Comments on: Interstate 129 in Text http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2007/05/02/interstate-129-in-text/ Road news. Pictures. Crazed ranting. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:19:07 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Michael http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2007/05/02/interstate-129-in-text/comment-page-1/#comment-27701 Michael Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:35:57 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=85#comment-27701 Although I didn't get it in writing, conversations with SCDOT a number of years ago confirmed that the text signs for I-126 on I-26 eastbound were for the same reason: confusion with the mainline interstate. (Before the text signs, there were signs that had the "I-126" removed and read US 76 EAST with I-126 totally absent.) There is some justification in the I-126 case since the I-26 EAST roadway continues as I-126 and I-26 itself exits to the right. The confusion is compounded by the fact that even many locals call I-126 I-26. (I remember a wedding invitation with directions that stated that "I-126 is what I-26 is called within the Columbia city limits.") It doesn't help that TO I-26 and TO I-126 signs seem to be used interchangeably in downtown Columbia and that a resigning a few years back replaced a large overhead sign on westbound I-126 with "I-26/US 76 WEST." I suggested to SCDOT that a clear "identity" be given to I-126 by giving it an exit number off of I-126 and by posting exit numbers for its own interchanges. I claim no credit but the exit is now 108B off of I-26 but as of May 2007 there are no exit numbers on the road itself. Although I didn’t get it in writing, conversations with SCDOT a number of years ago confirmed that the text signs for I-126 on I-26 eastbound were for the same reason: confusion with the mainline interstate. (Before the text signs, there were signs that had the “I-126″ removed and read US 76 EAST with I-126 totally absent.) There is some justification in the I-126 case since the I-26 EAST roadway continues as I-126 and I-26 itself exits to the right. The confusion is compounded by the fact that even many locals call I-126 I-26. (I remember a wedding invitation with directions that stated that “I-126 is what I-26 is called within the Columbia city limits.”) It doesn’t help that TO I-26 and TO I-126 signs seem to be used interchangeably in downtown Columbia and that a resigning a few years back replaced a large overhead sign on westbound I-126 with “I-26/US 76 WEST.”

I suggested to SCDOT that a clear “identity” be given to I-126 by giving it an exit number off of I-126 and by posting exit numbers for its own interchanges. I claim no credit but the exit is now 108B off of I-26 but as of May 2007 there are no exit numbers on the road itself.

]]> By: Andy Field http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2007/05/02/interstate-129-in-text/comment-page-1/#comment-6428 Andy Field Fri, 25 May 2007 06:07:31 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=85#comment-6428 But how can that I-129 argument hold water when there are signs elsewhere in Iowa for Business loops (such as those on I-35)? Wouldn't the green sign for Business I-35 be just as confusing as I-29 vs. I-129? Sounds like the logic of a pancake. But how can that I-129 argument hold water when there are signs elsewhere in Iowa for Business loops (such as those on I-35)? Wouldn’t the green sign for Business I-35 be just as confusing as I-29 vs. I-129? Sounds like the logic of a pancake.

]]> By: Justin http://www.aaroads.com/blog/2007/05/02/interstate-129-in-text/comment-page-1/#comment-5802 Justin Fri, 11 May 2007 01:42:08 +0000 http://www.aaroads.com/blog/?p=85#comment-5802 oh that was interesting! we should write DOTs more often. oh that was interesting! we should write DOTs more often.

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