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USA Toll Transponder Interoperability - 2025 edition

Started by SSOWorld

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Replies: 171
Views: 125,234

July 05, 2025, 06:15:40 PM
by Brandon

Road and Highway Reference Sites

Started by DesertDog

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Replies: 52
Views: 123,306

March 18, 2025, 06:05:59 PM
by bing101

Historic official state maps online

Started by NE2

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Replies: 112
Views: 228,405

November 18, 2024, 11:23:54 PM
by bugo

AASHTO Route Numbering Database Documents

Started by Rover_0

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Replies: 209
Views: 205,870

November 12, 2024, 12:01:05 PM
by Mapmikey

How do you get the URL of a particular place on Google Street View?

Started by J Route Z

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Replies: 32
Views: 108,034

June 06, 2023, 03:26:34 PM
by hotdogPi

Closest stretches of road you have NOT clinched

Started by NWI_Irish96

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Replies: 218
Views: 154,177

Today at 02:58:06 PM
by Bickendan

Things you thought you'd hate but then ended up liking

Started by kphoger

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Views: 1,289

Today at 02:56:39 PM
by Bickendan

Greatest number of exits in a row you've clinched on one highway

Started by kphoger

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Replies: 40
Views: 710

Today at 02:55:25 PM
by kphoger

What is the largest municipality in your state that is NOT on a numbered highway

Started by NWI_Irish96

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Replies: 38
Views: 661

Today at 01:21:54 PM
by bm7

Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

Started by kphoger

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Replies: 123
Views: 3,050

Today at 12:44:01 PM
by vdeane

Google Maps just fucking SUCKS now

Started by agentsteel53

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Replies: 3,026
Views: 1,187,906

Today at 12:39:23 PM
by vdeane

XY Challenge

Started by paulthemapguy

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Replies: 1,253
Views: 310,816

Today at 07:51:45 AM
by Jim

Worst control city on an interstate in your state

Started by SkyPesos

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Replies: 715
Views: 239,644

July 22, 2025, 09:34:02 AM
by kphoger

New book covering the first century of the US route system

Started by usends

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Replies: 28
Views: 14,352

July 22, 2025, 12:10:28 AM
by Scott5114

40th Anniversary of US-66 Decommission

Started by edwaleni

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Replies: 93
Views: 3,604

July 21, 2025, 02:43:14 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Longest Stretch of Highway Where You've Used Every Exit

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 170
Views: 96,298

July 21, 2025, 12:26:55 PM
by cockroachking

Lowest-numbered route you haven't been on

Started by hotdogPi

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Replies: 1,539
Views: 463,811

July 21, 2025, 11:34:47 AM
by JayhawkCO

Funniest street names

Started by J Route Z

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Replies: 898
Views: 452,261

July 20, 2025, 10:10:59 PM
by TheCatalyst31

Longest unclinched roads you've driven both ends of

Started by pderocco

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Replies: 72
Views: 40,991

July 20, 2025, 07:54:10 PM
by NWI_Irish96

[Project] Highways Sorted by each U.S. County

Started by TBKS1

Replies: 10
Views: 514

July 20, 2025, 06:37:03 PM
by xonhulu

Highways You Have Clinched

Started by Ian

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Replies: 606
Views: 388,690

July 20, 2025, 04:36:20 PM
by Sapphuby

Highways / Signs in Movies, TV Shows, and Videos

Started by Alex

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Replies: 886
Views: 528,334

July 17, 2025, 11:07:58 PM
by kurumi

Longest Stretches of Interstates You've Still Not Traveled

Started by JayhawkCO

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Replies: 41
Views: 19,887

July 17, 2025, 06:34:47 PM
by formulanone

State Clinches - Various Categories

Started by Buck87

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Replies: 178
Views: 135,371

July 17, 2025, 04:20:28 AM
by Scott5114

License Plate News

Started by Alex

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Replies: 2,572
Views: 1,109,606

July 16, 2025, 12:58:24 PM
by kalvado

Crash prone 'modern roundabouts'

Started by tradephoric

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Replies: 3,084
Views: 1,225,079

July 15, 2025, 03:20:11 PM
by tradephoric

Roadgeek Hot Takes

Started by CoreySamson

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Replies: 149
Views: 32,140

July 15, 2025, 12:28:55 AM
by Konza

Two places on sign that are names of places in another state

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 47
Views: 4,606

July 13, 2025, 12:07:07 PM
by LilianaUwU

Exit Numbers on non freeways

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 31
Views: 17,868

July 08, 2025, 12:29:45 PM
by Mav94

No more 'rainbow' crosswalks in the USA?

Started by mgk920

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Replies: 105
Views: 3,126

July 06, 2025, 07:17:31 PM
by Scott5114

Roads named for businesses which no longer exist (there)

Started by briantroutman

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Replies: 264
Views: 159,749

July 06, 2025, 04:20:14 PM
by Bitmapped

Metric Signs

Started by KillerTux

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Replies: 158
Views: 32,468

July 06, 2025, 12:15:34 AM
by CtrlAltDel

Lowest numbered route you don't have a picture of

Started by TBKS1

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Replies: 90
Views: 79,718

July 05, 2025, 05:07:08 PM
by jlam

Photos of roads not in Google Street View

Started by Max Rockatansky

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Replies: 37
Views: 17,239

July 05, 2025, 04:32:19 PM
by TBKS1

Google Maps for navigational guidance - the good, the bad, and the ugly

Started by webny99

Replies: 22
Views: 1,802

July 04, 2025, 10:12:44 PM
by Max Rockatansky

State Names *Only* That Are Used As Control Cities

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 47
Views: 3,856

June 28, 2025, 08:07:59 AM
by dgolub

Maritime Highways

Started by hobsini2

Replies: 11
Views: 974

June 23, 2025, 06:33:36 AM
by hobsini2

Bannered Routes That Don’t Make Sense

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 77
Views: 50,693

June 22, 2025, 09:42:35 PM
by Rothman

Passing on the right in the US

Started by edwaleni

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Replies: 67
Views: 3,880

June 21, 2025, 10:30:34 PM
by jeffandnicole

Dead & Dying Toll Road Interchanges...

Started by thenetwork

Replies: 14
Views: 1,284

June 21, 2025, 03:05:51 PM
by Ned Weasel

Highway Conspiracy Theories

Started by Max Rockatansky

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Replies: 147
Views: 32,095

June 20, 2025, 06:49:38 PM
by Beltway

Roads with a different speed limit in each direction?

Started by DriverDave

Replies: 4
Views: 631

June 19, 2025, 09:47:41 PM
by ElishaGOtis

Secretly Signed Highways

Started by TBKS1

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 57
Views: 9,870

June 18, 2025, 06:08:01 PM
by Road Hog

What are these Street Light Assemblies called?

Started by roadman65

Replies: 6
Views: 1,257

June 11, 2025, 10:08:03 PM
by Henry

State Routes That Visit Every County Seat

Started by roadman65

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Replies: 57
Views: 8,979

June 10, 2025, 02:26:27 AM
by pderocco

Ferry(S) connecting Sections of US Highways

Started by mapman1071

Replies: 13
Views: 1,335

June 09, 2025, 07:18:45 PM
by Konza

AASHTO Spring 2025 Meeting (Hartford, CT)

Started by Great Lakes Roads

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Replies: 31
Views: 5,883

May 27, 2025, 05:39:41 PM
by 74/171FAN

Interchange U-Turns that are Intentional/By Design (NOT Texas U-Turns)

Started by webny99

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Replies: 79
Views: 33,545

May 19, 2025, 09:03:09 PM
by Bitmapped

US Route redundant concurrencies

Started by kramie13

Replies: 16
Views: 3,455

May 19, 2025, 04:59:11 AM
by Great Lakes Roads

Roadgeeking on Military Bases

Started by PColumbus73

Replies: 12
Views: 2,680

May 18, 2025, 12:27:52 PM
by ElishaGOtis

Railroad Overpasses With RR Company Logos -- Surviving VIntage Signs

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 79
Views: 73,175

May 09, 2025, 12:44:00 PM
by thenetwork

Road-Geeky Things Of The Past That You Miss...

