImages%2F3.jpg&hash=e69bf06da60c9397f8c92d57d0d359fd744f0a2f)

till available: DE GA IN ME NV NH ND RI WI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 08, 2010, 11:51:05 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WI/WI19360101i1.jpg)

till available: DE GA IN ME NV NH ND RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 09, 2010, 12:35:40 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fme43.jpg&hash=85091a44f050f6a78c9cd2c2f7d9d340da50831b)

still available: DE GA IN NV NH ND RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
hmm, I can't tell where that is.  Could be NH, could be Maine.  Could be VT, even, on a 1960s sign.  Likely not Montana, since I do believe they put the state name on all their shields, but maybe they tossed a few neutered ones up here and there.

(when I put in the rules that it's gotta be obvious where that is, I didn't mean "obvious to anyone with a thorough knowledge of Maine's state highway system"!  :-D )

43 remains open.

still available: DE GA IN ME NV NH ND RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 09, 2010, 01:34:11 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 01:05:02 AM
hmm, I can't tell where that is.  Could be NH, could be Maine.  Could be VT, even, on a 1960s sign.  Likely not Montana, since I do believe they put the state name on all their shields, but maybe they tossed a few neutered ones up here and there.

(when I put in the rules that it's gotta be obvious where that is, I didn't mean "obvious to anyone with a thorough knowledge of Maine's state highway system"!  :-D )

43 remains open.

fair enough!  How about a different picture of the same US 2/ME 4/ME 43 multiplex near Farmington, ME?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fus2_me4_me43_farmingtonme.jpg&hash=1a8a88327756ea645a104f9a1fabaf8f6de3b673)


still available: DE GA IN NV NH ND RI (ME still needs approval)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 09, 2010, 06:51:06 AM
Quotewhen I put in the rules that it's gotta be obvious where that is, I didn't mean "obvious to anyone with a thorough knowledge of Maine's state highway system"!

Even you bent that rule yourself earlier...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 09, 2010, 07:33:31 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/RI/RI19480441i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 10:31:45 AM
Quote from: froggie on June 09, 2010, 06:51:06 AM

Even you bent that rule yourself earlier...

on which one?  19? everyone knows where St. Petersburg and the Skyway are; not everyone knows where US-2 intersects a square 4 and a square 43.  

anyone got a picture of a classic cross-hatched Maine 43 shield in the wild?  The only photo I've got is in someone's collection, unfortunately.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 09, 2010, 10:38:37 AM
Hoosier daddy?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2009_Indy_Day_2%2FImages%2F79.jpg&hash=21a917f1632a73e65c5011adefec69280a04d8c7)

still available: DE GA NV NH ND RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 09, 2010, 11:42:24 AM
Here's ND 46...

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.okroads.com%2F081104%2Fi29ndexit48.JPG&hash=86989a2d284bcc0f3d458f27f46dbb894a0935fc)

still available: DE GA NV NH RI
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 09, 2010, 12:58:24 PM
Quote from: okroads on June 09, 2010, 11:42:24 AM
still available: DE GA NV NH RI

4 numbers left, but 5 states?  Did a duplicate sneak through?

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 01:01:17 PM
RI was technically done at 44, but the mandatory indicator wasn't used and the photo was possibly not from the wild

So remaining is : DE GA NV NH
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 03:02:12 PM
the 44 is from the wild.  I am surprised I don't have the previous frame from that film up on the shield gallery (very surprised, seeing as I digitized the film myself!) - that one shows some of the road being lit up by headlights.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 09, 2010, 04:11:20 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fga47.jpg&hash=1dfdbf428bd4ec71a6bc6b3d99132313ef2298de)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 04:33:36 PM
where the Hell did I put that photo of a DEL 48 cutout!?

all I can find on AARoads are context-free boring circles.  :pan:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 09, 2010, 05:50:27 PM
Likewise, hopefully someone has a NH 49 photo...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 05:53:28 PM
I know for a fact that I've seen a cutout DEL 48 shield somewhere.

Nevada 49 did exist, but a photo of a shield may be a tough find, but US-50 is trivial.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 09, 2010, 06:00:18 PM
Doesn't matter.  Nevada will have to be 50, since a 50 doesn't exist in New Hampshire...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 06:00:44 PM
Apperently I do have an NH 49 photo, but 48 has to go first.

Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 05:53:28 PM
I know for a fact that I've seen a cutout DEL 48 shield somewhere.

Are you thinking of the DEL 4 shield in Wilmington? I don't think a DEL 48 shield survives  :confused:.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 06:00:44 PM
Are you thinking of the DEL 4 shield in Wilmington? I don't think a DEL 48 shield survives  :confused:.

the photo I'm thinking of is from the 70s or so.  Black and white.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 06:02:10 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 06:00:44 PM
Are you thinking of the DEL 4 shield in Wilmington? I don't think a DEL 48 shield survives  :confused:.

the photo I'm thinking of is from the 70s or so.  Black and white.

Oh, I didn't realize. My mistake.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:06:23 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 06:02:10 PM

Oh, I didn't realize. My mistake.

I should be able to find it at home.  For now here's a nice 50.  We can start round 2 once I find that Del 48 shield - unless someone can find us a 48 that has enough context to identify it as a Delaware.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NV/NV19480501i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
oh, and we may as well do 51-100, just for variety's sake!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 06:11:18 PM
If only Delaware didn't use a boring circle :banghead:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:12:00 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 06:11:18 PM
If only Delaware didn't use a boring circle :banghead:

for a while they used a boring square!  :-D
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 06:14:11 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:12:00 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 06:11:18 PM
If only Delaware didn't use a boring circle :banghead:

for a while they used a boring square!  :-D

Next, they'll probably go for a boring diamond since DE is the diamond state  :hmmm:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 09, 2010, 07:05:12 PM
This picture of DE 48 is credited to dougtone.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fde48_dougtone.jpg&hash=18d6cef5dd3b37fcefb52daf0a7b904206ea4fd9)

...and to close round 1 is NH 49

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Quoteoh, and we may as well do 51-100, just for variety's sake!

excellent idea for round 2!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: ctsignguy on June 09, 2010, 07:11:09 PM
FINALLY!

I never thought we would EVER finish this first round....those last states were pretty hard to fill....maybe we should try to knock the harder ones off first this time...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:22:17 PM
QuoteI never thought we would EVER finish this first round....those last states were pretty hard to fill....maybe we should try to knock the harder ones off first this time...
I don't know that there's anything inherently hard about NH or DE- I think no matter what the end parts are going to be hard- many of our early states were Rocky Mountain/Great Plains states- states with far fewer road photos floating around

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 09, 2010, 07:23:32 PM
oh, did we decide to go on to 100 instead of recycling?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:24:40 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 06:06:47 PM
oh, and we may as well do 51-100, just for variety's sake!

I think we're doing this one 51-100, then going back to 1-50, but I could be wrong- feel free to delete my post and tar and feather me if that's the case
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 09, 2010, 07:36:40 PM
Awesome: I'm in the game!

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:38:29 PM
This sign is obviously in Washington, so counts as Washington
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 07:40:05 PM
Quote from: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:24:40 PM

I think we're doing this one 51-100, then going back to 1-50, but I could be wrong- feel free to delete my post and tar and feather me if that's the case

that is correct.  we'll do 1-50 again the next iteration.  Someone suggested alternating 1-50 and 51-100 rounds and I thought that was a brilliant idea.  That way, different states are difficult.  For example, Arizona has very few routes lower than 50, while Alaska has only 97 and 98 higher (and good luck finding an in-the-wild photo of 97).  

btw, there is no tarring and feathering in this game.  Just hide your cat if you feel you're about to err...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 07:40:55 PM
Quote from: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:38:29 PM
This sign is obviously in Washington, so counts as Washington

that is not how it works.  You cannot split like that, using what is clearly an Idaho route on a Washington sign to count Washington!  :-D  (had Idaho not already been used, you could have counted Idaho since it's clearly an Idaho marker.  Don't ask me about a Delaware circle in New Jersey because circles are just not worth worrying about that badly!)

here's a correct 53.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WI/WI19650531i1.jpg)

if any state other than Wisconsin put the California-style cutout into a black square like this (note the extra outline in black), I would like to know about it.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 09, 2010, 07:48:15 PM
A shout out to KYTC!!!

