Kerry Irons wrote: > Peter, > > > > The "Miracle Mile" is probably an anachronistic reference, but I believe > it is a reference for a section of Chicago's Lake Shore Drive (also US > 41). > Other towns have used this reference to their business district. Note the > reference in Billy Joel's "It's Still Rock and Roll to Me." For people > like myself who visit Chicago, "the Dan Ryan" and "the Eisenhower" don't > mean much, but I-90 and I-290 appear not only on maps but on exit signs, > wayfinding signs, and mile posts. In the US, FWHA and the MUTCD have > standards for route numbering signs and typically ALL of the routes on a > given piece of pavement show up at key junctions (mile post signs will > only have the primary route, however that was determined).
Chicago doesn't have a "Miracle Mile", at least not one that I've heard of, but part of Michigan Avenue is the "Magnificent Mile". Maybe that's what you were thinking of. Alexander _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