Started by thenetwork

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Replies: 175
Views: 99,414

May 07, 2025, 05:25:52 PM
by PColumbus73

Rank Your States Border Crossings in order of volume of travel crossed

Started by Roadgeekteen

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Replies: 82
Views: 61,468

May 07, 2025, 04:23:07 PM
by Sctvhound

Traffic Lights for Residential Driveways

Started by Alex4897

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Replies: 111
Views: 100,435

May 07, 2025, 02:11:07 PM
by formulanone

The Next Generation of the Interstate

Started by California5

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Replies: 136
Views: 74,990

May 07, 2025, 04:55:20 AM
by Quillz

"Bypasses" around Nothing Special

Started by Dirt Roads

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Replies: 46
Views: 13,944

May 07, 2025, 01:27:46 AM
by Quillz

Counties without stoplights

Started by ftballfan

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Replies: 164
Views: 103,815

May 07, 2025, 01:04:16 AM
by Quillz

Left Lane Camping

Started by webny99

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Replies: 283
Views: 109,044

May 06, 2025, 03:19:03 PM
by roadman65

What's the most recent new route designation in your state/province?

Started by TheStranger

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Replies: 60
Views: 42,340

May 05, 2025, 01:39:55 PM
by Max Rockatansky

Two-Lane Roads Where Passing Is Common

Started by webny99

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Replies: 58
Views: 22,056

May 04, 2025, 11:11:33 PM
by JREwing78

Roads you have never traveled a non-multiplexed segment of

Started by epzik8

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Replies: 115
Views: 101,179

May 04, 2025, 06:53:21 PM
by bassoon1986

2026 Rand McNally Road Atlas

Started by bob7374

Replies: 17
Views: 13,039

May 03, 2025, 07:08:12 PM
by wriddle082

Highways from a County into another state with the same name

Started by roadman65

Replies: 19
Views: 7,787

May 03, 2025, 08:52:35 AM
by Flint1979

Longest on/off ramps

Started by MCRoads

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Replies: 90
Views: 34,042

May 02, 2025, 10:39:09 PM
by Scott5114

All Roads End Eventually...

Started by Dirt Roads

Replies: 21
Views: 11,067

May 02, 2025, 01:34:45 PM
by jeffandnicole

Are there any bannered routes outside the US?

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2

Replies: 40
Views: 36,064

April 26, 2025, 09:06:02 PM
by froggie

Highways Where the Quickest Way to Travel Between Endpoints is to Turn Off

Started by JayhawkCO

Pages1 2

Replies: 25
Views: 12,228

April 26, 2025, 04:51:29 PM
by dantheman

Clinching Counties' Highways

Started by NWI_Irish96

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Replies: 131
Views: 112,102

April 24, 2025, 01:35:37 PM
by JCinSummerfield

Emails to the webmasters

Started by Alex

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Replies: 86
Views: 93,778

April 23, 2025, 09:28:44 PM
by froggie

Need help identifying a particular highway

Started by WISFreeways

Replies: 11
Views: 7,155

April 23, 2025, 11:55:22 AM
by kphoger

The first *100 year milestone* in US route history

Started by usends

Replies: 24
Views: 19,131

April 20, 2025, 11:40:41 AM
by usends

States that want to call highway-related terms differently

Started by Big John

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Replies: 87
Views: 43,796

April 19, 2025, 12:13:46 AM
by ElishaGOtis

Interstates that continue as a state highway

Started by OCGuy81

Pages1 2 3 4

Replies: 77
Views: 26,039

April 16, 2025, 06:41:59 PM
by cwf1701

Strange license plate

Started by pderocco

Replies: 7
Views: 4,204

April 15, 2025, 01:50:52 PM
by jdbx

Sign Stickers

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 5,174

April 14, 2025, 07:13:44 PM
by formulanone

Strange lines on roads

Started by pderocco

Replies: 11
Views: 4,272

April 14, 2025, 04:25:14 PM
by kphoger

One-way patterns changed to serve brothels

Started by bandit957

Replies: 2
Views: 3,055

April 13, 2025, 03:06:19 AM
by Rothman

Roads built atop former railroad grades and named after them

Started by Max Rockatansky

Replies: 15
Views: 5,464

April 12, 2025, 05:45:11 PM
by dantheman

SO What Should be the Minimum Road Sizes of US Numbered routes be?

