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Date:         Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:51:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Friday Navigation Quiz
Comments: To: croatoa@YAHOO.COM
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The reason that they run numerically west to east is because the older Highway (US) numbering system ran numerically somewhat east to west. US 1 is on the east coast, US 101 is on the west coast.

I-20 of course goes through the south part of the country. As does I-10.

tim in san jose @ US 101 I-280

>From: Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM> >Reply-To: Steve W <croatoa@YAHOO.COM> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Friday Navigation Quiz >Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:20:56 -0700 > >John, >I don't understand what the 3 digit number >starting with an odd number do. In Cincinnati, >275 goes around, 471 shots in, 75 and 71 go up >and down and 74 heads off to the west. We don't >have any odd number starting, three digit >interstates here. Thanks for the info. >Steve >--- John Connolly <john@aircooled.net> wrote: > > it's actually 3 digit beginning with odd #s > > (395, 795, etc) evens dead end > > into a city. > > > > 3 digit beginning with evens (215, 495, etc) > > loop around an urban area > > > > Interstates that are odd run north/south. It's > > also interesting that they > > are, from west to east, 5-95. If someone is on > > Interstate 25, they aren't in > > the East (it's near the rockies). > > > > The same characteristic is present on the even > > #ed Interstates, from 90-10 > > (north-south). > > I-20 has GOT to be in the south somewhere. > > > > John > > Aircooled.Net Inc. > > > > >===== >Steve >croatoa@yahoo.com > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

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