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 07:50:27 PM
excellent 20" Thruway shield on top of these '61 spec route markers

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NY/NY19530902i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 07:53:22 PM
Quotethat is not how it works.  You cannot split like that, using what is clearly an Idaho route on a Washington sign to count Washington!    (had Idaho not already been used, you could have counted Idaho since it's clearly an Idaho marker.  Don't ask me about a Delaware circle in New Jersey because circles are just not worth worrying about that badly!)
My bad- I thought that might spice things up and add some numbers (Washington alone would pick up 15, 30, 53, 84, and 95 by allowing adjacent state highway signage)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: wytout on June 09, 2010, 08:05:58 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: oscar on June 09, 2010, 08:06:39 PM
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Takes care of HI.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 08:09:13 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 08:11:33 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 08:12:12 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 08:50:28 PM
Washington has a trailblazer to I-15??  Impressive; where is that?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 08:52:59 PM
yet another 62 from Arkansas

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AR/AR19725401i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 08:55:18 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 08:58:28 PM
why does Lansdale appear twice?  Were there, previously, two street names under the shield?

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:01:38 PM
QuoteWashington has a trailblazer to I-15??  Impressive; where is that?

British Columbia 15, actually- off I-5, you've seen the photos. I-15 would be insane
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 09, 2010, 09:03:25 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 09:03:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 08:58:28 PM
why does Lansdale appear twice?  Were there, previously, two street names under the shield?

The top of the sign has the name of the interchange on all of the Pennsylvania Turnpike's exit BGS's. In this case, Lansdale is the name of the interchange. This is a carbon copy of a highway gothic font sign that was replaced not long ago. I am not sure what control city was meant to go there before.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:04:31 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:07:04 PM
Quote from: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:01:38 PM

British Columbia 15, actually- off I-5, you've seen the photos. I-15 would be insane

oh, that, yes.  in that case, there is also 99 in the same basic area.  

I'm getting maximum usage out of this photo:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19380671i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:08:31 PM
Quoteoh, that, yes.  in that case, there is also 99 in the same basic area. 

On the same sign even! But Washington has a 99 anyway, so it wouldn't gain that number.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:10:55 PM
Quote from: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:08:31 PM

On the same sign even!

funny how little I remember of that exactly, seeing as I was there only about three months ago.  Then again, I was probably busy strapping on my diaper for the border patrol interrogation.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: The Premier on June 09, 2010, 09:12:33 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:18:41 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:36:02 PM
more excessive gantries
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19340601i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:38:02 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:40:09 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AL/AL19600431i1.jpg)

only one place for this multiplex ... or for this sign style.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 09:41:58 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 09:46:12 PM
Do we all know what state this is in?
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:49:52 PM
yes, but you could've gone with the far more awesome US-74 cutout from that state, as opposed to that abomination of generic poor design.  :-D

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/TN/TN19670751i1.jpg)

yes, that is a cast-aluminum interstate shield!  And, the closest thing you'll find in Tennessee to a state-named interstate shield.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 09:52:48 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:49:52 PM
yes, but you could've gone with the far more awesome US-74 cutout from that state, as opposed to that abomination of generic poor design.  :-D

I wish I had a photo of it :banghead:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:53:42 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 09:52:48 PM

I wish I had a photo of it :banghead:

www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NC/NC19690742i1.jpg

not a tough find!  :-D
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 09:54:52 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:53:42 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 09:52:48 PM

I wish I had a photo of it :banghead:

www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NC/NC19690742i1.jpg

not a tough find!  :-D

How do you post photos from the shield gallery? Everytime I try, the photo never shows up.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:57:00 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 09:54:52 PM

How do you post photos from the shield gallery? Everytime I try, the photo never shows up.

oh, you gotta right-click on the image itself (not the containing page) and grab the direct link.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 09, 2010, 09:58:48 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 09:57:00 PM
Quote from: PennDOTFan on June 09, 2010, 09:54:52 PM

How do you post photos from the shield gallery? Everytime I try, the photo never shows up.

oh, you gotta right-click on the image itself (not the containing page) and grab the direct link.

Test with an NJ I-76...
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NJ/NJ19790761i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 10:00:10 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 09, 2010, 10:13:08 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 09, 2010, 10:19:17 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 10:21:44 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19790801i1.jpg)

oddly, I've never seen an old-style Ohio I-80.  I've seen an 80S, but it's on someone's wall (and is suffixed).

please note that the only Rhode Island routes I know past here are 81 and 94... and Delaware may be just as badly hosed, but they do have a 100.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 09, 2010, 10:30:47 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 10:21:44 PM
please note that the only Rhode Island routes I know past here are 81 and 94... and Delaware may be just as badly hosed, but they do have a 100.

Both states also have I-95, if there's sufficient state-related context to go with it.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 09, 2010, 10:34:06 PM
Quote from: xonhulu on June 09, 2010, 10:30:47 PM


Both states also have I-95, if there's sufficient state-related context to go with it.

that they do!  Plenty of state-named examples of each abound.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 09, 2010, 10:37:50 PM
Another warning: better save number 98 for Alaska!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 10, 2010, 02:05:00 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MD/MD19790811i1.jpg)
Remaining: AK CA CT DE GA IN LA ME MI MS MT NV NH NM ND RI SC VT WA
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 02:12:07 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CA/CA19581011i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 10, 2010, 02:15:39 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/ND/ND19260833i1.jpg)
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 10, 2010, 02:24:03 AM
ok- if that one's in the wild then I'm a goldfish
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 03:00:07 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fi84_us6_ct25.jpg&hash=48149f4e30399d2f77b5be5cd0270f6d4ae7503f)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 10, 2010, 06:54:21 AM
With that last one (and the AK need), you've pretty much shot it to where 90 will have to be Mississippi.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 10, 2010, 07:50:47 AM
Hopefully this is a safe move: Montana for 85.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F19990728%2Famsterdam.jpg&hash=907ff4b97511b0def204bff03a90018f07c770ac)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 10, 2010, 08:36:29 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2009_Gd_Rapids_Day_2%2FImages%2F38.jpg&hash=e974551aba5d2c7173cc64d618156020df781f8e)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 10:32:24 AM
what the Hell?  I go to sleep for 7 hours, and the game falls into a moron vortex?

the 83 is not in the wild.

the same person posts twice, and thinks that "95" spells out "87" and, even worse ... "30" is "96"??  Wait, what???  I deleted that post.

anyway, here's a correct 83 shield from North Dakota.  

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/misc/DSC_7815B.jpg)

now, can someone here please count to 87 without sticking his you-know-what in a cheese grater?  (I highly suggest you use New Mexico for that!)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Truvelo on June 10, 2010, 10:42:46 AM
This game is exceedingly tough. I have only been to around 20 states and trying to find a picture with correct state and number together is tricky. If the weather last Sunday near Raton, NM was decent I would have got a US-87 shield but a downpour with thunderstorms meant the pictures would have come out awful so I didn't bother filling memory cards with crappy pictures.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 10:47:54 AM
Besides using NM for 87, MS for 90 and AK for 98 are there any other state/number combinations that are limited for this round?

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 10, 2010, 12:12:29 PM
Some partial limitations:  Vermont will be limited to 89, 91, or 93.  Delaware will be limited to 92, 95, or 100.  New Hampshire is limited to 88, 95, or 97.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 10, 2010, 12:25:46 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fnm%2F87%2F453to370%2F2.jpg&hash=477c39d7f168cdb89f38c2a3529dc99726d70b0b)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 12:58:52 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 10, 2010, 12:12:29 PM
Some partial limitations:  Vermont will be limited to 89, 91, or 93.  Delaware will be limited to 92, 95, or 100.  New Hampshire is limited to 88, 95, or 97.

