Limon should be a control city

[Roadgeekteen]

Ah, Limon. Beautiful Limon, Colorado, the most important town on I-70. Of course, due to it's great importance as THE MOST important junction in America, I believe that not only should Limon be a control city, the usage of it should be greatly increased.

So first, of course Limon should be signed on I-70 west! It makes sense, as Denver is only a place where people go to smoke weed. I believe that Limon should be signed going westbound on I-70 since Maryland (not Baltimore since I-70 doesn't go there) as it features the uber important US 24 junction to get to Colorado Springs, the greatest city in the American west. In the unamerican state of Colorado, Colorado Springs is a beacon of hope. It features two of the most important institutions in America: Focus on the Family and the Air Force Academy. Both quintessential American institutions! Going eastbound on I-70, Limon should be signed going east on I-70 since I-15. The reason for that is that Colorado is a state that any real American would not want to live in. Exiting at Limon onto US 287 allows us to get to one of the best states in America, Oklahoma. And besides, nobody wants to go to Denver anyway. Once you enter Limon, you enter the real America.

As you can see, any real American should support the usage of Limon on every single sign on I-70, due to it's great importance to America. Thank you and god bless America.

[Scott5114]

[JayhawkCO]

Did you lose a bet? Sounds like something I'd have to write if thspfc and I argued about something in the NFL thread.

[on_wisconsin]

From one of the past Limon threads:

Whats a Limon, and does it go well with gin?

[jp the roadgeek]

And on the other side of the road

[MATraveler128]

I'll support making Limon the new capital of America since it's more centrally located.

[Hunty2022]

Control City Freak isn't gonna be very happy about this.

Would we have a new 3di for Limon?

[FrCorySticha]

From one of the past Limon threads:

Whats a Limon, and does it go well with gin?

The town's name is a misspelling of the legendary lymon, found only in Sprite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHMh8HUPLx8

[Roadgeekteen]

Control City Freak isn't gonna be very happy about this.

Would we have a new 3di for Limon?

Yes I-70 from Grand Junction to Limon would become I-870 as I-70 is getting rerouted through Colotado Springs

[jeffandnicole]

Does Limon have a Buc-ees, a Cracker Barrel and a Waffle House?

[Scott5114]

And on the other side of the road

Not quite.

[Roadgeekteen]

Did you lose a bet? Sounds like something I'd have to write if thspfc and I argued about something in the NFL thread.

Check the calendar

[formulanone]

Just to be the terrific douche nozzle that I am about the played-out Limon thing, I actually bought a Colorado sticker in Limon last year; a little store let me use the restroom so I bought something in return.




For anyone who's ever hoped that Yeehaw Junction was going to be a blast and a half, and wound up seriously disappointed, Limon is a worthy control city because what else is there east of Bennett, Colorado?

[Quillz]

No, no, the most important control city is Weed, CA. Every sign should direct motorists how to get to Weed.

[thspfc]

Did you lose a bet? Sounds like something I'd have to write if thspfc and I argued about something in the NFL thread.

Check the calendar

New record for the longest it's taken me to be fooled on April Fools. Almost got through the whole day.

[zachary_amaryllis]

Does Limon have a Buc-ees, a Cracker Barrel and a Waffle House?

It has a state prison, which is nearly as good.

[kalvado]

Does Limon have a Buc-ees, a Cracker Barrel and a Waffle House?

It has a state prison, which is nearly as good.

Tangential question - what are the food and service options on those long haul highways? If Limon is indeed an important intersection, it could qualify for Pilot or something similar.

[Ned Weasel]

Tangential question - what are the food and service options on those long haul highways? If Limon is indeed an important intersection, it could qualify for Pilot or something similar.

There are a TA and a Flying J (Pilot) diagonally across the freeway from each other.  I have no idea what's taking Love's so long to get in on the action.  https://goo.gl/maps/J1nmHXwxJq5skJUk8

[hbelkins]

Does Limon have a Buc-ees, a Cracker Barrel and a Waffle House?

It has a state prison, which is nearly as good.

Tangential question - what are the food and service options on those long haul highways? If Limon is indeed an important intersection, it could qualify for Pilot or something similar.

Burlington and Hays are two that come quickly to mind for I-70 between Topeka and Denver.

[HighwayStar]

Limon makes sense as a control city for the non-interstate routes that feed into it. But for I-70 Denver/Kansas City should be control cities.
For 3 tier millage signs however, Limon should be tier 2 between Denver and Hays.

[JayhawkCO]

Does Limon have a Buc-ees, a Cracker Barrel and a Waffle House?

It has a state prison, which is nearly as good.

Tangential question - what are the food and service options on those long haul highways? If Limon is indeed an important intersection, it could qualify for Pilot or something similar.

Between Salina and Denver, you basically have Russell, Hays, Colby, Goodland, Burlington, and Limon.

[Flint1979]

Uh Limon is a control city and that isn't going to change.

[Flint1979]

Back in the day they used to have Standish as a control city for NB I-75 at the eastern terminus of US-10 and then SB the control cities were Flint and Detroit. At that point NB the control city is Mackinac Bridge and the SB control city is Saginaw which they have corrected now.

[JayhawkCO]

As I posted in another thread, I'm actually okay if Limon isn't a control city going westbound, but it should be eastbound. Limon is more of a "if you don't stop now, there's a whole lot of nothin' coming up" heading east than it is coming into Colorado.

Eastbound should be Limon, Colby, Hays, Salina, Topeka, Kansas City. Westbound should be Topeka, Salina, Hays, Colby, Burlington, Denver. I'd also be okay with Goodland instead of Burlington just since states tend to be a little more partial to in-state control cities.

I posted this chart a while back too, which shows the distances required in each direction to drive to another city of x population.  It shows the cities where there are "ledges" in ability to get hotels/food/services/auto-repair/etc.

[HighwayStar]

Obviously this comes down more to what a "control city" should be, which here is around here a deep philosophical, moral, and ethical question but I generally don't think control cities should be unidirectional where that applies (terminus cities are an obvious exception).
I don't think being the "last option" really qualifies something as a control city in my mind. That would be better served by making it the 2nd tier on the millage signs (and actually, I would argue that the 2nd tier on mileage signs should have services, unless it is a junction). The blue "last services for X miles" traveler information sign would also convey this better than making it a control city.