Mileage signs with three (or more) cities starting with the same letter

Started by frankenroad, June 23, 2021, 03:24:26 PM

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frankenroad

I've driven by this sign this sign millions (well, maybe hundreds) of times.  It always makes me wonder if there are other mileage signs listing 3 or more cities all starting with the same letter.

Is anyone aware of any others?

If I had to guess, I would suspect somewhere in CA with all the San and Santa ciities.
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1995hoo

There's one on eastbound US-211 near Sperryville, Virginia. This one is there because of the brief concurrency with US-522. Otherwise, they wouldn't have the third "W" on there because the sign would have Washington and Warrenton, but there's no other notable "W" along US-211 (Waterloo is too small) since the road was truncated some 40 years ago or so. It used to run all the way to the other Washington (DC).

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hbelkins

I'd be willing to bet that there's probably a sign somewhere along or near US 23 with Paintsville, Prestonsburg, and Pikeville on it. It might not be a mileage sign, but could possibly be directional arrows.
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KCRoadFan

Looking at the map of southwest Minnesota, it seems somewhat plausible that MN 60, east of St. James, would have a sign for Madelia, Mankato, and Minneapolis (the latter accessed via US 169, which - coming through Mankato on the MN 60 expressway - is actually the same roadway). Is that actually the case? I'd like someone from Minnesota to chime in on that.

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Quote from: KCRoadFan on June 23, 2021, 06:47:27 PM
Looking at the map of southwest Minnesota, it seems somewhat plausible that MN 60, east of St. James, would have a sign for Madelia, Mankato, and Minneapolis (the latter accessed via US 169, which - coming through Mankato on the MN 60 expressway - is actually the same roadway). Is that actually the case? I'd like someone from Minnesota to chime in on that.

Only Madelia and Mankato are signed. With a couple exceptions such as Mankato as a destination for MN 109 coming off I-90, MN is not big on signing destinations a route doesn't actually go to or near.

I had checked another possibility on I-94: St. Joseph, St. Cloud, St. Paul, but it looks like the mileage sign right before St. Joseph is just a generic "Exits to St. Cloud" sign. Another one, Sauk Centre, St. Cloud, St. Paul, unfortunately it was Minneapolis's turn to be on that sign.

formulanone

Quote from: frankenroad on June 23, 2021, 03:24:26 PMIf I had to guess, I would suspect somewhere in CA with all the San and Santa ciities.

You'd be right - here's US 101 as an example:


ran4sh

Not a mileage sign, but similar: This is a destination sign with 3 cities starting with the same letter. https://goo.gl/maps/zyTT1DPqNLA5fDRt5 Considering that GA 10 and US 78 do not reach Winder, this is likely a carbon copy of an older sign from when US 29 and/or GA 8 were routed on that road.
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Quote from: formulanone on June 23, 2021, 08:11:43 PM
Quote from: frankenroad on June 23, 2021, 03:24:26 PMIf I had to guess, I would suspect somewhere in CA with all the San and Santa ciities.

You'd be right - here's US 101 as an example:



Duh - I've actually driven by that sign....
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KCRoadFan

Is there a sign saying "Charleston, Cairo, Chicago"  or "Charleston, Champaign, Chicago"  at the start of I-57 near I-55 in Sikeston, MO?

Or perhaps "Carbondale, Champaign, Chicago"  further up I-57, across the river in southern Illinois?

thspfc

There's one or two on US-51 at the WI-70 intersection north of Woodruff that say Manitowish Waters, Manitowish, and Mercer.

KCRoadFan

Quote from: thspfc on June 24, 2021, 06:04:40 PM
There's one or two on US-51 at the WI-70 intersection north of Woodruff that say Manitowish Waters, Manitowish, and Mercer.

And what's more, going in the other direction from there, you could have one with Minocqua, Merrill, and Madison.

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