This thread is for routes that have had their directional orientation changed. For instance, it used to be signed N/S but is now signed E/W, or vice versa.
I can think of at least three Kentucky state routes in my area for which this has happened.
KY 82 in Estill and Powell counties is now signed as N/S. It used to be signed E/W. There is still one stray "West KY 82" sign at the route's terminus at KY 15 and the Mountain Parkway in Clay City.
KY 191 in Wolfe and Morgan counties. Used to be signed N/S, now signed E/W.
KY 1571 in Estill County. This road runs pretty much due E/W but was signed N/S for years. Now signed E/W.
I also suspect there may have been a change to WV 4 at some time in the past. West Virginia's scheme generally signs one- and two-digit state routes N/S for even numbers and E/W for odd numbers. WV 4 is signed N/S and has been severely truncated from its original length, which was decidedly more E/W than N/S, but there is at least one "East WV 4" sign near the route's western (southern?) terminus.
VA 147 was signed both seemingly randomly (it starts off going northeast from US 60, then turns southeast after crossing the James River), but the newer signage on it seems to be all east-west.
IL-4 was N-S until it became US-66, and eventually (if not right away) became E-W. Today, the original alignment of 66 south of Springfield is back to IL-4 and N-S.
Quote from: pianocello on March 07, 2012, 10:33:42 PM
IL-4 was N-S until it became US-66
Were directional banners used back then?
Route 37 in California was originally a north-south route encompassing today's Route 37 from US 101 to Sears Point, and all of Route 121.
In the 1964 renumbering, 37 was rerouted to follow what was pre-1964 Route 48 from Sears Point to I-80 in Vallejo, with the north-south segment past Sears Point becoming Route 121. With this, 37 became the east-west route it is today.
A more bizarre one from this state too:
Until 1964, no matter how far it was from its east-west segment, US 6 was signed as "east-west" - even on the Harbor Freeway, today's I-110!
After 1964, it seems the rather short segment remaining from US 395 to the Nevada border is signed north-south - though the entirety of the remaining road to Cape Cod is primarily east-west!
MA 114 was originally a north-south road when it ended in Salem; but when it was extended into Marblehead in the late 50s (along MA 1A and former-MA 129), it became an east-west road.
However, in the early 70s (over a decade after the change took place) when overhead highway signage was erected in Danvers at the MA 114/US 1 & I-95 (then unopened) interchanges, the directions & trailblazer signs for 114 erroneously read NORTH-SOUTH rather than EAST-WEST. All the overhead signage was corrected about 2 to 3 years later by removing all the N, O, R, U & H lettering and replacing them with W, E & A lettering. The S for the South signage was simply respositioned and additional S's were provided for the WEST signage.
I say all the above because when the DPW replaced the lettering; with the exception of one pull-through sign for westbound 114, the 4 letters for the actual direction were placed in the same exact spot as the first 4 of the original 5 letters. In short, the spot that once had an H was left blank; thereby making it fairly easy to spot the lightershade of green where the H once stood when viewing the signs up close.
Needless to say, the above signs were all replaced in the 2000s.
To add, when the DPW corrected the old green overhead signs; the smaller trailblazer signs along 114 (still bearing the NORTH & SOUTH directions) were left untouched for years.
SR 105 in Florida needs its direction changed. It runs from I-95 in north Jacksonville to the ocean and it E-W but it is signed as N-S. At one time it was signed into Fernandina Beach but the SR 105 is dropped at the Mayport ferry where SR A1A takes over. From the ferry into Fernandina is actually NS but the 105 designation is dropped. On Amelia Island there is CR 105a that is an indication that 105 once went to Fernandina
The only one I can think of right-off is CA 2 , the Glendale Freeway .
Originally slated to run the length of Santa Monica Blvd , and dubbed "Beverly Hills Freeway" , its direction was East-West ; some signs still show this E/W destination .
Quote from: 1970_i feel alright on March 08, 2012, 09:18:36 AM
The only one I can think of right-off is CA 2 , the Glendale Freeway .
Originally slated to run the length of Santa Monica Blvd , and dubbed "Beverly Hills Freeway" , its direction was East-West ; some signs still show this E/W destination .
Route 2 was on Santa Monica Boulevard for many years though (and is still on some part of that street), and is east-west past I-210 to Route 138.
Is the Glendale Freeway consistently signed north-south?
I know there are a few "101 East/West" signs along surface streets crossing the Ventura Freeway, but never on the actual freeway itself.
I-180, PA: north-south at the start, became east-west when extended.
