Bannered Routes That Don’t Make Sense

[CoreySamson]

I agree, Louisiana does "sock" when it comes to bannered routes.  I often ask people "do you know how much Louisiana socks?"

I mean, it is shaped like a boot, and one usually wears socks with boots.

I propose we surround Louisiana with a massive fabric "sock," which will be supported by air pressure much like the roof on the old Minneapolis Metrodome, protecting against hurricanes and the heat. We'll need to bulldoze Shreveport to make space for the air conditioners that will keep the sock inflated, but that is a small price to pay for a sock of this magnitude.

Wait... did I just reinvent ALANCAN?

[TheCatalyst31]

I agree, Louisiana does "sock" when it comes to bannered routes.  I often ask people "do you know how much Louisiana socks?"

I mean, it is shaped like a boot, and one usually wears socks with boots.

I propose we surround Louisiana with a massive fabric "sock," which will be supported by air pressure much like the roof on the old Minneapolis Metrodome, protecting against hurricanes and the heat. We'll need to bulldoze Shreveport to make space for the air conditioners that will keep the sock inflated, but that is a small price to pay for a sock of this magnitude.

Wait... did I just reinvent ALANCAN?

I think that would make Louisiana's heat problem worse, based on a certain metaphor involving two rats in a sock.

[Rothman]

I agree, Louisiana does "sock" when it comes to bannered routes.  I often ask people "do you know how much Louisiana socks?"

I mean, it is shaped like a boot, and one usually wears socks with boots.

I propose we surround Louisiana with a massive fabric "sock," which will be supported by air pressure much like the roof on the old Minneapolis Metrodome, protecting against hurricanes and the heat. We'll need to bulldoze Shreveport to make space for the air conditioners that will keep the sock inflated, but that is a small price to pay for a sock of this magnitude.

Wait... did I just reinvent ALANCAN?

So...the domed city ideas of mid-20th Century science fiction are coming back into vogue...

[Bitmapped]

At Dalton, OH, US 30 was relocated onto a 4-lane bypass of town around 1950. The original route through town was designated ALT US 30 even though it functions as a business route, probably because Ohio doesn't consistently use the BUSINESS banner.

ALT US 30 is fully posted except from mainline US 30. There are reassurance markers as soon as you turn off the 4-lane highway, but no mention of it on the 4-lane US 30 itself.

More conventional practice for Ohio would be to give this a state route number. SR 172, another former section of US 30, ends just about 2 miles east of town and could be extended over this section. The road could also reasonably be turned back to the county (out of town) and village (in town).