Let's give 88 to NH and 89 to VT

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fnh27_nh88_nh111.jpg&hash=e06fa544b5fc83447026f63e09341daef77f4740)
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fus2_vt12.jpg&hash=dc04c3d936150cbddb0ef25171ec1cb58fa3cf37)

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I think that leaves 90 for MS
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 01:02:12 PM
it sure does, and here's a picture that neatly skirts MS's circle problem.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MS/MS19600901i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 08:55:11 PM
do I need to post a 91??
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Alex on June 10, 2010, 08:59:07 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/ga-091_nb_begin.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/ga-091_nb_begin.jpg)

Georgia 91 northbound after it Florida 2 ends.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: tdindy88 on June 10, 2010, 08:59:31 PM
Indiana will be tough too, there's no state highways from 71 to 101, in fact, I think I-94 might be the only avaliable number left unless you can include exit tabs.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 10, 2010, 09:02:13 PM
I guess that means it's Washington time!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2F92%2F9togranitefalls%2F2.JPG&hash=74f6379e1cde8371244f7cff11ebd6eaac139d19)

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I'd recommend using Nevada for the next one

Remaining options (if only one option logistically possible, I've shown the only possible option)
93: NV, LA, ME, SC
94: IN
95: ME, RI, SC, LA, NV (I wouldn't use LA or NV here)
96: LA, ME, RI
97: LA, ME, SC
98: AK
99: LA, ME, RI, SC
100: DE

There are well known photos floating for I-94, AK 98, and DE 100, so that's good. Louisiana seems like the wild card to me- we can always default to I-95 for one of the eastern states, unless we don't use Nevada for 93- but I'd strongly recommend using a US 93 Nevada, since that seems to open up our options the most.  In theory, the most logical would be to do US-93 NV / I-94 IN / I-95 RI / either ME or LA 96 / either ME/LA/SC 97 / AK 98 / either ME/LA/SC 99 / DE 100, since that maximizes our late game options, but I'm not horribly familiar with the photo coverage in ME/LA/SC/RI

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 09:20:58 PM
plenty of Nevada 93.  

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NV/NV19620061i1.jpg)

plenty of state-named shield photos for 94 in Indiana float around, so this will not be a problem.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 09:48:04 PM
94 goes to Indiana

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Findiana_94.jpg&hash=978bb854741f491928d7cb59dfd6807091cd283d)

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Quote from: corco on June 10, 2010, 09:02:13 PM

Remaining options (if only one option logistically possible, I've shown the only possible option)
93: NV, LA, ME, SC
94: IN
95: ME, RI, SC, LA, NV (I wouldn't use LA or NV here)
96: LA, ME, RI
97: LA, ME, SC
98: AK
99: LA, ME, RI, SC
100: DE


one at a time!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 09:53:48 PM
Are we advancing to 101 through 150 for the next round?  I have some photos ready to post if we are.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 09:56:59 PM
Quote from: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 09:53:48 PM
Are we advancing to 101 through 150 for the next round?

any idea how challenging that is?  If it's comparably challenging to 51-100, I'd be up for it.

also: one at a time please  :sombrero:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 10:00:29 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/RI/RI19610952i1.jpg)

need 95 for R. I., otherwise it gets really tough since no one's found a RI 96 shield worth photographing!

96: LA, ME
97: LA, ME, SC
98: AK
99: LA, ME, SC
100: DE
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 10, 2010, 10:06:43 PM
Quoteany idea how challenging that is?  If it's comparably challenging to 51-100, I'd be up for it.

Hmmm...off the top of my head Alaska would be impossible and Idaho has exactly 1 option (128, for which I have several pictures if nobody else does), but beyond that it shouldn't be too bad if we're careful (eg Nebraska has to be used early).
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 10:12:55 PM
Quote from: corco on June 10, 2010, 10:06:43 PM
Quoteany idea how challenging that is?  If it's comparably challenging to 51-100, I'd be up for it.


we'll have to wildcard Alaska then.  Not too big a deal.  Since we know in advance that Alaska is impossible, we can use the wildcard any time we need during that round - so that'll help us get through the tough stretches.

remember, to post a wildcard, you need to post a route that is clearly not in the 50 states, and has the appropriate route number. 
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 10, 2010, 11:00:12 PM
Will this work for 96?  ME 96 only serves Boothbay Harbor.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fmaine_96a.jpg&hash=ae3b5857cc92faa33f6d5ccfc1137342501a759b)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fmaine_96b.jpg&hash=44faaba91b7d0da891d96d5d406c95b04ab2b33c)

If approved...

97: LA, SC
98: AK
99: LA, SC
100: DE
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 11:16:56 PM
man, Maine is really kicking our asses the last two times around.  But, sure, I don't know of any other Boothbays anywhere...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:53:59 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fsc_97.jpg&hash=6f1f38cd306e91835de5230286e193cceba4ec55)

98: AK
99: LA
100: DE
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 01:20:52 AM
courtesy of Steve Alpert, here's our 98

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fak%2Fak_98%2Fn.jpg&hash=93b90b06da10d3741b2b143191b331af92455ac2)

99 LA, anyone?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 01:30:21 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2FLA_99.jpg&hash=e3639b39fbda64ab5a608b1f7448e5da0c224395)

one more to go!

DE 100
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 01:46:04 AM
I am quite sure Delaware is the only state that uses the font on the 52.  The 100 looks like standard MUTCD.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alpsroads.net%2Froads%2Fde%2Fde_100%2Fn52.jpg&hash=55d7a2f6ef34b26f84711426c69e0b07b19451bd)

okay, back to the beginning we go, with 101.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 01:46:59 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 10, 2010, 11:16:56 PM
man, Maine is really kicking our asses the last two times around.

Let's get Maine out of the way to start off ROUND 3!

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fmaine_95.jpg&hash=bd2ead09815f8fbfa7f7dd40d66b32c99d877ad7)

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HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MD
MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ
NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 01:52:08 AM
my last contribution for the evening will be PA 102 serving my hometown of Meadville PA   :)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Ffcpf.jpg&hash=f872bd136a3ce6305fbf0484c54d03ea89292968)

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HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MD
MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ
NM NY NC ND OH OK OR RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 01:53:53 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NH/NH19662021i1.jpg)

a city of Concord job.  Note that the shields are on recycled stop signs.

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MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NJ
NM NY NC ND OH OK OR RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 11, 2010, 02:03:41 AM
104 goes to FL.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv645%2Frickmastfan67%2FInterstates%2FFL%2FUS-17%2FP1000306s.jpg&hash=4596a20bf93d96331432fcf67601ef0eb635d342)


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MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NJ
NM NY NC ND OH OK OR RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 11, 2010, 02:45:23 AM
Best to get Nebraska out of the way early
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fne%2F4%2F75to105%2F2.jpg&hash=8c1d144dca93322ca959686ec242dc1621ec4f6f)

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HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MD
MA MI MN MS MO MT NV NJ
NM NY NC ND OH OK OR RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 11, 2010, 04:23:04 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NM/NM19521061i1.jpg)

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HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MD
MA MI MN MS MO MT NV NJ
NY NC ND OH OK OR RI SC
SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: oscar on June 11, 2010, 06:26:13 AM
Quote from: corco on June 10, 2010, 10:06:43 PM
Quoteany idea how challenging that is?  If it's comparably challenging to 51-100, I'd be up for it.

Hmmm...off the top of my head Alaska would be impossible and Idaho has exactly 1 option (128, for which I have several pictures if nobody else does), but beyond that it shouldn't be too bad if we're careful (eg Nebraska has to be used early).

Hawaii also will have limited choices (state 130 and 139, county 132, 137, and 148).  One of my photos already on the Web takes care of both 132 and 137, but I may need to go into my offline photos to try to get the others.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 11, 2010, 06:37:03 AM
It should also be noted that the *ONLY* option for Mississippi this go-around is 145.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 07:55:31 AM
A summary of limitations for round 3:

AK - no route available
HI - 130 and 139, county 132, 137, and 148
ID - 128 only
MS — 145 only
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 11, 2010, 08:25:59 AM
Pretty sure that 106 from NM doesn't qualify - looks like it's sitting on a table.  Admins, feel free to delete this post if you want to allow that one.

So here's a 106 that takes care of CT.  I believe that this style of outline shields on BGSs is CT-specific.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20070914%2Fexit9.jpg&hash=c1a64fafa57c122731c894be13d01db2ca2f7511)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Truvelo on June 11, 2010, 09:10:58 AM
Quote from: Jim on June 11, 2010, 08:25:59 AM
So here's a 106 that takes care of CT.  I believe that this style of outline shields on BGSs is CT-specific.

