XY Challenge

[CoreySamson]

Here are a couple of mine for today:

The US 67 and US 277 multiplex in San Angelo, TX:


The menagerie of 6x and 7x shields in West Memphis, AR on I-55:


Some sine salad including US 69 and US 75 in Atoka, OK:

[xonhulu]

August 17: Post the junction of a US route with a 6 in the tens place and a US route with an 8 in the tens place.

A double match, with US 60, US 87 and US 287 in Amarillo, TX:



Another double match, this time with US 62, US 180 and US 285 in Carlsbad, NM:



Further west, US 62 and US 85 in El Paso, TX:

[74/171FAN]

Well over to Brownfield, TX.

US 380 WEST AT US 62 AND US 82 EAST, AND US 385 NORTH by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[formulanone]

US 62 and 82, located east of Lubbock, Texas:



US 60 and US 285 in Gaudalupe, New Mexico:



US 62 and US 180, east of El Paso:

[Jim]

US 60 and US 84 in Fort Sumner, New Mexico.  November 21, 2003.



US 89 and US 160 near Tuba City, Arizona.  October 17, 2024.



US 62 and US 180 in Texas, near the New Mexico border.  November 7, 2003.

[paulthemapguy]

August 17: Post the junction of a US route with a 6 in the tens place and a US route with an 8 in the tens place.

US60 and US84 at Texico, NM.  A bad crash shut down the road just to the west, so I couldn't get a nice view in the shot. All I had to look at was the back of this semi in front of me as traffic was jammed.


NM-US84-US60EWR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US62 with an array of three qualifiers, including US385 in Brownfield, TX


TX-US82-US385SE by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US160 and US84 in Pagosa Springs, CO


CO-US160-US84E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next few days:
August 18: Post the junction of a US highway with a 6 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
August 19: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a separate US highway with a 7 in the tens place.
August 20: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with a 8 in the tens place.

[xonhulu]

August 18: Post the junction of a US highway with a 6 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.

US 60 and US 93, Wickenberg, AZ (pre-93 bypass):



US 67 and US 90, Marfa, TX:



US 163 and US 191, Bluff, UT:



US 160 and US 491, Cortez, CO:



I'll be out of the game for the next 3 days -- I don't have any seventies besides the Globe jct from the other day.  So see you all again Friday!

[74/171FAN]

US 60 and US 191 are concurrent in Springerville, AZ.

US 60 WEST, US 180 WEST, AND US 191 NORTH SHIELDS by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Jim]

An all-2003 day for me in this game.

US 90 and US 165 in Iowa, Louisiana, while there was a detour in place for US 165.  August 28, 2003.



Exit for US 190 from US 167 (and I-49) in Opelousas, Louisiana.  November 22, 2003.



US 64 and US 491 in Shiprock, New Mexico.  September 26, 2003.



And a couple bonus plays of US 491 with US 666 that don't really fit the game because the routes were adjacent in time but not space.  Both taken September 27, 2003, in Monticello, Utah.

[paulthemapguy]

August 18: Post the junction of a US highway with a 6 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.

US160 and US491, in Cortez, the southwest corner of Colorado:


CO-US160-US491NW by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US69 and US96 run together in Beaumont, TX:


IMG_0435 by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US160 and US191 near Red Mesa, AZ:


AZ-US160-US191WEX by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The next 4 days:
August 19: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a different US highway with a 7 in the tens place.
August 20: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with an 8 in the tens place.
August 21: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
August 22: Post the junction of a US highway with an 8 in the tens place and a different US highway with an 8 in the tens place.

[wanderer2575]

Historic US-66 westbound at US-93 (and I-40) in Kingman, AZ:

[Jim]

US 74 and US 76 in Wilmington, North Carolina. August 21, 2003.



US 78 and US 278 in Augusta, Georgia.  July 2, 2006.



US 70 and US 271 in Hugo, Oklahoma.  July 2, 2013.

[74/171FAN]

The east end of the US 74 and US 76 concurrency in Wrightsville Beach, NC.

US 74 AND US 76 EAST SPLIT by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[paulthemapguy]

August 19: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a different US highway with a 7 in the tens place.

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US270 jumps off of I-40 to join US177 for a bit at Shawnee, OK


OK-I-40X181E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US74 and US76 splitting apart like a frayed rope near its endpoint in Wrightsville Beach


NC-US76-US74EE by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US75 and US77 very near US77's northern endpoint. This is in South Sioux City, NE


NE-US77-US20NS by Paul Across America, on Flickr

[formulanone]

A day late, again...

