Roads that have had their directions changed

Started by hbelkins, March 07, 2012, 10:13:13 PM

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jp the roadgeek

Before it was truncated, there were sections of CT 72 that were signed North-South.  The first was the portion from Middletown-Cromwell that is now the southernmost portion of CT 3.  The second was the portion north of US 6 in Terryville to CT 4 in Harwinton.  There were CT 72 South signs on CT 4 until a couple years ago, but the latest GSV shows they've been replaced with East banners.  CTDOT does log the route as N-S despite signing it E-W, which explains why the upcoming exit renumbering will reverse the direction of exit numbers, with mileage based numbers ascending as you head west replacing sequential numbers that ascend as you head east.
Interstates I've clinched: 97, 290 (MA), 291 (CT), 291 (MA), 293, 295 (DE-NJ-PA), 295 (RI-MA), 384, 391, 395 (CT-MA), 395 (MD), 495 (DE), 610 (LA), 684, 691, 695 (MD), 695 (NY), 795 (MD)


ftballfan

I think M-115 was signed as north-south for a while. In fact, Osceola County assigns addresses along M-115 as if it's a north-south road. M-115 is now (correctly) signed east-west.

vtk

Quote from: formulanone on November 16, 2020, 01:27:10 PM
I-75 east of Naples was signed East/West for a while at FL 29, since Interstate 75 had taken over FL 84.

There were some signs labeled that way in 2012:





Wow, now that's a symmetric interchange. Looks exactly the same in both directions!
Wait, it's all Ohio? Always has been.

MaddogMicharski

Ever since the extension was built from the PA Turnpike to the NJ Turnpike, they had I-95 fill that extension and therefore had to reroute everything north of that to I-295. This I-295 in New Jersey and Pennsylvania is a perfect example. The NJ side has I-295 South going towards the Delaware Memorial Bridge and I-295 North going towards the Scudder Falls Bridge in Hopewell, NJ and Upper Makefield, PA. As soon as you cross over to Pennsylvania, the stretch of I-295 that used to be I-95 is now I-295 South and I-295 West  :confused: :confused: :confused:. PennDOT managed to redesign the entire compass. I-295 South actually went north towards the Scudder Falls Bridge in Hopewell, NJ and Upper Makefield, PA. Meanwhile, I-295 West went towards the interchange with I-95 and the PA Turnpike which is right outside of Northeast Philadelphia. They claim to have changed the directions because I-95 North used to go towards the Scudder Falls Bridge and I-95 South went towards Philadelphia was too confusing for people, so instead when they rerouted this stretch to I-295, they changed it to I-295 South and I-295 West.
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TheHighwayMan3561

Didn't US 101 in the Olympic Peninsula use to be signed entirely N/S with "South"  and "North"  even going the wrong directions until the confusion got too great that they fixed it to a proper N/S and an E/W on the upside-down L portion?

wanderer2575

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on November 22, 2020, 12:32:42 PM
Didn't US 101 in the Olympic Peninsula use to be signed entirely N/S with "South"  and "North"  even going the wrong directions until the confusion got too great that they fixed it to a proper N/S and an E/W on the upside-down L portion?

That would appear to be the case.


Roadgeekteen

Route 128 got it's directions switched between Braintree and Quincy when it became I-93. My mom once got confused and ended up in Quincy when trying to drive home.
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LilianaUwU

Québec Route 199 was signed as east/west from when it was commissioned in the late 1950's to the mid-2000s, when it was properly signed north/south.
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JMoses24

Quote from: hbelkins on March 07, 2012, 10:13:13 PM
This thread is for routes that have had their directional orientation changed. For instance, it used to be signed N/S but is now signed E/W, or vice versa.

I can think of at least three Kentucky state routes in my area for which this has happened.

KY 82 in Estill and Powell counties is now signed as N/S. It used to be signed E/W. There is still one stray "West KY 82" sign at the route's terminus at KY 15 and the Mountain Parkway in Clay City.

KY 191 in Wolfe and Morgan counties. Used to be signed N/S, now signed E/W.

KY 1571 in Estill County. This road runs pretty much due E/W but was signed N/S for years. Now signed E/W.

I also suspect there may have been a change to WV 4 at some time in the past. West Virginia's scheme generally signs one- and two-digit state routes N/S for even numbers and E/W for odd numbers. WV 4 is signed N/S and has been severely truncated from its original length, which was decidedly more E/W than N/S, but there is at least one "East WV 4" sign near the route's western (southern?) terminus.

Kentucky SR 1017 was north/south, but when it was rerouted over Aero Parkway west of Florence, it became an east/west.

ilpt4u

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I'm having trouble finding a source to verify, but was not ISTHA's Northwest Tollway/now Jane Addams Tollway originally signed North-South? And thats why the mileage markers counted "down"  from South Beloit to Rosemont/O'Hare? This would have been from before it was designated Interstate 90

ISTHA finally reversed them so mile markers count down to South Beloit/Wisc line from Rosemont/O'Hare and they also now reflect I-90's Mileage across the state, instead of just on the ISTHA segment - and that wasn't even done that long ago

The roadway had mile markers that didn't match its 90 E-W signage, by convention

US 89

The road in Salt Lake City from North Temple to Beck Street via the Utah State Capitol (State St, 300 North, Columbus St, and Victory Rd) used to be SR 184, which was signed north-south. But after a series of realignments in 2007, they became part of the east-west SR 186 instead.

DJ Particle

For decades, the northern leg of MA-6A in N Truro and Provincetown was signed North/South.  In about 2015 or so, they re-signed it East/West to match US-6.



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