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Title: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: bugo on April 09, 2013, 04:25:46 PM
There used to be signs all over south Polk County at road junctions.  These small gray signs were shaped like arrows, and had numbers in them, usually 5 digit numbers.  I was always told they were Weyerhauser routes.  Weyerhauser is a timber company.  Has anybody ever seen these signs?
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 04:33:59 PM
Polk County of which state?
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 04:42:17 PM
Dude, you're supposed to read his mind.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: bugo on April 09, 2013, 05:30:59 PM
Sorry, Arkansas.  My home county.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 06:09:23 PM
nope, have not ever noticed such a thing.  the only time I've been to Polk County, AR, I did not leave US-71. 

got any photos?
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: NE2 on April 09, 2013, 06:59:10 PM
First hit on the Goog: http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/news/display.aspx?id=2197

QuoteThe Ed Banks Low Water Bridge that crosses the Cossatot River from the east side on Weyerhaeuser Road #52000 (Ed Banks Road), and from the west on Weyerhaeuser Road #82000, in Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area will be closed to all vehicles beginning November 1, according to State Parks Director Greg Butts.

lol butts

Perhaps they're similar to national forest routes, but on a private forest.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
I think I'll number my driveway Hoger Route 631.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 08:17:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
I think I'll number my driveway Hoger Route 631.

and invite hordes of roadgeeks to clinch it; sometimes at weird hours?  careful there...
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: formulanone on April 09, 2013, 08:20:50 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 08:17:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
I think I'll number my driveway Hoger Route 631.

and invite hordes of roadgeeks to clinch it; sometimes at weird hours?  careful there...

You'd have to also define Old Hoger Routes and claim an abandoned Hoger Route somewhere.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 09:06:07 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 08:17:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
I think I'll number my driveway Hoger Route 631.

and invite hordes of roadgeeks to clinch it; sometimes at weird hours?  careful there...

Really?  Are there now hordes of roadgeeks clamoring to clinch the Weyerhaeuser Roads?  For some reason, I don't believe that......

PS   I didn't realize till now that Weyerhaeuser had that third e in the middle.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: Alps on April 09, 2013, 11:03:02 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 09:06:07 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 08:17:43 PM
Quote from: kphoger on April 09, 2013, 07:40:34 PM
I think I'll number my driveway Hoger Route 631.

and invite hordes of roadgeeks to clinch it; sometimes at weird hours?  careful there...

Really?  Are there now hordes of roadgeeks clamoring to clinch the Weyerhaeuser Roads?  For some reason, I don't believe that......

PS   I didn't realize till now that Weyerhaeuser had that third e in the middle.
If I lived in the area, I would give it a shot.

~ Alps Routes are hereby defined as those routes that are and are not paved in concrete, are and are not abandoned, and are and are not contiguous. I offer NJ 324 as an example.
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: US71 on April 11, 2013, 10:12:59 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 06:09:23 PM
nope, have not ever noticed such a thing.  the only time I've been to Polk County, AR, I did not leave US-71. 


You should! Several old alignments in the area plus the Talimena Scenic Drive :D
Title: Re: Weyerhauser routes
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 11, 2013, 12:28:48 PM
Quote from: US71 on April 11, 2013, 10:12:59 AM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2013, 06:09:23 PM
nope, have not ever noticed such a thing.  the only time I've been to Polk County, AR, I did not leave US-71. 


You should! Several old alignments in the area plus the Talimena Scenic Drive :D

neato!  I just remember I had something like 9 1/2 hours to get from Joplin, MO to Houston, TX, to catch a plane - so time was of the essence.