I notice these territories (well, not so much Nunavut) have highways going through them with numeric designations. Does anybody know or have pictures of highway shields from here? I've never seen a NWT shield, and wasn't sure if they had their own markers or not. Do any of these regions sign their highways by number?
I had a Nunavut question in my Trivia set.
Nunavut doesn't have a highway system, mostly privately owned.
NWT and Yukon have highway systems, Yukon has a shield but I forget what the shield looked like same with NWT.
Yukon's shield is essentially a Massachusetts style shield with no border and varying color depending on the route number inside, if memory serves me.
A lot of shield assemblies in Yukon/NWT/Nunavut just use the number printed on the sign without any formatting- I'm not sure that NWT/Nunavut actually have a shield
there a study from 2006 for an highway project linking Manitoba with the Nunavut, mainly the part known as the Keewatin district
http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/ (http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/)
http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/Exhibit%2011_Rev%20PC_Dec%202006.pdf (http://www.nu-mbrss.snclavalin.com/Exhibit%2011_Rev%20PC_Dec%202006.pdf)
I guess the question is, is worth the effort to build a road to Nunavut, will there be enough traffic or will it just be trucks.
There is a winter road to Nunavut from NWT. There is about 10-15K trucks per year on it.
Quote from: Hellfighter06 on March 12, 2009, 07:11:08 PM
I guess the question is, is worth the effort to build a road to Nunavut, will there be enough traffic or will it just be trucks.
with the increase level of mining exploration, I guess they'll be a need for a permanent road to ease the access to some locations
I imagine that truck traffic alone would be enough of a motivator to build the highway, that plus governmental transport ability to somehow drive to Iqaluit (I realize this is impossible but a ferry from said highway to Iqaluit is potentially feasible)
Yeah, Iqaluit is on an island and to build a bridge or a tunnel would be to pointless for now.
NWT has a shield with a bear in it. There was one on eBay last time I checked. It's a green rectangle with white letters and number.
No photos 2 speak of here, but the following Wikipedia articles of the highways in the 3 territories should add information 2 this catagory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Northwest_Territories_highways (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Northwest_Territories_highways)
(articles of the other 2 territories can b logged onto from the bottom of the NWT highway article) :coffee:
here's a Yukon shield, in Alaska, actually.
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/YT/YT19800051i1.jpg)
The gantry is missing the left arrow for the 9 and 5, and should also have a "TO" above the 9, as Alaska 5 turns into Yukon 9 a couple hundred miles up the road.
Alaska: the one place in the US where 200 miles is close enough to start signing routes from an adjacent area.
Now that I read that it sounds like a good motivator poster.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 24, 2009, 04:49:36 PM
here's a Yukon shield, in Alaska, actually.
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/YT/YT19800051i1.jpg)
The gantry is missing the left arrow for the 9 and 5, and should also have a "TO" above the 9, as Alaska 5 turns into Yukon 9 a couple hundred miles up the road.
See, the big problem with Yukon's shield is that, for me looking at that page, I think, "What does that number 9 have to do with Route 5?" A red "TO" would certainly help, but really, Yukon ought to at least put Y.T. in their shield so it looks like something.
Quote from: AlpsROADS on September 24, 2009, 09:18:24 PM
See, the big problem with Yukon's shield is that, for me looking at that page, I think, "What does that number 9 have to do with Route 5?" A red "TO" would certainly help, but really, Yukon ought to at least put Y.T. in their shield so it looks like something.
I would even use the territorial outline. As far as I know, all Yukon routes are single digit, so they would fit in the bottom half. Then maybe a YUKON in the upper right corner?
but definitely keep the colors - each route number has its own color. Who needs Floridachrome when you have Dancing Rainbow Polar Bear Vision?
I drove through the Yukon on the way to Alaska several years ago. They were Yukon route numbers on the square signs embedded on larger green directional signs. I never saw a free standing Yukon route number shield. Notice the photo above was likely taken in Alaska, not Yukon.
it was indeed taken in Alaska, at Tetlin Junction.
YT 14, 15 and 37 disagree, but that hardly matters, yes?
Bickendan, where are YT 14 and 15? I know about YT 10 and a very short stub YT 37 (extension of BC 37), but otherwise nothing above 10 shown in the latest Milepost, IIRC.
Quote from: Bickendan on September 27, 2009, 03:26:45 AM
YT 14, 15 and 37 disagree, but that hardly matters, yes?
there's a 37? that may make things tricky. 10, 14, 15 are one and a half digits and would work fine.
the question is, what is that font that Yukon uses for its numbers?
I see an 11 in their official map...
Yeah, YT 11 is a short spur from YT 2 to Mayo. I forgot about that one.
YT 10 is a long spur from YT 4 to Tungsten NWT. The Milepost reports the highway extends a few km into NWT as a public road, but since it's completely isolated from the rest of the NWT road network, I doubt that NWT would bother slapping a number on its segment.
YT 37 is so short, if it gets any route signage at all, "TO BC 37" would probably do the trick.
Quote from: deanejAlaska: The one place in the US where 200 miles is close enough to start signing routes from an adjacent area.
Now that I read that it sounds like a good motivator poster.
Someone shop in a To sign and a left arrow, slap the pic against a black background with caption on it and we'll have a winner.
Quote from: oscarBickendan, where are YT 14 and 15? I know about YT 10 and a very short stub YT 37 (extension of BC 37), but otherwise nothing above 10 shown in the latest Milepost, IIRC.
YT 14 is a spur of YT 2 north of Whitehorse, running west to Tahinni Hot Springs. YT 15 is a spur of YT 4 from Faro, running north a short ways on Mitchell Rd.
Since I visited that hot spring on my 1994 Alaska trio, I guess I've clinched YT 14 by accident. (BTW, it's an OK stopover on the way up to Alaska, though it's a developed commercial hot spring, while I prefer undeveloped hot springs like Liard HS along the Alaska Highway in northern BC.)
Also got all of YT 2 , 3, 8, and 9. Not 1 -- the two segments of the entire Alaska Highway I missed are both in the Yukon.
Do you happen to remember what colors the shields for YT 1, 2, 3 and 8 are?
Quote from: AlpsROADS on March 14, 2009, 07:13:46 PM
NWT has a shield with a bear in it. There was one on eBay last time I checked. It's a green rectangle with white letters and number.
For those who are wondering what one actually looks like:
At 0:46 in the video below, there is a picture with a NWT shield in it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhGmZrdO3gw
(//www.aaroads.com/shields/img/NT/NT19860041i1.jpg)
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 24, 2009, 10:41:37 PM
Who needs Floridachrome when you have Dancing Rainbow Polar Bear Vision?
Shame on you! :-( Although, I have always wondered what it's like to travel the routes up there. The highest numbered Yukon route is
10 apparently 37, then?
And the highest one in NWT is 4?
there is a NWT 7 shield on eBay right now.
Quote from: florida on October 22, 2009, 10:16:37 PM
Although, I have always wondered what it's like to travel the routes up there. The highest numbered Yukon route is 10 apparently 37, then?
Yes.
QuoteAnd the highest one in NWT is 4?
8. Dempster Hwy, from YT 5 to Inuvik (and by extension, to Tuktoyaktuk over the Mackenzie River and Arctic Ocean in the winter).
Kinda offtopic, but Nunavut has produced a beautiful font (http://www.gov.nu.ca/english/font/) called Pigiarniq that I use on all my maps.