Does anybody ever write to their DOTs?

[noelbotevera]

Right before Christmas, I sent 3 letters to 3 separate PennDOT districts, inspired by this thread.

1) Noted the inaccuracy of US 322 mile markers in Dauphin County (response received, see below) along with US 22.  At I-81, US 22-322 begins at "mile 200.0" and has signs alternating US 22 W - 200.0, US 322 W - 199.9, US 22 W - 199.8.  (This has been discussed elsewhere on this board)

Response for #1 from PennDOT District 8:

"Dear [sbeaver44]:

This is in response to your recent letter, requesting information about reference location signs (formerly known as mile markers) on US 22 and US 322 in Dauphin County.

You are correct that the mileage is incorrect on these two routes.  Even though it does not compromise the main function of the signs which is to assist emergency responders in locating incidents, we will review the locations and make the necessary corrections when the signs are scheduled for replacement.

We appreciate your concerns for safety on our state roads..." etc.

We'll see what I get (if anything) for the other two.

They were still there when I went up that way to state college. I have no idea why they did that when they can stack the shields on top of each other.

For anybody who wants to find it, the milemarkers last from the I-81 junction to the PA 39 junction (a little before crossing the Susquehanna River).

[sbeaver44]

Yep.  I mean, it would not have been so obvious if 1) it didn't start magically at exactly 200.0 and 2) they didn't use the same mileage for US 22 and US 322.

I also neglected to mention in my post (but not in my letter) than US 322 also magically starts again at mile 221 from the Eisenhower interchange, which is only about 7 miles away.

[noelbotevera]

Yep.  I mean, it would not have been so obvious if 1) it didn't start magically at exactly 200.0 and 2) they didn't use the same mileage for US 22 and US 322.

I also neglected to mention in my post (but not in my letter) than US 322 also magically starts again at mile 221 from the Eisenhower interchange, which is only about 7 miles away.

Yup. That should be 253 or something. The fail here is that they used US 22's mileage, which I can't blame them, because US 322 is a newbie to this area compared to other highways of Harrisburg.