Take-It-Yourself Route Number Challenge

[dgolub]

Southern Tier Expressway (NY 17/Future I-86) westbound at NY 201:

[okroads]

ME 200, taken 7/16/14:
DSC05762 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

MD 200, taken 7/13/14:
DSC03048 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

MT 200, taken 7/23/10:
DSC01991 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[formulanone]

SC 198 on I-85:


NY 199 on the Taconic State Parkway:


MD 200 Toll shield:

[paulthemapguy]

US202 off an I-95 Turnpike exit ramp


IMG_2561 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Ohio 202

OH-202 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[dgolub]

John Hanson Highway (US 50) west at Kenilworth Avenue (MD 201):

[Jim]

Lots of US 202 options, so I'll go with one in a town where I used to work: South Hadley, Massachusetts.  August 30, 2007.



Florida 202, near Jacksonville.  June 21, 2008.



I have a lot of "Massachusetts 202" errors, but here's a Delaware 202 that to the best of my knowledge is correct.  March 18, 2008

[jmd41280]

Alt US 6/202 - Philipstown, NY


NY Route 9D, US 6 & US 202 shields by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[Max Rockatansky]

AZ 202:



My US 202 steel sign from Maine...among many others:

[MNHighwayMan]

My US 202 steel sign from Maine...among many others:

Is that a stack of reproduction US Route markers? What do you have in there, if you don't mind me asking, and where'd you get them from?

[Max Rockatansky]

My US 202 steel sign from Maine...among many others:

Is that a stack of reproduction US Route markers? What do you have in there, if you don't mind me asking, and where'd you get them from?

There are two stacks of reproductions in that pile.  The embossed 16x16.5s were from Crossroad Signs out of Oregon, they were from a guy by the name of Marty.  He actually did a lot of custom tooling for me in regards to a lot of west coast US routes that weren't on this regular product list.  They are pretty decent, although if you are looking for something for California I would go with stuff that Jake offers since he goes by the correct specs for this state.  Between the US 71 and US 2 there is a stack of a couple 18x18 and 18x24 signs that a friend made up for me since they couldn't really get rid of those specific sizes.

Outside of that everything else in the pile is legit and that was taken several years ago before I got serious about sign collecting.  I want to say that US 202 is a 1950/60ss version of the signage that Maine had, there are several in the shield gallery as examples.  The US 6 I got when I was part of the US Route 6 Tour Association.  The US 4 was one of the converted stop signs that was repurposed into a US Route shield in Concord, NH.  Anyways, here are some links to those specific images I uses for reference points that are relevant:

www.aaroads.com/shields/thumbs.php?state=ME

www.aaroads.com/shields/show.php?image=NH19662021


Here is a list of what I currently have in my collection:

US Route
US 1:  Replica 16x16.5 embossed
US 2:  Modern 24x24 Sign
US 3:  Modern 24x24 Sign
US 4:  18x18 recycled New Hampshire Cut-Out
US 5:  Modern 24x24 sign
US 6:  12x18 PA Historic Route sign from the Historic US Route 6 club.
US 7:  Modern 24x24
US 9:  Modern 30x30
US 10:  1949 Replica Michigan Cut-Out
US 12:  1949 Replica Michigan Cut-Out
US 13:  Modern 36x36 overhead guide sign.
US 14:  Modern 24x24
US 16:  1949 Replica Michigan Cut-Out
US 19:  Overhead sign saying "US 19"
US 20:  Modern 24x24 Sign
US 23:  Modern 24x24 Sign
US 24:  Modern 36x36 overhead guide sign.
US 25:  1949 Replica Michigan Cut-Out
US 26:  1960 era sign
US 27:  1926 Embossed Michigan 16x16.5 replica.
US 29:  Modern 24x24
US 30:  1926 Embossed Illinois 16x16.5 replica
US 31:  Modern 24x24
US 40:  1961 era 24x24
US 41:  Modern 24x24 replica
US 50:  1926 Embossed Nevada 16x16.5 replica
US 54:  Modern 24x24 replica
US 60:  Modern 24x24
US 60:  1926-1948 Embossed Arizona 16x16.5 replica
US 62:  Modern 24x24
US 64:  Modern 24x24
US 66:  1926 embossed Arizona 16x16.5 replica
US 66:  1975 cut-out non-reflective Illionis sign in 1949 style that was given to Illinois Department of Transportation Members.
US 66:  Modern Oatman Highway Sign
US 66:  Replica embossed street sign
US 67:  Modern 24x24
US 70:  Replica 1926-1948 embossed Arizona 16x16.5
US 71:  Green street sign showing "US Route 71"
US 80:  18x18 Blue Arizona cut-out
US 80:  Replica 1926 Arizona embossed sign 16x16.5
US 81:  Modern 24x24
US 82:  Modern 24x24
US 84:  Modern 24x24
US 85:  Modern 24x24 replica
US 87:  Modern 24x24
US 89:  Replica 1926 embossed Arizona 16x16.5
US 90:  Green street sign saying "US 90"
US 91:  Replica 1926 embossed Nevada 16x16.5
US 93:  Modern 24x24 replica
US 95:  Modern 24x24 replica
US 98:  Street blade
US 99:  Replica 1926 embossed California 16x16.5
US 101:  Replica 1926 embossed California 16x16.5
US 101:  California Cut-Out
US 117:  Modern 24x32
US 127:  Modern overhead guide 36x45, my biggest sign.
US 129:  Modern 24x32 replica
US 131:  Modern 24x32
US 163:  Modern 24x32 replica
US 176:  Embossed street sign
US 180 (II):  Modern 24x32 replica
US 191:  Modern 24x32 replica
US 202:  18x18 Maine with painted US Route sheild, rusted as all hell.
US 231:  24x32 modern sign
US 285:  24x32 modern replica
US 287:  24x32 modern
US 385:  24x32 modern replica
US 395:  California Cut-Out
US 466:  Replica 1926-48 embossed Nevada 16x16.5
US 666:  Replica 1926-48 embossed Arizona 16x16.5

