For me, this is post number 666, so of course, I will devote it to highways with that number!
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe. As for state highways with the "number of the beast", I know that Pennsylvania and Ohio have them - what other states might? In Virginia, "secondary" state highways are numbered 600 and above and are repeated from county to county - I'm sure that at least one county in that state has a VA SR 666. What about the 600-series county roads in New Jersey, or the 600-series band of state highways in Florida, which includes the Tampa area? Also, is there an FM 666 in Texas?
In my opinion, County Road D-32 in Michigan, near Pinckney in Livingston County just south of Howell, should be designated as M-666, as it is quite literally the "road to Hell" in that state - although I'm sure MDOT would have a huge headache on their hands with regards to stolen signs. How much of a problem is it for the states that already have a Highway 666 - or, for that matter, Mile Marker 666 on I-10 in Texas, between San Antonio and Houston? I'm interested to find out more.
Looking at Wikipedia's list, seems like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas have a state route numbered 666.
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 21, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe.
US 666 went through Utah too... :poke:
And yes, it was sign theft. The three states literally couldn't keep the road signed and people were apparently getting lost. That combined with a high fatality rate on New Mexico's portion (dangerous 2-lane highway with a good amount of traffic and a lot of drunk driving incidents) meant conditions were ripe for a renumbering. NM was the main driver behind that effort.
666 also used to go west from Gallup and down to Douglas AZ, but the extension of US 191 provided a great opportunity for Arizona to renumber their portion.
Virginia has a secondary state road 666 near Smithfield. Goes to the packing plants from the VA-10 bypass.
Ontario had a Secondary Highway 666 from 1974-1985, but it was renumbered to Highway 658 (info here (http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway666.htm)).
FL 666 is basically an unremarkable causeway highway in the Tampa Bay Area. There is nothing really exciting about it and I speculate the reassurance shields aren't stolen since FDOT usually mounts them with 6 or 8 bolts.
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on May 21, 2022, 03:08:41 AM
Virginia has a secondary state road 666 near Smithfield. Goes to the packing plants from the VA-10 bypass.
In theory Virginia has 94 secondary route 666s.
One county signs it differently, though. This is in Frederick County and has been signed like this at least 12 years:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fsix-six-six%2520sign.jpg&hash=39881c0027932ea7ca42ebe838e97b60e77c17c3)
NJ had a few County Route 666's. As one may imagine, signage is hard to find, but at least one sign was captured by GSV. https://maps.app.goo.gl/D4H7oE1tSE5NwpEc6
Closest Indiana has is 662. With 366, 466 and 566 all never having been used, it's a safe bet that Indiana will never have a 666.
Quote from: Mapmikey on May 21, 2022, 09:42:28 AM
Quote from: zachary_amaryllis on May 21, 2022, 03:08:41 AM
Virginia has a secondary state road 666 near Smithfield. Goes to the packing plants from the VA-10 bypass.
In theory Virginia has 94 secondary route 666s.
One county signs it differently, though. This is in Frederick County and has been signed like this at least 12 years:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2Fsix-six-six%2520sign.jpg&hash=39881c0027932ea7ca42ebe838e97b60e77c17c3)
I figured there would be more than one. It's been a long time since I've been there, and that's the only one that I've personally seen. I do like that weird way of signing it, though.
I am surprised that county's solution didn't result in more thefts.
Quote from: Rothman on May 21, 2022, 03:23:06 PM
I am surprised that county's solution didn't result in more thefts.
The gun club is right there, though.
Quote from: Mr. Matté on May 21, 2022, 08:15:50 PM
Quote from: Rothman on May 21, 2022, 03:23:06 PM
I am surprised that county's solution didn't result in more thefts.
The gun club is right there, though.
Does that actually ever really intimidate supposedly harden criminals?
PA 666 will get me to Forest County, the first on my bucket list of unvisited counties.
