Furthest away signage on either a BGS or mileage sign for cities

[Roadgeekteen]

For Boston, it's probably in the Albany area for I-90. There might be a further one in Northern New England but I haven't seen one

For New York, it's probably in Youngstown for I-80. It's further than NOVA.

Do not include novelty signs like the ones at the beginning of US 20

[Max Rockatansky]

Meh, the novelty signs are about the only thing that is actually interesting regarding this topic.

[1995hoo]

[Scott5114]

I'm also reminded of this sign that I posted in the forum back in 2011. Spring 1983, I-40 westbound at the TX/NM line. It's long gone now, alas.



(The original photo I posted is also long gone, thanks to dead websites. I just found the original SX-70 print and rescanned it, but nine more years haven't been kind to it.)

[Flint1979]

For Saginaw it's probably the 185 miles just south of the Mackinac Bridge.

[Quillz]

I think Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay is signed as far south as North Pole, AK. I remember seeing it referenced there, although it might have been another sign that wasn't intended for motorist traffic. It's "only" about 400 miles from Fairbanks, so hardly the record holder, but it would be an interesting destination to sign nonetheless.

[pderocco]

Define "novelty sign".

This doesn't look very "novel" to me: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BSbZ9qaMq7L3t5Xm9

[Quillz]

Define "novelty sign".

This doesn't look very "novel" to me: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BSbZ9qaMq7L3t5Xm9

I think they are considered "novelty" because they are showing locations and distances that are not likely relevant to most people on that route. I think it's a safe bet most people who drive US-50 in California aren't going to drive all the way to its eastern terminus. So showing something considerably closer would be more useful. The sign is more about showing "wow, this is a long route!" and thus the novelty.

It also seems to be a US route thing. I don't recall I-10 signage in Santa Monica showing the distance to Jacksonville, Florida.

[pderocco]

Define "novelty sign".

This doesn't look very "novel" to me: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BSbZ9qaMq7L3t5Xm9

I think they are considered "novelty" because they are showing locations and distances that are not likely relevant to most people on that route. I think it's a safe bet most people who drive US-50 in California aren't going to drive all the way to its eastern terminus. So showing something considerably closer would be more useful. The sign is more about showing "wow, this is a long route!" and thus the novelty.

It also seems to be a US route thing. I don't recall I-10 signage in Santa Monica showing the distance to Jacksonville, Florida.

Then the thread would be about how far away the city is before you think it's a novelty.

I think that the "novelty" criterion could apply to signs that only show the distance to the far end of a road. These are not exactly rare, but they usually don't look like standard road signs. But this one has other closer cities on it, and looks like an ordinary California mileage sign.

[Quillz]

Then the thread would be about how far away the city is before you think it's a novelty.

Yeah, that could work. I said earlier that I recall seeing mileage for Deadhorse, which is not a novelty and a legit location, especially for commercial drivers on the Dalton Highway, but it's still not something your typical motorist would care about, especially 400 miles to the south.

I think this is where the running gag about Limon, CO being a control city comes from. It's kind of an odd choice and is referenced on a lot of mileage signs even when it's hundreds of miles away.

[kphoger]

as far south as North Pole

Out of context, that's a funny phrase.

[Roadgeekteen]

Define "novelty sign".

This doesn't look very "novel" to me: https://maps.app.goo.gl/BSbZ9qaMq7L3t5Xm9

I think they are considered "novelty" because they are showing locations and distances that are not likely relevant to most people on that route. I think it's a safe bet most people who drive US-50 in California aren't going to drive all the way to its eastern terminus. So showing something considerably closer would be more useful. The sign is more about showing "wow, this is a long route!" and thus the novelty.

It also seems to be a US route thing. I don't recall I-10 signage in Santa Monica showing the distance to Jacksonville, Florida.

I believe I-40 has it or used to. There is are two signs on I-75 and I-70 which border in novelty but I think they are.

[Molandfreak]

Soviet-Era Road Sign in Shymkent, Southern Kazakhstan (Note: At the top, you can see that the label "Alma Ata," the Russian spelling of Almaty, is being covered up. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan attempted to rename some of its cities to sound more traditionally Kazakh than Russian. This specific change took place in 1993. Additionally, Samara is not located in Kazakhstan but in Russia.)

Image Source: Jim Jorges Gallery from 1999

[Roadgeekteen]

You guys can post whatever, but my original intention of this thread was for people to pick a city (like Philly, DC, or Chicago) and try to find the furthest away place it is signed. People in this thread are mostly trying to find the highest number on the sign, which is fine but I believe we already have threads on that.

[1995hoo]

You guys can post whatever, but my original intention of this thread was for people to pick a city (like Philly, DC, or Chicago) and try to find the furthest away place it is signed. People in this thread are mostly trying to find the highest number on the sign, which is fine but I believe we already have threads on that.

I posted the sign I did because I figured it's probably the furthest sign listing Moscow. Maybe there's something somewhere near Vladivostok or Ussuriysk, but if there is, I've never found a picture of one.