Started by bwana39

Replies: 23
Views: 6,030

April 11, 2025, 11:58:23 AM
by Molandfreak

Longest Distance Between Freeway Exits in Urban/Suburban Areas

Started by webny99

Replies: 20
Views: 6,961

April 10, 2025, 01:11:20 AM
by RZF

Most Boring Drive Between Two Major Cities?

Started by webny99

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Replies: 195
Views: 122,100

April 08, 2025, 11:46:53 AM
by Mav94

Just got back from LA

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 32
Views: 26,870

April 04, 2025, 10:31:49 PM
by architect77

New Clearview Controversy?

Started by Thunderbyrd316

Replies: 9
Views: 5,664

April 01, 2025, 03:24:17 PM
by Henry

Longest Interstate You Haven't Been On

Started by adwerkema

Pages1 2 3 ... 15

Replies: 373
Views: 123,447

March 31, 2025, 08:23:58 PM
by TheHighwayMan3561

Clinching a highway by walking along it

Started by Dough4872

Replies: 14
Views: 8,702

March 27, 2025, 09:37:20 AM
by catch22

Streets that appear to be freeway ramps, but aren't.

Started by ErmineNotyours

Replies: 12
Views: 10,430

March 23, 2025, 11:56:49 PM
by jp the roadgeek

Low clearances

Started by D-Dey65

Pages1 2 3 ... 6

Replies: 134
Views: 128,196

March 22, 2025, 11:27:31 PM
by TheCatalyst31

How do highway engineers handle tectonic shifts?

Started by kernals12

Replies: 4
Views: 6,925

March 21, 2025, 04:24:41 PM
by kernals12

What are the exit numbers on the interstate in the major cities in your state?

Started by achilles765

Pages1 2

Replies: 33
Views: 28,506

March 17, 2025, 10:56:38 PM
by bassoon1986

Interchanges with no stoplights

Started by webny99

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Replies: 67
Views: 46,999

March 11, 2025, 08:31:29 AM
by webny99

Toll "islands"

Started by mrsman

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Replies: 50
Views: 37,898

March 10, 2025, 12:35:31 AM
by lepidopteran

"Impossible" highway improvement projects

Started by ZLoth

Pages1 2

Replies: 31
Views: 20,851

March 07, 2025, 09:54:41 AM
by webny99

Bannered county roads

Started by Molandfreak

Replies: 16
Views: 14,457

March 04, 2025, 10:57:52 PM
by Big John

Roads in Video Games

Started by KEK Inc.

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Replies: 273
Views: 198,233

March 04, 2025, 04:57:21 PM
by ET21

Examples of banked curves on public roads?

Started by kernals12

Pages1 2

Replies: 39
Views: 24,629

March 02, 2025, 02:05:39 PM
by thspfc

Suburban Streets that Default to Freeway Ramps

Started by roadman65

Pages1 2 3

Replies: 55
Views: 39,008

February 24, 2025, 02:47:09 PM
by epzik8

Incorrect highways marked on Google Maps

Started by Riverside Frwy

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Replies: 1,269
Views: 689,442

February 23, 2025, 10:48:06 AM
by roadman65

Best “roller coaster” roads

Started by twinsfan87

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Replies: 75
Views: 51,108

February 21, 2025, 07:27:58 PM
by dantheman

Buildings whose addresses have changed due to land annexations

Started by KCRoadFan

Replies: 12
Views: 10,090

February 13, 2025, 06:12:48 PM
by Streetman

Glaring Map Errors

Started by CapeCodder

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Replies: 62
Views: 43,615

February 12, 2025, 09:32:42 PM
by LilianaUwU

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