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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
Several state routes

New: RI 1A, 102, 103, 113, 114, 115, 117, 138, 138A, 238

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
Several state routes

New: RI 1A, 102, 103, 113, 114, 115, 117, 138, 138A, 238

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