Daily Picture Challenge!

[jwolfer]

April 25, 2017: City/town names that are the name of a country or are associated with a city in another country much more than in the country of the photo (which is the United States for most photos here).

Pronounced KAY-ro

Like Cairo, Georgia

LGMS428

[jbnv]

April 25, 2017: City/town names that are the name of a country or are associated with a city in another country much more than in the country of the photo (which is the United States for most photos here).

Carthage (Mississippi)


IMG_5188 by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

Liverpool (Louisiana)


LA 38 Exit Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

Bagdad (Florida)


Santa Rosa County 191 Advance Sign by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

[jmd41280]

April 25, 2017: City/town names that are the name of a country or are associated with a city in another country much more than in the country of the photo (which is the United States for most photos here).

Florence (SC)

I-77 near I-20 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

Halifax (PA)

US 22 / US 322 @ PA Route 325 - Dauphin, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

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April 25, 2017: City/town names that are the name of a country or are associated with a city in another country much more than in the country of the photo (which is the United States for most photos here).

London and Cambridge, ON on the 401 (both more famous in England)

[Jim]

April 25, 2017: City/town names that are the name of a country or are associated with a city in another country much more than in the country of the photo (which is the United States for most photos here).

I'll put in a few more from New York before the challenge is up.

Geneva, taken on US 20 and New York 5.  July 29, 2016.



Berlin, taken on New York 2 in Petersburg.  November 8, 2005.



Lima, taken on New York 5 and US 20.  June 29, 2016.

[MNHighwayMan]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

This one's a double, posted on Van Buren County V56 in Iowa (was formerly IA-15)

[Mapmikey]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

I don't have a good picture of this, but here's one from HB Elkins in 2009.  All 3 of these destinations are out of state as VA 127 leaves US 522 in the northwest corner of the Commonwealth.

Hwy 127 does not go to the last 2 places.  Romney is on WV 29 to US 50.  Cumberland is on WV 29 to WV 9 to MD 51.

http://www.millenniumhwy.net/2009_Milford_PA_Day_4/Pages/157.html

[TravelingBethelite]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

Here's a twofer from Ohio:

[dgolub]

How about not just another state but another country?  New York Thruway (I-87) northbound approaching Albany:

[PHLBOS]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

A 2-fer from I-95 in Delaware:

[US71]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

Near Senaca, MO

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April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

Sign for Winnipeg, MB leaving Regina, SK on TCH 1

[Jim]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

Any excuse to post this one again.  Alaska Highway in the Yukon.  June 13, 2001.

[jmd41280]

April 26, 2017: Distance signs for cities in states other than the one they're posted in.

Though it doesn't list the state on the sign, this sign (on US 30 in Harrisonville, PA) lists the mileage to Hancock, MD

PA Route 655 @ US 30 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

Along PA 51 in Beaver Falls, PA

PA Route 251 by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

Though it doesn't list the state on the sign, this sign (on PA 218 in Waynesburg, PA) lists the mileage to Blacksville, WV

PA Route 218 - Waynesburg, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

I think this one would be pretty easy to answer with all the out-of-state control cities on interstates.

Having said there, here a couple from Virginia.

2013 Various KY pics July-Sept - 566 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

2013 Various KY pics July-Sept - 571 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

And one from Ohio.

2011 Kentucky-559 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

[MNHighwayMan]

I think this one would be pretty easy to answer with all the out-of-state control cities on interstates.

And yet I got, like, only three of those out of the several submissions to the challenge

[Jim]

April 27, 2017: Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

I'll start with Thruway Exit 27 for Amsterdam, New York.  This one taken westbound on August 8, 2006.

[US71]

Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

Straight Line distance about 1 mile. Driving distance about 1 1/2

[Eth]

Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

At a straight-line distance of three miles, southbound I-285:

[empirestate]

I think this one would be pretty easy to answer with all the out-of-state control cities on interstates.

Having said there, here a couple from Virginia.

2013 Various KY pics July-Sept - 566 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

2013 Various KY pics July-Sept - 571 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

And one from Ohio.

2011 Kentucky-559 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

The Challenge was for distance signs, so I suppose that would narrow the field considerably (as, for example, your third photo wouldn't qualify).

[MNHighwayMan]

April 27, 2017: Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

I don't have one of my hometown, but I do have this one that I just went out to take (lol I need a real job...) for my current residence: Exit 7A off I-235



Edit: Since the challenge doesn't prohibit it, I guess I could use a GSV screenshot for my hometown exit:

[TravelingBethelite]

[April 27, 2017:] Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

I am about a straight line distance of a little less than 3 miles from this sign. Astonishingly, in the hundreds of times I've been through this interchange, I have somehow not taken a photo of the sign even once! This photo is by the esteemed Doug Kerr.



EDIT: I actually found a photo I took of this exit; it surprised me how hard it was to find. Here it is:

[PHLBOS]

April 27, 2017: Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

For current, it's about a tie between:
Off I-95

and off I-476


For former, off I-95 prior to 1988:

Note: I did not have much success in finding a clearer pic. & the BGS' and gantry (the latter being the original 1972 vintage) have since been replaced. 

The original BGS' at this gantry included a 95 NORTH Salisbury NH-Maine pull-through and the MA 114 BGS' originally had no exit tabs (added circa 1987) & erroneous even when new SOUTH/NORTH cardinals (corrected circa 1974).

Off I-95 since 1988:
Current signage

Original signage

[Ian]

April 27, 2017: Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

Exit 191 off of I-95 in Orono, ME is the closest exit to where I'm currently living up at school. It's about a 3 mile distance by driving, but 2 miles as the crow flies. Oddly, I don't have a photo from the exit itself, but rather from a mile before it (Google Street View of the exit itself).



Exit 3 off of I-476 near Swarthmore, PA is the closest exit to my original home. About a 2 mile driving distance, and 1 1/2 miles as the crow flies.

[jbnv]

I think this one would be pretty easy to answer with all the out-of-state control cities on interstates.

And yet I got, like, only three of those out of the several submissions to the challenge

There's a sign on I-10 just inside the Texas border that lists distances to three Louisiana cities. It's 3.5 hours from my current location so I can't get a picture of it at the moment.

April 27, 2017: Post pictures of signs for the exit from an Interstate highway (or international equivalent) that is closest to your current or any former home.

Current home:


LA 40 Advance Sign on Bridge by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

For a year I lived in an apartment complex that was literally next to this interchange:


I-12 Drusilla Lane Exit BGS by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr

Totally random: I happened to get this sign when I lived in Verona, Wisconsin.


US 151 Exit 79, Verona, WI by Jay Bienvenu, on Flickr