XY Challenge

[wanderer2575]

April 19: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 7 in the tens place.

This seems a little lame, but I have only two obvious examples in Columbus, OH.

I-70 at I-270 on the east side of town:


I-71 at I-270:

[skatcher]

For 7-7 day I will showcase the junctions of I-75 and all 3 of its auxiliary routes in GA. All 4 of I-75's interchanges with its "child" routes are wye interchanges, with all of the northbound splits being complex in nature, with collector/distributor lanes coinciding with the interchange south of it in the Macon area, and express toll lanes coinciding with the Atlanta-area junctions.

I-75 northbound at junction I-475 northbound just outside of Macon (note the distributor ramp from the I-75 northbound collector/distributor lanes to I-475 northbound traveling over I-75 in the background)



I-75 southbound at junction I-475 southbound near Bolingbroke (the 1 mile stretch of I-475 in both directions between here south to US 41 is the only stretch of 4 lane interstate along the I-75 through traffic corridor between Naples FL and Chattanooga TN [continuing on I-75 through Macon goes out of the way for through traffic])



I-75 northbound at junction I-575 northbound between Marietta and Kennesaw (note the split of the toll express lanes between the two interstates in the background)



I-75 northbound at junction I-675 northbound in Stockbridge (note the toll express lane ramps to I-675 in the background traveling over the I-75 northbound through lanes)

[skatcher]

April 19: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 7 in the tens place.

This seems a little lame, but I have only two obvious examples in Columbus, OH.

I'm surprised you didn't post anything about I-670 in Columbus. That interstate has always intrigued me, especially how they configured the route through downtown. I'm planning on clinching the route going eastbound next month

[formulanone]

Florida 678 at I-275 in Tampa (I normally don't like cutting off BGS but this helped frame the lone westbound shield on this route):

For over 20 years I used to live about a mile away from here. I can't begin to tell you how much has changed in that view in the time I lived in that part of Hillsborough County!!

I lived near there for a year; pretty much everything has changed in the Tampa area (except Nebraska Avenue, it's exactly the same).

[xonhulu]

April 20: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 8 in the tens place.

CA 70 and CA 89 in the bustling metropolis of Spring Garden:



ID 77 and ID 81 600 ft from their mutual endpoint in Malta:



AZ 179 and AZ 89A in Sedona:

[74/171FAN]

April 20: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 8 in the tens place.

OH 175 and OH 283 near Euclid

OH 175 NORTH AT OH 283 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[skatcher]

US 31 south/US 280 east at US 78 on the east side of downtown Birmingham. UAB is just ahead; Homewood and Cahaba Heights are after that on the other side of the ridge. There are some vistas along the freeway southbound between downtown and Homewood where you can see the Vulcan Statue off to the right (unfortunately the view from here is blocked by the billboard just past the ramp)

[wanderer2575]

April 19: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 7 in the tens place.

This seems a little lame, but I have only two obvious examples in Columbus, OH.

I'm surprised you didn't post anything about I-670 in Columbus. That interstate has always intrigued me, especially how they configured the route through downtown. I'm planning on clinching the route going eastbound next month

I simply don't yet have many photos of I-670 and none to fit the 7-7 combo.  I am maybe inhibiting myself because for this thread I made my own house rule that signs for both routes have to be in the photo.

[paulthemapguy]

April 20: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 8 in the tens place.

Iowa 86 and US71 near Lake Okoboji


IA-086ST by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Wisconsin 173 joins Wisconsin 80


WI-080-173SNR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I think I have to double back to Wisconsin for my third photo. Wisconsin 87 ends at Wisconsin 70 in Grantsburg.


WI-087-070NJ by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The rest of April and Season 8:

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.
April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.
April 23: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 8 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.
April 24: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 9 in the tens place.

From May to August, the theme is concurrencies only! No geographical constraints will apply. Qualifying photos will show concurrent trailblazers, or guide markers on cross streets showing multiple routes with arrows pointing in the same direction. A good example for 71 and 175 would be my pair of trailblazers shown in the Iowa photo I posted to day. And a good example for qualifying guide markers would be my 79 and 170 photo for Wisconsin; since Routes 79 and 170 both have arrows pointing to the left, this clearly indicates the start of a concurrency for Routes 79 and 170.

[Jim]

April 20: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 8 in the tens place.

I-81 and Pennsylvania 171 in Great Bend.  October 21, 2017.



Connecticut 178 and Connecticut 189 in Bloomfield.  April 17, 2010.

