Which End of I-70 Looks Better?

[theroadwayone]

I could have sworn there was one on either end of I-40 mentioning the other terminus, but I can't find it on GSV.  There is a freestanding sign in CA mentioning the distance to Wilmington, NC via I-40, but not a mileage sign listing other places.

There was one in Wilmington, NC, but it kept getting stolen that they said that they wouldn't put up any more. However, there was one spotted back in 2013.

[signalman]

I could have sworn there was one on either end of I-40 mentioning the other terminus, but I can't find it on GSV.  There is a freestanding sign in CA mentioning the distance to Wilmington, NC via I-40, but not a mileage sign listing other places.

I could have sworn there was one on either end of I-40 mentioning the other terminus, but I can't find it on GSV.  There is a freestanding sign in CA mentioning the distance to Wilmington, NC via I-40, but not a mileage sign listing other places.

There was one in Wilmington, NC, but it kept getting stolen that they said that they wouldn't put up any more. However, there was one spotted back in 2013.

There was one in Wilmington, NC, but it kept getting stolen that they said that they wouldn't put up any more. However, there was one spotted back in 2013.

Ah, ok. Thanks for the info. I thought there was one at the Wilmington end. Good to know that I'm not losing it.

[theroadwayone]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

Is that the longest distance on a normal mileage sign?

I think the title would belong to U.S. Route 20, the longest highway in America. 3,365 miles from Newport, OR, to Boston, MA.

[epzik8]

I've been to both ends. I live much closer to the east end. Based on memory, the east end, at that parking lot in west Baltimore, is better. However, I would imagine the Cove Fort end really is the better one.

[SD Mapman]

I've been to both ends. I live much closer to the east end. Based on memory, the east end, at that parking lot in west Baltimore, is better. However, I would imagine the Cove Fort end really is the better one.

I guess it depends whether you like Western mountain scenery or odd road endings.

[Roadgeekteen]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

Is that the longest distance on a normal mileage sign?

I think the title would belong to U.S. Route 20, the longest highway in America. 3,365 miles from Newport, OR, to Boston, MA.

No, one with more than one distances.

[sparker]

All right; here are the images, take deux.
Cove Fort:

Well, hell -- anything in that part of Utah looks better covered with winter snow than warmer-time sagebrush and dirt.  Still, the mountains around that area (should have included shots from I-15 perspective as well!), IMO, make it no contest -- the west end looks arguably better than the concrete detritus of the functionally abandoned east end extension.

I read that when that sign first went up, the amount of Baltimoreans calling to ask "Where's Cove Fort?" was INSANE.

Well, not everyone knows a random fort 2,200 miles away.

At least it provoked some sort of response; IMO it's better if someone asks a legitimate question about something rather than just going "huh?" and leaving it at that.  Maybe I'm tilting at windmills, but I tend to deplore the "dumbing-down" of discourse in general (I refuse to tweet -- 140 characters [maybe 280 by now!] my ass!).

[Revive 755]

Both the I-70 and US 20 signs loose to one in Seward, Nebraska, which has a distance of 4135 to Seward, Alaska:  Streetview

[JJBers]

Both the I-70 and US 20 signs loose to one in Seward, Nebraska, which has a distance of 4135 to Seward, Alaska:  Streetview

I also think they overshot the sign by a few hundred feet.

[oscar]

Both the I-70 and US 20 signs loose to one in Seward, Nebraska, which has a distance of 4135 to Seward, Alaska:  Streetview

Except you can't travel between the two Sewards on a single highway. From Seward AK, you'd need to take AK 9 to AK 1 to AK 2 to YT 1 to BC 97, then once you hit Dawson Creek BC, you have lots of choices but all require you to take multiple highways the rest of the way to Seward NE.

The Seward sign is more like part of a "sign tree", some of which have even more extreme distances, like the one that used to be in Prudhoe Bay AK. But nothing like the I-70 and US 20 signs, which show road distances over a single route.

[thenetwork]

At least on the western end, you can see the end of the road several miles ahead of you:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@38.6032918,-112.5530738,3a,75y,232.76h,106.16t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seW8UmDwVn8sLyJVr1hWmkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[cpzilliacus]

Perhaps it has been truncated officially, but I was on the stub end just a few weeks ago, and it was still signed as I-70.

The 2016 Highway Location Reference shows I-70 running to the Baltimore City line.

IMO the HLR is canon when discussing the extent of the Maryland state-maintained highway network (both "free" and toll).

[cpzilliacus]

To answer the question (I have been to both ends of I-70 and driven everything in between), the Maryland end is rather ignominious at a combined commuter lot, bus stop and trailhead where trail continues east into Leakin Park, which was "saved" from I-70 but is still a favored place for dumping the bodies of victims of Baltimore City murders. 

The west end of I-70 at I-15 is a directional interchange, located in typical western scenery, complete with sagebrush.  Annoyingly, the "control city" used by  Maryland at the other end of I-70 is Cove Fort, which is accessed from the next-to-last I-70 interchange at UT-161.

[theroadwayone]

Both the I-70 and US 20 signs loose to one in Seward, Nebraska, which has a distance of 4135 to Seward, Alaska:  Streetview

Does that one have an equivalent in Seward, AK?

[kkt]

I like the Cove Fort end.  Sucker for the open spaces, I guess.  The more or less uniform type and size of trees blocking all other views gets tiresome quickly.

[thenetwork]

I'm curiots to find out if the right overhead BGS at the I-15 split first said Salt Lake, and the City line was added later.  There areally still quite a few signs which still only say Salt Lake.

[doglover44]

I have never been to either end of I-70 yet

[SpanHog]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

[Roadgeekteen]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

[Flint1979]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

They don't really need to they are all major U.S. cities, Fort Cove is not.

[Roadgeekteen]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

They don't really need to they are all major U.S. cities, Fort Cove is not.

Where is fort cove?

[theroadwayone]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

They don't really need to they are all major U.S. cities, Fort Cove is not.

Where is fort cove?

Utah.

[Roadgeekteen]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

They don't really need to they are all major U.S. cities, Fort Cove is not.

Where is fort cove?

Utah.

No, fort cove. Cove Fort is in Utah.

[ekt8750]

Is that the longest distance on a normal mileage sign?

There's a mileage sign at the western end of US 50 in Sacramento where the bottom line reads "Ocean City, MD 3073" .

And OCMD's end of US 50 has a mileage sign for Sacremento as well:

https://www.google.com/maps/@38.331803,-75.088252,3a,75y,280.62h,92.04t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smrbxIAjZgrtMgKexpjg8_w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

[theroadwayone]

And in defense of I-70's eastern end, while driving away from it, you get to see one of AARoads's favorite mileage signs:

No one thought to just add to it "Cove Fort, UT"?

None of the other cities have their states listed.

They don't really need to they are all major U.S. cities, Fort Cove is not.

Where is fort cove?

Utah.

No, fort cove. Cove Fort is in Utah.

There is no such place, except maybe in your mind.