[ale] Ot: exits on 400

[Alex Carver]

On 2015-07-27 07:23, Byron Jeff wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 09:40:50AM -0400, Boris Borisov wrote:
>>    Any idea why the number of exits on GA 400  doesn't match the real
>>    miles. Practical decision or something else.
> 
> At one point in the past all of Georgia's exit numbers, including
> interstates, were consecutively numbered. Apparently in 2000, the Federal
> Government required changing Interstates exit numbers to match the
> mileposts. This requirement did not extend to state roads.
> 
> Here's an old post that discusses the issue:
> 
> http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/i85.html
> 
> BAJ

I always thought it was a perfectly reasonable idea (go figure, a
reasonable idea from the government).  It prevented things like what
that AboutNoGa page shows, exits numbered with an additional letter
(A,B,...) because there was no room in the sequence.  It also made
finding the exits so much easier; I could look at the mile markers and
know how far the desired exit was from my location instead of consulting
a map, keeping count of exits or guessing.