I-590 may have had a direction change as well but I'm not sure. It was planned to cover the entire "outer loop" around Rochester, so east-west would be the logical choice, but I don't know how far signage got before I-390 to downtown was cancelled (and the FHWA rejected I-590 north of I-490).
Quote from: TheStranger on March 08, 2012, 03:14:58 AM
After 1964, it seems the rather short segment remaining from US 395 to the Nevada border is signed north-south - though the entirety of the remaining road to Cape Cod is primarily east-west!
except in Cape Cod itself, where it starts out northeast, quickly turns south, and then turns west after about 25 miles.
NJ 36 used to have two directional changes, since it follows a C shape. The part along the shore has always been NS. The much longer stretch along the Atlantic Highlands was re-signed from EW to NS, while the short stretch in southern Monmouth Co. remained EW. (Personally, of course, I think it should have been the other way around.) A couple of EW signs remain in the now NS stretch that still runs EW - and in fact, it's so EW that CR 516 (even number CR = EW route) crosses it such that you would turn right to go from SB to EB or WB to SB.
US 1 in CT was once all EW. West of New Haven was re-signed NS long enough ago that almost nothing EW remains. East of New Haven still has a lot of remnants, but slowly disappearing.
Then you have cases like US 62 in Ohio that can't make up its mind - in fact, that's true of a lot of Ohio routes that ran diagonally with the old NW/NE/SW/SE banners. Did Ohio ever set in stone which way each route was to run when those were discontinued? Because it sure seems like they didn't.
The later US 66 portions of expressway in Illinois were signed E/W, now they are signed as I-55 N/S,
Quote from: Takumi on March 07, 2012, 10:31:38 PM
VA 147 was signed both seemingly randomly (it starts off going northeast from US 60, then turns southeast after crossing the James River), but the newer signage on it seems to be all east-west.
Some email communications I've had with VDOT regarding VA 147 seems to imply that it has always been intended to be an east-west route despite the north-south signage that appears here and there in Richmond and Chesterfield County.
When a slew of Washington state routes were renumbered to SR 20 to make one long route to celebrate the opening of the North Cascades Highway, one of them was the northern half of SR 525 on Whidbey Island, a north/south route. (I believe the portion on the Olympic Peninsula had also been an odd N/S number, but I can't remember for certain off the top of my head.)
US 285 in Denver runs along a major E/W thoroughfare (Hampden Ave) from its north terminus at I-25 to the west end of Denver metro at C-470, where it begins curving southwest into the foothills. Up until reconstruction of the freeway portion a couple years ago, some of the signs directing one to the onramps said east or west.
Very minor example, but LA 1088 was signed N/S back in the 80's or so. In the 90's it got changed to E/W. It's a diagonal route that tends more E/W than N/S.
Quote from: Darkchylde on March 09, 2012, 05:10:54 AM
Very minor example, but LA 1088 was signed N/S back in the 80's or so. In the 90's it got changed to E/W. It's a diagonal route that tends more E/W than N/S.
That number sounds familiar... where is LA 1088?
This reminds me of LA 16 though... as well as a number of highways in my home parish of Tangipahoa Parish.. LA 1061 and LA 1054 for example, make 90 degree turns that cause direction shifts
Quote from: Steve on March 08, 2012, 11:52:16 PMUS 1 in CT was once all EW. West of New Haven was re-signed NS long enough ago that almost nothing EW remains. East of New Haven still has a lot of remnants, but slowly disappearing.
Back when the CT Turnpike was still a toll road; there were some I-95 trailblazer signage that had 'EAST' & 'WEST' signs (vs. 'NORTH' & 'SOUTH') scattered about. I'm sure those are long gone by now.
I-380 (PA): originally signed east-west, changed to north-south during the exit number conversion of 2001
What used to be US 33 through Pomeroy, OH is now OH 833. Both highways are signed East—West, but when the road became OH 833, its direction reversed! (Personally, I would have made OH 833 North—South...)
Quote from: national highway 1 on March 09, 2012, 01:52:41 AM
The later US 66 portions of expressway in Illinois were signed E/W, now they are signed as I-55 N/S,
Actually, and I have seen the photos, US-66 was signed "CHICAGO" and "ST LOUIS" as the "cardinal directions".
NJ 18 was originally signed E-W from the Garden State Parkway to its end in Piscataway. Now its N-S.
