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Title: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: thenetwork on April 04, 2012, 03:19:06 AM
Here is an interesting question:  What is the furthest distance from a mileage sign to an actual named exit (or a specific junction with an actual route number), and not just a city or vague endpoint?

For example, just west of Dotsero, CO on I-70, the junction with I-15 (the western terminus of I-70) is listed as being 366 Miles away  http://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_freeway_tours/3484824509/.  Can that be beaten?




Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 04, 2012, 01:00:17 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on April 04, 2012, 03:19:06 AM
Here is an interesting question:  What is the furthest distance from a mileage sign to an actual named exit (or a specific junction with an actual route number), and not just a city or vague endpoint?

For example, just west of Dotsero, CO on I-70, the junction with I-15 (the western terminus of I-70) is listed as being 366 Miles away  http://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_freeway_tours/3484824509/.  Can that be beaten?


if I recall correctly, on the Cassiar Highway (BC-37), the final northbound "control city" is consistently Alaska Highway, and the mileages get as high as 700km.
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: JustDrive on April 04, 2012, 02:13:07 PM
I-15 south of Halloran Springs has a mileage sign that has the junction with I-10, 142 miles away.
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: Bickendan on April 04, 2012, 03:27:53 PM
Quote from: agentsteel53 on April 04, 2012, 01:00:17 PM
Quote from: thenetwork on April 04, 2012, 03:19:06 AM
Here is an interesting question:  What is the furthest distance from a mileage sign to an actual named exit (or a specific junction with an actual route number), and not just a city or vague endpoint?

For example, just west of Dotsero, CO on I-70, the junction with I-15 (the western terminus of I-70) is listed as being 366 Miles away  http://www.flickr.com/photos/virtual_freeway_tours/3484824509/.  Can that be beaten?


if I recall correctly, on the Cassiar Highway (BC-37), the final northbound "control city" is consistently Alaska Highway, and the mileages get as high as 700km.
About 437 miles then. Not bad, not bad at all.
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: NE2 on April 04, 2012, 03:33:26 PM
I-15 on I-70 is being used as a name of a control point, not the highway itself. It's like saying "Downtown Exit 5 mi". It's still referring to downtown, just in a different way.
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: Interstate Trav on April 05, 2012, 06:01:47 PM
Quote from: JustDrive on April 04, 2012, 02:13:07 PM
I-15 south of Halloran Springs has a mileage sign that has the junction with I-10, 142 miles away.

Does this sign date back to when I-15 ended at I-10 in San Bernardino.  i have passed that sign many times and now it just hit me if that was why.
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: Henry on April 09, 2012, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: NE2 on April 04, 2012, 03:33:26 PM
I-15 on I-70 is being used as a name of a control point, not the highway itself. It's like saying "Downtown Exit 5 mi". It's still referring to downtown, just in a different way.
So they decided that I-15 would make a better control point than Cove Fort?

Quote from: Interstate Trav on April 05, 2012, 06:01:47 PM
Quote from: JustDrive on April 04, 2012, 02:13:07 PM
I-15 south of Halloran Springs has a mileage sign that has the junction with I-10, 142 miles away.

Does this sign date back to when I-15 ended at I-10 in San Bernardino.  i have passed that sign many times and now it just hit me if that was why.
Probably so...and even when they extended I-15 to San Diego, they decided to leave it in. Amazing!
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: NE2 on April 09, 2012, 11:20:12 AM
Quote from: Henry on April 09, 2012, 11:17:15 AM
Quote from: NE2 on April 04, 2012, 03:33:26 PM
I-15 on I-70 is being used as a name of a control point, not the highway itself. It's like saying "Downtown Exit 5 mi". It's still referring to downtown, just in a different way.
So they decided that I-15 would make a better control point than Cove Fort?
Yep. Who the hell knows what Cove Fort is (other than the end of I-70)?
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: agentsteel53 on April 09, 2012, 11:52:05 AM
Quote from: Henry on April 09, 2012, 11:17:15 AM
Probably so...and even when they extended I-15 to San Diego, they decided to leave it in. Amazing!

does that mean that that sign has the distance via I-15 and I-215, as I-215 was the original I-15?
Title: Re: Longest Distance From An Actual Exit...
Post by: JustDrive on April 09, 2012, 12:22:52 PM
Here's (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=35.314442,-115.997926&ll=35.313444,-115.996549&spn=0.009823,0.021136&num=1&t=h&z=16&layer=c&cbll=35.314457,-115.997831&panoid=A7qAxAkuZWErUFBtmRZokw&cbp=12,245.06,,0,-11.24) the pic of the I-10 sign

Interstate 10 is equidistant along both current I-15 and I-215.