XY Challenge

[xonhulu]

January 24: Post a junction of a route ending in 2 and a route ending in 6, in your state/province.

OR 22 and OR 126, Santiam Junction:



OR 242 and OR 126, McKenzie Bridge:

[74/171FAN]

PA 92 intersects PA 106 in Lenox north of Scranton along I-81.

PA 92 NORTH AT PA 106 (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[formulanone]

US 82 at Alabama 86:

[paulthemapguy]

January 24: Post a junction of a route ending in 2 and a route ending in 6, in your state/province.

I-72 and US36 run together for a long time across western Illinois. Here is a shot of this from the northeastern end of US54:


IL-US54-I-72NJ by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-72 and IL-26 in Forreston:


IL-026-072SS by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-82 and US6 in Geneseo:


IL-US6-082NE by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next 4 days:
January 25: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 7, in your state.
January 26: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 8, in your state.
January 27: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 9, in your state.
January 28: Post a junction of a route number ending in 3 and another route number ending in 3, in your state.

[Jim]

I won't replay the Brewster area where New York 22, US 6, and US 202 all visit (along with I-84 and I-684 for when I used them on x2/x4 day).

Choose a small (New York 12) or a large (New York 812) to go with your New York 26 in Lowville.  July 9, 2024.



US 6 and New York 42 in Port Jervis.  May 20, 2005.



New York 252 and New York 386 in Chili.  July 15, 2018.

[hbelkins]

2 and 6

[wanderer2575]

M-72 at M-66 (with US-131) in Kalkaska:

[xonhulu]

January 25: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 7, in your state.


OR 62 and US 97 near Chiloquin:



OR 202 and OR 47 in Mist:



OR 82 and OR 237 in Island Park:

[74/171FAN]

PA 297's northern terminus in York County is at PA 262.  PA 297 NORTH AT PA 262 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Jim]

Before the I-87 Exit 6 reconstruction and reconfiguration, this sign was at the junction of New York 2 and New York 7 in Latham.  September 7, 2009.



New York 12 and New York 177 near West Lowville.  August 2, 2020.



New York 17 and New York 32 in Woodbury.  May 23, 2009.

[wanderer2575]

Northbound M-37 (with northbound US-31) at M-22 and M-72 in Traverse City:

[formulanone]

Continuing a little from yesterday's photo, US 82 at Alabama 17 in Reform:

[paulthemapguy]

January 25: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 7, in your state.

IL-157 at IL-162 near Glen Carbon


IL-162-157SN by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Illinois 47 at Illinois 72 near Huntley


IL-047-US20NN by Paul Across America, on Flickr

IL-142 ends at IL-37 in Mt. Vernon


IL-142-037W by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next three days:

January 26: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 8, in your state.
January 27: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 9, in your state.
January 28: Post a junction of a route number ending in 3 and another route number ending in 3, in your state.

[LilianaUwU]

QC 132 at QC 297:

QC 132 EB at QC 297 NB by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[wanderer2575]

First of all, 'fess up:  I can't be the only dweeb who made up a spreadsheet for the year to keep notes of entries as they come to mind for future dates.  Show of hands?


US-2 at M-117 in Engadine:


M-77 at US-2 near Blaney Park:

[formulanone]

First of all, 'fess up:  I can't be the only dweeb who made up a spreadsheet for the year to keep notes of entries as they come to mind for future dates.  Show of hands?

I would never do that!

* As long as you ignore that I spent about two hours searching through 2500 photos from my state travels and tagged many of them ahead of time.

** spreadsheets are for missing/completed routes to 1000

[Alex]

SR 2 combines with SR 77 through Graceville in Jackson County.



U.S. 92 combines with SR 687 along 4th Street N from SR 694/Gandy Boulevard south to U.S. 19 ALT in St. Petersburg

[hbelkins]

The only 2 and 7 I have easy access to now, given my current wonky Internet connection.

[wanderer2575]

Thinking ahead and requesting a ruling:  Are Business routes valid as US and Interstate routes?

[xonhulu]

Thinking ahead and requesting a ruling:  Are Business routes valid as US and Interstate routes?

Not my place to make a ruling, but I'd think any route counts.  I was planning on using BUS 99E tomorrow, which is both bannered & suffixed, so I'd like an answer to the question, too.

As for today, January 26: Post a junction of a route number ending in 2 and a route number ending in 8, in your state.

The OR 22 and OR 18 concurrency near Grand Ronde fits the bill here:

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[LilianaUwU]

QC 138 at QC 362:

QC 138 EB at QC 362 WB - 2 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

QC 132 at QC 138 (the most obvious one in my province):

QC 138 WB at QC 132 - 1 by Liliana Vess, on Flickr

[Jim]

New York 32 and New York 378 in Menands.  March 31, 2022.



New York 2 and New York 278 in Cropseyville.  September 15, 2017.



New York 12 and New York 28 in Alder Creek.  August 2, 2020.

[74/171FAN]

PA 832 and PA 98 intersect just south of I-90 southwest of Erie.

PA 98 SOUTH AT PA 832 NORTH by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[hotdogPi]

MA 62 at MA 128

[formulanone]

I-22 and US 78 are twinned throughout Alabama:



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I can't find any state routes that meet the criteria in my collection.