Quadragintaduology
The world’s roads numbered “42”

長崎県道42号線 (Nagasaki [Japan] Prefectural Route 42)


Why 42, you ask?
In the Douglas Adams book Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Deep Thought, the supercomputer built to calculate the Ultimate Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, found it to be 42 (after an annoying 7.5 million year wait). This of course didn't go too well with the pan-dimensional builders of Deep Thought nor the crowd who were present at the time of revealing. Deep Thought informed them that they didn't actually know the question... Some have suggested (with Bob Dylan's help, of course) that if "the Answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind," then perhaps the Ultimate Question might be "How many roads must a man walk down?" Or, since the average person able to read this would probably rather drive than walk, and has undoubtedly been on more than forty-two different roads, perhaps the Ultimate Question is:
"What numbered road must a man drive down?"

The Latest 42 Photos/Videos:

14 October 2011: 神奈川県道42 (Kanagawa Prefectural Route 42)


2 October 2010: 일반국도42 (South Korea National Road 42)
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2 January 2010: Wyandot County, OH: Crane Township Highway 42
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2 January 2010: IN: De Kalb County Road 42
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1 January 2010: IN: Elkhart County Road 42
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1 January 2010: Crane NSWC H42
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Chronology of Quadragintaduovisitation
Links indicate that the road photo/video used was taken on that date
United States
16 May 2004: Kansas K-42
28 May 2004: Oklahoma 42
13 June 2004: Texas 42
1 August 2004: Texas 42, Louisiana 42
2 August 2004: Louisiana 42, Mississippi 42
2 August 2004: Arkansas 42
3 August 2004: Oklahoma 42
7 November 2004: Texas 42
11 November 2004: Kansas K-42
11 November 2004: Colorado 42
12 November 2004: Utah 42
13 November 2004: Oregon 42
14 November 2004: California [Decommissioned] 42
15 November 2004: New Mexico 42
26 November 2004: Missouri 42
27 December 2004: Former Tennessee 42
28 December 2004: Georgia 42
29 December 2004: Florida: Marion CR-42, Lake CR-42
30 December 2004: North Carolina 42
31 December 2004: Delaware 42, New Jersey 42
1-2 January 2005: Connecticut 42, New York 42, Pennsylvania 42 (the first day, my camera storage device malfunctioned)
4 January 2005: Maryland 42, West Virginia 42, Virginia 42
5 January 2005: Virginia 42
6 January 2005: Indiana 42
Japan
6 February 2005: 42 Kanagawa 42
27 February 2005: 42 Kanagawa 42
10 April 2005: 42 Kanagawa 42
United States
28 December 2005: Arkansas 42
29 December 2005: Mississippi 42, Alabama 42
30 December 2005: Alabama 42, Louisiana 42
1 January 2006: Oklahoma 42
Japan
26 March 2006: 42 Saitama 42, 42 Chiba 42
1 April 2006: 42 Ibaraki 42
9 April 2006: 42 Kanagawa 42
11 April 2006: 42 Saitama 42, 42 Chiba 42, 42 Ibaraki 42
28 April 2006: 42 Hiroshima 42
12 May 2006: 42 Hyōgo 42
16 June 2006: 42 Tokushima 42, 42 Kagawa 42
17 June 2006: 42 Kōchi 42, 42 Ehime 42
18 June 2006: 42 Okayama 42
United States
12 July 2006: 42 Missouri 42, Indiana 42
13 July 2006: 42 US 42 (42 OH 42)
14 July 2006: 42 Former Michigan M-42, 42 Michigan M-42
15 July 2006: 42 Wisconsin 42 , 42 Minnesota 42
16 July 2006: 42 South Dakota 42
18 July 2006: CR-42 Williams CR-42 (ND), 42 North Dakota 42
19 July 2006: 42 Montana 42
Japan
28 October 2006: 42 Japan National Route 42, 42 Aichi 42
12 November 2006: 42 Toyama 42
18 December 2006: 42 Japan National Route 42, 42 Aichi 42, 42 Mie 42, 42 Shiga 42
19 December 2006: 42 Shiga 42, 42 Ōsaka 42, 42 Hyōgo 42, 42 Okayama 42
20 December 2006: 42 Hiroshima 42, 42 Shimane 42
21 December 2006: 42 Ōita 42, 42 Fukuoka 42, 42 Saga 42, 42 Nagasaki 42
22 December 2006: 42 Nagasaki 42, 42 Kumamoto 42, 42 Kagoshima 42