[formulanone]

I-75 at Hillsboro CR581 in Tampa (with overhead lighting on a fairly new structure):



Another photo from Alvaton, Georgia with SRs 74 and 85 sharing space with 362:



Tennessee 75 on SR 81 near Sulphur Springs (there's a Tennessee shield in the distance):

[74/171FAN]

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

NY 370 and NY 690 in Baldwinsville

NY 690 SOUTH AT NY 31 EAST AND NY 370 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

Kentucky 70 and Kentucky 91


KY-US641-0070SER by Paul Across America, on Flickr

In Columbus Junction, Iowa 70 ends at Iowa 92


IA-070ST by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Wisconsin 73 and Wisconsin 95 both drop southward from US Route 10 from a point in Neillsville


WI-US10-095W by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The rest of April and Season 8:

April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.
April 23: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 8 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.
April 24: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 9 in the tens place.

From May to August, the theme is concurrencies only! No geographical constraints will apply. Qualifying photos will show concurrent trailblazers, or guide markers on cross streets showing multiple routes with arrows pointing in the same direction. A good example for 71 and 175 would be my pair of trailblazers shown in the Iowa photo I posted to day. And a good example for qualifying guide markers would be my 79 and 170 photo for Wisconsin; since Routes 79 and 170 both have arrows pointing to the left, this clearly indicates the start of a concurrency for Routes 79 and 170.

[formulanone]

US 98 at Mississippi 570 in Smithdale:



Florida 573 at US 92 in Tampa:



Florida 694 at I-275 in St. Petersburg:

[wanderer2575]

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

All my photos for today involve I-90 in Ohio.

Approaching I-71's northern terminus at I-90 in Cleveland:


In the other direction, I-90 at the northern termini of I-71 and I-77 in Cleveland:


I-90 at the northern terminus of I-271 in Willoughby Heights:

[skatcher]

Business Route I-75 is concurrent with GA 90 through Cordele. This is just west of I-75 Exit 101.

[xonhulu]

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

Late today because I'm traveling right now & last night's motel had bad wifi.

Two from California -- CA 70 and US 395, Hallelujah Jct:



CA 70 and CA 191, Wicks Corner:



And one from Utah -- UT 275 and UT 95, Cedar Mesa (275 is the road into Natural Bridges Nat'l Monument):



See you in about 2 hrs when I post tomorrow's!   

[Jim]

April 21: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 7 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

Nothing new to play, but I will pick one anyway. 

Pennsylvania 191 and Pennsylvania 370 across from Hancock, New York.  April 23, 2011.

[xonhulu]

April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.

CA 88 and CA 89, Alpine Village:



I-84 and I-184, Boise, ID:



US 89 and US 180, Flagstaff, AZ:



I'm actually in Flagstaff right now, just a couple miles away from this junction.  Unfortunately, too dark right now to go over and get a better, higher-rez version of this old picture, and I don't want to wait until tomorrow evening to post again.

[skatcher]

US 80 east at AL 183 north in Uniontown

[74/171FAN]

April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.

WV 86 and WV 88 south of Bethlehem.

WV 86 NORTH NEAR WV 88 by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[formulanone]

Georgia 88 and SR 80 in Wrens:



Florida 688 at 686 in St. Petersburg (due to Florida's grid system, a lot of second-digit SRs have higher numbers as you head west towards the Gulf of Mexico):



US 80 at Mississippi 883 in Newton (squint for the US 80 shield):

[paulthemapguy]

April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.

Wisconsin 80 and Wisconsin 82 in Hillsboro


WI-033-080EWR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Wisconsin 80 and Wisconsin 81 in Platteville


WI-080-081NN by Paul Across America, on Flickr

I-380 at I-80 in Coralville, Iowa. This is an old look at the interchange which has since been rebuilt and reconfigured in a major way


IA-I-380X00BS by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The rest of April:
April 23: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 8 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.
April 24: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 9 in the tens place.

April 25-30: Feel free to post any catch-up posts, summaries, retrospectives, or discussions strategizing how you aim to accomplish the goals of the next season!
From May to August, the theme is concurrencies only! No geographical constraints will apply. Qualifying photos will show concurrent trailblazers, or guide markers on cross streets showing multiple routes with arrows pointing in the same direction. A good example for 71 and 175 would be my pair of trailblazers shown in the Iowa photo I posted to day. And a good example for qualifying guide markers would be my 79 and 170 photo for Wisconsin; since Routes 79 and 170 both have arrows pointing to the left, this clearly indicates the start of a concurrency for Routes 79 and 170.

[Jim]

April 22: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where both routes have a number containing a 8 in the tens place.

Not much to choose again today, but here's a new one.

Connecticut 185 and Connecticut 189 in West Hartford. April 17, 2010.

[skatcher]

April 23: Post the junction of two routes in a state* bordering yours, where one route's number has a 8 in the tens place, and the other route's number has a 9 in the tens place.

GA 97 north (along with GA 309 north and Bus US 27 north) split from Bus US 84 east in downtown Bainbridge