Yes, I automatically assumed CT when I saw the picture and the presence of US-1 also confirmed my suspicion. This is from someone who doesn't live in the US so if I got it then I'm sure the rest of you can :)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 11, 2010, 10:27:47 AM
AR 107:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3093%2F3139647342_d2b69ff3ae_o.jpg&hash=8c68cc4ec5dab37b8299bacd993aa758b9aeb1fd)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 10:37:54 AM
Quote from: Truvelo on June 11, 2010, 09:10:58 AM

Yes, I automatically assumed CT when I saw the picture and the presence of US-1 also confirmed my suspicion. This is from someone who doesn't live in the US so if I got it then I'm sure the rest of you can :)

the squares are not unique (Mass has a single gantry, likely installed by a Conn contractor, and between 1958-1961, all the square-shield states had them), but the outline shield US shape is.  Conn is the only state that used outline shields with the 1970 spec "fat shield" shape.

memo to Ausinterkid: your idea of in the wild is ... misguided, at best.  Stop that.

anyway, here is 108.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OH/OH19800061i1.jpg)

AL AK AZ CA CO DE GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NV NJ NM NY NC ND OK OR RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 11, 2010, 11:05:03 AM
TN 109:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3436%2F3740866185_2297ef9c16_o.jpg&hash=729cd65fc907ac2735eeb1a31c68027abd0050d8)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 11:23:47 AM
getting Miss out of the way.  (145 would've been the only state or US choice, but 110 is, as far as I know, on the books as an interstate even to this day!)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MS/MS19611101i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 11:47:21 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fmissouri_111.jpg&hash=4529aa9357aef2d5d96326c6f003765e5c17b939)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 11, 2010, 11:50:18 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fks%2F36%2F128to112%2F3.jpg&hash=81fef34eef19ac3d82612c4c43c79d0fb1c0783b)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 11:54:20 AM
getting Delaware out of the way with this 1930s classic.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/DE/DE19321131i1.jpg)

that is a single pane of faceted glass behind a cut-out number, serving as a reflector!

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:07:35 PM
I took this picture in Providence, RI in 2006.  I searched for a shield assembly with "R.I." but couldn't find one at time, so this may not qualify. Actually it looks like it could have been taken in Maine as well.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fri114.jpg&hash=2e9894e56d4f23bdbb6d34078a75241555064af9)

pending approval for RI 114

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:09:57 PM
or Mass, or even Conn since sometimes they like to use the Mass-style thin-border square.  Hell, New Hampshire is not out of the question for an older gantry.

here's a more distinctly RI 114 so we're all good.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/RI/RI19601141i1.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: 74/171FAN on June 11, 2010, 12:13:59 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi622.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Ftt304%2F24DIDNOTWIN%2FI-81ANDUS220SOUTHATVA115EXIT146.jpg&hash=405c0fd72070d013d4dcddf23a1064d0a4951777)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:22:09 PM
Back to New England with MA 116.  I think this is easier to identify with the control cities posted and I-90 only serving Massachusetts.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fma_116.jpg&hash=672b52745e71b64247f430505854beeed80510b1)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:25:49 PM
90 does also serve Montana, but MT does not use the paddle style of sign - or the neutered square all that often.

US-117 is a one-state-only route (NC), having been eliminated in Virginia and SC well before this style of sign was used starting in 1961.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NC/NC19701171i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 11, 2010, 12:29:22 PM
AL 118:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3287%2F3141797083_5590bc054e_o.jpg&hash=cebb7611eab8b2d9dd4e3e1e95ba882d93f9351d)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on June 11, 2010, 12:31:40 PM
Picture's bad, but here's NY 119 with a fugly shield:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3619%2F3646602821_43b314fdd4.jpg&hash=d7ce2974d556dda6306413b6074b7c69761d5cb8)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:33:00 PM
A few states (AR, OH and TN) have already been posted, so the remaining states should be

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:37:14 PM
an occasionally-used font on this Illinois sign.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19781201i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rawmustard on June 11, 2010, 12:40:32 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3406%2F3431824212_7cf21c6146.jpg&hash=39c96aad7826865b726202f6c5f20b7e9f1957f2) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawmustard/3431824212/)

One of these is a goof.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:44:27 PM
what's the problem with it?

also, does NC use flattened diamonds on their green signs?  I can't say I've ever paid much attention to NC signage.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Duke87 on June 11, 2010, 12:48:44 PM
MD 122
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg811.imageshack.us%2Fimg811%2F9625%2Fdscn6779.jpg&hash=366e53e592f988f225bf5adbaca5e2a105f0e6f5)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:50:34 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fus123_ga.jpg&hash=9d7753cf4b5f95c67bb64abefd6f18953667e633)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 11, 2010, 12:52:29 PM
Quotealso, does NC use flattened diamonds on their green signs?  I can't say I've ever paid much attention to NC signage

No, NC uses standard diamonds, not flattened ones.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 12:53:22 PM
just a reminder...  It was mentioned earlier that 128 is the only number available for Idaho.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 11, 2010, 12:56:29 PM
Wisconsin for 124.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20010608%2Fexit59-close.jpg&hash=8fe98a8a363725fa5bdb069bacb941dda3d44e9c)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:57:26 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 11, 2010, 12:52:29 PM
No, NC uses standard diamonds, not flattened ones.

that they do.  Just checked on Street View.  Dang, the shield gallery doesn't have a single example of a NC state route marker on a green sign.

anyone know of any older or otherwise interesting NC state route markers on green signs?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rawmustard on June 11, 2010, 01:02:08 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 12:44:27 PM
what's the problem with it?

also, does NC use flattened diamonds on their green signs?  I can't say I've ever paid much attention to NC signage.
Seems to me they use the rounded corners on BGSes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_04511.JPG) and the exit tabs have significant separation. Plus, I'm not finding any evidence of an NC 121, either living or dead, so until NCDOT decides to commission one of its own, a diamond 121 should be able to be identified.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 11, 2010, 01:04:25 PM
TX Spur 125:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3240%2F3121096343_b440c8df1f_o.jpg&hash=9c93275d2d226ec673c00c9f9bfcf83dde52d267)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 01:05:11 PM
Quote from: rawmustard on June 11, 2010, 01:02:08 PM

Seems to me they use the rounded corners on BGSes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IMG_04511.JPG) and the exit tabs have significant separation. Plus, I'm not finding any evidence of an NC 121, either living or dead, so until NCDOT decides to commission one of its own, a diamond 121 should be able to be identified.

I think we've had an implicit rule of "no one (not even Froggie!) is expected to know the routing systems of every state, while the interstate and US routings are to be assumed common knowledge".  There, let's make that an explicit rule!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 01:07:40 PM
still around, as of Dec 2009.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OR/OR19551261i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 11, 2010, 01:19:15 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fco%2F127%2Fwyto125%2F1.JPG&hash=aba500d5862b1dae7aad04f69d1927a3826df804)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 11, 2010, 01:20:48 PM
Ohp- I guess I have to do Idaho 128 too

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fid%2F128%2F12towa%2F4.JPG&hash=ea9832e4d3ca035280dd99431b13e7d795091f36)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 01:51:47 PM
This photo of I-129 in Iowa (I think the state name is on the I-129 shield) was taken by Neil Brantley.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fneilbrantley_iowa129.jpg&hash=5be72f657c7f1d6569043785a13823fbebda6f02)

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Hawaii is limited to 130 and 139

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rawmustard on June 11, 2010, 02:04:15 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm3.static.flickr.com%2F2492%2F3721405265_f46cbd0aa8.jpg&hash=3e308f7fcd73c9deff371f3361d6d1428a104d41) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rawmustard/3721405265/)

This one should have no ambiguity.
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 11, 2010, 02:13:25 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fwy%2F131%2F287toend%2F2.jpg&hash=9cc1aaef151bf434f3647db91c6b063bb9492943)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: oscar on June 11, 2010, 02:14:03 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaiihighways.com%2Fjct-137-132-large.jpg&hash=c17afb7da6324c3a280695e2246b2f2642635745)

End of County 132 on Hawaii's Big Island -- county route shields are identical to state shields (they both used to be in one system), and besides the original post allowed county route markers.

BTW, Alaska has no numbered borough/municipality route markers, so it's still out of play as we progress through the three-digit route numbers.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 11, 2010, 03:10:23 PM
puffy cloud shield!

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19701331i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 11, 2010, 03:35:11 PM
CA 134 is one of many vintage pictures found on Kriske.com

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fus99_ca134.jpg&hash=7984b3eb52999a5dddb456b7177b1f3bb2913ce2)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 11, 2010, 03:37:52 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi572.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss166%2Fxonhulu%2FOther%2520State%2520Routes%2FMT135Plains1.jpg%3Ft%3D1276572868&hash=1db7bb87650754894aa707f28be667edc2368632)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: dfilpus on June 11, 2010, 03:43:28 PM
Quote from: rawmustard on June 11, 2010, 01:02:08 PM
Plus, I'm not finding any evidence of an NC 121, either living or dead, so until NCDOT decides to commission one of its own, a diamond 121 should be able to be identified.
NC 121 runs through Farmville NC from US 264 through town past US 264 to NC 43.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 11, 2010, 08:41:31 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.steve-riner.com%2Fnmimages%2Fnm-136.jpg&hash=90a0fca62a5b580feef2491e544775a8f60c9782)
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 11, 2010, 11:41:48 PM
Taking care of Minnesota at 137.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20030712%2Fcr137cr39grr-close.jpg&hash=686dea1267f3ccf7df71c900392d6c9ee5ccf84c)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 04:01:46 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fnj_138.jpg&hash=9678c1a5d47342d614e574cfb0ba9b3386d43522)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 04:33:30 AM
I think 143 may be our only Arizona choice left ...

(I was as surprised as anyone else that there is a 143 in Arizona, as it does not much work in their grid - I was even more surprised to find that I have an example of such a shield!)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 12, 2010, 02:11:54 PM
Quote from: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 04:01:46 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fnj_138.jpg&hash=9678c1a5d47342d614e574cfb0ba9b3386d43522)

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Dang you keep getting the only states I can post photos for :banghead:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 03:58:27 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fsd139.jpg&hash=5ce56fa4a4385b7d0df7d741e1f7d60a710b8c28)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 04:00:01 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fnv140.jpg&hash=1d139b04883502060a1c96ca205ee5a04d34c36a)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: njroadhorse on June 12, 2010, 04:05:32 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3027%2F3037407670_684f754035_o.jpg&hash=0007ed54c9702be8225958fd0c4203f5cbdbe572)

Credit: Washington Highways

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 04:13:28 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fvt142.jpg&hash=ed5c9d66d1fbc5f466badf0f7f45003a94e32c26)

photo by Dan Moraseski

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143 should be used for AZ

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: njroadhorse on June 12, 2010, 04:17:42 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/west/arizona143/az-143_s_exit_005_01.jpg)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 04:31:35 PM
Remaining states for Round 2:

AK KY LA ND OK SC WV

Besides, AK are we out of options for ND or WV too?

KY and LA should have all numbers available (as well as US 150 for KY)

OK is good except for 148 and 149

SC has 145, 146 and 150

Can anyone help correct this list?



Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: cu2010 on June 12, 2010, 05:06:39 PM
WV has only US150 available...however, KY has only US150 available as well (so one of those two states is screwed). ND has nothing (it had nothing for this whole round). LA has everything.

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 05:13:59 PM
North Dakota has 127.  We missed it.  There may also be county roads available for ND, as I know they use the pentagon regularly.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 12, 2010, 05:25:36 PM
Quote from: cu2010 on June 12, 2010, 05:06:39 PM
WV has only US150 available...however, KY has only US150 available as well (so one of those two states is screwed). ND has nothing (it had nothing for this whole round). LA has everything.



Actually, WV's 150 is a state route and it's known as the Highland Scenic Highway with its own special logo sign, so I can post that one when the time comes.

KY has all the other routes available but I'm not sure if there will be any specific identifiers available since we have the boring circle or ellipse or oval.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 12, 2010, 05:33:02 PM
I'm going to post this for 144 and trust that the identifier, US 60, will be OK since US 60 does not run through any states besides Kentucky that use a circle (thank you, Oklahoma, for going with the meat cleavers).

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_STL_Day_3%2FImages%2F139.jpg&hash=6f399d5c6003b8d97fe1c07993927d592e90d144)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 05:34:24 PM
can someone find us a real OK 144?  (a photo has gotta be out there somewhere)  I don't think anyone but HB Elkins knows if 144 and 60 intersect in Kentucky!  :-D
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 05:52:23 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fok145.jpg&hash=dee00ed91eaadaa660466a0977cc283366bb04d1)

photo by Scott Nazelrod

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 06:01:21 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fsc146.jpg&hash=208c80479aecc865819b501f2bbf14872e6134c2)

photo by Mark Welby

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 12, 2010, 06:05:58 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fla147.jpg&hash=de84dd1de537aad94b89a6759989b71fe8ecd6fb)

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That leaves WV 150 available.


Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 06:55:50 PM
wait, what?  how did we go from OK 144 to OK 145?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 07:48:03 PM
urgh, turns out I misread HB's post - when he said "60 is OK", he meant "60 is all right, passable, and generally within society's norms", as opposed to "60 is in Oklahoma".  That's a Kentucky 144.

apparently.

now, anyone have a proper, unambiguous Kentucky 144?  Or an unambiguous Kentucky of another number we haven't used yet, in conjunction with a wild card 144 from outside the 50 states?

damn circle shields.  :ded:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: bugo on June 12, 2010, 08:35:58 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 12, 2010, 05:34:24 PM
can someone find us a real OK 144?  (a photo has gotta be out there somewhere)  I don't think anyone but HB Elkins knows if 144 and 60 intersect in Kentucky!  :-D

I could go take a picture of OK 144 as I'm only about an hour from it right now, but I couldn't be bothered.  Also it's too hot and my A/C is broken.  I'd do it for money though.  How much do you have?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Scott5114 on June 12, 2010, 09:31:54 PM
It doesn't matter, though, since someone posted my OK 145 photo :P
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: bugo on June 12, 2010, 10:10:44 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 12, 2010, 09:31:54 PM
It doesn't matter, though, since someone posted my OK 145 photo :P

I think the rule should be that you have to take the picture yourself to post it, unless it's a historical Summa picture or something like that.  I'd be a little ticked if somebody posted my pictures without asking me first.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 12:10:25 AM
Quote from: bugo on June 12, 2010, 10:10:44 PM

I think the rule should be that you have to take the picture yourself to post it, unless it's a historical Summa picture or something like that.  I'd be a little ticked if somebody posted my pictures without asking me first.

well, that isn't a rule!  :sombrero:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 01:28:18 AM
The only other KY 144 photos I have are with other circle shields, plus a couple of others with US 60 in them, but there's one with a four-digit ellipse and AFAIK Kentucky is the only state that signs four-digit routes in the ellipses.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 01:56:41 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 01:28:18 AM
there's one with a four-digit ellipse and AFAIK Kentucky is the only state that signs four-digit routes in the ellipses.

that one, please!  as far as I know, you're right about Kentucky being the only state that does that.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 13, 2010, 05:16:57 AM
Are we going to try to do 151-200 after we hit 150?  Or are we going to go back to 1?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 13, 2010, 05:37:10 AM
Alright, since what I've read is that we're out of routes for ND and AK (but not WV which can only use 150), I'm going to call the unresolvable hardship clause.

Here's Ontario King's Highway 148 in place for AK.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv645%2Frickmastfan67%2FInterstates%2F50states%2FON148.jpg&hash=8e2b78b360564e6cf36102f3d7efb42d1cd72d90)
- StreetView

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 13, 2010, 06:52:38 AM
Quote- StreetView

I'm sure Jake will clarify, but aren't these supposed to be raw photos from the wild and not from Streetview?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 12:28:49 PM
I've noticed we've had a few streetview photos - while I'm not a huge fan of it, it is allowing the game to proceed, so I will allow them.  That said, I encourage real photos from actual roadgeeks!

as for 151-200; how tough will that be?  I note the game is getting tougher and tougher... anyone with solid knowledge of state route numbering want to give me an idea which states are going to be hosing us next round?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 13, 2010, 01:15:06 PM
Given that a lot of 3dus start with 1's, this shouldn't be too bad a stretch of numbers.  

