[Talk-us] Name tag on unnamed, but numbered routes

[Paul Johnson]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 7:54 PM Minh Nguyen <minh at nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us>
wrote:

> Regardless, I think there's a strong case for explicitly tagging names
> that don't follow the usual formula, rather than expecting data
> consumers to special-case individual routes or roads. It's been a while
> since I traveled through Oklahoma, but I remember there used to be
> street name signs all along U.S. 69/75 that read "State Road 69". That's
> information that would be lost by deleting the name tag in favor of ref.
> Just map the signs, right? :_(
>

I'm not sure that's always a good plan.  I'm familiar with the section that
you're referring to, and geographically immediately clear that it's the
correct route if your nav tells you to "turn right onto US 69, US 75",
there are still currently OK state highways with numbers 69A and 75A, and
75A still has at least one OK 75 sign on it reflecting its old number.  The
ground truth matches what's in the state law and the section books, and
it's not uncommon to find signs ODOT missed updating for decades.  Heck,
there's still some OK 33 signs floating around various roads that fell into
county maintenance and errantly now on different highways after OK 66 and
US 412 supplanted most of its route east of its terminus in front of
Sapulpa High School.  This inconsistent signage is what lead to the Liberty
Parkway situation on OK 364 a couple years back , even though it's been
signed Liberty Parkway since that extension was built.
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