NJ 440 was signed E-W in Middlesex County, NJ that was change to N-S in the late 80s. There is still a sign showing EB NJ 440 on the Garden State Parkway Service Road at New Brunswick Avenue in Woodbridge, and on NJ Turnpike signs at Exit 10 in Edison my last time up there a few years back.
US 52 in South Carolina was N-S, then recently changed to E-W. Where it intersects US 521, you turn right on EB US 52 to go NB on US 521, or left to go south. Then on US 521 you turn left going NB to go EB on US 52, etc. It does run more N-S in South Carolina and in North Carolina it is still signed N-S (unless they changed too).
FL A1A, was bannerless from Fernandina Beach, FL to Callahan, FL. Now it is signed E-W along with FL 200 that it is concurrent with.
Quote from: achilles765 on March 09, 2012, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: Darkchylde on March 09, 2012, 05:10:54 AM
Very minor example, but LA 1088 was signed N/S back in the 80's or so. In the 90's it got changed to E/W. It's a diagonal route that tends more E/W than N/S.
That number sounds familiar... where is LA 1088?
This reminds me of LA 16 though... as well as a number of highways in my home parish of Tangipahoa Parish.. LA 1061 and LA 1054 for example, make 90 degree turns that cause direction shifts
Goes NE from LA 59 just outside Mandeville, interchanges with I-12 @ Exit 68, then continues in a ENE direction to LA 36 east of Abita Springs.
Quote from: roadman65 on March 10, 2012, 07:22:13 PM
NJ 440 was signed E-W in Middlesex County, NJ that was change to N-S in the late 80s. There is still a sign showing EB NJ 440 on the Garden State Parkway Service Road at New Brunswick Avenue in Woodbridge, and on NJ Turnpike signs at Exit 10 in Edison my last time up there a few years back.
They replaced the sign on the "service road" (just before the US 9 merge)... and they made a carbon copy that still says EAST!
Quote from: Steve on March 10, 2012, 11:41:51 PM
Quote from: roadman65 on March 10, 2012, 07:22:13 PM
NJ 440 was signed E-W in Middlesex County, NJ that was change to N-S in the late 80s. There is still a sign showing EB NJ 440 on the Garden State Parkway Service Road at New Brunswick Avenue in Woodbridge, and on NJ Turnpike signs at Exit 10 in Edison my last time up there a few years back.
They replaced the sign on the "service road" (just before the US 9 merge)... and they made a carbon copy that still says EAST!
Did they place the TO I-287 shield on the US 9 SB overhead and finally add on South Amboy as a control point to follow up on the NJT's "The Amboys" on Exit 11 guide signs?
I-565 was once signed North-South from Decatur to Huntsville. It is now East-West.
two NC examples-
I-440 was "inner" and "outer" and about the time everyone figured it out, they changed it to "east" and "west" to "eliminate confusion, funny enough.
Also (this may be more of a question), US 52 runs N-S throughout the entire state, but I noticed further north in OH it runs E-W, is that true?
I just remembered another highway which had its directions changed ; one so obvious that I'd forgotten to mention it earlier :
CA 91 , the Riverside , et al. , Freeway . It was originally US 91 , and it ran north-south , starting in the Long Beach area , through the Santa Ana Canyon in O.C. , following much of what is today I-215 (at the CA 60 interchange) , then up through the Cajon Pass , after junctioning with I-15 in Devore , then up its close-to-original routing through Las Vegas , Salt Lake City , etc.
When the 1964 Renumbering was enacted (albeit , slowly in Riverside and San Bernardino counties) , US 91 was decomissioned , and re-dubbed CA 91 , with no apparent thought to its oddball status as a 2-digit state highway which runs east-west !
Quote from: jcarte29 on March 12, 2012, 03:21:38 PM
two NC examples-
I-440 was "inner" and "outer" and about the time everyone figured it out, they changed it to "east" and "west" to "eliminate confusion, funny enough.
Also (this may be more of a question), US 52 runs N-S throughout the entire state, but I noticed further north in OH it runs E-W, is that true?
Not just there, but in North Dakota also (it parallels I-94 for a bit past Fargo before turning north towards Manitoba)
Quote from: TheStranger on March 08, 2012, 09:36:07 AM
Quote from: 1970_i feel alright on March 08, 2012, 09:18:36 AM
The only one I can think of right-off is CA 2 , the Glendale Freeway .
Originally slated to run the length of Santa Monica Blvd , and dubbed "Beverly Hills Freeway" , its direction was East-West ; some signs still show this E/W destination .
Route 2 was on Santa Monica Boulevard for many years though (and is still on some part of that street), and is east-west past I-210 to Route 138.