At the US/Interstate/state hwy level out west:

AK still a no-go;
ND has only 2 in the 151-200 range;
MT has 2 state routes (unfortunately sharing one of these with ND, MSR 200), and 1 US;
OR has quite a few unsigned routes in this range, but also US 197/199; should be o.k.;
ID has only 2 state hwys (one is again MSR 200), but also 2 US and an interstate;
WA, CA, AZ, NM, WY, NV all look pretty good

Can't say much about county routes.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 01:41:38 PM
I'm surprised we haven't used county routes more.  There's gotta be someone out there obsessively photographing them!  :-D

looks like 151-200 is a go!

we just need a proper 144 from HB Elkins (in conjunction with a four-digit oval) and 149 from somewhere not in the 50 states, and WV 150.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 08:53:24 PM
Here's the KY 144.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2F2008_STL_Day_3%2FImages%2F175.jpg&hash=8e20d7cc8dffbaf39d0958d0b7c9edae45f9ed2e)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 13, 2010, 08:58:18 PM
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From Geelong, Vic. Australia (near Melbourne)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 09:49:58 PM
excellent 149!  Now does anyone have a WV 150?  I do not. 
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 13, 2010, 10:03:59 PM
Vermont will be limited to 155, 189, or 191 for this round.  Mississippi's limited to 161, 172, 182, 184, or 198.  Minnesota and Virginia shouldn't be a problem.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 13, 2010, 10:10:03 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 09:49:58 PM
excellent 149!  Now does anyone have a WV 150?  I do not. 

You forgot to tell him that he didn't mention the state he was calling a hardship for. :P
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 10:19:57 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 13, 2010, 10:38:35 PM
Round 3:
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 13, 2010, 10:45:05 PM
I'll contribute a 152 for Indiana.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 10:54:31 PM
Since I-71 and US 42 only run in two states, and Ohio doesn't use circle shields...

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 11:08:38 PM
lamentably, all I've got is this hideous Georgia shield.  The 29 isn't bad, though.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/GA/GA19600291i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 13, 2010, 11:11:24 PM
How about an ugly modern NY shield to spruce things up a bit?

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 11:13:48 PM
What's ugly is the fact that there's a roundabout in the background. Blech!  :-(
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Ian on June 13, 2010, 11:14:54 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 13, 2010, 11:13:48 PM
What's ugly is the fact that there's a roundabout in the background. Blech!  :-(

Roundabout's are kinda cool IMO. So many in New York State. The one in the background is what I think was the 2nd modern roundabout in New York State.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 13, 2010, 11:19:30 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VA/VA19531561i1.jpg)

some older-than-dirt Virginia shields.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: national highway 1 on June 14, 2010, 02:25:38 AM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/FL/FL19551571i1.jpg)
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 05:56:35 AM
158 goes to NC.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NC/NC19880402i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on June 14, 2010, 06:01:57 AM
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NJ 159 end in Pine Brook

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 06:07:49 AM
160 to CO:
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/CO/CO19266661i2.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 10:19:44 AM
lousy NC neutering their business loop shields ...

(Texas does it too on occasion but at least they keep the smaller digits)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/ME/ME19760011i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 14, 2010, 11:34:08 AM
Quote from: ausinterkid on June 14, 2010, 02:25:38 AM
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I thought the rule was no prefixed or suffixed routes.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 12:20:41 PM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 14, 2010, 11:34:08 AM
I thought the rule was no prefixed or suffixed routes.

heh, I totally didn't think of the Florida "C-" routes that way.  They were prefixed routes back when they were "S-", but now they're just "county route 157".  There isn't, for example, a "county A" or "county B" set of roads to differentiate between with the prefix; it's just a cover plate for an S to save some money by reusing already extant signage (which dated to when the non-S and the S identified two well-defined different sets of roads).  So, this one slides by.

(don't make him knock down the 157 sign just so a pentagon replaces it!)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: njroadhorse on June 14, 2010, 04:33:08 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 04:38:48 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/UT/UT19631631i1.jpg)

I had one from Iowa too, but alas it had insufficient context, so we fail to knock off a circle sign state.  Rats!

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 14, 2010, 07:44:07 PM
AR 164:

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 07:46:16 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/OK/OK19701651i1.jpg)

if there is another Muskogee Turnpike, I would like to hear about it.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: njroadhorse on June 14, 2010, 08:31:56 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 08:34:10 PM
167 to.....

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- State Ends (http://www.state-ends.com/paends/state/167.html)


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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 14, 2010, 09:31:32 PM
LA 168:
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Jim on June 14, 2010, 09:37:26 PM
To Nevada for a 169.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.teresco.org%2Fpics%2Fsigns%2F20031026%2Fendnv169-close.jpg&hash=0ff41dafb0868eddb95d2638ccb7067fd724ccbf)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 09:52:21 PM
Somehow FL got back in the list and it was used for 157.

So, here's the fixed list:

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 09:59:22 PM
also, we have two Georgias.  Crap, need a 166.

figures, the only 166 from Kansas I have has the only non-sunflower state route with it.  Dang Kansas using ... a boring square!?

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/MO/MO19790442i1.jpg)

seeing as I moved Missouri to 166, we need a 170.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 14, 2010, 10:16:58 PM
Here's a 170:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi572.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss166%2Fxonhulu%2FOther%2520State%2520Routes%2FFM170BigBendRanch1.jpg%3Ft%3D1276568149&hash=63ee3ebba96b20a2003b4c3826c9245241c9e2bb)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 10:20:27 PM
look at that, the best little farm road in Texas!

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WA/WA19790901i1.jpg)

pay no attention to Lake Moses being unable to color a business loop shield correctly.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 10:28:05 PM
172 to IL:

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IL/IL19881721i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on June 14, 2010, 10:57:01 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3617%2F3453643491_025de7ed04.jpg&hash=6f470c1b9714db47d527dbe61c8e8a609f01fb34)

CT 173

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 14, 2010, 10:58:51 PM
How can we tell that is from CT?  There is nothing in that picture that can tell us it's from CT.  Thus, it's invalid.  Man do I hate the square states. lol.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 14, 2010, 11:11:41 PM
indeed, it could be WV, or even MA on a particularly foolish day.

here's a proper 173.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/AZ/AZ19260731i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Roadgeek Adam on June 15, 2010, 08:32:26 AM
It came from my own Flickr page: see http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadgeek/sets/72157617019315782/

Besides, we can't trust someone who posts what state it is? Connecticut doesn't have its own special shield yet, meaning you can complain about every single one, especially since CT 175 is also up and waiting
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: papaT10932 on June 15, 2010, 09:12:57 AM
You can tell that 173 is Connecticut because CT does not use wide shields for 3 digit routes. West Virginia does.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 11:18:19 AM
Quote from: papaT10932 on June 15, 2010, 09:12:57 AM
You can tell that 173 is Connecticut because CT does not use wide shields for 3 digit routes. West Virginia does.

but only as of 1970.  Older WV squares are square even for three-digit routes.

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 15, 2010, 05:08:34 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Ftn174.jpg&hash=ed5155dc56b0d449c6fe67c25adbb5bee66da094)

photo by Sumner County Planning

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: mefailenglish on June 15, 2010, 05:17:09 PM
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 05:18:41 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/SC/SC19795851i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 15, 2010, 05:21:55 PM
KS 177:

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Alex on June 15, 2010, 06:11:42 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/us-045_nb_at_front_st.jpg) (//www.aaroads.com/forum_images/southeast/us-045_nb_at_front_st.jpg)

U.S. 45 north approaching Mississippi 178 in Tupelo. Older standard MDOT signage with series C numbers for the U.S. highway signs and wider ovals on the 3digit state shields.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: dfilpus on June 15, 2010, 06:31:28 PM
The state list at TN 173 dropped both NC and TN. NC should still be in play.

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added it to the list
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 15, 2010, 06:41:08 PM
Are we going to be in trouble in a few more numbers?  There are very few options coming up for OR, ID, ND, SD -- however, there weren't that many to begin with in these states.  Any remaining eastern states which will be troublesome?  I'm thinking DE might be impossible.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Duke87 on June 15, 2010, 07:36:46 PM
Delaware is, in fact, impossible for this round, and always was.

Rhode Island only has 179 and 195 left.

Vermont only has 189 and 191 left.

New Hampshire... we screwed New Hampshire by not using it before 175. It has nothing left.

Connecticut and Massachusetts have plenty of numbers remaining, the only problem is context.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 07:38:04 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 15, 2010, 07:36:46 PM

Connecticut and Massachusetts have plenty of numbers remaining, the only problem is context.

a "naked shield" (just a number on a green sign with no white background) is sufficient to uniquely identify MA.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: oscar on June 15, 2010, 07:43:34 PM
Quote from: xonhulu on June 15, 2010, 06:41:08 PM
Are we going to be in trouble in a few more numbers?  There are very few options coming up for OR, ID, ND, SD -- however, there weren't that many to begin with in these states.  Any remaining eastern states which will be troublesome?  I'm thinking DE might be impossible.

