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In Knoxville the signs point you to Nashville, Chattanooga, Lexington, Asheville. I guess you'd be confused if you were going to Bristol or Roanoke, but I-81 starts abou 30 miles from town.
I remember driving north of Baltimore and seeing signs to NYC. It seemed to strange to suddenly be in the northeast corridor.
The only large control city on any signs here is Houston (125 miles). All other signs say Port Lavaca, Bloomington, Edna, Hallettsville, Cuero, Goliad and Refugio. About ten miles out of town, where highways split, I think it says Laredo and Corpus Christi. The nearest interstate is 60 miles, and it's a T-crossing, so if you are traveling from Victoria to anywhere, you wouldn't even start to look for an interstate until you had driven at least 125 miles to Houston or 150 to Austin.
In Knoxville the signs point you to Nashville, Chattanooga, Lexington, Asheville. I guess you'd be confused if you were going to Bristol or Roanoke, but I-81 starts abou 30 miles from town.
I remember driving north of Baltimore and seeing signs to NYC. It seemed to strange to suddenly be in the northeast corridor.
I think there is actually a NYC city sign just south of the tunnels in Baltimore, maybe the harbor tunnel signage
There is definately NYC signs in DE for the DE Memorial split NYC this way and Philadelphia this way
East: Madison, South: Albert Lea (should say Des Moines), North West: St Cloud and North: Duluth.
The ones in Chicago are strange, they use states in a few spots and they even have Memphis as a control city
Good point, that is strange, and I don't recall seeing that in other places. I mean, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, etc. are huge areas of land; it's like "oh I feel better we're at least heading for the correct state--South Bend or Indianapolis at least we're headed for Indiana!" hehe I can understand using Memphis on I-57, even though it's so far away because there aren't any big metropolises between the two cities. It would make sense to use Champaign IMO. Louisville, KY does the same thing using St. Louis, MO on I-64W.
Good point, that is strange, and I don't recall seeing that in other places. I mean, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Iowa, etc. are huge areas of land; it's like "oh I feel better we're at least heading for the correct state--South Bend or Indianapolis at least we're headed for Indiana!" hehe I can understand using Memphis on I-57, even though it's so far away because there aren't any big metropolises between the two cities. It would make sense to use Champaign IMO. Louisville, KY does the same thing using St. Louis, MO on I-64W.
They use Illinois as a control city on some highway signs in St. Louis. I think it is more of a generic thing until you get a little further removed from the metro area. Someone in downtown STL is going to get more use out of seeing Illinois on a 64 West sign rather than something like Mt. Vernon or Louisville. I'd imagine its the same idea in Chicago.
I-65 N- Huntsville (used to read Nashville)
I-65 S- Montgomery
I-20W/I-59S- Tuscaloosa
I-20 East- Atlanta
I-59 North- Gadsden
I-22 West (when completed will read either Tupelo or Memphis or both)
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I can understand using Memphis on I-57, even though it's so far away because there aren't any big metropolises between the two cities. It would make sense to use Champaign IMO. Louisville, KY does the same thing using St. Louis, MO on I-64W.