Is the Glendale Freeway consistently signed north-south?
I know there are a few "101 East/West" signs along surface streets crossing the Ventura Freeway, but never on the actual freeway itself.
The portion of the 2 thats the Fwy is signed North/South consistently and yes the portion that follows Santa Monica Bl is signed east/west. Example is at Highland & Santa Monica, on the eastbound light theres a 2 sign marked East. I don't think I've ever noticed a N/S sign on the surface street portion.
its nearly treated like two separate routes
I hate that the 101 has W/E signs because I know it as N/S and it throws me off but its so frustrating on that part of 101 most of the time I try and avoid it.
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Md. 32 runs west-to-east from Md. 108 at Clarksville in Howard County to I-97 and Md. 3 at Gambrills in Anne Arundel County.
But from Md. 97 in Westminster in Carroll County to Md. 108 it is posted N-S.
Curiously, the E-W section is at least four lanes divided, with full access control, but the N-S section is mostly two lanes with partial or no access control.
Quote from: OracleUsr on June 17, 2012, 07:21:27 PM
Not just there, but in North Dakota also (it parallels I-94 for a bit past Fargo before turning north towards Manitoba Saskatchewan)
Fixed that for you.
US-42 in Ohio was once signed N-EAST and S-WEST.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
US-42 in Ohio was once signed N-EAST and S-WEST.
So, too, were several other diagonal highways. US 33 had a directional banner survive into the 1990s. I also remember seeing such signage for US 62 when I was a kid.
Not sure if this fits the original parameters, but the 1919—26 edition of M-69 in the UP of Michigan was a north-south highway that ran from Covington south through Crystal Falls to the state line. When the US Highways were assigned, M-69 was replaced by US 102 from Covington to Crystal Falls and US 2 from there to the state line. The M-69 number was then turned 90° to follow the segment of M-12 from Crystal Falls east to Sagola. (The remainder of M-12 from Sagola south to Iron Mountain was added to M-45 [now M-95] as US 2 otherwise replaced M-12 1:1 in the state.)
In short, from 1919 until 1926, M-69 was a north—south highway, and since 1926, it has been an east—west trunkline.
Another Michigan example: M-115 used to be signed north-south. It is now correctly signed east-west. Osceola County, in numbering houses, treats M-115 as a north-south road even though it tends to run a little more east-west than north-south.
Quote from: 1970_i feel alright on June 17, 2012, 07:02:58 PM
I just remembered another highway which had its directions changed ; one so obvious that I'd forgotten to mention it earlier :
CA 91 , the Riverside , et al. , Freeway . It was originally US 91 , and it ran north-south , starting in the Long Beach area , through the Santa Ana Canyon in O.C. , following much of what is today I-215 (at the CA 60 interchange) , then up through the Cajon Pass , after junctioning with I-15 in Devore , then up its close-to-original routing through Las Vegas , Salt Lake City , etc.
When the 1964 Renumbering was enacted (albeit , slowly in Riverside and San Bernardino counties) , US 91 was decomissioned , and re-dubbed CA 91 , with no apparent thought to its oddball status as a 2-digit state highway which runs east-west !
Wasn't Artesia Blvd pre-1964 CA 14, and didn't CA 18 extend along old US 91/395 to Long Beach?
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 11:06:18 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
US-42 in Ohio was once signed N-EAST and S-WEST.
So, too, were several other diagonal highways. US 33 had a directional banner survive into the 1990s. I also remember seeing such signage for US 62 when I was a kid.
Interestingly, when they changed to straight E-W or N-S labels, most of the diagonal US routes in Ohio wound up with the "wrong" ones--US 33 and 35 became E-W, while US 42 and 68 became N-S; US 62 has signage reflecting both.
The southern portion of I-540 was once signed east-west, but when 540 was extended north of I-40 it became north-south.
AR 375, section 0 west of Mena was once signed north-south (as it was when the eastern half was US 71) but is now signed east and west. It is heading virtually due east at its western terminus.
Quote from: PurdueBill on June 21, 2012, 09:38:30 PM
Interestingly, when they changed to straight E-W or N-S labels, most of the diagonal US routes in Ohio wound up with the "wrong" ones--US 33 and 35 became E-W, while US 42 and 68 became N-S; US 62 has signage reflecting both.
In US 33's case, it is signed as an E-W route in West Virginia and Virginia. What I don't get is West Virginia's insistence on signing US 250 as an N-S route when it's E-W in both Ohio and Virginia.
