Highways that change direction midway through

[apeman33]

K-57, when it began at the Missouri state line, changed direction several times.

It was signed E-W from the state line to U.S. 59, even though ran north-south along U.S. 69 to Franklin. Then it was signed N-S when it became concurrent with U.S. 59, E-W again when signed with K-39, N-S when signed with U.S. 169, E-W on what is now K-58, and so on. It always went more N-S than E-W but the current K-58 and the current K-47 from U.S. 69 to U.S. 59 were long enough sections that being signed N-S wouldn't have made sense.

I'm not sure if this is still the case, but I remember K-156 switching to N-S signing from when it left U.S. 56 to I-70. That stretch actually runs SW-NE.

[cu2010]

US62 runs N/S in NY and PA, then E/W in every other state all the way to Mexico.

[mapman1071]

Loop 101 goes N/S then E/W then N/S again.
Loop 202 goes E/W then N/S then E/W again.
Not sure if Loop 303 switches from N/S to E/W.

Loop 202 Goes E/W (Red Mountain) then N/S (Red Mountain/San Tan) Then E/W (San Tan/south mountain (20xx completion)) then n/s (south mountain (20xx completion))

[SteveG1988]

County Route 541 goes North from US-206, crosses NJ38 and starts to curve to become a road heading North west, to making a sharp left turn and becoming a east/west road towards burlington NJ.

[MI42]

Another in Michigan is M-5 in Farmington Hills and Novi, which has signs that read "M-5 West becomes M-5 North", and "M-5 South becomes M-5 East".

[bulldog1979]

Two other Michigan highways that haven't been mentioned yet change directions as well. M-123 and M-22 loop around from N-S to S-N in Paradise and Northport, respectively.

[brad2971]

SH 88, in metro Denver, changes direction from E-W at Federal Blvd and Belleview, to N-S.

[Dr Frankenstein]

QC-132 makes a "logical u-turn" as its direction switches in Percé. (East becomes West, and vice-versa)

[MeanMeosh]

US 84 in New Mexico changes from east/west to north/south west of Santa Rosa.

[okroads]

US 84 in New Mexico changes from east/west to north/south west of Santa Rosa.

US 84 is signed N-S from Santa Rosa to Fort Sumner, yet it's signed E-W on its duplex with I-40.

[vtk]

The most unusual example has to be US 321, though, which goes from N-S to S-N. If you approach Elizabethton, Tenn. on US 19E, no matter which way you go on US 321, you will be going south.

Why TN doesn't just sign their section E-W is beyond me.  It would make a heck of a lot more sense to Smokies visitors that way.

OH 104's north end is distinctly E-W, and about half of the signage reflects that.

How about QC 169?  Its north end actually loops around so it has a 3-way junction with itself at Village-de-la-Chute.  I bet it changes its signed direction a few times...

[hbelkins]

How about QC 169?  Its north end actually loops around so it has a 3-way junction with itself at Village-de-la-Chute.  I bet it changes its signed direction a few times...

Kentucky has a state route like that, in one of the Ohio River counties between Louisville and Owensboro. I've never driven it but I would like to someday, just to see how it is signed.

[pianocello]

US 52 changes from E-W to N-S at the trumpet interchange with OH 7 in Chesapeake, OH, just before it crosses the Ohio River into Huntington, WV.  I'm pretty sure it remains signed as N-S all the way south through WV, VA, NC, and SC, but I believe all of the midwestern states sign it differently.

E-W in Indiana and Illinois, N-S in Iowa. I'm not quite sure about Minnesota and North Dakota, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say N-S in MN and E-W in ND.

[ftballfan]

How about QC 169?  Its north end actually loops around so it has a 3-way junction with itself at Village-de-la-Chute.  I bet it changes its signed direction a few times...

Kentucky has a state route like that, in one of the Ohio River counties between Louisville and Owensboro. I've never driven it but I would like to someday, just to see how it is signed.

Is it KY-144, which runs from Radcliff to Owensboro over many, many different roads?

[Coelacanth]

US 52 changes from E-W to N-S at the trumpet interchange with OH 7 in Chesapeake, OH, just before it crosses the Ohio River into Huntington, WV.  I'm pretty sure it remains signed as N-S all the way south through WV, VA, NC, and SC, but I believe all of the midwestern states sign it differently.

E-W in Indiana and Illinois, N-S in Iowa. I'm not quite sure about Minnesota and North Dakota, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say N-S in MN and E-W in ND.

The stand-alone portion which runs from St Paul to the Iowa border is signed N-S.

The portion from St Paul to Moorhead is no longer signed (it is concurrent with I-94 along this entire stretch) but when it was signed, it was signed E-W.

It's been 30 years since I've been on it in ND so I don't remember how it was signed.

[hobsini2]

US 52 changes from E-W to N-S at the trumpet interchange with OH 7 in Chesapeake, OH, just before it crosses the Ohio River into Huntington, WV.  I'm pretty sure it remains signed as N-S all the way south through WV, VA, NC, and SC, but I believe all of the midwestern states sign it differently.

E-W in Indiana and Illinois, N-S in Iowa. I'm not quite sure about Minnesota and North Dakota, but if I had to take a guess, I'd say N-S in MN and E-W in ND.

The stand-alone portion which runs from St Paul to the Iowa border is signed N-S.

The portion from St Paul to Moorhead is no longer signed (it is concurrent with I-94 along this entire stretch) but when it was signed, it was signed E-W.

It's been 30 years since I've been on it in ND so I don't remember how it was signed.

Well you are in luck. I have been on US 52 in ND within the last 3 years.  It is signed e-w.

[bassoon1986]

in Louisiana LA 151 in north louisiana makes a loop over I-20. Somewhere north of Arcadia it changes to east-west to go through Dubach, then north-south again on its way to Calhoun.

Also around Lake Charles LA 27 makes a loop down around the gulf coastand returns to Lake Charles on the southeastern side.

[hbelkins]

Is it KY-144, which runs from Radcliff to Owensboro over many, many different roads?

No, not 144, which for many of its loops is an old alignment of US 60.

It's KY 1047 in Meade County, Big Bend Road. http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Meade.pdf

[InterstateNG]

Is it KY-144, which runs from Radcliff to Owensboro over many, many different roads?

No, not 144, which for many of its loops is an old alignment of US 60.

It's KY 1047 in Meade County, Big Bend Road. http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Meade.pdf

That's one remote, narrow, if paved road.

[ftballfan]

Is it KY-144, which runs from Radcliff to Owensboro over many, many different roads?

No, not 144, which for many of its loops is an old alignment of US 60.

It's KY 1047 in Meade County, Big Bend Road. http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Meade.pdf

That's one remote, narrow, if paved road.

And the Google Street View car has been down KY 1047

[bulldog1979]

Don't US 41 and I-75 switch to east-east before they reach the Miami area?

[roadman65]

US 98 in Florida is E-W in the Panhandle, then N-S from Perry to the Martin- Okeechobee County Line, then back to E-W from there to Palm Beach.

The funny thing is it is signed E-W along the shore of Lake Okeechobee while concurrent with N-S US 441, and N-S from Okeechobee, FL to Sebring (part of it to Perry) where US 98 does run more east and west then north and south.

[Takumi]

VA 30 is east-west in and west of West Point and north-south south of it.

Does anyone know how VA 168's direction was signed when it was still on the north side of Hampton Roads? VA 143 is signed east-west but much of the north-south portions of VA 30 were once part of 168.

[roadman65]

It was east-west on the VA penisula.  Do not know why VA 30 is signed that way now, as it was all east-west for VA 30 when VA 168 was concurrent with it for a short period.

[InterstateNG]

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