On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Alex Mauer <ha...@hawkesnest.net> wrote: > On 10/25/2010 04:31 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: >>> >>> I totally agree. My point is just that some people and some states >>> (Michigan, Kansas) feel that the prefix itself is an important part of >>> the >>> reference number: “The M in the state highway numbers is an integral part >>> of >>> the designation…Michigan highways are properly referred to using the M >>> and >>> never as ‘Route 28’ or ‘Highway 28’”. >> >> It's part of the name when you're talking about the route, just like >> one would say "I-95" or "US 1". It's not part of the designation as >> shown in shields, either on the ground or on maps. > > Oh, really? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M-28.svg
The "M" is part of the shield, like "INTERSTATE" is part of the Interstate shield, and "US" used to be part of the U.S. Highway shield. _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
