Re: [OM] (OM) OT Really OT :-(

[Chuck Norcutt]

That's actually US 95 in the west not I95 (the Interstate highway 95) 
which runs up the east coast.  I don't know what it is about that road 
that causes it to be called I95 since even the locals in Las Vegas 
(including my father) call it I95 rather than US 95.  Probably because 
most of them have never driven on I95 in the east.

US highways that run north/south are numbered starting from the east 
coast and have increasing numbers as you go west.  Interstate highways 
have opposite numbering supposedly to prevent such confusion. 
Interstates that run north/south have low numbers in the west and their 
numbers increase as you go east.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_Highway_System#Numbering_system>

Chuck Norcutt

On 4/1/2012 6:07 PM, John Hudson wrote:
> When last in Oregon we were warned to avoid McDermitt on I95 just north of
> the the Nevada state line. Rumour had it that McDermitt financed most of its
> town expenditures with traffic and speeding fines ........ not that we had
> any intention of straying far from the coast.
>
> jh
>
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