XY Challenge

[wanderer2575]

US-2 at M-28 in Wakefield:


M-168 (RIP) at M-22 in Elberta:


Northern terminus of M-18 at M-72 east of Grayling:

[hbelkins]

2s and 8s in Kentucky

[paulthemapguy]

January 26: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 8, in your state.

Toozenates.

US52 at IL-38 in Dixon:


IL-US52-038E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-32 at IL-48 in Cisco:


IL-032NT by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Illinois 78 and Illinois 92:


IL-078-092SNR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next three days:
January 27: Post a route ending in 2 meeting a route ending in 9, in your state.
January 28: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and another route ending in 3, in your state.
January 29: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 4, in your state.

[74/171FAN]

January 27: Post a route ending in 2 meeting a route ending in 9, in your state.

US 22/US 119 intersects the northern terminus of PA 982 north of Latrobe, PA.

US 22 EAST AND US 119 NORTH AT PA 982 SOUTH (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

PA 42 intersects the northern terminus of PA 239 southeast of Muncy Valley

PA 42 SOUTH AT PA 239 SOUTH by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[xonhulu]

January 27: Post a route ending in 2 meeting a route ending in 9, in your state.

OR 22 and OR 99E BUS, Salem:



OR 42 and OR 99, Winston:



OR 402 and OR 19, Kimberley:

[formulanone]

Alabama 382 at SR 219 in Centerville:



Alabama 102 at SR 129:

[paulthemapguy]

January 27: Post a route ending in 2 meeting a route ending in 9, in your state.

One post each for northern, central, and southern Illinois:

IL-29 at IL-122 at Green Valley, south of Pekin:


IL-029-122N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-162 at IL-159 near Pontoon Beach in the Metro-East:


IL-162-159E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-72 at IL-59 near Schaumburg:


IL-072-059W by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next three days:
January 28: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and another route ending in 3, in your state.
January 29: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 4, in your state.
January 30: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 5, in your state.

[Jim]

I have to start with New York 2 and US 9 at the Latham Circle just up the road from here at Siena College. December 20, 2002.



New York 19 and New York 262 in Bergen.  April 26, 2023.



US 62 and New York 429 in squally St. Johnsburg.  March 18, 2023.

[hbelkins]

2 and 9

[wanderer2575]

Dammit, Paul, you've created an obsession.  My life is this challenge.  I lay awake nights thinking about possible photos for future dates.  I want to quit my day job and do nothing but love my wife, pet my cat, and pore over maps and through my photo collection to get things lined up for future dates.  Either you're cruel, or I'm pathetic, or both.

Anyway...

US-12 east of Allen (photo taken just a few weeks ago):


M-99 at US-12 in Jonesville (photo taken on the same roadtrip a few weeks ago):


M-102 at M-39 Southfield Freeway on the Detroit/Southfield border:

[xonhulu]

January 28: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and another route ending in 3, in your state.

Now, Oregon has no actual 3-3 junctions anywhere in the state. But I'm going to take advantage of a technicality so I don't fail the challenge today (like wanderer2575, this has become something of an obsession to me!).

In Dallas, OR 223 (Kings Valley Hwy #191) junctions with Dallas-Rickreall Hwy #189, before continuing north to end on OR 22 just north of town. 

Unlike other state-maintained highways that had no corresponding Route, back in 2002-2003, Hwy #189 was not designated as Route 189.  Instead, ODOT now signs Hwy #189 as if it were a branch of OR 223.  To illustrate: here's what the east ends of Hwy #189 look like in Rickreall:

 

And in Dallas, there's this somewhat ambiguous signage on northbound 223, where the route seemingly goes both North and East from the intersection:



So basically ODOT treats Hwy #189 as if it's SPUR 223, and I have seen it referred to as that in some other sources, even though it is never specifically signed with a SPUR banner.  Thus, I'm going to consider it to be SPUR 223, and call the last photo the junction of OR 223 and SPUR OR 223 for today's submission.  Boom.

If you think this was sketchy, just wait until 4-8 day!

[74/171FAN]

PA 413 intersects PA 213 in Langhorne in the north Philly suburbs.

PA 413 NORTH AT PA 213 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[formulanone]

US 43 / Alabama 13 at SR 133 Sheffield:



Alabama 193 at SR 163:



Here's a de facto 3-0; Alabama 33 ending at SR 20:

[hotdogPi]

MA 3 and I-93



"MA 3" (US 3) and MA 3A, sorry for the bad quality

[paulthemapguy]

If you think this was sketchy, just wait until 4-8 day!

I love to see the implications that you and @wanderer2575, potentially among others, have built lists or databases for this thread. Many roadgeeks are systematizers who love making lists and completing sets, especially ones based on numbers.  I am one of those roadgeeks, and I knew there would be others out there, particularly others who also like taking pictures out on the road. Thank you for participating, as I made this thread for people with brains like yours (and mine)!

Today's goal:
January 28- Post a route ending in 3 meeting another route ending in 3, in your state.