[Roadgeekteen]

You guys can post whatever, but my original intention of this thread was for people to pick a city (like Philly, DC, or Chicago) and try to find the furthest away place it is signed. People in this thread are mostly trying to find the highest number on the sign, which is fine but I believe we already have threads on that.

I posted the sign I did because I figured it's probably the furthest sign listing Moscow. Maybe there's something somewhere near Vladivostok or Ussuriysk, but if there is, I've never found a picture of one.

Oh that city is Moscow. I can't read Cyrillic script so I wasn't aware but that would make sense.

[Molandfreak]

You guys can post whatever, but my original intention of this thread was for people to pick a city (like Philly, DC, or Chicago) and try to find the furthest away place it is signed. People in this thread are mostly trying to find the highest number on the sign, which is fine but I believe we already have threads on that.

I posted the sign I did because I figured it's probably the furthest sign listing Moscow. Maybe there's something somewhere near Vladivostok or Ussuriysk, but if there is, I've never found a picture of one.

Oh that city is Moscow. I can't read Cyrillic script so I wasn't aware but that would make sense.

Москва = Moskva (Russian for Moscow), so that isn't a one-to-one transliteration to translation. Even some place names in countries using the Latin script aren't exactly intuitive with their endonyms (København/Copenhagen, Köln/Cologne, etc).

[1995hoo]

You guys can post whatever, but my original intention of this thread was for people to pick a city (like Philly, DC, or Chicago) and try to find the furthest away place it is signed. People in this thread are mostly trying to find the highest number on the sign, which is fine but I believe we already have threads on that.

I posted the sign I did because I figured it's probably the furthest sign listing Moscow. Maybe there's something somewhere near Vladivostok or Ussuriysk, but if there is, I've never found a picture of one.

Oh that city is Moscow. I can't read Cyrillic script so I wasn't aware but that would make sense.

In general I can't say I'm overly familiar with the Cyrillic alphabet either with a few exceptions, such as some characters that are easy enough due to their similarity to the Greek alphabet and some words I just plain recognize like "PECTOPAH" (restaurant). Then, of course, when we were in Russia there were some words whose meanings were clear enough because of associated logos that were familiar; McDonald's and Baskin-Robbins both come to mind, although the latter was even clearer then because it had the old logo with the "31."

[JayhawkCO]

Just measuring city center to city center of major cities I've lived according to GMaps:

Minneapolis' farthest is Duluth which is 154 miles away
Denver's farthest is Grand Junction which is 244 miles away
Jacksonville's farthest is Savannah which is 139 miles away
Kansas City's farthest is Saint Louis which is 249 miles away
Seattle's farthest is Spokane which is 279 miles away

[Roadgeekteen]

Just measuring city center to city center of major cities I've lived according to GMaps:

Minneapolis' farthest is Duluth which is 154 miles away
Denver's farthest is Grand Junction which is 244 miles away
Jacksonville's farthest is Savannah which is 139 miles away
Kansas City's farthest is Saint Louis which is 249 miles away
Seattle's farthest is Spokane which is 279 miles away

Denver is signed in Utah at I-15.

[JayhawkCO]

Just measuring city center to city center of major cities I've lived according to GMaps:

Minneapolis' farthest is Duluth which is 154 miles away
Denver's farthest is Grand Junction which is 244 miles away
Jacksonville's farthest is Savannah which is 139 miles away
Kansas City's farthest is Saint Louis which is 249 miles away
Seattle's farthest is Spokane which is 279 miles away

Denver is signed in Utah at I-15.

I thought the thread was farthest away location signed within a city, not to the city. I did it backwards. I'll come up with what I think is accurate there, too.

Minneapolis' farthest is Des Moines which is 244 miles away
Denver's farthest is Topeka which is 539 miles away
Jacksonville's farthest is near the Brevard/Indian River county line on I-95 which is 186 miles away
Kansas City's farthest is Saint Louis which is 249 miles away*
Seattle's farthest is Spokane which is 279 miles away

*I was trying to find the IL110 CKC sign on a BGS, but as far as I can tell, it's only posted as a reassurance marker.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Minneapolis' farthest is Des Moines which is 244 miles away

Unless I'm misinterpreting your post, going south from MSP, DSM isn't signed as a control city until Albert Lea.

DSM does have Chicago, which is 334 miles away.

[JayhawkCO]

Minneapolis' farthest is Des Moines which is 244 miles away

Unless I'm misinterpreting your post, going south from MSP, DSM isn't signed as a control city until Albert Lea.

DSM does have Chicago, which is 334 miles away.

The goal, as I now understand it, is to find the farthest away reference to a given city. The farthest away reference to Minneapolis is, as far as I know, located in Des Moines (I-35/80 junctions). Fargo is close, but about 10 miles shorter.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Chicago is probably Sikeston, MO at the I-55/57 interchange.

Memphis is probably I-94 at I-57 on the south side of Chicago.

[JayhawkCO]

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