US 90 and US 167 in Lafayette, Louisiana:



US 96 splits away from US 69, north of Beaumont, Texas:



US 61 and US 190 in Baton Rouge:

[74/171FAN]

August 20: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with an 8 in the tens place.

I guess I should be glad that I have been to Wichita Falls, TX.  (and I think I have made enough plays for tomorrow already  )

US 277, US 281, AND US 287 SOUTH SPLIT AT US 82 (2) by Mark Moore, on Flickr

[Jim]

I'll go with all three from Texas for *7x/*8y day.

US 77 and US 181 in Sinton, Texas.  November 5, 2017.



US 82 and US 271 in Paris, Texas.  July 2, 2013.



A combination I've played before.  US 84, US 183 and US 377 in Brownwood, Texas.  June 5, 2021.

[formulanone]

US 70 and US 74A in Asheville, North Carolina:



US 77 at US 275 in Fremont, Nebraska:



US 277 at US 377 north of Del Rio, Texas:

[paulthemapguy]

August 20: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with an 8 in the tens place.

All three of my photos for today are from the same trip to Texas and New Mexico last fall.

US70 and US82 in Alamogordo, NM


NM-US54-US82E by Paul Across America, on Flickr

Muleshoe, TX, is where US70 splits from US84


TX-214-US84S by Paul Across America, on Flickr

US277 and US281 both use I-44 for the same stretch when trying to get through southern Oklahoma:


OK-I-44X033NR by Paul Across America, on Flickr

The rest of this season:
August 21: Post the junction of a US highway with a 7 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
August 22: Post the junction of a US highway with an 8 in the tens place and a separate US highway with an 8 in the tens place.
August 23: Post the junction of a US highway with an 8 in the tens place and a US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
August 24: Post the junction of a US highway with an 9 in the tens place and a separate US highway with a 9 in the tens place.
August 25: Feel free to post any retrospective stuff, summaries of your contributions to this season of the XY challenge, or discuss what we will see in September and October. I will stick to the original plan, requiring the posts to be based on the ones digit of the route numbers, of which one route will be an Interstate (or other nationwide motorway) and the other route will be a state/provincial route.

[wanderer2575]

... what we will see in September and October. I will stick to the original plan, requiring the posts to be based on the ones digit of the route numbers, of which one route will be an Interstate (or other nationwide motorway) and the other route will be a state/provincial route.

Clarification, please:  The other route can't also be an Interstate?  The original schedule said "junction of an Interstate and any other route having (that day's) digits."

[paulthemapguy]

... what we will see in September and October. I will stick to the original plan, requiring the posts to be based on the ones digit of the route numbers, of which one route will be an Interstate (or other nationwide motorway) and the other route will be a state/provincial route.

Clarification, please:  The other route can't also be an Interstate?  The original schedule said "junction of an Interstate and any other route having (that day's) digits."

Good catch, and great question! If a larger number of people want to keep the other route specific to state/provincial routes only, I will make that official. But I will stick to the wording of the original post- the route besides the Interstate/motorway should be a route of any other type besides Interstate/motorway. Personally, I will be playing in a way that stipulates the other route must be a state route, but I won't force that stipulation on anyone else.

[formulanone]

Ominous clouds in Roswell, New Mexico for US 70 and US 285's Truck Route:



US 70 and US 380 in Chaves County, New Mexico:



US 78 and US 280 in Brimingham, where re-purposed signage is quite common...

[wanderer2575]

Good catch, and great question! If a larger number of people want to keep the other route specific to state/provincial routes only, I will make that official. But I will stick to the wording of the original post- the route besides the Interstate/motorway should be a route of any other type besides Interstate/motorway. Personally, I will be playing in a way that stipulates the other route must be a state route, but I won't force that stipulation on anyone else.

At the risk of sounding anal, I'm still unclear because these two phrases say the same thing.  I ask because I've already started going through my photos to note which ones to post each day.

[paulthemapguy]

There are more than two different types of routes...Besides Interstate and state routes, you have US routes, county routes...

[wanderer2575]

Yes...  but that doesn't answer my question -- is another Interstate not allowed as the second route?

(And at the risk of my sounding really anal, rule #5 allows only Interstate, US, and state/provincial routes.)