Interstate Signs
I-4
I-5
I-8:  California State Name
I-10:  Arizona State Name
I-12
I-15:  Wooden with Arizona State Name, 1957 style
I-17:  Arizona State Name
I-19
I-20
I-25:  BL Loop
I-30
I-35:  Overhead guide sign with rivets in it.
I-40:  BL Loop
I-44
I-55:  Mississippi State Name
I-64
I-65
I-69:  36x36
I-70:  Wooden with Utah State Name
I-71
I-75:  36x36
I-78:  White 24x24
I-80:  White 24x24
I-81
I-84:  From an eastern state, not sure which one.
I-86:  Business Loop indicating it was out west
I-90
I-91:  Connecticut State Name
I-94:  Weird 18x18 off an overhead guide sign.
I-95:  New York State Name
I-96
I-196 BL
I-405
I-469
I-696

California Signs
CA 1
CA 4
CA 33
CA 46
CA 58
CA 99
CA 177
CA 178
CA 299

Nevada Signs
NV 164
NV 375
NV 400
NV 593

Arizona Signs
AZ 66 One of the Brown Historic ones, cool as all hell
AZ 69
AZ 88
AZ 90
AZ 101 BLUE!
AZ 143
AZ 195
AZ 202
AZ 303 One of the older black ones

Colorado
CO 41
CO 340
CO E470

Florida
FL A1A 24x32 Replica

Michigan
M-1
M-3
M-5
M-10  Overhead cut-out
M-20
M-24
M-36
M-37
M-39
M-44
M-60
M-66
M-85
M-89
M-96
M-102 (yes 8 mile)
M-153
M-227

Connecticut
CT 2
CT 25
CT 32
CT 37
CT 157
CT 163
CT 183

Ontario
Trans Canada Highway Central Route


Really outside of US Routes I don't have any reproductions and I'm trying to pick up real duplicates as they are available on the cheap.  Right now the focus is one Arizona, California, and Michigan shields more than anything else....I have a CA 210 on the way in fact.  Basically I'm only looking for two Interstate Routes with I-85 and I-66 to round out that collection.  I would venture that I-94 would be up your alley since I got it from Minnesota, weird as all hell given it is 18x18.

[okroads]

OH 201, taken 5/30/16:
DSC05520 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

U.S. 201, taken 7/15/14:
DSC05427 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

MD 201, taken 7/13/14:
DSC02987 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[formulanone]

TX 201 near Killeen:


AZ Loop 202 in the Phoenix area:

[dgolub]

Yet another US 202 pictures, this one heading west in Suffern, NY:

[Jim]

It's time for 203, of which I have only two to share.

New York 203 in Nassau.  May 17, 2003.



Massachusetts 203 in Brookline.  Not the best picture I have of this route in terms of quality, but I include it because of the removed "1" in the upper panel.  October 12, 2002.

[Max Rockatansky]

CA 203:

[Max Rockatansky]

Bumping up to 204 with CA 204:

[paulthemapguy]

IL 203

IMG_1191 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[Jim]

Looks like I have 3 different 204 examples to contribute.

New York 204 from I-390.  April 21, 2007.



Georgia 204 near I-95 in the Savannah area.  August 22, 2003.



Albany County 204 from Western Avenue/US 20 in Guilderland.  May 31, 2008.

[jbnv]

I normally wouldn't count this because the route shield is so far in the background. But this is in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and I have no reason to believe at this point that I will ever get to return there and take an actual picture of the route marker. So...

Interstate 94 Business (the little green dot between the one-way sign and the stop sign):


Adventure Travel by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[formulanone]

MA 203 on I-93:


CR 204 in St. Johns County, Florida:


Looks like 205 is in play...here's AL 205 in Guntersville:

[oscar]

I-205 business loop sign in Tracy CA:

[Jim]

Here's an I-205 in southwestern Washington.  July 17, 2004.



Northern end of New York 205.  June 4, 2015.



Québec 205 in Ormstown.  June 27, 2011.

[okroads]

OH 202, taken 9/22/15:
DSC07433 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

U.S. 202, taken 7/18/14:
DSC07501 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

MD 202, taken 7/13/14:
DSC02989 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[dgolub]

Since it's been a while, time to move on to 206.

US 206 northbound in New Jersey near the bridge to Pennsylvania:

[Jim]

US 206 in Bridgewater, New Jersey.  March 14, 2009.



Virginia 206 in Owens.  August 4, 2010.



New York 206 in Masonville.  April 23, 2011.