St. Louis County, MN has a County Road 666. Itasca County might have a county or township 666 as well, along with Lake County.
Thinking outside the box, I wondered about states that might have a route 999 - and have a shield that is symmetric top to bottom that could be passed off to the uninitiated as a SR 666.
No such luck. Only PA and TX have a 999, and their shields are not invertible.
Hmm ... maybe we could try this with SR 69 shields ... oh wait ... never mind.
^^Or 616, which some believe is the actual Devil's number?
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 21, 2022, 09:27:01 AM
...I speculate the reassurance shields aren’t stolen since FDOT usually mounts them with 6 or 8 bolts.
You'd think that, but it wasn't the case last year, and there wasn't even a post in the opposite direction.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51631192487_9de6dc5fe9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mEtmHV)
The ones on US 19 Alternate (https://flic.kr/p/2mEBXcS) and FL 699 (https://flic.kr/p/2ia9ny3) were standing, though. A recent error was this "FL 669" sign, presumably for FL
699:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51632019046_a9b766e898_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mExAqW)
Quote from: dlsterner on May 21, 2022, 10:55:41 PM
Thinking outside the box, I wondered about states that might have a route 999 - and have a shield that is symmetric top to bottom that could be passed off to the uninitiated as a SR 666.
No such luck. Only PA and TX have a 999, and their shields are not invertible.
Hmm ... maybe we could try this with SR 69 shields ... oh wait ... never mind.
Virginia has you covered:
https://goo.gl/maps/dR5feuNcSz3BD3Ff7
or if you prefer a circle shield:
https://goo.gl/maps/7D3cmCbzPdPLbquu6
Quote from: formulanone on May 22, 2022, 10:31:00 AM
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on May 21, 2022, 09:27:01 AM
...I speculate the reassurance shields aren't stolen since FDOT usually mounts them with 6 or 8 bolts.
You'd think that, but it wasn't the case last year, and there wasn't even a post in the opposite direction.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51631192487_9de6dc5fe9_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mEtmHV)
The ones on US 19 Alternate (https://flic.kr/p/2mEBXcS) and FL 699 (https://flic.kr/p/2ia9ny3) were standing, though. A recent error was this "FL 669" sign, presumably for FL 699:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51632019046_a9b766e898_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mExAqW)
That would have taken a little bit time to nab that FL 666 shield even with a sawzall given the extra bolts. I wonder when that happened because it was still there when I passed through in 2019.
Quote from: US 89 on May 21, 2022, 12:32:25 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 21, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe.
US 666 went through Utah too... :poke:
And yes, it was sign theft. The three states literally couldn't keep the road signed and people were apparently getting lost. That combined with a high fatality rate on New Mexico's portion (dangerous 2-lane highway with a good amount of traffic and a lot of drunk driving incidents) meant conditions were ripe for a renumbering. NM was the main driver behind that effort.
666 also used to go west from Gallup and down to Douglas AZ, but the extension of US 191 provided a great opportunity for Arizona to renumber their portion.
And I believe the last traces of US-666 were around Monticello, UT when UDOT had unisigns noting the conversion (NEW US-491 IS THE FORMER US-666). Those signs were finally removed around 2007-08.
Quote from: thenetwork on May 22, 2022, 01:25:01 PM
And I believe the last traces of US-666 were around Monticello, UT when UDOT had unisigns noting the conversion (NEW US-491 IS THE FORMER US-666). Those signs were finally removed around 2007-08.
For those who haven't seen the ones referred to above, this was in Monticello on September 27, 2003.
(https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20030927/us666us491us191.jpg)
I can personally remember seeing at least two Virginia secondary 666 routes -- one near Hillsville and one near Bedford.
Kentucky has a KY 666, which is spottily signed and, to my knowledge, isn't a frequent subject of sign theft. Much of it is a gravel route along the Ohio River in Union County. I have never been on the route myself. You can find evidence of the signage on the Kentucky photolog route viewer on the KYTC maps page.