When both digits are the same, it can be difficult to find intersections that fit the bill. If your state likes to create branch routes named after a parent route (e.g. 23 and 223), that can make things easier on the days with repeat digits. Otherwise, it gets tougher. (The hardest day for me in Illinois will be [8,8].)

IL-83 and IL-53 in southern Lake County, near Long Grove


IL-083-053N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-13 has a short concurrency with IL-153 in Coulterville


IL-013-153WW by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The lengthy IL-13 ends at dinky IL-163 in Centreville, with IL-157 chilling alongside them:


IL-013WT by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next three days:
January 29: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 4, in your state.
January 30: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 5, in your state.
January 31: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 6, in your state.

As a bit of foreshadowing, Season 2 will begin on March 1, starting over at [0,0]. The junctions requested will be in your state as well, but the criteria will be to satisfy a pair of tens digits. On March 1, when the requested digits are 0 and 0, a valid post could be something like Route 1 and Route 9, Route 203 and Route 3, or Route 108 and Route 4. The junction of a route number with X in the tens place and a number with Y in the tens place will be requested throughout March and April. Single-digit numbers will be assumed to have a 0 in the tens place.

[hbelkins]

Some low-hanging 3x3 fruit.

2021 Northeast KY-Southern OH-Western WV - 0057 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

[Jim]

I have just 2 that seem worthy of posting today.

New York 13 and New York 223 near Horseheads.  October 24, 2019.



New York 33 and New York 63 (and more) in Batavia.  June 1, 2009.

[wanderer2575]

One other thing I forgot to mention in my rant the other day:  I intend to consciously try not repeating junctions during this challenge, which -- if I were to really let myself go -- gives it a certain Yahtzee-like quality in that many junctions fit into more than one challenge category and I have to decide which one to use.  This is just too much.

Okay...

The northbound US-23 freeway stub approaching M-13 south of Standish:


M-53's southbound terminus at M-3 in Detroit:

[xonhulu]

If you think this was sketchy, just wait until 4-8 day!

I love to see the implications that you and @wanderer2575, potentially among others, have built lists or databases for this thread. Many roadgeeks are systematizers who love making lists and completing sets, especially ones based on numbers.  I am one of those roadgeeks, and I knew there would be others out there, particularly others who also like taking pictures out on the road. Thank you for participating, as I made this thread for people with brains like yours (and mine)!

When both digits are the same, it can be difficult to find intersections that fit the bill. If your state likes to create branch routes named after a parent route (e.g. 23 and 223), that can make things easier on the days with repeat digits. Otherwise, it gets tougher. (The hardest day for me in Illinois will be [8,8].)

I had to eventually start thinking ahead.  It was a strain every day to mentally go through Oregon routes ending in one of the numbers to find if it junctioned with a route ending in the other digit, and then if I had a picture of that junction.  It's much easier now that I've thought ahead and uploaded the photos I'll need to Imgur for the next few days beforehand.

I don't know that repeated digit days are any tougher.  There are just two combinations, 3-3 and 4-8, that either don't occur in Oregon or I lacked pictures of.  However, I don't want to admit defeat, so I felt I had to come up with something on those days.

I originally thought there would be more combinations missing here, or that I wouldn't have photos for some.  It was a surprise to me that there were only two.

On to business!

January 29: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 4, in your state.

OR 203 and I-84 near Baker City:



OR 213 and OR 214 in Silverton:

[formulanone]

Alabama 233 at (semi-hidden) SR 4 / US 78 / I-22:



Alabama 83 ends at US 84 / US 31 in Evergreen:

[74/171FAN]

PA 23 intersects the east end of PA 724 west of Phoenixville.

PA 23 WEST NEAR PA 724 WEST by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Jim]

New York 3 and New York 374 in Plattsburgh.  April 25, 2009.



New York 13 and New York 34 (and a everything else) in Ithaca.  September 10, 2022.



New York 143 and New York 144 in Ravena.  July 10, 2019.

[paulthemapguy]

I originally thought there would be more combinations missing here, or that I wouldn't have photos for some.  It was a surprise to me that there were only two.

That was my goal! I wanted to create a photo challenge where the criteria were unique and original but not overly strict. There's no point in creating a game like this that's prohibitively difficult.

Today's challenge:
January 29: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 4 in your state.

Sycamore is where you can find IL-23 and IL-64:


IL-023-064ES by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-153's southern end is at IL-154 just east of Sparta:


IL-154-153E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The northern end of IL-124 is at IL-123 west of Williamsville:


IL-123-124E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

If you are curious about the details of each photo, note that the last letter in the filename is the direction the camera and drivers are facing when looking at the signage depicted. (So eastbound travelers on IL-154 see those signs in the 153/154 photo.)

The next three days:
January 30: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 5, in your state.
January 31: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 6, in your state.
February 1: Post the junction of a route ending in 3 and a route ending in 7, in your state.

[hbelkins]

2018 west-central KY route-clinching trip Day 2 - 117 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

2013 Various KY pics July-Sept - 144 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

[wanderer2575]

M-153 at M-14 east of Ann Arbor:


US-223 at the M-34 access road (Industrial Drive) in Adrian:


Western junction of M-13 and M-84 in Bay City: