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

Started by roadman65, April 16, 2020, 10:20:01 AM

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roadman65

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Though the sign is in Georgia, two places on the sign are not only places in Georgia, but two places in New York not even served by this road.

Albany along US 19 in Georgia is also a city in New York, where also Pelham along US 19 in South Georgia is a neighborhood for New York's largest city as well also not connected by US 19 either. 

Both places make it onto one sign and are both names in two completely different states.
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Declan127

and cairo is also a place in NY off exit 21 on the Thruway.
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hbelkins

This is going to generate a lot of posts. It's not hard to come up with examples. For instance, the US 27/68 exit lists Paris (TN) and Lexington (VA), even though it really is for the places in Kentucky. Exit 90 on I-75 for Irvine (CA) and richmond (VA). And farther south, London (England) and Somerset (PA).
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webny99

Quote from: Declan127 on April 16, 2020, 10:32:15 AM
and cairo is also a place in NY off exit 21 on the Thruway.

You're right - triple header on that sign with Pelham, Cairo, and Albany.
Many mileage signs don't even have 3 lines to start out with, much less be interchangeable with different states while doing so!
Too bad there's no Camilla in NY, then we'd be a perfect 4 for 4. We do have a Camillus (Syracuse suburb); is that close enough?  :)

webny99

Swap out the shields and exit number, and you've got yourself a sign that could be shifted 1000 miles west and replace this one, also on I-90, just in Minnesota instead of New York. Beat that!

csw

This sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.

CNGL-Leudimin

An international one: A-2, Alcolea del Pinar (and onwards) Spain, featuring Guadalajara (also in Mexico) and Madrid (also in Iowa and New York, although this sign is for the better known one).
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formulanone

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Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:


Louisiana can also do the double:

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Quote from: csw on April 16, 2020, 02:16:42 PM
This sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.


Swap the US 278 shield for a MO 47, change the exit number, and that sign could work on I-70 in Missouri.

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I believe on I-83 northbound in Baltimore County, just past Hunt Valley, Maryland, there is a mileage sign which includes both York and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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Flint1979

I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

webny99

Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

That is one interpretation of the thread title, but not what the OP meant.
What's being looked for are cases where places with the same names exist in other states as well.

Like this, one of the better ones so far:
Quote from: formulanone on April 16, 2020, 03:01:04 PM
Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:


machias

I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.


webny99

Quote from: machias on April 17, 2020, 10:27:31 PM
I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.

Wow, that's a great one. Those are the exact controls used on I-90 in Buffalo, and there's not even any shields to give the location away. You had me stumped for quite a while there, but I finally found it. :)

interstate73

Signs for I-95 South in Delaware point to Newark, DE (pronounced Noo-ARK). I've always thought this had the potential to cause confusion because the much larger Newark, NJ (pronounced NEW-urk, or just Nork if you have a real thick Jersey accent) is just over a 100 miles away... in the other direction, up the New Jersey Turnpike.

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CNGL-Leudimin

Quote from: machias on April 17, 2020, 10:27:31 PM
I was not in Buffalo, N.Y. when I took this photo.

[snip]

Even better, this is on I-88, which also exists in New York and ends near Albany.

I think the OP wanted examples where two signed places exist in another state and the same for both. In that sense, I searched around Spain for a sign with both Valencia and Barcelona (two cities also found in Venezuela), and there should be a few. But this sign in Southern Spain takes the cake, as there aren't many signs displaying a distance over 1000 km.
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Please note that I may mention "invalid" FM channels, i.e. ending in an even number or down to 87.5. These are valid in Europe.

Flint1979

Quote from: webny99 on April 17, 2020, 09:14:54 PM
Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

That is one interpretation of the thread title, but not what the OP meant.
What's being looked for are cases where places with the same names exist in other states as well.

Like this, one of the better ones so far:
Quote from: formulanone on April 16, 2020, 03:01:04 PM
Cleveland and Dayton, Tennessee:

I just past that Cleveland-Dayton sign a few weeks ago and I sarcastically remarked we're in Ohio already.

roadman65

Quote from: Flint1979 on April 17, 2020, 08:50:24 PM
I-94 in Indiana will have some with Detroit for eastbound and Chicago for westbound.

Don't count.   In fact its places that are on the sign for the road on posted.  My example in the OP was for two Georgia Places along US 19 that are on the same sign but in a different state.

Both places are in New York that are in Georgia listed in the mileage sign for the two cities in the state of origin.
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cpzilliacus

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This famous sign on I-70 westbound west of I-695 in Baltimore County, Maryland shows the following:

  • Columbus [Ohio]
  • St. Louis [Missouri]
  • Denver [Colorado]
  • Cove Fort [Utah] (near western terminus of I-70)

The first three cities are duplicated in at least one other state.

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GaryV

Quote from: cpzilliacus on April 20, 2020, 10:49:09 AM
This famous sign on I-70 westbound west of I-695 in Baltimore County, Maryland shows the following:

  • Columbus [Ohio]
  • St. Louis [Missouri]
  • Denver [Colorado]
  • Cove Fort [Utah] (near western terminus of I-70)

The first three cities are duplicated in at least one other state.


That's not what this thread is about.  From the OP:

QuoteThough the sign is in Georgia, two places on the sign are not only places in Georgia, but two places in New York not even served by this road.

We are looking for signs that are going to real places, and those places also exist in some other state.  Not signs that are simply for places in other states.

The OP's example was a sign for Dayton and Cleveland, in GA.  Referencing those places in GA.  But that just also happened to be places in OH.


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Quote from: csw on April 16, 2020, 02:16:42 PMThis sign in eastern Georgia did make me think I was back on US 29 in northern Virginia.


In that case, this one just east of Sperryville, Virginia, would qualify, and it has a third place that qualifies because there are at least ten places in the United States named Winchester (including the one referenced on this sign). I think the sign would be more interesting if it listed the mileage to Washington, DC, but I get why they wanted points on both of the signed routes (and DC is neither, though Route 211 used to go there).

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lepidopteran

Then you got this sign on I-70 in eastern Ohio.  Bethesda is in MD, and Flushing is in NY (technically it's a part of the NYC borough of Queens, but the neighborhoods there get their own address designation.)

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