Take-It-Yourself Route Number Challenge

[Jim]

Bumping up to 296.

Wrens, Georgia.  July 2, 2006.



Wyoming 296 from US 212.  July 14, 2003.



I think I posted this for 247, but it's also a Pennsylvania 296.  April 23, 2011.

[Max Rockatansky]

SC 296:

296SCa by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

Two backtracks with SC 33:

IMG_7978 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

And SC 6:

IMG_7979 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[formulanone]

Wrens, Georgia.  July 2, 2006.

Same location, though a slightly different assembly, as caught between my windshield wipers in January 2014:


SC 296 in Spartanburg:

[paulthemapguy]

Ohio 296


OH-296-814N by Paul Drives, on Flickr

An old Maine I-295 in Portland.


IMG_2366 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

I-294 at the new I-57 ramp


IL-I-294-I-57E by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[jbnv]

We're getting very close to 300; if we advance the numbers on schedule we will get there on Sunday. I didn't get any comment on my idea to revise the schedule so I am reposting it now:

I'm really starting to think that we don't need to accelerate the game as much at the high numbers like I was planning. So I am proposing a new schedule:

301-1000: Advance after 10 hours. (This stretch of the game would last about 10 months.)
1001-3000: Advance after 2 hours. (This stretch would last about 6 months.)
3001+: Advance for each post. (For example, if you post 3001, and your next number is 3004, you have to wait three posts before posting 3004.)

If we don't adopt the new schedule then numbers will advance by 5 every 20 hours starting with 301-305.

[Jim]

I'm really starting to think that we don't need to accelerate the game as much at the high numbers like I was planning. So I am proposing a new schedule:

301-1000: Advance after 10 hours. (This stretch of the game would last about 10 months.)
1001-3000: Advance after 2 hours. (This stretch would last about 6 months.)
3001+: Advance for each post. (For example, if you post 3001, and your next number is 3004, you have to wait three posts before posting 3004.)

I'd like to see this schedule used, at least to see how it goes.  I am guessing once we get into the upper 400s, we might want to move along more quickly, but I think for a while advancing every 10 hours would work well for quite a while.

[jbnv]

I'm going to be in prime time during the 400s, so I'm fine with going 10 hours for 301-500 and then seeing where everyone is at 500.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'm going to be in prime time during the 400s, so I'm fine with going 10 hours for 301-500 and then seeing where everyone is at 500.

I'll also have a ton of 400 band stuff from Florida....even the 500s.

[7/8]

Three more backtracks from I-69 in Northern Indiana:

US 6


IN 8


IN 1

[formulanone]

I'm really starting to think that we don't need to accelerate the game as much at the high numbers like I was planning. So I am proposing a new schedule:

301-1000: Advance after 10 hours. (This stretch of the game would last about 10 months.)
1001-3000: Advance after 2 hours. (This stretch would last about 6 months.)
3001+: Advance for each post. (For example, if you post 3001, and your next number is 3004, you have to wait three posts before posting 3004.)

I'd like to see this schedule used, at least to see how it goes.  I am guessing once we get into the upper 400s, we might want to move along more quickly, but I think for a while advancing every 10 hours would work well for quite a while.

I think it's going to get a little confusing, but sure...why not?

[Jim]

297.

Georgia 297 from US 1 in Lexsy.  July 2, 2006.



New York 297 from I-690.  April 22, 2007.

[paulthemapguy]

I like the idea of letting the 5-number clusters every 20 hours, personally

[formulanone]

GA 297, a bit north of Vidalia:


Trumbull County Road 297 in Bloomfield Township, Ohio:


Texas Spur 297, leading from US 277/377/90 towards the checkpoint border with Mexico:

(Kind of odd to see two different Spur Routes at the same intersection.)

[Eth]

We're getting very close to 300; if we advance the numbers on schedule we will get there on Sunday. I didn't get any comment on my idea to revise the schedule so I am reposting it now:

I'm really starting to think that we don't need to accelerate the game as much at the high numbers like I was planning. So I am proposing a new schedule:

301-1000: Advance after 10 hours. (This stretch of the game would last about 10 months.)
1001-3000: Advance after 2 hours. (This stretch would last about 6 months.)
3001+: Advance for each post. (For example, if you post 3001, and your next number is 3004, you have to wait three posts before posting 3004.)

If we don't adopt the new schedule then numbers will advance by 5 every 20 hours starting with 301-305.

I think the 10 hours sounds good at least for the 300s. I'm essentially out after 400 barring some sort of road trip well out of state, so it doesn't matter much to me after that.

[jbnv]

Looks like we have agreement for the following schedule:

* 301-500: Numbers advance after 10 hours.
* 501+: Let's see.

I have some more plays to make.

Florida 297:


FL 297 Gantry by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

Texas 242:


TX 242 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

Texas 249:


TX 249 & FM 1960 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[formulanone]

Was there a decision on advancing 3 numbers at a time, since the post limit is three, or advancing 5, but playing catch-up on any missing numbers?

After 1000, if you ignore the thread for a day, you're off by twelve or more...

[jbnv]

Actually, by the current rules, if you miss a day after 1000 you'll be off by at least 20. The three-pictures-per-post limit will still be active, but remember that you can post again after someone else posts. It will be a challenge to find a sweet spot so that the people with few high numbers don't get bored and stop playing, but the people with a lot of high numbers (like me) won't have trouble keeping up.

[Max Rockatansky]

Three backtracks for me today starting with SC 47:

IMG_7981 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

US 15:

IMG_7985 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

And SC 210:

IMG_7986 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[7/8]

Backtracks from I-69 in Fort Wayne, Indiana:

US 27 and IN 3


I-69, US 30, and US 24


IN 14

[MNHighwayMan]

298

Minnesota State Highway 298, aka a driveway for the Minnesota Academy for the Blind in Faribault. February 25, 2012.



(Just now realizing the wonderful irony of taking pictures of a highway that serves an institution for blind people.)

Edit #2: As far as number advancement past 300 goes, I don't really care how it's done. At the moment, I have like half a dozen 300s and three 400s. Obviously I'd prefer something a little faster but I'll leave it up to everyone else who probably have more numbers than I do.

[Max Rockatansky]

I'll be back in from 299 onward, so three back tracks for me today.

SC 61:

IMG_7992 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

SC 64:

IMG_7993 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

SC 63:

IMG_7995 by Max Rockatansky, on Flickr

[Jim]

I'm overflowing with "Exit 298" examples and "298" on distance signs for some reason, but just one route number 298.

New York 298 in East Syracuse.  July 21, 2016.

[dgolub]

NY 298 at Carrier Circle:

[formulanone]

NY 298 on eastbound I-90:


GA 298 splitting off GA 297 north of Vidalia:


Single-Item Backtrack of the day; Lawrence County (Ohio) 17:

[7/8]

Backtracks on I-69 near Fort Wayne, IN:

I-69 and US 33


US 224


IN 218 and IN 5