I know that on my main interstate and on the state highway by my house there
are mile markers but I haven't seen them often on other roads.
I do know that whenever the fire or police department responds to something
on a road they ask for a mile marker if possible but that doesn't mean that
they'd have any problems using kilometer posts. They'd just need new maps
I'd expect.
Mike
On Feb 11, 2008 7:19 AM, Howard Ressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> NY has reference markers every 10/th of a mile or 528 feet or 160 m. If
> we convert signs those markers wont change as the are not mile markers
> but reference markers for accident identification. Not sure what we
> would do about our actual mile marker reference system which is not
> extensive and mostly located on interstates.
>
> NY has not converted to mile exit numbers yet.
> Howard
>
> Howard Ressel
> Project Design Engineer, Region 4
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> >>> "Ziser, Jesse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/10/2008 1:11 AM >>>
> Why every 100 m? That's an order of magnitude more frequent than the
> current markers. I expect
> that increasing the number of markers by a factor of 20 would have a
> huge cost for a country the
> size of the US. Why can't they just be every kilometer? Or even every
> 2 km?
>
> --- Mike Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I suspected that would be the case. I still like the idea of having
> > signposts every 100m and then just having an exit every 1600m rather
> than
> > every mile.
> >
> > That way you still have a logical progression of signage.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2008 9:43 PM, Phil Chernack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > I believe only three states still use sequential numbering for
> exits.
> > > States like Florida, Georga, Verigina and Pennsylvania switched to
> > > distance-based exit numbers in the past 5 or so years. I brought
> this very
> > > issue up a while ago in this list as one of the things that needs
> to be
> > > considered when switching to metric. The bigger problem is that
> exits are
> > > somewhat like area codes in the sense that many businesses use the
> exit
> > > number in their marketing. Just as when an area code changes,
> businesses
> > > need to make changes to their marketing materials as well. My
> guess is that
> > > if the switch is made to metric for highways, exit numbers will be
> the last
> > > thing to change and that change may take upwards of 20 years or so.
> The
> > > only way I would see it happening sooner without state highway
> departments
> > > screaming bloody murder is if money is provided by the FHWA to do
> so. I
> > > would also think that after a switch on speed limits and odometers,
> people
> > > will eventually want exits to be metric-based.
> > >
> > > BTW, the MUTCD specifies that exits may be based on either distance
> or
> > > sequential. It is recommened to use distance based on either km or
> miles.
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > On Feb 9, 2008 11:12 PM, Mike Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm doing a short paper for history class on the effects of the
> > > > Interstate Highway System on the United States. One thing I
> noticed when
> > > > researching was that many states now number exits by the mile. My
> question
> > > > is, when the inevitable metric switch happens, will they renumber
> the
> > > > exits? I know a lot of nations that have been metric for a while
> have
> > > > distance markers every 100m and exits every 1km if possible.
> > > >
> > > > Renumbering the exits seems like quite an extensive task. It
> makes me
> > > > wonder if the US should just signpost every 100m and then replace
> the sign
> > > > saying "exit 310 next 1 mile" with one saying "exit next 1.6km or
> 1600m"
> > > >
> > > > Thoughts?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
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