The "Hello Neighbor" state route marker challenge

[Jim]

Yes, still need a 42 bordering New Jersey.  Mine had NJ 42, but I was playing the NJ 41 off the NY 40.

[PHLBOS]

Yes, still need a 42 bordering New Jersey.  Mine had NJ 42, but I was playing the NJ 41 off the NY 40.

Delaware & PA both have Route 42s:
DE Route 42
PA Route 42
Since there's must use your own photo requirement still in play; I can't contribute since I don't have any personal photos of these routes.

[paulthemapguy]

I'm kicking myself because I planned to get a PA 42 photo in October 2015 but it got too dark before I got there.

[Henry]

And here it is, DE 42:

[hbelkins]

OK, I'll play a green PA 43 to get us back on track.

SS850817 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

[Alex]

PA 43 -> DE 44



From our recently updated page for DE 11

[Jim]

I can take us back to NJ for 45, but I'll wait a while to see if someone wants to go back to PA or MD instead, since both have a 45.

[TravelingBethelite]

DE 44 >> MD 45

[hbelkins]

WV 46

2013 Maryland Trip Days 2-3 - 490 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

And a bonus, a WV 46 sign posted in Maryland (the previous state).

2013 Maryland Trip Days 2-3 - 480 by H.B. Elkins, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

Can I post 4 in a row?  I could XD

WV 46 >> Ohio 47


OH-047 by Paul Drives, on Flickr


Watch out for states with US50, 51, and 52.
I could do IN 48 >> IL 49 >> WI-50, so we're far enough north to avoid US50...Then, IA-51 would be possible, then jumping southwest we could have a few states with 52's.  We'll want to stay away from MN/WI/IL/IN/OH for 52.  MI-50 and MI-51 would trap us.

[jmd41280]

OH 47 -> PA 48


Pa 48 - Monroeville, PA by Jon Dawson, on Flickr

[Jim]

Pushing us back west a bit, going PA 48 to OH 49.  Taken May 29, 2009, in northwestern Ohio.

[hbelkins]

M-50



(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)

[hotdogPi]

(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)

Don't worry, WI 51 doesn't exist.

[paulthemapguy]

Well I think Mr. Elkins or someone ought to have a KY-52.  It's gonna be our only option.

(This should force a play of IN 51 or OH 51, which will avoid any play that would corner us into a US 52 end of the game.)

I have both, so I'll do Indiana to mix it up a bit


IN-051Noff130 by Paul Drives, on Flickr

[hbelkins]

I happen to live on KY 52 so yes, I have a pic, but I will wait to see if anyone else happens to have one.

[okroads]

Here's KY 52, taken by me in November 2015:
DSC06028 by Eric Stuve, on Flickr

[Mapmikey]

VA 53 before they tore down this bridge, taken March 2007

[Henry]

From VA 53 to NC 54 we go:

[Duke87]

(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York.

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

[paulthemapguy]

(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York.

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

[SectorZ]

(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York.

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

So, NJ and Delaware don't border then? Maryland and Virginia?

[Duke87]

Because you shifted the goal posts.

How so? The original rules simply say "a state adjoining the location". No one ever said the border had to be a land border. I didn't shift any goalposts, I merely pointed out an alternative possibility within the existing goalposts that hadn't been considered.

To add some fuel to this fire, I will also point out that had the Orient Point-Watch Hill Bridge been built, it would have been possible to drive directly from New York into Rhode Island. If that bridge existed, would you still not care about this border?

[formulanone]

(RI 51 and RI 77 are impossible to get to.)

How is a state highway impossible to get to?

There is no CT-50, CT-76, MA-50, or MA-76.  Hence, we cannot get to RI-51 or RI-77 in this game.

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York.

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.

Many political borders are created due to bodies of water, whether lakes, rivers, or oceans. The problem is when one argues whether Florida has a water border with South Carolina and all points north.

Is there New York State <-> Block Island auto ferry? Then I'd say it counts, but I don't know of one (a Narragansett <-> Block Island ferry exists). If we're going to introduce any shipping or cruise line, as opposed to auto ferries, then we're kind of opening things up past the scope of the thread/forum, in my opinion.

North Carolina -> TN 55 in Tullahoma:

[empirestate]

Actually, we can, from NY 50 or NY 76 - Rhode Island technically has a border with New York.

This is an obscure fact that's great for tripping people up in trivia. Ask "how many states border New York?" and almost everyone will get it wrong.

Because you shifted the goal posts. You cannot make me start caring about water borders.
You don't see me goin' around saying Illinois borders Michigan.

Nevertheless, it does, as does Minnesota. Whether or not someone cares about certain borders, or goes around referring to them, was never made a condition of the game. If they exist, they count, unless we find some other interpretation of "state adjoining".