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Descriptions in Four Words

Started by hotdogPi, January 13, 2014, 05:08:07 PM

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formulanone

I-405: Do you hate yourself?
I-595: Because, too many exits
I-375: The itsy bitsy interstate(s)
FL A1A: No free parking, ever
FL 91: Miles until we Yeehaw


Buck87

OH 4: Cedar Point Motor Speedway

pianocello

Kennedy Expressway: Entrance ramps of death
US-30 Indiana: Way too many stoplights
I-70: Buy gas in Breezewood!

Quote from: 1 on January 13, 2014, 05:08:07 PM
I-70      Has the famous Breezewood
(edited, forgot to read)

Borman Expressway: What's a speed limit?
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

hbelkins

I-73: Hopelessly out of place
I-238: America's bastard interstate highway.
US 666: Died, went to hell.
Government would be tolerable if not for politicians and bureaucrats.

Takumi

I-74: Never to be connected
VA 162: Please explain this, VDOT
Quote from: Rothman on July 15, 2021, 07:52:59 AM
Olive Garden must be stopped.  I must stop them.

Don't @ me. Seriously.

1995hoo

VA-420: Number never been posted.
I-595 (the one in Maryland): Yes, it does exist.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

US71

AR 74, AR 60 : How many are there?
Like Alice I Try To Believe Three Impossible Things Before Breakfast

hotdogPi

Important New Hampshire routes:

US 1: Free alternative to 95
US 2: Serves northern New Hampshire
US 3: The Daniel Webster Highway
US 4: 9 and 202 multiplex
NH 9: Multiplexes with 202 twice
NH 10: Very close to Vermont
NH 11: Much longer in Maine
NH 12: Goes through 4 states
NH 16: Road to Mount Washington
NH 25: Through central New Hampshire
NH 26: Vermont is a joke
NH 28: Bends east in Suncook
I-89: Stopped by Merrimack River
I-93: New Hampshire's main Interstate
I-95: Should have more exits
NH 101: Is partially a freeway
NH 112: The beautiful Kancamagus Highway
NH 125: Just barely important enough
US 202: This route's too long
I-293: Actually two separate freeways
US 302: Goes through White Mountains
I-393: Multiplexed with other routes
Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 151, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

roadman

MA 213 - Has shopping center name
"And ninety-five is the route you were on.  It was not the speed limit sign."  - Jim Croce (from Speedball Tucker)

"My life has been a tapestry
Of years of roads and highway signs" (with apologies to Carole King and Tom Rush)

jp the roadgeek

#34
CT Interstates:

84- Bypass of US 6
91- Parallel to Connecticut River
95- One big parking lot
291- Only small portion built
384- Wasted road to Providence
395- Through middle of nowhere
684: Too short to remember :sombrero:
691- Short eighty four alternate.

CT US Routes:

1- Runs parallel to coast
5- Basically follows ninety one
6- Main way to Providence
7- Fairfield County NIMBYs killed.
44- Runs across northern tier
202: Most redundant US highway
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

hotdogPi

Clinched

Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 22, 35, 40, 53, 79, 107, 109, 126, 138, 141, 151, 159
NH 27, 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 366; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 51, 60, WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215, A4222; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

theline

More Hoosier highways here:

US-31: No more Kokomo stops.
I-69: Tokarskis' bane, travelers' gain.
I-70: Too damn many trucks!
US-40: Easier drive than 70.

Alps

NJ 35: A road numbered thirtyfive.

sammi

Quote from: Steve on January 15, 2014, 10:50:20 PM
NJ 35: A road numbered thirtyfive.

Thirty-five has a hyphen. :pan:
Still four words though.

Scott5114

I-240 (OK): You like weaving, right?
I-444: Shhhh, it never happened.
Creek Tpk: Woot, no Skelly Drive!
Chickasaw Turnpike: Wow, what a joke.
Indian Nation Turnpike: Whoa, that's a median?
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

sammi

#40
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 15, 2014, 11:40:21 PM
Indian Nation Turnpike: Whoa, that's a median?

