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Started by I-57/Route 66 Fan, June 01, 2026, 03:16:42 PM

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Big John

Ramblin' Man - Highway 41
 

roadman65

Carefree Highway by Gordon Lightfoot talks specifically about a highway in Arizona. AZ Route 74 near Phoenix is nicknamed that and Lightfoot was inspired to write the song.
Every day is a winding road, you just got to get used to it.

Sheryl Crowe

LilianaUwU

J'arrive d'en ville by Akadie 2000 has the line "sur la 199, la nuit est noire, le chemin est long" ("on QC 199, the night is dark, the road is long"). A bit weird since it's only 85 km long.

"Volcano with no fire... Not volcano... Just mountain."
—Mr. Thwomp

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TheHighwayMan3561

5 posts before Highway 61 Revisited came up.  :spin:

And 5 posts before Get Your Kicks!
the human equivalent of that run-over mcdonald's cup in the parking lot

gonealookin


hotdogPi

I actually thought we were already in the other thread.
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Traveled, plus
US 13, 50
MA 35, 40, 53, 63, 79, 109, 126, 138, 141, 151, 159
NH 78, 111A(E); CA 90; NY 40, 366; CT 32, 193, 320; VT 2A, 5A; PA 3, 39, 51, 60; GA 42, 140; FL A1A, 7; WA 202; QC 162, 165, 263; 🇬🇧A100, A3211, A3213, A3215; 🇫🇷95 D316

Lowest untraveled: 36

cockroachking

NJ-88 is mentioned in Bruce Springsteen's "Spirit in the Night," and is even mentioned in the AARoads Wiki article.

Quote from: Bruce SpringsteenWell, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
And said "Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
It's about a mile down, on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of Rose, so let's try it

TheHighwayMan3561

Quote from: cockroachking on June 11, 2026, 09:37:34 PMNJ-88 is mentioned in Bruce Springsteen's "Spirit in the Night," and is even mentioned in the AARoads Wiki article.

Quote from: Bruce SpringsteenWell, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes
And said "Anybody wanna go on up to Greasy Lake?
It's about a mile down, on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of Rose, so let's try it

Bruce also mentions US 9 in Born to Run.
the human equivalent of that run-over mcdonald's cup in the parking lot

freebrickproductions

FL A1A is namedropped in Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice.
May or may not be batticorn.

I also collect traffic lights, road signs, fans, and railroad crossing equipment.

Art in avatar by Dencounter!

(They/Them)

newyooper

Ramblin' Man by the Allman Brothers:  "...born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus travelin' down Highway 41..."

Goodbye Earl by the (Dixie) Chicks: "So the girls bought some land and a roadside stand
Out on Highway 109"

NE2

6-7 I just bipped right on the highway -Skrilla
pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

TheHighwayMan3561

"Ameerica" by Simon and Garfunkel throws in a NJTP reference.
the human equivalent of that run-over mcdonald's cup in the parking lot

1995hoo

Quote from: TheHighwayMan3561 on June 12, 2026, 05:12:45 PM"America" by Simon and Garfunkel throws in a NJTP reference.

So do "State Trooper" and "Jungleland" by Springsteen.
"You know, you never have a guaranteed spot until you have a spot guaranteed."
—Olaf Kolzig, as quoted in the Washington Times on March 28, 2003,
commenting on the Capitals clinching a playoff spot.

"That sounded stupid, didn't it?"
—Kolzig, to the same reporter a few seconds later.

Big John

Running on Empty by Jackson Browne mentions (US) 101

dlsterner

I think we may have done this before?  I vaguely remember posting in this older thread:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=29907.0