Quote from: PAHighways on March 09, 2012, 08:16:27 PM
I-380 (PA): originally signed east-west, changed to north-south during the exit number conversion of 2001
This sign dates back to when I-380 was E-W, and considering the difference between the I-84/380 shields and the I-81 shield, it could also date back to when I-380 was I-81E:
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Quote from: HighwayMaster on June 22, 2012, 08:24:46 PM
This sign dates back to when I-380 was E-W, and considering the difference between the I-84/380 shields and the I-81 shield, it could also date back to when I-380 was I-81E:
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I remember there being button copy signs at that junction in 1993, as well as a major reconstruction. Perhaps those signs date to 1993?
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 22, 2012, 09:23:36 PM
Quote from: HighwayMaster on June 22, 2012, 08:24:46 PM
This sign dates back to when I-380 was E-W, and considering the difference between the I-84/380 shields and the I-81 shield, it could also date back to when I-380 was I-81E:
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I remember there being button copy signs at that junction in 1993, as well as a major reconstruction. Perhaps those signs date to 1993?
Possible, but that postdates I-81E by 20 years.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 11:06:18 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
US-42 in Ohio was once signed N-EAST and S-WEST.
So, too, were several other diagonal highways. US 33 had a directional banner survive into the 1990s. I also remember seeing such signage for US 62 when I was a kid.
Was this changed made as a result in of not being able to use funding for this? I always thought that was innovative and correct.
For awhile, the beginning of CA 91 at the 215/60 interchange in Riverside was signed as the 91 south, even though the rest of the 91 is signed as east/west.
Here's a pic of a greened-out sign on the 60 east. They added the west over the south when they started replacing some of the button copy signs with retroreflective ones.
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I-75 east of Naples was signed East/West for a while at FL 29, since Interstate 75 had taken over FL 84.
There were some signs labeled that way in 2012:
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Quote from: Occidental Tourist on November 16, 2020, 11:55:26 AM
For awhile, the beginning of CA 91 at the 215/60 interchange in Riverside was signed as the 91 south, even though the rest of the 91 is signed as east/west.
I imagine this probably has something to do with CA-91 replacing US-91, which was a north—south route.
Quote from: Avalanchez71 on November 16, 2020, 08:05:30 AM
Quote from: hbelkins on June 19, 2012, 11:06:18 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on June 18, 2012, 03:06:29 PM
US-42 in Ohio was once signed N-EAST and S-WEST.
So, too, were several other diagonal highways. US 33 had a directional banner survive into the 1990s. I also remember seeing such signage for US 62 when I was a kid.
Was this changed made as a result in of not being able to use funding for this? I always thought that was innovative and correct.
In the case of Ohio, I don't believe it had anything to do with funding, just feedback that drivers had trouble comprehending the combinations of North/South with East/West. ODOT started phasing out those (semi) directional signs in the 1970s.
I-94 along the Tri-State Tollway in Illinois was signed, at least in places, as North-South (which is the direction of travel). ISTHA has since signed it uniformly East-West
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Before it was truncated, there were sections of CT 72 that were signed North-South. The first was the portion from Middletown-Cromwell that is now the southernmost portion of CT 3. The second was the portion north of US 6 in Terryville to CT 4 in Harwinton. There were CT 72 South signs on CT 4 until a couple years ago, but the latest GSV shows they've been replaced with East banners. CTDOT does log the route as N-S despite signing it E-W, which explains why the upcoming exit renumbering will reverse the direction of exit numbers, with mileage based numbers ascending as you head west replacing sequential numbers that ascend as you head east.
I think M-115 was signed as north-south for a while. In fact, Osceola County assigns addresses along M-115 as if it's a north-south road. M-115 is now (correctly) signed east-west.
Quote from: formulanone on November 16, 2020, 01:27:10 PM
I-75 east of Naples was signed East/West for a while at FL 29, since Interstate 75 had taken over FL 84.
There were some signs labeled that way in 2012:
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Wow, now that's a symmetric interchange. Looks exactly the same in both directions!