And it's a toll road. :pan: (EDIT: that's five words.)

Checked the Wikipedia page.
Canadian, Oklahoma? How original.

Scott5114

Named after the Canadian River, which also flows through Canadian County, where there is a town named Yukon. Nobody knows exactly why it's called the Canadian, though.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

empirestate

Here, I'll do some of my local bridges:

Henry Hudson Bridge: Toll for rich people
Broadway Bridge: What the locals use
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge: Famously near train wreck
George Washington Bridge: Best escape from Jersey
Washington Bridge: No, not the GWB
High Bridge: Oldest one in town
City Island Bridge: Remember A Bronx Tale?
Hell Gate Bridge: Gustav Lindenthal's signature span
Triborough Bridge: Mentioned on Sesame Street
Brooklyn Bridge: Still stronger than most
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel: Hugh Carey, my ass!

sammi

Quote from: Scott5114 on January 15, 2014, 11:55:37 PM
Named after the Canadian River, which also flows through Canadian County, where there is a town named Yukon. Nobody knows exactly why it's called the Canadian, though.

Too long, didn't read :spin:
Emoticons don't count, right?

theline

Quote from: empirestate on January 16, 2014, 12:02:41 AM
Here, I'll do some of my local bridges:

George Washington Bridge: Best escape from Jersey

Except from Ft. Lee.
Not enough lanes open.

Scott5114

Quote from: sammi on January 16, 2014, 12:02:59 AM
Quote from: Scott5114 on January 15, 2014, 11:55:37 PM
Named after the Canadian River, which also flows through Canadian County, where there is a town named Yukon. Nobody knows exactly why it's called the Canadian, though.

Too long, didn't read :spin:
Emoticons don't count, right?

Off-topic posts: exempted.
uncontrollable freak sardine salad chef

TCN7JM

I'll try, I guess.
I-229 (SD): Around southeastern Sioux Falls
Another one for I-180 (WY): I don't get it.
SD 100: Will be completed...eventually...

And of course the most obvious one:
South Dakota: Better than North Dakota
You don't realize how convenient gridded cities are until you move somewhere the roads are a mess.

Counties

CNGL-Leudimin

Another one for WY I-180: Shouldn't be an interstate.
Supporter of the construction of several running gags, including I-366 with a speed limit of 85 mph (137 km/h) and the Hypotenuse.

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.

jp the roadgeek

Heavy Hitter CT State Routes

2: Road to the casinos (or Atlantic City Expressway North)
3: Connecticut River Putnam Bridge
4: Farmington bypass severely needed
8: Snakes along Naugatuck River
9: Middletown signals prevent interstate
10: From Yale to Dartmouth
11: The Highway to Nowhere
12: Four state longest route
15: Parkways and Berlin Turnpike
20: The road to Bradley
25: From Bridgeport toward Danbury
32: Route 12 sister route
34: Killed downtown New Haven
40: Why was this built?
63: Shoreline to the hills
72: So many route changes
78: Finish it damn it
85: De Facto Route 11
169: Quiet corner scenic route
187/189: Middle of nowhere expressway
190: 3 miles from Massachusetts
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)

Zeffy

More from New Jersey:

US 206: Too many damn trucks
Somerville Circle: Accident(s) waiting to happen
Newark: I wouldn't live there *
I-95: Turns into another Interstate
I-295: From 3di to 2di *
I-76: There's a west one? *
NJ 18: Full of bad drivers
US 1: The real Trenton freeway
NJ 31: The Tri-County Veterans Highway *
I-695: Killed by the NIMBYs
NJ 495: From Jersey to Manhattan

* Contains something that may nullify it from being considered four words (I.E. 's or hyphens) - you decide.
Life would be boring if we didn't take an offramp every once in a while

A weird combination of a weather geek, roadgeek, car enthusiast and furry mixed with many anxiety related disorders



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