The anal road enthusiast

[national highway 1]

Alot of non-sheild street signs do refer to it as that.  Alot of people call it Alt 90

are there any "90A" shields?  I could've sworn I saw one once in 2005 but I didn't get a photo.  It might have just been a "90A" street blade.

this sign is still around, I believe.

I get a kick out of this sign because it says "WEST" and the ghost-shadowed "OST" is German for East.

(West is the same in English and German.)

OST actually stands for 'Old Spanish Trail'

[NE2]

No shit?

[Takumi]

OST actually stands for 'Old Spanish Trail'

...thus putting the thread back on topic.

[agentsteel53]

Is that the first instance of Clearview and button copy appearing on the same sign?

Weird.

I think there is a Clearview patch on a button copy sign for Santa Ana on the 57 freeway at I-5, but that might be on a retroreflective patch.

there is definitely an Arialveticverstesk patch on a button copy sign on I-15 for Apple Valley.

also, you might be an Anal Road Geek if the diversion away from "Old Spanish Trail" to German caused you physical agony. 

[Takumi]

also, you might be an Anal Road Geek if the diversion away from "Old Spanish Trail" to German caused you physical agony. 

My point exactly. I wasn't saying "hey, let's stop talking about this", but rather "hey look, he's being an anal road enthusiast".

[kphoger]

Arialveticverstesk

Do you have a hot key for that?  'Cause I would hate to have to remember how to spell that every time.

[Special K]

I have to admit that this thread is nothing how I imagined it when first seeing it.

[Beltway]

also, you might be an Anal Road Geek if the diversion away from "Old Spanish Trail" to German caused you physical agony. 

In the mid-1970s, I saw one of PTC's current PA Turnpike maps, with "Eighth Wonder of the World" emblazoned in huge letters on the front of the cover leaf.  I heaved and nearly puked.

Does that make me an Anal Road Geek?

[NE2]

In the mid-1970s, I saw one of PTC's current PA Turnpike maps, with "Eighth Wonder of the World" emblazoned in huge letters on the front of the cover leaf.  I heaved and nearly puked.

Does that make me an Anal Road Geek?

No. Wrong hole.

[Road Hog]

That must be "old" 90, then.

is it an old 90 alignment?  that would be awesome.

"Alt" = "old" in German.

Stimmt! Missed that totally.

[NE2]

Great quote from 1925:

An unbroken numerical sequence was not possible unless lines of prevailing flow of traffic were to be entirely neglected. Such lines cross each other and demand that numerical order be sacrificed in a few cases.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm

[formulanone]

And last I checked, our nation isn't square, it isn't perfectly flat, and the population density isn't distributed evenly. And sometimes, you just learn to wear a hat and raincoat for life's perpetual crapstorm.

[Beltway]

In the mid-1970s, I saw one of PTC's current PA Turnpike maps, with "Eighth Wonder of the World" emblazoned in huge letters on the front of the cover leaf.  I heaved and nearly puked.

Does that make me an Anal Road Geek?

No. Wrong hole.

Is there such thing as an Oral Road Geek?

[Alps]

In the mid-1970s, I saw one of PTC's current PA Turnpike maps, with "Eighth Wonder of the World" emblazoned in huge letters on the front of the cover leaf.  I heaved and nearly puked.

Does that make me an Anal Road Geek?

No. Wrong hole.

Is there such thing as an Oral Road Geek?

Depends which meets you attend.

[NE2]

This post is anal. And WRONG!
http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-us/2013-August/011629.html

[jeffandnicole]

Well, I hate intrastate interstate highways (primary interstates that only serve one state like I-97 in Maryland or I-17 and I-19 in Arizona), so that might make me an anal road enthusiast.

Any interstate highway that exists in Hawaii.

[bugo]

Apparently the people in SF get really annoyed when their city is abbreviated "Frisco." There's also a Frisco near the Outer Banks of North Carolina, IIRC.

I always shorten Cincinnati as "Cincy" but I've heard that's a bone of contention for the locals. I never see it abbreviated as "Cincy," which is the way a lot of Kentuckians shorten it, but "Cinti" is pretty commonly used there.

If I ever go to Frisco, I'm going to call it "Frisco" when talking to locals just to piss them off.  If they are so anal that they get their panties in a wad over that, then they need to be pissed off.

[US71]

Apparently the people in SF get really annoyed when their city is abbreviated "Frisco." There's also a Frisco near the Outer Banks of North Carolina, IIRC.

I always shorten Cincinnati as "Cincy" but I've heard that's a bone of contention for the locals. I never see it abbreviated as "Cincy," which is the way a lot of Kentuckians shorten it, but "Cinti" is pretty commonly used there.

If I ever go to Frisco, I'm going to call it "Frisco" when talking to locals just to piss them off.  If they are so anal that they get their panties in a wad over that, then they need to be pissed off.

Well, there was the Frisco Railroad at one time

[Grzrd]

If I ever go to Frisco, I'm going to call it "Frisco" when talking to locals just to piss them off.  If they are so anal that they get their panties in a wad over that, then they need to be pissed off.

I bet they don't like "San Franisco", either.

[1995hoo]

Notice the name of the street running south at the center of this Google Maps view.

I passed through there Saturday and noticed the street name and immediately made a mental note never to drive on that street because of its name. I suppose that may be a sign of an anal road enthusiast.

[texaskdog]

One of the things I hate about Texas is all the strange road numbering.    Seems like the RR and FM roads serve more like county roads.  Sometimes they just change #s for no reason.  There is a Park 1, Loop 1, probably a Texas 1.  There's a Texas 360 in Dallas & a Loop 360 in Austin.  It can't be as hard as they have made it.

[texaskdog]

If I ever go to Frisco, I'm going to call it "Frisco" when talking to locals just to piss them off.  If they are so anal that they get their panties in a wad over that, then they need to be pissed off.

I bet they don't like "San Franisco", either.

We have a city called "Leakey".  When they call we call it "Leakey" and don't pronounce it "Lakey" like they do.  If you want it to be Lakey, take out the extra E

[Takumi]

The anal road enthusiast probably wouldn't be fun at parties

[Brandon]

The anal road enthusiast probably wouldn't be fun at parties

Depends on the party.  And the amount of alcohol said ARE has imbibed.

[NE2]

Apparently the people in SF get really annoyed when their city is abbreviated "Frisco." There's also a Frisco near the Outer Banks of North Carolina, IIRC.

I always shorten Cincinnati as "Cincy" but I've heard that's a bone of contention for the locals. I never see it abbreviated as "Cincy," which is the way a lot of Kentuckians shorten it, but "Cinti" is pretty commonly used there.

If I ever go to Frisco, I'm going to call it "Frisco" when talking to locals just to piss them off.  If they are so anal that they get their panties in a wad over that, then they need to be pissed off.

Well, there was the Frisco Railroad at one time

Which was officially the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (despite never making it into the Rockies). Frisco, Texas was named after it.