Christiansburg, Virginia has SR-666, which is Mud Pike Road that runs parallel to I-81. If I recall correctly, it is not signed at either end but only between the Christianburg line and Fire Tower Road.
Gosh, there's a whole list of them for Virginia secondary routes (90 of the 132 counties, if I counted correctly): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_State_Route_666 Some of these have multiple segments that are not continuous.
Quote from: thenetwork on May 22, 2022, 01:25:01 PM
Quote from: US 89 on May 21, 2022, 12:32:25 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 21, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe.
US 666 went through Utah too... :poke:
And yes, it was sign theft. The three states literally couldn't keep the road signed and people were apparently getting lost. That combined with a high fatality rate on New Mexico's portion (dangerous 2-lane highway with a good amount of traffic and a lot of drunk driving incidents) meant conditions were ripe for a renumbering. NM was the main driver behind that effort.
666 also used to go west from Gallup and down to Douglas AZ, but the extension of US 191 provided a great opportunity for Arizona to renumber their portion.
And I believe the last traces of US-666 were around Monticello, UT when UDOT had unisigns noting the conversion (NEW US-491 IS THE FORMER US-666). Those signs were finally removed around 2007-08.
There is a “491, Former 666” reassurance marker still standing in Gallup, northbound shortly after the route begins at I-40.
Quote from: US 89 on May 22, 2022, 10:51:09 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on May 22, 2022, 01:25:01 PM
Quote from: US 89 on May 21, 2022, 12:32:25 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 21, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe.
US 666 went through Utah too... :poke:
And yes, it was sign theft. The three states literally couldn't keep the road signed and people were apparently getting lost. That combined with a high fatality rate on New Mexico's portion (dangerous 2-lane highway with a good amount of traffic and a lot of drunk driving incidents) meant conditions were ripe for a renumbering. NM was the main driver behind that effort.
666 also used to go west from Gallup and down to Douglas AZ, but the extension of US 191 provided a great opportunity for Arizona to renumber their portion.
And I believe the last traces of US-666 were around Monticello, UT when UDOT had unisigns noting the conversion (NEW US-491 IS THE FORMER US-666). Those signs were finally removed around 2007-08.
There is a "491, Former 666" reassurance marker still standing in Gallup, northbound shortly after the route begins at I-40.
Bang! (https://goo.gl/maps/4HqTNTRtQZAQNPjY6)
Quote from: ethanhopkin14 on May 24, 2022, 05:48:12 PM
Quote from: US 89 on May 22, 2022, 10:51:09 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on May 22, 2022, 01:25:01 PM
Quote from: US 89 on May 21, 2022, 12:32:25 AM
Quote from: KCRoadFan on May 21, 2022, 12:25:51 AM
I know, of course, that US 666 in Colorado and New Mexico was famously renumbered to US 491 a while back, because of sign theft, I believe.
US 666 went through Utah too... :poke:
And yes, it was sign theft. The three states literally couldn't keep the road signed and people were apparently getting lost. That combined with a high fatality rate on New Mexico's portion (dangerous 2-lane highway with a good amount of traffic and a lot of drunk driving incidents) meant conditions were ripe for a renumbering. NM was the main driver behind that effort.
666 also used to go west from Gallup and down to Douglas AZ, but the extension of US 191 provided a great opportunity for Arizona to renumber their portion.
And I believe the last traces of US-666 were around Monticello, UT when UDOT had unisigns noting the conversion (NEW US-491 IS THE FORMER US-666). Those signs were finally removed around 2007-08.
There is a "491, Former 666" reassurance marker still standing in Gallup, northbound shortly after the route begins at I-40.
Bang! (https://goo.gl/maps/4HqTNTRtQZAQNPjY6)
So basically watch eBay if you are sign collector?
Might be a tangent, but are there states that won't issue 666 on license plates? I know Oregon does as one of my cars has plates starting with 666