State Road over State Name

[Rover_0]

Utah uses SR-xx in its documents, but it's pretty obvious so as to not confuse US Routes (US-xx) with State Routes (SR-xx) vs. U-xx or UT-xx. I tend to follow this pattern when dealing solely with Utah roads, otherwise I use the state postal abbreviation. There are states that are exceptions to the postal abbreviation, such as Kansas (K-xx) or Wyoming (WYO-xx), but in general I stick with the postal abbreviation.

[1995hoo]

VA: VA

VA generally uses "Route" when referring to primary and secondary roads (using VA for primary and SR for secondary is unofficial), and "I-" when referring to interstates (most of the time, sometimes VDOT will use "Route" or "Route I-").

The time and distance signs posted above some highways, at least in Northern Virginia, typically use "VA-" (with the hyphen) for state primary routes, such as this afternoon when we saw a sign on I-66 east of Haymarket that said "VA-28 Centreville" and gave mileage and estimated travel time.

Did pass two LGSs on westbound US-50 on the segment between US-15 and Paris that had the distance to "Route 81" listed (obviously referring to I-81). They looked like fairly new signs, and I don't recall those two signs on previous trips, though I should acknowledge we're usually going in the other direction when we're on that road.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Once I know what the "proper" abbreviation for a state's roads are I guess I never saw a reason to not subsequently use it. Writing something like "KS 96" or "MI 28" just feels awkward to me since those are not really the proper terms for those highways.