Daily conversation: What is the worst possible answer?

[I-57/Route 66 Fan]

Time To Draw Bridge Graffiti On The Sign

[JayhawkCO]

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

A new kind of card game ahead -- an alternative to contract, duplicate, rubber, or Chicago.

[kphoger]

The current stage of the Key Bridge replacement ahead.

Stop dropping the mic like that.  It's bad for the equipment.

[xonhulu]

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

This sign is challenging the bridge to a gunfight.  Cue the Morricone soundtrack.

[kphoger]

This sign is challenging the bridge to a gunfight: cue the Morricone soundtrack.

Ah, there's an understood comma.

[formulanone]

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

It's the opposite of a Monument Draw.

[kphoger]

A bridge over a gully typically has plenty of vertical clearance.  However, a draw is shallower, and a bridge over such a terrain feature may not provide sufficient clearance for taller vehicles.  Hence the warning sign.

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

[NE2]

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

It's an instruction to self-driving cars to drink a bottle of water and generate some slop.

[PNWRoadgeek]

11 MAY 2026

What does this sign mean?

You must draw a bridge to pass.

[kphoger]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

[Big John]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Juneau AK

Easy in, easy out.
Convenient route numbering.

[kurumi]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Miami.

It's the only capital with a route that's also a steak sauce (A1A)

[kphoger]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Miami.

It's the only capital with a route that's also a steak sauce (A1A)

You forgot to mention the other reason that's a bad answer:  Miami isn't the capital of Florida.

Let's try and limit our answers to cities that are actually U.S. state capitals...

[kphoger]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

I'm going with Pierre, SD.  Reason are [1] the sheer number of highways there (I tried counting but lost count), and [2] the fact that two highway numbers share the same road there (pretty rare).

[xonhulu]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

It has to be Honolulu, Hawaii.  Reasons:

1) The Interstate highways there apparently use numbers from the native Hawaiian dialect.  And weirdly, all their numbers seem to start with the letter H.

2) Honolulu, and the rest of Hawaii as well, seem to get no out-of-state visitors. Every car I saw there had Hawaiian plates.

[kphoger]

And weirdly, all their numbers seem to start with the letter H.

I think the H is silent—as in hour, honor, and hurricanes hardly ever happen.

[The_Ginger]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

It has to be Charleston, West Virginia.

• It doesn't have one of those annoying beltways, and forces motorists to experience the natural beauty of the town.
• There's only three Interstates, so no confusion over numbers and signs can write "TO I-64 I-77 I-79."
• There's only about 20 major numbered routes (e.g. Interstates, U.S. Routes, state routes) so you don't have to memorize that many numbers.
  
• There's never traffic issues.
• There is no unique numbering or coloring system for roads in the area. None at all, so no pesky colors or letters that you forget.

[jeffandnicole]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Dover DE.

It's connected to the main interstate in Delaware via Route 1, and being the 1st state, it's only natural to be connected via a 1.

It's connected via every other interstate in the state via US 13. This makes it very easy to access Dover no matter which interstate highway you're on in Delaware.

[PNWRoadgeek]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Montpelier VT

1.It has many interchanges to serve its high population.
2.Its in Vermont.

[kphoger]

It has to be Honolulu, Hawaii.

It has to be Charleston, West Virginia.

I suspect that at least one of you is wrong.

[The_Ginger]

It has to be Honolulu, Hawaii.

It has to be Charleston, West Virginia.

I suspect that at least one of you is wrong.

If we're going off of likes, Honolulu is winning.

[kphoger]

If we're going off of likes, Honolulu is winning.

You can go off likes if you want.  I don't.  If I choose a winner, it's just whichever one I think was the worst answer.

[Mapmikey]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Richmond VA
1. Come see the 4 designations posted on a 3 sided freeway triangle!

2. Has the most posted Beltway

[xonhulu]

It has to be Honolulu, Hawaii.

It has to be Charleston, West Virginia.

I suspect that at least one of you is wrong.

If we're going off of likes, Honolulu is winning.

Don't stress about it. The prizes are always terrible, anyway.

[Great Lakes Roads]

12 MAY 2026

Which U.S. state capital has the most interesting highway network?

Give at least two reasons to support your answer.

Indianapolis
1. Drive on I-465 like it's the Indy 500
2. Both IN 67 and I-69 does an overlap (6-7 and nice)