Ever since the extension was built from the PA Turnpike to the NJ Turnpike, they had I-95 fill that extension and therefore had to reroute everything north of that to I-295. This I-295 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania is a perfect example. The NJ side has I-295 South going towards the Delaware Memorial Bridge and I-295 North going towards the Scudder Falls Bridge in Hopewell, NJ and Upper Makefield, PA. As soon as you cross over to Pennsylvania, the stretch of I-295 that used to be I-95 is now I-295 South and I-295 West :confused: :confused: :confused:. PennDOT managed to redesign the entire compass. I-295 South actually went north towards the Scudder Falls Bridge in Hopewell, NJ and Upper Makefield, PA. Meanwhile, I-295 West went towards the interchange with I-95 and the PA Turnpike which is right outside of Northeast Philadelphia. They claim to have changed the directions because I-95 North used to go towards the Scudder Falls Bridge and I-95 South went towards Philadelphia was too confusing for people, so instead when they rerouted this stretch to I-295, they changed it to I-295 South and I-295 West.
Didn't US 101 in the Olympic Peninsula use to be signed entirely N/S with "South" and "North" even going the wrong directions until the confusion got too great that they fixed it to a proper N/S and an E/W on the upside-down L portion?
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 22, 2020, 12:32:42 PM
Didn't US 101 in the Olympic Peninsula use to be signed entirely N/S with "South" and "North" even going the wrong directions until the confusion got too great that they fixed it to a proper N/S and an E/W on the upside-down L portion?
That would appear to be the case. (https://www.google.com/maps/@48.0975329,-123.5399829,3a,28y,163.09h,88.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s9F4evLDeVE6rw84H6q_ukQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656)
Looks like I-94 in Chicagoland may have been changed from north-south to east-west.
* The Deerfield Road entrance circa 2012 used south. (https://goo.gl/maps/eqQUHcEBMTvEoNE98) Today east is used (https://goo.gl/maps/WNq3GncsxJ1zrapR6)
* Looks like the entrance at Lake Cook Road may have used north. (https://goo.gl/maps/WNq3GncsxJ1zrapR6)
* The entrance at IL 21 used to use north. (https://goo.gl/maps/sPh4FbkWgpTDjpAV8)
* The WB entrance from WB IL 132 in Gurnee used to use north (https://goo.gl/maps/j9NPELmgjkyvNMXX6)
* Appears the EB entrance from WB IL 132 in Gurnee used to use south. (https://goo.gl/maps/PeK1i9X5uS8iifYG7)
* South used to be used for the entrance at IL 173 (https://goo.gl/maps/Sgnhovj33VTij41A8)
Route 128 got it's directions switched between Braintree and Quincy when it became I-93. My mom once got confused and ended up in Quincy when trying to drive home.
Québec Route 199 was signed as east/west from when it was commissioned in the late 1950's to the mid-2000s, when it was properly signed north/south.
Quote from: hbelkins on March 07, 2012, 10:13:13 PM
This thread is for routes that have had their directional orientation changed. For instance, it used to be signed N/S but is now signed E/W, or vice versa.
I can think of at least three Kentucky state routes in my area for which this has happened.
KY 82 in Estill and Powell counties is now signed as N/S. It used to be signed E/W. There is still one stray "West KY 82" sign at the route's terminus at KY 15 and the Mountain Parkway in Clay City.
KY 191 in Wolfe and Morgan counties. Used to be signed N/S, now signed E/W.
KY 1571 in Estill County. This road runs pretty much due E/W but was signed N/S for years. Now signed E/W.
I also suspect there may have been a change to WV 4 at some time in the past. West Virginia's scheme generally signs one- and two-digit state routes N/S for even numbers and E/W for odd numbers. WV 4 is signed N/S and has been severely truncated from its original length, which was decidedly more E/W than N/S, but there is at least one "East WV 4" sign near the route's western (southern?) terminus.
Kentucky SR 1017 was north/south, but when it was rerouted over Aero Parkway west of Florence, it became an east/west.
I'm having trouble finding a source to verify, but was not ISTHA's Northwest Tollway/now Jane Addams Tollway originally signed North-South? And thats why the mileage markers counted "down" from South Beloit to Rosemont/O'Hare? This would have been from before it was designated Interstate 90
ISTHA finally reversed them so mile markers count down to South Beloit/Wisc line from Rosemont/O'Hare and they also now reflect I-90's Mileage across the state, instead of just on the ISTHA segment - and that wasn't even done that long ago
The roadway had mile markers that didn't match its 90 E-W signage, by convention
The road in Salt Lake City from North Temple to Beck Street via the Utah State Capitol (State St, 300 North, Columbus St, and Victory Rd) used to be SR 184, which was signed north-south. But after a series of realignments in 2007, they became part of the east-west SR 186 instead.
For decades, the northern leg of MA-6A in N Truro and Provincetown was signed North/South. In about 2015 or so, they re-signed it East/West to match US-6.