XY Challenge

[74/171FAN]

December 7: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.

NC 62 and I-40 in Burlington.

NC 62 NORTH NEAR I-40 WEST AND I-85 SOUTH by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

December 7: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.

I-44 at Missouri 266


MO-I-44X072E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-65 at KY-44


KY-I-65X117S by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-68 at Maryland 42


MD-I-68X04W by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next 5 days:
December 8: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 7 in the tens place.
December 9: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 8 in the tens place.
December 10: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.
December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.
December 12: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.

[wanderer2575]

Eastbound I-40 at US-64 southeast of Morrisville, NC:

[formulanone]

I-465 at US 40's exit in Indianapolis:



US 166's start at I-44 in Missouri:



The Scenic US 40 exit on I-68 in Maryland:

[Jim]

US 40 and I-64 on "Highway 40" in the St. Louis area.  August 31, 2007.



I-265 and Kentucky 841.  August 16, 2017.



I-44, Oklahoma 66, and I-244.  January 24, 2004.



https://www.teresco.org/pics/signs/20040124/i44i244.jpg

[74/171FAN]

December 8: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 7 in the tens place.

I-72 and IL 48 northeast of Decatur.

IL 48 SOUTH AT I-72 EAST (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

December 8: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 7 in the tens place.

I-40 at Tennessee 171


TN-I-40X226AE by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-77 at Ohio 541


OH-I-77X054N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-72 at Illinois 47


IL-I-72X176E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next 4 days:

December 9: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 8 in the tens place.
December 10: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.
December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.
December 12: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.

[Jim]

I-75 and Lee County 840.  January 1, 2017.



I-476 and Pennsylvania 940.  July 9, 2007.



I-278 and New York 440.  September 15, 2007.

[formulanone]

I-70 and US 40 in the Kansas Cities:



Flipping it for I-40 and US 40 in North Carolina:



I-540 at US 71 Business in Fayetteville, Arkansas:

[wanderer2575]

I-75 at US-41 in Macon, GA:


I-71 at US-40 in Columbus, OH:

[xonhulu]

December 9: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 8 in the tens place.

US 40 and I-80, Silver Creek Jct, UT:



US 46 and I-80, Columbia, NJ:



BL 40 and US 180, Flagstaff, AZ:

[74/171FAN]

NC 86 at I-40 near Chapel Hill.

NC 86 NORTH AT I-40 WEST by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

December 9: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 8 in the tens place.

I-80 at Iowa 148


IA-I-80X070E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-44 at Missouri 86


MO-I-44X006E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-84 at Idaho 44


ID-044-I-84WE by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
December 10: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.
December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.
December 12: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.

[Jim]

I-43 and Wisconsin 81 meet up here at I-39 and I-90.  June 8, 2001.



New York 49 and I-81, featuring a new mileage-based exit number.  April 3, 2025.



Double match for I-80, Pennsylvania 147, and I-180, featuring an exit with directional suffixes of S and W, rather than the more common N/S or E/W combination.  July 9, 2007.

[wanderer2575]

Eastbound I-80 in Ohio for the triple today.

I-80 (with I-90) at OH-49 (the bastard child interchange of the Ohio Turnpike) north of Edon:


I-80 at US-42 (and I-71) in Strongsville:


I-80 at OH-46 in Youngstown:

[formulanone]

US 44 underneath I-84 in Hartford, Connecticut:



US 46 at I-80 in New Jersey:



I-240 at Tennessee 385 in the Memphis metro area:

[74/171FAN]

December 10: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.

I-95 and VA 144 in Colonial Heights.

VA 144 SOUTH AT I-95 (1) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

December 10: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 4 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.

I-94 at Montana 47


MT-I-94X049W by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-43 at Wisconsin 96


WI-I-43X171N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-196 at Michigan 40


MI-I-196X49N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.
December 12: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.
December 13: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 7 in the tens place.

[Jim]

I-40 and US 491, shortly after it first qualified for today's challenge when US 666 became US 491.  September 26, 2003.



New York 48 and I-690.  December 9, 2020.



New York 441 and I-490.  April 22, 2007.

[formulanone]

South Dakota 47 at I-90 near Chamberlain:



US 45 at I-94 in Milwaukee:



Rhode Island 146 ending at I-95 in Providence:

[wanderer2575]

M-140 at I-94 just a skosh south of Watervliet, MI:


East terminus of M-45 at I-196 in Grand Rapids, MI (the erroneous assembly showing that M-45 continues ahead has since been replaced with an END assembly):


West end of the I-40/US-95 concurrency west of Needles, CA:

[74/171FAN]

December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.

I-57 and IL 50 in Kankakee. (I try to make sure there are signs for both routes intersecting, but I am almost certain I have no play today otherwise.)

I-57 SOUTH AT IL 50 (EXIT 315) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Jim]

The best of my limited options on 5x/5x day are all from Illinois.

3 miles before the exit for Illinois 56 from I-355.  June 8, 2001.



US 50 and I-255.  May 26, 2007.



US 51, "BUSN" US 51, and I-55.  June 27, 2012.

[paulthemapguy]

December 11: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where both routes have numbers with a 5 in the tens place.

I-459 at Alabama 150


AL-I-459X10N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-55 at Missouri 51


MO-I-55X129S by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-57 at Illinois 154


IL-I-57X077N by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
December 12: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 6 in the tens place.
December 13: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 7 in the tens place.
December 14: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 8 in the tens place.
December 15: Post the junction of an Interstate highway and a route of a different type, where one route has a 5 in the tens place and the other route has a 9 in the tens place.

[formulanone]

Another view of I-255 at US 50 near Columbia, Illinois:



I-759 Ends, becomes Alabama 759 in Gadsden:



I-55 and US 51 multiplex in Terry, Mississippi: