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Title: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: M3100 on November 26, 2021, 08:12:58 PM
Here are a few pics from last weekend (11/19/21 and 11/20/21):

1. NV653, Plumb Lane, connects the Reno-Tahoe Airport to Kietzke Lane (NV 667).
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51707939265_9b6daba72d_k.jpg)

2. NV667, Kietzke Lane, has this 'post mile' on a traffic light pole.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51706263192_de121c6a36_k.jpg)

(I am used to a 'lane' being a minor street or even a cul-de-sac.  In Reno these 'lanes' are major arterial streets).

3. Approaching the southern end of NV 445, Pyramid Way, which also leads to I-80.  I did not notice these signs until I was right next to them.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51707054916_140f83604b_k.jpg)

4 and 5. A couple from US 395 Business, Virginia St.  The Arch looks better all lit up.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51707945660_1cd49e247c_k.jpg)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51706267072_25e920f057_k.jpg)

6. NV 877 is a 4+ mile loop road off of Alt US 395 (which is the original US 395).  NV 877 passes by large fenced/gated properties, a remnant of pine forest, and a park. The postmiles were clearly marked, like this one.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51707948165_b2f040e3ef_k.jpg)

7. This is the onramp to US 395/I-580 from NV 431.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51707062631_21433915ec_k.jpg)
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: SSR_317 on November 26, 2021, 09:40:17 PM
Yes, Reno is "infamous" for its overuse of the street suffix "Lane". Guess they've wanted to keep that "small town" feel in what is now a mid-major metropolitan area!
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: Alps on November 27, 2021, 12:56:26 AM
Piscataway NJ has a number of major thoroughfares that are Lanes.
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 01:02:58 AM
This gotta be one of the most pretentious suffix for a road I've seen (and I think there's a recent thread on this too). Seems worse than calling 6 lane stroads a "street" .
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: Alps on November 27, 2021, 04:39:26 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 01:02:58 AM
This gotta be one of the most pretentious suffix for a road I've seen (and I think there's a recent thread on this too). Seems worse than calling 6 lane stroads a "street" .
At least in NJ's case, they were former country lanes gradually upgraded into thoroughfares. I imagine those in Reno area are new growth.
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: formulanone on November 27, 2021, 06:26:09 PM
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 01:02:58 AM
This gotta be one of the most pretentious suffix for a road I've seen (and I think there's a recent thread on this too). Seems worse than calling 6 lane stroads a "street" .

You keep using that word, as if they possibly couldn't have started out as two-lane (or effectively single-lane) paths many decades ago.

If there's no sidewalk, then call it a "stroad".
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 07:36:38 PM
Quote from: SSR_317 on November 26, 2021, 09:40:17 PM
Yes, Reno is "infamous" for its overuse of the street suffix "Lane". Guess they've wanted to keep that "small town" feel in what is now a mid-major metropolitan area!
They're getting a ton of Bay Area refugees now, both households and tech companies. That's saying something about it's growth!

Quote from: formulanone on November 27, 2021, 06:26:09 PM
If there's no sidewalk, then call it a "stroad".
That's not what defines a stroad, but ok...
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: formulanone on November 28, 2021, 11:52:01 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 07:36:38 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 27, 2021, 06:26:09 PM
If there's no sidewalk, then call it a "stroad".
That's not what defines a stroad, but ok...

Sure, whatever some anti-car chap with a Youtube channel wants to call it this week, then?
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: SkyPesos on November 28, 2021, 12:59:45 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 28, 2021, 11:52:01 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on November 27, 2021, 07:36:38 PM
Quote from: formulanone on November 27, 2021, 06:26:09 PM
If there's no sidewalk, then call it a "stroad".
That's not what defines a stroad, but ok...

Sure, whatever some anti-car chap with a Youtube channel wants to call it this week, then?
More like anti-bad design than anti-car. Basically, multilane arterial roads with too many direct access points to driveways and parking lots are considered as "stroads" , which negatively affects through traffic flow. A center turn lane is a common feature for stroads.
Title: Re: Reno-area roads and signs from various locations
Post by: Alps on November 28, 2021, 02:52:05 PM
A street is a road and btw this is off topic so please don't stray further thx