Daily Picture Challenge!

[paulthemapguy]

No A or B leaves me with very few options.  Most entries for this challenge will probably come from New York State, like someone else already said.


IMG_2801 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

And I'm pretty sure this counts, as the "N" is in sequence with the letters that precede it, making the label unrelated to a cardinal direction.


IMG_2797 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[formulanone]

November 8, 2017: Post pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

[empirestate]

Technically, a challenge stays open until someone (presumably other than the OP) posts a response:

However, a Challenge is not closed if there are no pictures submitted that satisfy it, but we still move on to the next day's Challenge.

So dgolub was okay to post.

No, your presumption isn't correct. The Challenge is closed when the later of two things happens: (1) the calendar day ends, or (2) a photo is posted that satisfies the Challenge. For example, the November 7th Challenge is still open because, while that calendar day has ended, no photos have been posted that satisfy it. That photo can be posted by the OP along with the initial Challange statement, or by anyone else–in fact, in the case of November 7th, since the Challenge statement itself hasn't yet been posted, it has to be the OP who submits the satisfying photo.

[formulanone]

Technically, a challenge stays open until someone (presumably other than the OP) posts a response:

However, a Challenge is not closed if there are no pictures submitted that satisfy it, but we still move on to the next day's Challenge.

So dgolub was okay to post.

No, your presumption isn't correct. The Challenge is closed when the later of two things happens: (1) the calendar day ends, or (2) a photo is posted that satisfies the Challenge. For example, the November 7th Challenge is still open because, while that calendar day has ended, no photos have been posted that satisfy it. That photo can be posted by the OP along with the initial Challange statement, or by anyone else—in fact, in the case of November 7th, since the Challenge statement itself hasn't yet been posted, it has to be the OP who submits the satisfying photo.

For the purposes of this thread, I feel there is little point to a challenge if only the original poster of the suggestion can satisfy it, and that the only initial post ends the challenge.

[empirestate]

Technically, a challenge stays open until someone (presumably other than the OP) posts a response:

However, a Challenge is not closed if there are no pictures submitted that satisfy it, but we still move on to the next day's Challenge.

So dgolub was okay to post.

No, your presumption isn't correct. The Challenge is closed when the later of two things happens: (1) the calendar day ends, or (2) a photo is posted that satisfies the Challenge. For example, the November 7th Challenge is still open because, while that calendar day has ended, no photos have been posted that satisfy it. That photo can be posted by the OP along with the initial Challange statement, or by anyone else–in fact, in the case of November 7th, since the Challenge statement itself hasn't yet been posted, it has to be the OP who submits the satisfying photo.

For the purposes of this thread, I feel there is little point to a challenge if only the original poster of the suggestion can satisfy it, and that the only initial post ends the challenge.

It's basically meant as a wild card, for those random photos you might want to post but can't quite fit them into the regular Challenges. You could come up with a super-difficult Challenge, say (or a super-easy one), and not have to worry about others being unable to match it.

Also, keep in mind that Challenges posted this way still get re-opened during the monthly recap (assuming they're still from the current month).

[MNHighwayMan]

November 8, 2017: Pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

I thought this one wasn't going to be possible for me to answer, but then I remembered this little gem I have. One of Iowa's rare double-lettered county routes in Prairie City.

[jmd41280]

November 8, 2017: Pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

NY 9D in Philipstown:


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

[Jim]

November 8, 2017: Pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

New York 31F from I-490.  August 14, 2016.



Don't forget all of Nebraska's links and spurs for this one.  Here's the 13D Spur from US 34.  July 28, 2016.



Back to New York for 990V, the signed reference route.  From New York 30.  March 16, 2010.

[formulanone]

November 8, 2017: Pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

Not sure if this one was supposed to get the little interstate shield or it's just a NY reference route on I-684:

[JasonOfORoads]

Seeing as how it's past midnight in most of the US, I'll throw out the next challenge. Hope I'm doing this right:

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Let's see how high of a letter suffix we can get. I'll kick things off with a GSV screenshot of what might be Oregon's only remaining letter suffixed exit above C, Exit 1D on I-405 North in Portland:

[hotdogPi]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

So B can be used if it's sequential?

I-95 south in New Hampshire, Exit 3 by me, on Flickr

[dgolub]

November 8, 2017: Pictures of routes with letter suffixes other than A, B, or a compass direction.

Not sure if this one was supposed to get the little interstate shield or it's just a NY reference route on I-684:

It's a reference route that got erroneously signed as an interstate on the mileposts.

[dgolub]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Grand Central Parkway westbound at exit 9P:

[US71]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

[JasonOfORoads]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

So B can be used if it's sequential?

I-95 south in New Hampshire, Exit 3 by me, on Flickr

Yeah. I debated saying both A and B couldn't be used for sequential, but figured that there'd be much fewer sequential B exits than mile/km-based B exits, so I allowed it. It's the same reason why C exits are allowed for km-based roads but not mileage based.

[AsphaltPlanet]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

http://www.asphaltplanet.ca/ON/hwy_410-427_images/416_dv_74_north_Sep11_24x16.jpg

[hotdogPi]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

So B can be used if it's sequential?

I-95 south in New Hampshire, Exit 3 by me, on Flickr

Yeah. I debated saying both A and B couldn't be used for sequential, but figured that there'd be much fewer sequential B exits than mile/km-based B exits, so I allowed it. It's the same reason why C exits are allowed for km-based roads but not mileage based.

You're not familiar with sequential numbering. B is almost as common as A (they almost always form a pair), and both are much more common than E, W, S, and N.

[PHLBOS]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Sequential numbered exit (I-93 in MA).

[Jim]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

NJTP's Exit 15X, taken on July 9, 2007.

[Eth]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

I-75/85's exit 249D in Atlanta:

[kphoger]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Let's see how high of a letter suffix we can get.

Well, I'm pretty sure we can only go as high as Y.

[paulthemapguy]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Kansas City sure is wild.


IMG_1686 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Even though it's already past midnight in my time zone, I use Eastern for forum purposes, so...

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Here is some km-based love:
Exit 1C off M-30, Madrid, Spain.
Exit 2C off M-45, Leganes, Spain.

And here is some Wyoming cheating: Exit 8D off I-25 (mile-based), there is an exit 8B before but no 8A or 8C.

[Jim]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

Reading the challenge more closely, I see I can use the Thruway Berkshire Spur's exits.

B1 westbound.  September 13, 2014.



B2 westbound.  November 24, 2005.



B3 eastbound.  June 23, 2009.

[Truvelo]

November 9, 2017: Pictures of exit numbers with letter suffixes or prefixes, with these conditions:

• Milepost-based exits cannot use A, B or C as suffixes
• Kilometer-based exits cannot use A or B as suffixes
• Sequential-based exits cannot use A, N, S, E or W as suffixes
• Any letter(s) can be used as a prefix
• Letter-only exits (like Exit A) prohibited, since they were used in a recent challenge
• Must be an official highway sign of some kind -- billboards, advertisements etc. verboten

This one in Albuquerque counts and I shouldn't really be taking photos with a police cruiser ahead