Control city on highway signs in your state (people, building, Chicago)
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I-10 West - Los Angeles (372 miles)
I-10 East - Tucson (116 miles)
I-17 North - Flagstaff (146 miles)
U.S. 93 North - Las Vegas (287 miles)
U.S. 60 East - Globe (AZ) (88 miles)
I-8 East - San Diego (355 miles)
Arizona 85 South - Gila Bend (AZ) and Mexico (69 miles and 152 miles)
Arizona 87 North - Payson (AZ) (90 miles)
Phoenix has an extensive regional freeway system that for whatever reason doesn't include control cities.
Tucson Control Cities
I-10 East - El Paso (317 miles) interesting to hear that El Paso is an I-10 control city for San Antonio. Tucson and San Antonio are about 870 miles apart. Just shows how desolate that part of I-10 really is.
I-10 West - Phoenix (116 miles)
I-19 South - Nogales (AZ) (71 miles)
Arizona 77 North - Oracle (AZ) (38 miles)
Arizona 86 West - Ajo (AZ) (135 miles)
The most interesting control city sign in the country has to be on I-95 South in Petersburg, VA where Miami (921 miles) and Atlanta (506 miles) are listed as control cities. Also, the "Other Desert Cities" signs along the 10 eastbound in Southern California is pretty popular too.
I always wondered who comes up with the mileage between cities on those signs and who decides the control cities. Sometimes the mileage is inconsistent. I always thought the distance was the mileage to the downtown area, but sometimes it seems like the distance is to the city limits.
I always wondered who comes up with the mileage between cities on those signs and who decides the control cities. Sometimes the mileage is inconsistent. I always thought the distance was the mileage to the downtown area, but sometimes it seems like the distance is to the city limits.
The distance is to city limit/border, and not Downtown area.
When you enter a city/county/state, you get "Welcome" sign as soon as you enter the line border.
I always wondered who comes up with the mileage between cities on those signs and who decides the control cities. Sometimes the mileage is inconsistent. I always thought the distance was the mileage to the downtown area, but sometimes it seems like the distance is to the city limits.
I agree that it seems inconsistent from state to state...from what I've found (and measured) here in the Carolinas is that it is to the downtown area of the city.
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
Correct, within the city of Baltimore, New York becomes the control city for I-95 North. I-895 just directs you to the tunnel with no mention of a city. I-895 South lists Annapolis as a control city just prior to I-95/I-895 split. You will not see Annapolis again until approaching the spur ramp to I-97 which does lead you to Annapolis.
My favorite in this department is on I-405 in Los Angeles, the freeway recently closed in (not!) "carmageddon". The freeway is maybe 50 miles long, no more, going north-south through Orange County, West LA, and the San Fernando Valley. If you're in the San Fernando Valley the signs for south 405 say Santa Monica, logical enough. But for north 405 they say Sacramento, some 400 miles awy, and long past the end of the 405. I guess there's no place in between worth bothering about!
The distance is to city limit/border, and not Downtown area.
When you enter a city/county/state, you get "Welcome" sign as soon as you enter the line border.
This is incorrect. For the most part, the distance that you see on the highway is to the downtown, not the city limit. The only distance to the city limit that I know of is when you're in New Jersey and you see the mileage signs to New York City. For example, if you drive on I-80 east towards New York, the distance that you see is to the city limit on the GW Bridge, not the city center.
This is incorrect. For the most part, the distance that you see on the highway is to the downtown, not the city limit. The only distance to the city limit that I know of is when you're in New Jersey and you see the mileage signs to New York City. For example, if you drive on I-80 east towards New York, the distance that you see is to the city limit on the GW Bridge, not the city center.
No, not true. My cousin works at Dept. of Public Transportation and told me it is city limit and never downtown area unless it says "Downtown" XX.
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