23 December 2006: 42 Kagoshima 42, 42 Miyazaki 42
24 December 2006: 42 Tottori 42
17 February 2007: 42 Niigata 42
11 March 2007: 42 Fukushima 42, 42 Chiba 42, 42 Saitama 42
1 April 2007: 42 Kanagawa 42
21 April 2007: 42 Osaka 42, 42 Japan 42
22 April 2007: 42 Japan 42, 42 Wakayama 42
24 May 2007: 42 Japan 42
25 May 2007: 42 Japan 42
26 May 2007: 42 Hyōgo 42, 42 Hiroshima 42
27 May 2007: 42 Shimane 42
United States
19 June 2007: Greene County Farm Road 42 (MO)
Japan
8 July 2007: 42 Tokushima 42, 42 Kagawa 42, 42 Ehime 42, 42 Kōchi 42
20 July 2007: 42 Miyagi 42, 42 Yamagata 42
21 July 2007: 42 Akita 42
5 October 2007: 42 Iwate 42, 42 Aomori 42
6 October 2007: 42 Hokkaidō 42
7 October 2007: 42 Miyagi 42
19 November 2007: 42 Ibaraki 42
29-30 January 2008: 42 Okinawa 42
United States
24 February 2008: 42 US 42
29 March 2008: Perry County Road 42 (IN)
27 April 2008: 42 US 42
10 July 2008: CR-42 Kankakee County Road 42 (IL), CR-42 Iroquois County Road 42 (IL)
6 August 2008: Perry County Road 42 (IN), CR-42 Iroquois County Road 42 (IL), CR-42 Kankakee County Road 42 (IL)
2 September 2008: Former Tennessee 42
18 October 2008: 42 US 42
19 October 2008: 42 US 42, Medina County Road 42 (OH), CR 42 Huron County Road 42 (OH), CR 42Seneca County Road 42 (OH), CR 42 Scott Township Road 42 (Sandusky Co.), CR 42 Madison Township Road 42 (Sandusky Co.), CR 42 Woodville Township Road 42 (Sandusky Co.), CR 42 Ottawa County Road 42 (OH)
20 October 2008: TR 42 Union Township Road 42 (Hancock), TH42 Richland Township Highway 42 (Wyandot Co.), TH42 Salem Township Highway 42 (Wyandot Co.), CH42 Wyandot County Highway 42 (OH), TH42 Crane Township Highway 42 (Wyandot Co.)
21 October 2008: 42 US 42, 42Darby Township Highway 42 (Madison Co.), CR 42 Union County Road 42 (OH), CR 42 Franklin County Road 42 (OH)
9 November 2008: 42 US 42
28 December 2008: 42 Saint Clair County Road J42 (IL)
7 June 2009: 42 Miami County Highway 42 (OH)
31 October 2009: 42 Lawrence County Road 42 (OH), 42 Gallia County Road 42 (OH), 42 Meigs County Road 42 (OH), 42 Athens County Road 42 (OH)
1 November 2009: 42 Washington County Road 42 (OH), 42 Monroe County Road 42 (OH), 42 Center Township Road 42 (Monroe Co.), 42 Noble County Road 42 (OH), 42 Morgan County Road 42 (OH), 42 Muskingum County Road 42 (OH), 42 Guernsey County Road 42 (OH), 42 Harrison County Road 42 (OH), 42 Belmont County Road 42 (OH), 42 Jefferson County Road 42 (OH)
2 November 2009: 42 Jefferson County Road 42 (OH), 42 Sugar Creek Township Road 42 (Wayne Co.), 42 Wayne County Road 42 (OH), 42 Tuscawaras County Road 42 (OH), 42 Bethlehem Township Road 42 (Coshocton Co.), 42 Knox County Highway 42 (OH), 42 Saint Albans Township Road 42 (Licking Co.), 42 Licking County Road 42 (OH), 42 Fairfield County Road 42 (OH), 42 Perry County Road 42 (OH), 42 Hocking County Road 42 (OH), 42 Falls Township Road 42 (Hocking Co.), 42 Marion Township Road 42 (Hocking Co.)
12 December 2009: 42 Clinton County Road 42 (OH), 42 Highland County Road 42 (OH), 42 Wayne Township Road 42 (Adams Co.), 42 Winchester Township Road 42 (Adams Co.), 42 Scioto County Road 42 (OH), 42 Pike County Road 42 (OH), 42 Jackson County Road 42 (OH), 42 Vinton County Road 42 (OH), 42 Wood County Road 42 (WV), 42 Noble County Road 42 (OH), 42 Guernsey County Road 42 (OH)
13 December 2009: 42 Sugar Creek Township Road 42 (Wayne County), 42 Carroll County Road 42 (OH), 42 Hancock County Road 42 (WV), 42 Marshall County Road 42 (WV), 42 Wetzel County Road 42 (WV), 42 Tyler County Road 42 (WV)
1 January 2010: H 42 Crane NSWC H42, CR 42 Elkhart County Road 42 (IN)
2 January 2010: CR 42 De Kalb County Road 42 (IN), TH42 Crane Township Highway 42 (Wyandot Co., OH)
3 January 2010: 42 US 42
South Korea
20 June 2010: 42 South Korea National Road 42
2 October 2010: 42 South Korea National Road 42
26 October 2010: 42 South Korea National Road 42
9 July 2011: 42 South Korea National Road 42
Japan
14, 16 October 2011: 42 Kanagawa 42

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