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[US71]

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

Excelsior Springs, MO


Buffalo, MO
Does the TO disquality this?


Irwin, MO
Originally single markers upgraded to a green sign, so may or may not count.

[MNHighwayMan]

Does the TO disquality this?

Nah, it's good to me. (Also would include things like Business, Alternate, etc, I suppose.)

Edit to add: I actually find that one really interesting, because it not only includes the black border used with Missouri's supplemental routes, but also the white borders for the TO and the arrow. The borders, IMO, are all unnecessary when applied to a green sign background.

[Jim]

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

I'll offer this one in Lincoln, New Hampshire.  August 13, 2015.

[US 89]

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

Utah has installed a bunch of these in the past few years:

[paulthemapguy]

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

I'll offer this one in Lincoln, New Hampshire.  August 13, 2015.

Most route marker signs in New Hampshire or Massachusetts could be played for this challenge.  Same with "Junction" signs in Michigan.  I try to actively avoid taking photos of these, because I go for the standalone route shields for my collection.  This made little green unisigns a bit harder to dredge up from my flickr account.


MI-US45-064S by Paul Drives, on Flickr


UT-108-126E by Paul Drives, on Flickr

Junction I-80 sign on US63 in Iowa.


IA-US63-I-80NJ by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[TBKS1]

Challenge of January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.



AR-319 by TBKS1, on Flickr

319 = 11 * 29
3 + 1 + 9 = 13
1 + 1 + 2 + 9 = 13

[formulanone]

Challenge of January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

85 and 985 are Smith Numbers:



I-22 and AL 4 (US 78):

[US 89]

Challenge of January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

265 is a Smith number:


121:


85:

[Thing 342]

January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

378 is a Smith Number:

SC-6 N @ US-378, Lexington, SC, taken by me

Note that the link TBKS1 provided is somewhat misleading, as it states prime numbers are also Smith numbers when in fact this is not necessarily true. (Example: 13 is 1 * 13, 1+1+3 = 5, but 1+3 = 4, so not a Smith number.)

[oscar]

January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

Here are a few Smith numbers (just going on the list linked in the OP, I really can't get my head around the concept)

HI 58 in Lihue:



HI 378 in Pukalani:



MB 391 in Lynn Lake:



US 666 in Cortez CO (1996, with a younger and skinnier me in the photo):

[Hurricane Rex]

WA 22 by Corco highways.

22 is a smith number.

[TBKS1]

27 (does it count if it's a mileage sign?):

That doesn't count.

[Eth]

Note that the link TBKS1 provided is somewhat misleading, as it states prime numbers are also Smith numbers when in fact this is not necessarily true. (Example: 13 is 1 * 13, 1+1+3 = 5, but 1+3 = 4, so not a Smith number.)

1 isn't prime. A prime number's only prime factor is itself. It still doesn't count, but that's only because Smith numbers are explicitly defined as being composite (i.e. non-prime).

January 28th: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

Here's 166...



274...



and 355.

[empirestate]

I can't find my picture of it, but here's the GSV. There are 3 more identical ones on each leg of this intersection.

Remember, while GSV is allowed, the image must appear inline in your post...

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

Utah has installed a bunch of these in the past few years:

...and also that there's a 3-photo limit.



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[empirestate]

Also: it's now January 29th and time for the monthly recap! All Challenges starting on 12/30 are open through and until 1/31. New Challenges also posted on 1/30 and 1/31.


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[TBKS1]

January 24, 2018: a picture of a sign where a route is physically spelled out in place of a shield.

These are everywhere in Arkansas. (Although I don't know if this counts since it's a junction sign, but I'll leave it here.)



AR-338 (2) by TBKS1, on Flickr

Challenge for January 15, 2018: signs for Martin, Luther, or King. "Bonus" if you can find a Martin Luther King St (Drive, Ave, etc)

I-630 (3) by TBKS1, on Flickr

[oscar]

December 31, 2017: Post the one road-related picture you took yourself in 2017 that highlights your top travel experience of the year.

Here's an odd one, since my most interesting travel experience of 2017 was for several days of hot-springing rather than for roadgeeking, in the remote southeast Alaska village of Tenakee Springs. The "road-related picture" is of the narrow gravel road that is the village's only street. You can see why nothing larger than a golf cart or ATV is allowed in the village, except for public service vehicles like the firetruck. While it's on the Alaska Marine Highway auto ferry system (the village's only link to the highway system), it is the only ferry port to which you can't take your car.

[paulthemapguy]

Here's a list of all of the challenges we can recap today.  Note that there were no challenges for the 13th or 20th.