Nothing left for SD for current state routes (don't know about former routes) in the 151-200 range.  Ditto DE.  Only 200 for ID.  A few for OR.  Don't know about ND.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 15, 2010, 07:52:41 PM
Quote from: oscar on June 15, 2010, 07:43:34 PM
Nothing left for SD for current state routes (don't know about former routes) in the 151-200 range.  Ditto DE.  Only 200 for ID.  A few for OR.  Don't know about ND.

ID also has I-184, US 191 and US 195.  OR only has US 197 and US 199.  I think ND only has ND 200 as I-194 is unsigned.  SD has US 183 and I-190.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 09:21:00 PM
I have never been able to find an I-194 shield, so 200 it is.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 16, 2010, 01:04:52 AM
179, anyone?  The only 179 I have is Arizona.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 16, 2010, 06:59:21 AM
Unless someone has a county route shield hiding somewhere (possible, but unlikely), Minnesota is now limited to 194, 197, or 200.

Mississippi has 182, 194, or 198.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: exit322 on June 16, 2010, 09:43:02 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 15, 2010, 07:38:04 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 15, 2010, 07:36:46 PM

Connecticut and Massachusetts have plenty of numbers remaining, the only problem is context.

a "naked shield" (just a number on a green sign with no white background) is sufficient to uniquely identify MA.

Ohio used to use those in some "hey, this road is turning" incidences.  So maybe not.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 16, 2010, 10:02:11 AM
Quote from: exit322 on June 16, 2010, 09:43:02 AM

Ohio used to use those in some "hey, this road is turning" incidences.  So maybe not.

I've never seen that.  Got a picture?  Does it use the paddle style of sign that MA likes? 

(if you show me a paddle sign from Ohio, with cut corners and the Mass. custom font, I will be forced to excrete a piece of construction material.)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 16, 2010, 10:06:47 AM
Quote from: froggie on June 16, 2010, 06:59:21 AM
Mississippi has 182, 194, or 198.

there is a 194?  Is it a former state route 194 alignment, to correspond with 182, 198 (and 145, 149, 178, etc)?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 16, 2010, 10:22:51 AM
Quote from: froggie on June 16, 2010, 06:59:21 AM
Unless someone has a county route shield hiding somewhere (possible, but unlikely), Minnesota is now limited to 194, 197, or 200.

I have 186 using MN Stearns County
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 16, 2010, 02:12:22 PM
Quotethere is a 194?  Is it a former state route 194 alignment, to correspond with 182, 198 (and 145, 149, 178, etc)?

Typo.  Should have been 184.  There is no 194 in Mississippi.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 16, 2010, 02:22:00 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 16, 2010, 02:12:22 PM

Typo.  Should have been 184.  There is no 194 in Mississippi.


double typo - I should've said "former state route 94".  I don't recall offhand any old alignments of state routes getting the +100 designation, but I do recall 245 being the old alignment of US-45A (with 145 being the old alignment of US-45).  So if we choose to do 201-250, then it is good to note that 245 is the only Miss. state route beginning with 2.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 16, 2010, 03:31:54 PM
QuoteI don't recall offhand any old alignments of state routes getting the +100 designation,

Some of the early signage plans for the Petal bypass had old MS 42 becoming MS 142, but these signs were not implemented in the field.  Otherwise, there are no known cases of former state routes even being considered for a 1xx designation.

QuoteSo if we choose to do 201-250, then it is good to note that 245 is the only Miss. state route beginning with 2.

True, but for the 201-250 range, Mississippi also has I-220.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 16, 2010, 03:59:31 PM
I'd forgotten about I-220.  There is US-278 as well, if we do 251-300.  But the way the game is grinding along in the upper 100s, we may or may not get that far.

makes me wonder what number they'd use if they wanted to keep an old alignment of 278 in the system.  878?  106, harking back to its pre-US designation as MS-6?
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 16, 2010, 04:13:21 PM
Since we seem to be hung up on 179, how about a Street View capture for WI 179?

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fwi179.jpg&hash=8e81762bae644dde6d0a354bb7428773e8f2bb9c)

Quote from: dfilpus on June 15, 2010, 06:31:28 PM
The state list at TN 173 dropped both NC and TN. NC should still be in play.

Remaining: AL AK CT DE ID IA MA MI MN MT NC NE ND NH NM OH OR RI SD VT WV WI WY

added it to the list

TN was 174 and wasn't 158 used for NC?

21 states remain in Round 4:

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 16, 2010, 06:41:25 PM
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NE/NE19791801i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 16, 2010, 07:06:03 PM
Heads up, as far as I know, we're down to only one route possible for WV.  According to Wikipedia, all that is left for WV is WV-193.  There is a WV-180, but we just used that number.  At least with WV-193, it intersects with I-64, so there should be a chance to get it with a state-named I-64 shield.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 16, 2010, 07:31:10 PM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 16, 2010, 07:06:03 PM
Heads up, as far as I know, we're down to only one route possible for WV.  According to Wikipedia, all that is left for WV is WV-193.  There is a WV-180, but we just used that number.  At least with WV-193, it intersects with I-64, so there should be a chance to get it with a state-named I-64 shield.

Not sure that I have a WV 193 photo with an I-64 marker as well. It's signed "To I-64, To US 60" from WV 2 and "To I-64, To WV 2" from US 60. And most of the times I've traveled that route I've been going north. I'd have to see if I have a southbound shot with it alongside a state-named I-64. But since neither US 60 nor I-64 travel through any other states with plain squares, a shot of it with US 60 -- which I know I have, since I photographed the "END" assembly -- should suffice.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: okroads on June 16, 2010, 09:57:49 PM
AL 181:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm4.static.flickr.com%2F3101%2F3157786084_69ca95cfd2_o.jpg&hash=0348bc40b771b758723a55c5be8074c241882953)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hm insulators on June 17, 2010, 11:27:03 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 09, 2010, 08:06:39 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hawaiihighways.com%2Fbegin-58-end-51.jpg&hash=f57dd265882861a24abe689c91dd440f2a3bb0e1)

Takes care of HI.

On Kauai! Way to to! :clap:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 17, 2010, 11:54:41 AM
Iowa.  I do not believe any other state used cutout circles with no identifier.  Kentucky, Delaware, New Jersey, and Iowa are the three states that had circles in the cutout era, and the others had the state name all the way until they changed to black squares.  

(certainly no other state that borders Wisconsin and Minnesota has this feature - the white sign's control cities are a bit tough to make out, but they feature "Winona, Minn" and "De Soto, Wisc", as well as local "New Albion".)

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/IA/IA19571821i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: corco on June 17, 2010, 01:34:25 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.davidjcorcoran.com%2Fhighways%2Fid%2F84%2F55to184%2F5.JPG&hash=bbb8dae3cfa5b8cf7c125c922bc5c17971613bab)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Brandon on June 17, 2010, 01:52:11 PM
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons,

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fb%2Fb0%2FM185mackinac.jpg&hash=5e7fa753009d49325b3432fd1edd71c56b194b48)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M185

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 17, 2010, 01:54:18 PM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fmn28.jpg&hash=d51f1c9367895c96912df7a61fe824858ece17df)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 17, 2010, 02:07:18 PM
I am quite sure 187 existed only in Wyoming.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/WY/WY19701871i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 17, 2010, 02:22:22 PM
reposting MA 183, courtesy of Jim Teresco

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fma183.jpg&hash=e78a426dd5f3dd10942f0dcae3e3b4ec99d9aa31)

states remaining through 187:

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Hot Rod Hootenanny on June 18, 2010, 01:04:50 AM
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadfan.com%2Flansign.JPG&hash=eab555beadac02bd8b0294f5566ee66d66793915)
Oh 188 in Lancaster

Down to the following for this round:
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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:16:16 AM
189 to VT

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/VT/VT19590071i1.jpg)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2010, 01:21:24 AM
hah, Rickmastfan posted the exact photo I was queuing up.  

too bad I couldn't post my US-189 from Connecticut (!).  It is next to a plain square 20 shield on a green JUNCTION sign, and therefore could be from any state.

so here's a really boring SD I-190, because I think that's the only possibility left for SD.  I don't think any of the US-16 states, other than South Dakota, also have an I-190.

