Daily Picture Challenge!

[empirestate]

There's a road over Croton Dam in NY, but it's not passable to traffic:
https://goo.gl/maps/axsAS8SzAQk

Here's a screen shot, but it's not my photo:

[US71]

February 24 Challenge: => Post photos of a road that goes over a dam:

Bull Shoals Dam,  Hwy 178 Lakeview, AR

[paulthemapguy]

February 24 Challenge: => Post photos of a road that goes over a dam:

In October 2015 I came across this along CT-34 northwest of New Haven, CT.  I tried getting photos as we were moving but none of them turned out to be any good.  So check this out-

https://goo.gl/maps/Ed7iKZWPNpq

[Mapmikey]

February 24 Challenge: => Post photos of a road that goes over a dam:

Here is VA 4 crossing Kerr Dam in 2006

[TravelingBethelite]

February 24 Challenge: => Post photos of a road that goes over a dam:

In October 2015 I came across this along CT-34 northwest of New Haven, CT.  I tried getting photos as we were moving but none of them turned out to be any good.  So check this out-

https://goo.gl/maps/Ed7iKZWPNpq

Ah, yes! That's the Stevenson Dam. It dams the Housatonic River in Monroe to form Lakes Lillanonah and Zoar.   

[7/8]

Looks like I get to choose today's challenge!

February 25th, 2017:
Post photos of signs acknowledging a "former" route.

This sign was taken on the 400 NB between Barrie and Parry Sound, ON


And this sign was taken on what's now Halton Regional Road 25 (formerly Hwy 25)

[TravelingBethelite]

February 25th, 2017:
Post photos of signs acknowledging a "former" route.

I suppose it's a stretch, but the byway does represent the former routing of U.S. 66.

[hbelkins]

[Michael]

Onondaga CR 57 used to be NY 57.  Sometime between 2003 and 2006 (closer to 2003 if I remember right), this sign with an error NY 57 shield was installed.

In Oswego, these US 104 signs probably dated from when NY 104 was still US 104, but I've read on here that they've been replaced.  Also note the error US 48 shield in the background, which should be NY 48.  Here's a newer US 104 shield, also in Oswego, that I first remember seeing in 2004 or so.

Here's a picture I took in 2007 for Wikipedia of an old reference marker left for NY 31B:


There are two old reference markers for NY 174 in Marcellus. One is just south of the village, and the other is just north of where the old and new routes of NY 174 meet.

Lastly, it's not uncommon in CNY to see Old State Road or Old Route X signs where realignments have occurred.

[US71]

February 25th, 2017:
Post photos of signs acknowledging a "former" route.

Former US 24 in Kansas


Delta, LA

[7/8]

I guess I can make today's challenge too (I'm staying up later than usual this weekend).

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

My example will be the exit for the 427 on the 401 collectors in Toronto. The 427 gets three lanes while the 401 only gets two.

[paulthemapguy]

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

I-290 southbound approaching I-355


Source: http://www.billburmaster.com/rmsandw/illinois/interstate/290il.html

[empirestate]

February 24 Challenge: => Post photos of a road that goes over a dam:

My contribution is also from the Conowingo Dam:

Just as a reminder, only one photo per answer is allowed–there was already a photo submitted of the Conowingo Dam road. Not a big deal; it's just so that if, say, the Challenge were to post photos of Interstate numbering violations, we wouldn't just get a million photos of I-99.

I guess I can make today's challenge too (I'm staying up later than usual this weekend).

I'm glad when you guys get to it before I do; there have been lots of good Challenges posted. Keep 'em up!

[wanderer2575]

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

Downtown Detroit, MI:

[dgolub]

New York Thruway (I-87) southbound at exit 8 for the Cross Westchester Expressway (I-287):

[jbnv]

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

I-10 westbound at I-110, Baton Rouge:



If someone needs a picture to post, see I-10 eastbound at the split for I-12. (I don't have my own picture for it.)

[US71]

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

US 71 at LA 1 north of Shreveport, LA

[empirestate]

February 27, 2017
It's that time again–today's Challenge™ is the monthly catch-up free-for-all for all February Challenges™!

