Exit 0

[NE2]

On I-55 coming into Mississippi from Louisiana, the Osyka/Gillsburg exit should qualify to be exit 0...it's only about a 1/2 mile into MS.

Nope. The Goog says 0.6 mi to the exit ramp, 0.8 mi to the overpass.

[DevalDragon]

Actually, Eastbound 80 should be / used to be Gary Indiana. A few interchanges still have the old signs using Gary.

Notice that Illinois is using states for control cities instead of Toledo (eastbound) and Des Moines (westbound), which was used at the I-57 interchange until the sign replacement project in the area around 2005 or 2006.  I liked it better with the cities on the signs.

[Brandon]

Actually, Eastbound 80 should be / used to be Gary Indiana. A few interchanges still have the old signs using Gary.

Notice that Illinois is using states for control cities instead of Toledo (eastbound) and Des Moines (westbound), which was used at the I-57 interchange until the sign replacement project in the area around 2005 or 2006.  I liked it better with the cities on the signs.

East I-80 was "Gary Indiana" as a secondary control from Joliet eastward.  West of there, it's "Joliet" and "Moline - Rock Island" (has been, still is).  "Toledo" used to be very common for eastbound I-80 as a primary control from I-55 east.  Now, both the primary and secondary control seem to have merged into "Indiana".

[Gnutella]

I took this picture on I-65 in Indiana, just across the Ohio River from Louisville:



I also know that I-72 in Illinois used to have Exits 0A-B at I-55, but now they're Exits 103A-B since I-72 was extended west into Missouri.

[Legodinodoctor]

As DandyDan noticed, Interstate 480 in Council Bluffs Iowa has an exit 0 for 'Riverfront'.  I-480 in Iowa is also really short.

Possibly one of the shortest Interstates in any state, I-480 terminates immediately after exit 0 (not a full interchange, just a westbound on ramp and an east bound exit) at it's junction with I-29

3 Things: 1. Interstate 480 ends at the Big Guide Sign (BGS for short) for Exit 1A&B:Interstate 29. (Or about 1/4 mile into Iowa from Nebraska state line)  2. I don't see an Exit 0 on Interstate 480 in Iowa. 3. That's shorter than Interstate 395 in Miami, where it ends about 1/8 of a mile from Exit 2/US 1/Biscayne Blvd.   
Edited to remove excess smileys and for grammar. Please learn capitalization. Do not use excessive smileys - one is plenty. Thank you! ~S

[VCB02FromRoblox]

[Legodinodoctor]

I'm just glad my home state (Florida) Doesn't use Exit 0

[PurdueBill]

As DandyDan noticed, Interstate 480 in Council Bluffs Iowa has an exit 0 for 'Riverfront'.  I-480 in Iowa is also really short.

Possibly one of the shortest Interstates in any state, I-480 terminates immediately after exit 0 (not a full interchange, just a westbound on ramp and an east bound exit) at it's junction with I-29

3 Things: 1. Interstate 480 ends at the Big Guide Sign (BGS for short) for Exit 1A&B:Interstate 29. (Or about 1/4 mile into Iowa from Nebraska state line)  2. I don't see an Exit 0 on Interstate 480 in Iowa. 3. That's shorter than Interstate 395 in Miami, where it ends about 1/8 of a mile from Exit 2/US 1/Biscayne Blvd.   
Edited to remove excess smileys and for grammar. Please learn capitalization. Do not use excessive smileys - one is plenty. Thank you! ~S

According to Iowa DOT, I-480 is 0.721 miles long in Iowa--the route doesn't officially end where the "480 ends" sign is.  That is often the case, as the signage has to go in an appropriate location for motorists but the actual end may be in a specific spot based on a lot of factors.

All this time I thought BGS was big green sign.  Was I alone?

Doesn't I-395 go about 1.2 miles? I thought FDOT's SLD showed that length.

I'm just glad my home state (Florida) Doesn't use Exit 0

I wish Ohio did, but am pleased that Indiana uses Exit 0 liberally.

[Brandon]

I'm just glad my home state (Florida) Doesn't use Exit 0

And just what is wrong with an Exit 0?  All it means is that the exit is between mp 0 and mp 1.

[1995hoo]

I'm just glad my home state (Florida) Doesn't use Exit 0

And just what is wrong with an Exit 0?  All it means is that the exit is between mp 0 and mp 1.

Yup. I would kind of like to live near an Exit 0–it'd be distinctive when giving directions, much more noticeable than Exit 173 is!

[cjk374]

All this time I thought BGS was big green sign.  Was I alone?

No you're not.  I thought it big green sign also.  I have used "BBS" to mean big blue sign.  Was I wrong for that also?

[jeffandnicole]

I'm pretty sure we, the roadgeek community, use BGS for Big Green Sign.

[1995hoo]

"Big Guide Sign" could be a useful interpretation if you wanted to use the term generically to refer to all road signs of that sort, given that Europe and Ontario have a decent number of blue signs. But I always thought the "G" stood for "Green."

[Scott5114]

Traditionally the G has always stood for green. I suspect someone simply doesn't know what the Food he's talking about.

[Legodinodoctor]

I think the "Food" Virus has spread, Crappy Karma

[cl94]

While most termini in New York are not given an exit number, there are a couple spots that would be nicely served by an Exit 0. Take I-781, for example. The western terminus is Exit 1A/B for Interstate 81 S/N. While most of New York uses sequential numbering, I-781 is mile based and the zero point falls within the interchange. You could say the same about the western terminus of I-890, also mile based. On the sequential highways, I-690 Exit 1 is at the western terminus and as such, should probably go unnumbered or as Exit 0. Even with sequential numbering, it makes no sense for the low-end terminus to get a number other than 0.