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Title: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Rothman on September 29, 2024, 08:37:27 PM
Came across NY 365A today and got me thinking about what the highest numbered suffixed "A" route would be in the country.  I'd imagine NJ has some crazy "5XXA" county route out there somewhere (if not "5XXA Spur").  Anyone venture to find out what the highest numbered "A" route is?

Couldn't find a previous thread on this topic, so here's your chance to catch me posting a new topic when one may already exist somewhere.

(On a tangent, MA 122A always bugged me due to cramming all those digits into a MA route shield.  Looks ugly, even when done right)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54031295568_88a9d4193a_k.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2qjyvKw)
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: rickmastfan67 on September 29, 2024, 08:45:52 PM
FL-907A says hi. (https://maps.app.goo.gl/YZ33AgEH9d2fkFJu9)
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Jim on September 29, 2024, 09:08:23 PM
Limiting to TM's data in the US, I get these at 500+:

| usafl      | FL    | FL500A  |        | Tav    | Tavares                          | fl.fl500atav    |  0.221929 |        0 |    41146 |
| usapr      | PR    | PR518R  |        |        |                                  | pr.pr0518r      |  0.436843 |        0 |    52234 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL559A  |        | Aub    | Auburndale                        | fl.fl559aaub    |  1.55992 |        0 |    41177 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL686A  |        |        |                                  | fl.fl686a      |  2.54201 |        0 |    41221 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR722-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar7221a      |  2.52139 |        0 |    40176 |
| usamd      | MD    | MD835A  |        |        |                                  | md.md835a      |  0.667955 |        0 |    47428 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR902-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar9021a      |  2.74403 |        0 |    40178 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL907A  |        |        |                                  | fl.fl907a      |  0.375761 |        0 |    41305 |
| usaky      | KY    | KY913C  |        | Jef    | Jeffersontown                    | ky.ky0913cjef  |  0.510602 |        0 |    43580 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR915-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar9151a      |  0.147506 |        0 |    40179 |
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Jim on September 29, 2024, 09:10:01 PM
Going international, TM has

| colrn      | COL      | RN9007A    |        |        |                                              | col.rn9007a          |   15.5787 |         0 |    62290 |
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: jp the roadgeek on September 29, 2024, 09:18:42 PM
NY 991A if we're counting NYS reference routes.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Max Rockatansky on September 29, 2024, 09:25:04 PM
Monroe County Route 939A (a former State Road and alignment of US 1) is a thing on Sugarloaf Key. 
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Rothman on September 29, 2024, 09:25:42 PM
Quote from: Jim on September 29, 2024, 09:08:23 PMLimiting to TM's data in the US, I get these at 500+:

| usafl      | FL    | FL500A  |        | Tav    | Tavares                          | fl.fl500atav    |  0.221929 |        0 |    41146 |
| usapr      | PR    | PR518R  |        |        |                                  | pr.pr0518r      |  0.436843 |        0 |    52234 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL559A  |        | Aub    | Auburndale                        | fl.fl559aaub    |  1.55992 |        0 |    41177 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL686A  |        |        |                                  | fl.fl686a      |  2.54201 |        0 |    41221 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR722-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar7221a      |  2.52139 |        0 |    40176 |
| usamd      | MD    | MD835A  |        |        |                                  | md.md835a      |  0.667955 |        0 |    47428 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR902-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar9021a      |  2.74403 |        0 |    40178 |
| usafl      | FL    | FL907A  |        |        |                                  | fl.fl907a      |  0.375761 |        0 |    41305 |
| usaky      | KY    | KY913C  |        | Jef    | Jeffersontown                    | ky.ky0913cjef  |  0.510602 |        0 |    43580 |
| usaar      | AR    | AR915-1A |        |        |                                  | ar.ar9151a      |  0.147506 |        0 |    40179 |


That AR route looks interesting.  Shield has a canoe on it, but I can't quickly find information on the Internet about what kind of route it really is.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Rothman on September 29, 2024, 09:26:14 PM
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on September 29, 2024, 09:18:42 PMNY 991A if we're counting NYS reference routes.

Gah.  I specifically meant to exclude them in my OP.  Phooey.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Road Hog on September 29, 2024, 09:43:36 PM
I'm guessing the AR 902-1A is probably leading to some state park. Whether it's signed or not is a coin flip.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: formulanone on September 29, 2024, 09:54:50 PM
Quote from: Road Hog on September 29, 2024, 09:43:36 PMI'm guessing the AR 902-1A is probably leading to some state park. Whether it's signed or not is a coin flip.

Some are, some aren't. Boat ramps and parks.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/5587/14952869347_f26575951d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/oMkn7c)

(This one is an error, it's supposed to be "722A".)
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: NE2 on September 29, 2024, 10:59:59 PM
Quote from: Jim on September 29, 2024, 09:10:01 PMGoing international, TM has

| colrn      | COL      | RN9007A    |        |        |                                              | col.rn9007a          |   15.5787 |         0 |    62290 |

Which is not really a suffixed route in the normal sense...9007 is the seventh section of 90, so it's more of a branch of 90, but 90A is a separate route with its own sections (90A01 etc). The section numbers appear on km posts, while shields (extremely rare) have the two-digit numbers.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Rothman on September 30, 2024, 06:53:43 AM
Always awkward when my sockpuppet shows up to answer my own question.
Title: Re: Highest Numbered "A" Route?
Post by: Jim on September 30, 2024, 07:21:39 AM
Quote from: NE2 on September 29, 2024, 10:59:59 PMWhich is not really a suffixed route in the normal sense...9007 is the seventh section of 90, so it's more of a branch of 90, but 90A is a separate route with its own sections (90A01 etc). The section numbers appear on km posts, while shields (extremely rare) have the two-digit numbers.

That looks to be a case with many of what look like the high-numbered suffixed routes internationally.  The way we represent them makes them match my regex even though they don't fit what we're looking for here.

Thoughts on this one?

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