2020 GLMC Grand Tour Q&A

[xander84]

(04-30-2021 12:00 PM)RedShift Wrote:  I am fully COVID vaccinated and am jumping into the Grand Tour this weekend.

Late last year I did a bit of scouting that generated a question. It pertains to where the Michigan DOT has decided to separate the Scenic ByWay and Highway Markers.



These are the two signs separated by several miles. If you check the MI_BYWAYS_BOOK, it is Route 11 -- M23 is the Sunrise Coast ByWay.

So, do the markers all have to be on the same pole, or can I represent the picture with just M23 and whatever the DOT has decided is noteworthy?

Roy...

PS. I am okay with searching for an all-together sign post if needed, but would be a bit bummed if I rode the 200 miles without an "all-together" sign post.

Are you asking if you need to get a picture of both of those signs for the one on the left to count?
If that is the question, then no, just a picture of the sign on the left would be acceptable.

If you're asking if getting a picture of only the sign on the right would be acceptable for claiming the MI byway represented by the sign on the left, then no it would not count. Getting a non-descriptive sign only counts if descriptive signs do not exist for the claimed byway and it is at either end of the byway or within the stretch of the claimed byway.

The descriptive sign and the numbered highway do not need to both be claimed or included in an entry, the descriptive sign is the one we're looking for in the photo.

Let me know if I'm not understanding your question.