All Challenges posted since the previous recap began (on January 29th) are eligible from now through the end of February, and a new Challenge will also be posted for February 28th. Please continue to observe the usual posting limits.

EDIT: Here's the list of eligible Challenges...

January 30: Post signs that suggest an unintentionally funny phrase or combination of words.
January 31: Post photos that juxtapose roads and/or road traffic with a guided transit system.
February 1: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.
February 2: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.
February 3: Photos of signs depicting, by incident or deliberately, the name of a movie or TV show.
February 4: Photos that show two routes of the same number, but different types.
February 5: Post road photos where the image contains a state border.
February 6: Post road scenes taken using long-lens techniques.
February 7: Post a single BGS that uses each of the 5 vowels exactly one time, or any sign that contains all five vowels.
February 8: Post photos of signs whose typical color scheme has been altered for intentional effect.
February 9: Post photos of weather- or emergency-related road or freeway closure gates in active deployment.
February 10: Post street blades located along a road but not at an intersection.
February 11: Post pictures of the oldest sign (NOT oldest photo of a sign) in your photo collection.
February 12: Photos of signs/displays that should be BGSes.
February 13: The word "Love" (or some variant of) on a BGS.
February 14: Route displays/BGSes with unusual auxiliary elements.
February 15: Post One-Way signage (or related, such as Do Not Enter) that's only in effect some of the time.
February 16: Post photos of outrageously complex airport roadway infrastructure.
February 17: Post one state's depiction of another's route marker.
February 18: Post photos of tunnels.
February 19: Post pictures of route marker/sign close-ups.
February 20: Road signs in the United States in a language other than English or Spanish.
February 21: Post photos of letter-suffixed routes at a junction with their un-suffixed parent.
February 22: Post photos that don't logically make sense when taken at face value.
February 23: Post a complete set of something.
February 24: Post photos of a road that goes over a dam.
February 25: Post photos of signs acknowledging a "former" route.
February 26: Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.

[US71]

February 4: Photos that show two routes of the same number, but different types.

How about Loop 151 (Texas) and AR 151?

[US71]

4February 11: Post pictures of the oldest sign (NOT oldest photo of a sign) in your photo collection.

Two candidates:

Merkel, TX


Personal collection

[US71]

February 1: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.
February 2: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.

Are these intentionally the same?? 

[formulanone]

Florida is one I'm trying for (I'd estimate I'm a little over halfway there on SR/SSRs); probably not as mind-bending as Kentucky, or Texas,  Louisiana, but not as arduous as California or Montana. At least with Ohio, it's a compact enough state, even if it has 500 or so SRs.

Good thing you don't have to count A1A in Key West as a separate highway.

That segment's an easy clinch if you've already made it down to US 1's south end. I haven't caught up with some of those CR 941/942 (are they still there?) and "Old FL 4" bits and pieces in the Keys. I am missing A1A from SR 442 to SR 421, but that's it. Clinching all of Florida's SR system might take me a lifetime to complete, since I don't live there anymore; although, I'm on business there about 4-5 times a year. Couple that with yearly additions onto the system and decommissioned/former parts, and it's a bit of a moving target.

February 22: Challenge: Post photos that don't logically make sense when taken at face value.

North South River Drive in the Miami area (yes, there's a "North River Drive"). Not sure if a sign for South North River Drive exists.

February 4: Photos that show two routes of the same number, but different types.

This isn't all that rare in Florida, but it is unusual to see it on a BGS.

February 20: Road signs in the United States in a language other than English or Spanish.

Peoria, Illinois has a sister city in honor of her sister city: Friedrichshafen, Germany.

[US71]

February 20: Road signs in the United States in a language other than English or Spanish.

Tahlequah, OK


Russellville, AR


Lafayette, LA

[empirestate]

February 1: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.
February 2: Post photos of route shields containing hyphens, or any other punctuation or diacritical marks.

Are these intentionally the same?? 

Ask Bill Murray...

[PHLBOS]

February 26th, 2017
Post photos of signs where the exit has more lanes than the through road.