• December 31, 2017: Post the one road-related picture you took yourself in 2017 that highlights your top travel experience of the year.
• January 1, 2018:  Post a picture showing congestion in both directions
• January 2, 2018:  Post a street sign that's something other than a blade or wall plaque.
• January 3, 2018:  Post road photos that also contain impressive Christmas lights displays.
• January 4, 2018:  Post a pair of end markers indicating two routes terminating at the same point.
• January 5, 2018: We have some nasty wind chills today following the blizzard in the northeastern U.S.  Post signs containing "wind" or "chill" (including as substrings of words).
• January 6, 2018:  Post photos relating in any way to the gifts mentioned in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas"
• January 7, 2018:  Post any signs showing bike route numbers accompanied by any embellishments designated "M" in the MUTCD.  This includes any banners across the top and any directional arrows below.
• January 8, 2018: An exit that is on the opposite side of the road.
• January 9, 2018: Closed Exits with diagonal slap-on signage
• January 10, 2018:  Post pictures of guide signs containing multiple names, wherein the all letters of one name appear within another name.
• January 11, 2018:  Post signage where every numeral on the signage is a 1, except for one.  (Must be at least three 1's in the photo)
• January 12, 2018:  Photos with at least two city/town names that are dictionary-defined words.
• January 14, 2018:  Two or more state routes with inconsistent shield types, other than differences solely due to number of digits.
• January 15, 2018:  Signs for Martin, Luther, or King. "Bonus" if you can find a Martin Luther King St (Drive, Ave, etc)
• January 16, 2018:  BGS sign with a world famous street or location.
• January 17, 2018:  Post signs containing a single route shield, where the number in the shield equals the number of letters in text on that sign.
• January 18, 2018:  Show signage indicating the junction of a two-digit (or 1-digit) route and the route 100 greater that 2-digit route.  Both routes cannot be Interstates.  (Post route x and 100+x together, given that x<100.)
• January 19, 2018:  Post things referencing the names of the 50 states, applied to something other than the state itself, in alphabetical order.
• January 21, 2018: Signs or photos with 3 or more different route numbers, the highest of which is less than twice the lowest.
• January 22, 2018:  Any guide sign with a lowercase "j" on it.  It's harder than you think.  Stay within English-speaking countries if you can, to face the entire brunt of the challenge.
• January 23, 2018:  Post a picture of any signal head (mounted vertically), where the bottom section is an indication with a color other than green.
• January 24, 2018: a picture of a sign where a route is physically spelled out in place of a shield.
• January 25, 2018: It's the middle of winter, so... snowplows in action.
• January 26, 2018:  Route marker assemblies have various tabs with a 2:1 aspect ratio, usually 24" x 12" or 36" x 18".  Post route marker assemblies with a blank one of these tabs.
• January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.
• January 28, 2018: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

This is a signal setup that I had in mind for the January 23rd challenge-- these weird fire station signals that they use in Nebraska and several other states.

https://goo.gl/maps/AcYsryVfzf12

[MNHighwayMan]

January 28, 2017: A highway sign that is also a Smith Number.

Going off that list, here's a couple:

One of two MN-121 signs that currently exist (the other is at the north end of the glorified ramp highway for SB traffic). It hasn't been marked on BGSes on I-35W or MN-62 at least since the commons were reconstructed, and perhaps longer.



And Iowa 202 at its northern terminus

[US 89]

January 1, 2018: Post a picture showing congestion in both directions.

December 31, 2017: Post the one road-related picture you took yourself in 2017 that highlights your top travel experience of the year.

Glacier NP, Montana, on the Going to the Sun Road:

[empirestate]

Here's a list of all of the challenges we can recap today.  Note that there were no challenges for the 13th or 20th.

Nor Dec. 30th, it would seem.



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[Michael]

January 23, 2018:  Post a picture of any signal head (mounted vertically), where the bottom section is an indication with a color other than green.

This light has yellow on the bottom

On a more serious note, here's a couple others:

January 24, 2018: a picture of a sign where a route is physically spelled out in place of a shield.

Here's an all-text sign for NY 14A on NY 14 north of Watkins Glen:

Credit: NYS Roads

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

Even as a kid, I thought this one in Seneca Falls was weird.

Disclaimer: I don't want to take the time to do a Street View embed or find actual pictures for my Street View links.

[formulanone]

January 24, 2018: a picture of a sign where a route is physically spelled out in place of a shield.

New York seems to be a goldmine for these.

On NY 25 / Jericho Turnpike:


Outside a hotel in Latham, NY (it's obviously not big enough to support shields, but I like it nonetheless):

January 27, 2018: Route marker arrangements on green signs that could otherwise be normal displays.

FDOT Region 4 loves these things - but many of the area's wide intersections mean you have little choice but to use them:

[chays]

Hawaii...next up ----> Idaho

Upper Rodgers Blvd. approaches at Honolulu International Airport Departures for Parking, Rental Car Return two left lanes and Departures, Check-In, Hawaiian Airlines and &#x27;Ohana by Hawaiian right lane (Reduced Speed - 15 MPH Ahead) by Raymond Yu, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

Idaho. Next is Illinois. Was hoping I could post my picture of the river in Oregon named the Illinois River but oh well lol