My name is Justin Davis, and I am a professional musician with the 2nd Infantry Division Band located in South Korea. I am the owner of a 2001 Mustang BULLITT, which is used in many of the photos of 42's in the US. This car was generously overhauled by CenterForce Clutch, after engine failure returning from Trip 20 and the 2006 BULLITT Nationals. A number of sponsors joined in on this project, creating this super-cool ride. My gratitude for all involved is endless! You guys are awesome!

ForteTwo is my project to locate and photograph the world's roads named "42". I got the idea on the way back from a car show in Wichita, KS, where I noticed a junction sign on I-235 for K-42. With my interest in the number 42 already well rooted from having read and heard the radio script for Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I just knew I had to stop and take a picture. The rest is history. This roadgeek-related hobby involves a great deal of studying maps and research, so I call it Quadragintaduology ('kwä-drə-'jin-tə-doō-'ä-lə-jē): literally, the study of 42.

I use the phrase "Highway 42" loosely throughout this website, for the sake of uniformity and simplicity. There are a multitude of ways to title a road named "42," which is evidenced by just a glance at the current and ever-expanding list of found 42's. The surest way for me to add to that list is for a photograph to show evidence that the road is a 42 (route shield, intersection signage, etc.). Field research ultimately determines if that route stays on the list. I have chosen to include only signed 42's, or 42's masked by a higher road class number, which would otherwise be signed (and in some cases is signed) as the lower road class (e.g. US-98/AL-42). A prefix is acceptable, so long as it is an indication of the road class (e.g. N42 for National Road 42), zone system or direction, and not a number prefix. A suffix is only acceptable as a direction or directional zone (e.g. 42W). Auxillary routes are excluded (e.g. Business 42, 42A). Former 42's are only included if signage exists at the time of the photo (e.g. CA-42, Former MI M42).

As noted earlier, a good way to show that what I've photographed is in fact a Highway 42 is to have a route sign in the picture. Having my BULLITT in the picture (so far, only for the US photos) further shows that I have been there. For this website, I have included what I consider the best pictures of the road (and the BULLITT), preferring the most natural scenery and a proper fit for the shape.

This site was made on a Mac. All onsite graphics were created or edited with GraphicConverter. The outline shape for the route photos was created using Google Earth. Updates to the site html code are accomplished with Taco HTML Edit.

For the Quadragintaduology project (though not necessarily exclusively for it), I've made 54 trips, resulting in the following 137 42's:

In the US:

• US-
• All 30 State 's
• Three former 42's: CA-, MI- and TN- (the only known former 42's still signed, at least at the time of the visit)
• 50 County 's
• 16 Township 's

In Japan:

• National Route
• All 35 Prefectural Route 's

In South Korea:

• National Road

Of course, my goal is to travel to every 42 in the world! That ever-increasing list of 42's can be found on the menu at left (assuming you haven't extracted this page as it's own frame).

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