Talk:List of bannered U.S. Routes

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I wonder about the utility of this list? As cool as it would be to have a list of all the "Business US xxx" highways, it's going to be unwieldy and subject to constant error. Remember, the U.S. Highway system is not as tightly controlled as the Interstate Highway system. Each state is free to do bizarre things with their US highway designations, from "business", "city" and "truck" routes to things like "Scenic US 412" in Oklahoma.

I would recommend that lists of bannered and suffixed US routes be included on the US route's page. How does that sound? --Robertb-dc 17:42, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Actually, in theory, and usually in practice, AASHTO has to approve them all. The vast majority are signed by the state. [1] has a list of most of them (as well as some that were probably never signed). I do recommend putting them on the individual pages too, but it seems useful to have a central repository. --SPUI (talk) 17:55, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I know that US 1A goes through Boston, MA. It currently states that it stops at the RI/MA state line. I am not sure how far north of Boston 1A goes. I was wondering if anyone had any information on that and could correct the error in the article. --Mjp797 14:25, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

That is Massachusetts Route 1A. It is not an error. --SPUI (talk) 14:53, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Seperate Articles

The introduction has grown. Should there be a seperate article titled "Bannered U.S. Highways" seperate from the list or is there enough material to cover this? I have added a little about the change in terminology, but put it here. Rt66lt 00:19, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Description of Truck US 98 in Brooksville, Florida

I've got some problems with my proposed page for U.S. Route 98 Truck (Brooksville, Florida). Should I describe it from southeast to northwest, or vice versa? My reason for asking is that in much of Florida, US 98 is a north-south road, and was designated as such in the 21st Century, despite the fact that it's an even-numbered highway. However the truck weigh station is near the northbound terminus, formerly the westbound terminus. DanTD 16:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I am a bit confused here, when you refer to US 98, are you referring to the truck route or the parent route, US 98 is very much a west-east highway as it goes over to Mississippi and is the Gulf Coast highway in the panhandle as it runs west to east, it does travel to the southeast through the peninsula. --Holderca1 11:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Truck 17

There was until about 2004, a truck route 17 that ran through Wilmington, NC. I am not sure whether I should add ti to the page or not. --Anidnmeno 12:38, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Go ahead, defunct routes go in italics. --Holderca1 11:19, 13 July 2007 (UTC)