(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/SD/SD19881903i1.jpg)

anyone who spots a state-named SD I-190 will win a prize.  I have never been able to find one.  In fact, an I-190 from any state.  We don't have a single example in the shield gallery!  Neither Illinois, nor New York, nor Massachusetts, nor South Dakota.

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:22:28 AM
Where's the picture Jake? :P
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2010, 01:24:51 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:22:28 AM
Where's the picture Jake? :P

would help if Firefox would know how to copy and paste.  Sometimes it just plain glitches.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:25:36 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2010, 01:24:51 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:22:28 AM
Where's the picture Jake? :P

would help if Firefox would know how to copy and paste.  Sometimes it just plain glitches.

Hah, I mostly have that problem in IE.  Never in FF.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2010, 01:26:50 AM
I think it has to do with my processor load.  Right now, it's pretty high since I'm converting a video to MPEG.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:27:56 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2010, 01:26:50 AM
I think it has to do with my processor load.  Right now, it's pretty high since I'm converting a video to MPEG.

Ah.  Figures.  And that comment about any state named I-190 shields.  I *might* have seen one in NY.  But don't quote me on that.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Scott5114 on June 18, 2010, 01:40:03 AM
Quote from: rickmastfan67 on June 18, 2010, 01:27:56 AM
Ah.  Figures.  And that comment about any state named I-190 shields.  I *might* have seen one in NY.  But don't quote me on that.

oops
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 18, 2010, 01:44:26 AM
Since VT got taken care of with 189, and 200 needs to be saved for ND, I think that means we need 191 for MT:

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi572.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fss166%2Fxonhulu%2FUS191Bozeman2.jpg%3Ft%3D1276839745&hash=670d8bf1c2b02a90b04246dbc938bf15ab99c759)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: xonhulu on June 18, 2010, 02:01:20 AM
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but right now:

- there are no usable numbers for AK, DE, NH;

- 193 is the only usable number left for WV;

- 195 is the only possibility for RI;

- either 197 or 199 for OR;

- 200 is the only possibility for ND;

However, NM and CT are pretty wide open, as long as someone has the photos.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Duke87 on June 18, 2010, 08:32:28 AM
Well, New Mexico doesn't have a 194, so that means this is the schedule:

192: NM
193: WV
194: CT
195: RI
196: wild card
197: OR
198: wild card
199: wild card
200: ND

Although, finding a CT 194 with context may be impossible.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 18, 2010, 02:25:14 PM
If someone has a CT 192 pic, there may be NM 196 and 198 photos available.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: prenatt1166 on June 19, 2010, 09:33:26 PM
There are better photos of other NM routes, but here's a Streetview capture of NM 192 to continue the game.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keystonehighways.com%2Ffiles%2Fnm192.jpg&hash=585cbad26ed08278cc6edd447106807cd04b2e37)

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Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Scott5114 on June 20, 2010, 02:07:14 PM
What makes that WV? I had to scan the "states remaining" board to see what was missing...
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: njroadhorse on June 20, 2010, 05:15:43 PM
Quote from: Scott5114 on June 20, 2010, 02:07:14 PM
What makes that WV? I had to scan the "states remaining" board to see what was missing...
Ahh right, forgot about that... I'll look for a new one and replace it.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Duke87 on June 20, 2010, 09:49:23 PM
So, yeah, I spent my Sunday compiling a chart of what numbers from 1-200 are possible for each state (http://www.mediafire.com/?omzg3gfk4ty).

I have no life. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: oscar on June 20, 2010, 10:31:45 PM
Quote from: Duke87 on June 20, 2010, 09:49:23 PM
So, yeah, I spent my Sunday compiling a chart of what numbers from 1-200 are possible for each state (http://www.mediafire.com/?omzg3gfk4ty).
Many of the Hawaii routes on your "possible" list are unsigned, except sometimes for small number plates at the bottom of milemarkers.  Some other routes shown as not possible, are possible if you reach into former routes.  Indeed, on the current round Hawaii was covered by a former route 151 shield.  So at least for Hawaii, your list may be better as a compendium of currently-assigned route numbers, rather than of available route marker photos.

Looking ahead to the next 50 if we go to 201-250, the Hawaii possibles include Interstate H-201 (already on Web, if you ignore the H prefix on the marker), wartime 211 (already on Web, and a better choice), 220 (I can supply one), and 240 and 250 (signed routes, but don't know if I have photos lurking in my archives).  There are some other former routes in the 201-250 range (wartime 223, and former 226 and 232, come to mind), but I'm not aware of any photos of those signs out there.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 21, 2010, 07:15:36 AM
On top of that, I can see you focused on state/US/Interstate highways and didn't factor in county routes.  Several of your "No's" for Alabama, Iowa, and Minnesota (all of which have extensive county route systems) are in fact "Yes's" instead.

(nevermind that both AL 4 and AL 74 are in fact signed in some places, and I believe there's even been an AL 42 shield that's popped up in Mobile County)
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 21, 2010, 10:00:46 AM
does Iowa have county routes that are solely numbered?  I know their grid tends to be a letter-number combination (like "G31") which would not be allowed.  And before that, they had letters only.

Minnesota, for sure, has plenty of valid county routes.  Michigan has quite a few, too, as do Wyoming and Ohio.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: froggie on June 21, 2010, 10:04:03 AM
Iowa doesn't...I missed the earlier part about alphanumerics not being allowed.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Alex on June 21, 2010, 01:11:18 PM
Quote from: froggie on June 21, 2010, 07:15:36 AM
On top of that, I can see you focused on state/US/Interstate highways and didn't factor in county routes.  Several of your "No's" for Alabama, Iowa, and Minnesota (all of which have extensive county route systems) are in fact "Yes's" instead.

(nevermind that both AL 4 and AL 74 are in fact signed in some places, and I believe there's even been an AL 42 shield that's popped up in Mobile County)


Yes, each new install done by Mobile County within the last year on a County Road intersecting U.S. 98 sees acknowledgment of Alabama 42 now. This occurs at CR 5, CR 63, and CR 31 thus far.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: Brandon on June 21, 2010, 03:13:55 PM
This game seems to be running its course.  I have an idea for a new game, please tell me if it has been done before.
The game will be to post a picture with a sequential multiplex of two numbers in order from 1 to whatever.  The first one would be rtes 1 & 2, the second 2 & 3, and so on and so forth.  I think there are enough to make it well into three digits.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 21, 2010, 03:33:05 PM
Quote from: Brandon on June 21, 2010, 03:13:55 PM
This game seems to be running its course.  

I would agree - given that we've been going through theoretical discussions, without an actual picture post, for 3 days.  Okay, game over it is.

Quote
I have an idea for a new game, please tell me if it has been done before.
The game will be to post a picture with a sequential multiplex of two numbers in order from 1 to whatever.  The first one would be rtes 1 & 2, the second 2 & 3, and so on and so forth.  I think there are enough to make it well into three digits.

we will see if we can!  Start a new thread with a 1-2...

or a 0-1 if you can find it!
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 22, 2010, 11:47:52 PM
I've been gone (on a long trip that included the SEPA meet.) Looks like the next thing we need is 193.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.millenniumhwy.net%2Fvarious_KY_WV_spring_2006%2Fvarious_KY_WV_spring_2006-Images%2F35.jpg&hash=ada7a279a7de95f0245048a32fb2eb773c2b97ac)

Remaining: AK CT DE ND NH OR RI

Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: agentsteel53 on June 23, 2010, 12:16:33 AM
we closed this game in favor of the consecutive-number game.  this one went to 193; let us see if that one goes further or not.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: hbelkins on June 23, 2010, 08:43:55 AM
I must've missed that annoucement when I was catching up on posts when I got to read the boards again. (It was late when I got in the last few nights so I didn't catch up on things). You might want to lock this thread, then.
Title: Re: 50 signs in 50 states
Post by: rickmastfan67 on June 23, 2010, 08:48:07 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 23, 2010, 08:43:55 AM
I must've missed that annoucement when I was catching up on posts when I got to read the boards again. (It was late when I got in the last few nights so I didn't catch up on things). You might want to lock this thread, then.

Done.