Interstate 42 (W)

[Scott5114]

The rate of I-42 shields with correctly centered numbers remains 0%.

[bugo]

[Plutonic Panda]

News article on this new interstate:

https://www.4029tv.com/article/springdale-bypass-interstate-42/73609245

[akt85]

So there is an Interstate 42 in Arkansas and an Interstate 42 in North Carolina?

[74/171FAN]

So there is an Interstate 42 in Arkansas and an Interstate 42 in North Carolina?

Yes, there are two now.

[Bobby5280]

Duplicate disconnected Interstates are nothing new. A few of them have been around for 50 years or more.

[The Ghostbuster]

Google Maps shows the completed road as AR 612, not Interstate 42. Apple Maps does too. Hopefully, both will be updated eventually. Also, the Interstate 42 Wikipedia page lists the future exit numbers for when 42 another 16 miles westward to the Arkansas/Oklahoma border: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_42_(Arkansas)#Exit_list.

[ElishaGOtis]

Google Maps shows the completed road as AR 612, not Interstate 42. Apple Maps does too. Hopefully, both will be updated eventually. Also, the Interstate 42 Wikipedia page lists the future exit numbers for when 42 another 16 miles westward to the Arkansas/Oklahoma border: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_42_(Arkansas)#Exit_list.

Waze now shows I-42

[Molandfreak]

Duplicate disconnected Interstates are nothing new. A few of them have been around for 50 years or more.

But they all had no other option. This did, and AASHTO rubber stamped it anyway.

[Bobby5280]

But they all had no other option.

I don't agree. Some of the shorter routes that turned into duplicates, such as I-76 in Colorado, could have been re-named as 3-digit routes when suffixed names like I-70S were removed. Longer ones, like I-84 in Utah, Idaho and Oregon could have been given other 2-digit designations that weren't duplicated already. The numbers may not have fit into the grid perfectly, but we already had topsy-turvy examples like I-82 running North of I-84. The Western I-84 could have actually been named I-82 and what became I-82 could have been I-92.

[MikieTimT]

They literally decided week before last according to Jay Payne, the Deputy Administrator from FHWA that spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony.  That's why I saw an AR-612 shield from the overpass at the gas power plant at Tontitown at the southern end a few days before the ceremony and thought they were holding off until it connected further.  They literally replaced the shields a day or 2 before opening as signage has been up for a while prior to opening.  I guess they see the forward progress that Arkansas was making (project finished 9 months early along with AR-642) and had faith it would be pushed further within the next 10 years.

[Molandfreak]

But they all had no other option.

I don't agree. Some of the shorter routes that turned into duplicates, such as I-76 in Colorado, could have been re-named as 3-digit routes when suffixed names like I-70S were removed. Longer ones, like I-84 in Utah, Idaho and Oregon could have been given other 2-digit designations that weren't duplicated already. The numbers may not have fit into the grid perfectly, but we already had topsy-turvy examples like I-82 running North of I-84. The Western I-84 could have actually been named I-82 and what became I-82 could have been I-92.

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

[kphoger]

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

[Scott5114]

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

Presumably, nobody outside of North Carolina takes North Carolina Interstates seriously.

[Molandfreak]

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

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What makes you think that I care about the grid? Do I have to include in every post that I don't actually care about it and that any mention I make of it is just a bonus for the people who do?

[splashflash]

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

Presumably, nobody outside of North Carolina takes North Carolina Interstates seriously.

NC could squawk and get I-46 to renumber its route, as wasn't that the original request?

[Molandfreak]

Regardless, it's entirely nonsensical to assign a duplicate number when every other number between 46 and 62 is available and would fit the grid here.

Presumably, nobody outside of North Carolina takes North Carolina Interstates seriously.

NC could squawk and get I-46 to renumbered its route as wasn't that the original request?

36

[Roadgeekteen]

Will the western I-42 be longer than I-97 when completed? Because our famous trivia fact about I-97 might no longer be true soon.

[swake]

Will the western I-42 be longer than I-97 when completed? Because our famous trivia fact about I-97 might no longer be true soon.

I-42 in Arkansas and Oklahoma will be almost 200 miles long. Oklahoma could sign nearly 100 miles or so now but hasn't yet.

[Mapmikey]

NC could squawk and get I-46 to renumber its route, as wasn't that the original request?

They originally requested I-36...

[kphoger]

What makes you think that I care about the grid? Do I have to include in every post that I don't actually care about it and that any mention I make of it is just a bonus for the people who do?

Sorry, dude.  I don't keep track of who loves the grid and who doesn't care.  I read too much into your post.

[rte66man]

They literally decided week before last according to Jay Payne, the Deputy Administrator from FHWA that spoke at the ribbon cutting ceremony.  That's why I saw an AR-612 shield from the overpass at the gas power plant at Tontitown at the southern end a few days before the ceremony and thought they were holding off until it connected further.  They literally replaced the shields a day or 2 before opening as signage has been up for a while prior to opening.  I guess they see the forward progress that Arkansas was making (project finished 9 months early along with AR-642) and had faith it would be pushed further within the next 10 years.

That explains why I didn't see any I-42 shields whe we were through there on 8/30.

[bugo]

Google Maps shows the completed road as AR 612, not Interstate 42. Apple Maps does too. Hopefully, both will be updated eventually. Also, the Interstate 42 Wikipedia page lists the future exit numbers for when 42 another 16 miles westward to the Arkansas/Oklahoma border: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_42_(Arkansas)#Exit_list.

I suggested a correction to Google to change AR 612 to I-42. I don't know if that's why they changed it or not, but I'm surprised they fixed it as soon as they did.

[Road Hog]

Maybe one day late this century, when I-42 gets extended out east via US 412 and I-155, the twain shall meet in the middle. But only by concurrencies.

[CapeCodder]

Maybe one day late this century, when I-42 gets extended out east via US 412 and I-155, the twain shall meet in the middle. But only by concurrencies.

That would be one hell of an expensive upgrade. An interstate along the roof of the Ozarks could be beneficial.