People who don't know much about roads

[Bryant5493]

^^ Wow! They flubbed that up pretty bad.


Be well,

Bryant

[deathtopumpkins]

lol, don't know why NCDOT would be doing anything to roads up here in VA. 

[OracleUsr]

Would explain why they have to use TO NC NC-58 at Exit 132 off I-95 near Rocky Mount.  Here's your sign, MyNC (posted comment on thread there).

[PAHighways]

WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh has been "promoting" many routes on graphics lately.  No reason to extend I-376 as the Beaver Valley Expressway was shown as "I-60," the Allegheny Valley Expressway was "US 28," and PA 766 (which hasn't existed since the mid-1940s) was resigned on recent maps.

[algorerhythms]

I was quite pleased one time when I saw a UMBC (University of Maryland Baltimore County) brochure that advised people visiting the campus to use US 295 to get there.

[74/171FAN]

I-264 East at the Berkeley Bridge is closed this weekend(good thing I don't live in Portsmouth or Norfolk ).  The writers of this article showing ALT routes forgot that you can't turn left onto the MLK Freeway from US 58/London Blvd as US 58 East exits onto the MLK Freeway http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/traffic_berkley_bridge_to_close_20090420

[Bryant5493]

^^ It's okay to make an illegal left turn ( - just kidding).


Be well,

Bryant

[Bryant5493]

I was just listening to the news today. A woman in Fayetteville (GA), only identified as Jennifer, fell into a sinkhole. She's okay. But a local news station (WSB-TV) listed the street where she fell into the sinkhole as "Jeff Davis Boulevard"; however, there's no Jeff Davis Boulevard in Fayetteville -- there's a Jeff Davis Drive, named, of course, after the President of the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis).


Be well,

Bryant

[yanksfan6129]

Excuse me, Jeff Davis Drive is NOT named after the confederate president, it's named after MY DAD, JEFF DAVIS!

[Bryant5493]

^^ Really?


Be well,

Bryant

[yanksfan6129]

Yes!

[deathtopumpkins]

Do I detect sarcasm? 

[yanksfan6129]

Semi-sarcasm.

Jeff Davis is my father, for real. But he personally did not have a huge impact on the state of Georgia. (The biggest thing he does is buy coke, therefore supporting an Atlanta corporation :-) )

However, I do have a member of my family that is "someone" in Georgia (at least was), and he is a Davis, and I'm not making it up. His name is Donald Davis.

[BigMattFromTexas]

im not sure if this makes sence in this topic but when people don't know what road to go on my mom and sisters allways tell th person to ask me 

[74/171FAN]

Whoever made the VA Megaprojects map shows the state routes in circles and I-66 disappearing west of Gainesville

[deathtopumpkins]

That map is an epic fail... 

[OracleUsr]

Pardon me for asking, but don't MOST maps use ovals/circles for state routes?  I know the NC maps did, and we used diamond shapes for our routes.

[vdeane]

The atlases I have that are state level or lower (except an atlas of NYC) use the state shield.

[yanksfan6129]

It seems that most road Atlas' just use a circle for all state roads in every state.

[deathtopumpkins]

My maps I buy actually use the VA shield.

[mightyace]

Not even all state DOT maps use their shield.  The VA one does and so does the Ohio one.

However, PA's map simply uses a rectangle instead of its keystone and uses circles for out of state.

TNDOT's is a mixed bag the primary roads are shown as plain rectangles while the actual signs have the state name and outline in them.  However, the state secondary  roads use the correct shield.

[corco]

I don't think I've ever seen a map that's not a DOT map that uses the state highway shield for any state (except the circle states, obviously)

[TheHighwayMan3561]

People in Minneapolis/St. Paul often times don't distinguish between I-35W and I-35E, referring to both as just I-35. I get really irked after that when I ask which 35 branch they're referring to, and then I get a blank look or "what do you mean?"

[Coelacanth]

For all of my lifetime (which is longer than yours, I think, Froggie) people would give directions by saying "Take 35 to (whatever)" or "the fastest way is to take 35.." without specifying E or W.

It's not so much that they don't know the distinction between 35E and 35W, it's that they assume the person will know which one they are talking about. If the person receiving the directions isn't local, then normally you would specify E or W when giving the directions.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

I think that's my issue. Especially when somebody says "take 494 (36, 94, or 694 works too, to name a few) to 35" I get confused because those routes intersect both 35E and 35W. This was a bigger issue when I was younger, but now I can usually figure out which branch they mean.