Control city on highway signs in your state (Florida, live, places)

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by Desert_SW_77

Flagstaff, AZ I-17 & I-40




Phoenix, AZ I-17 & I-10

I-17 in AZ uses Phoenix as the southbound city and Flagstaff as the northbound. Though south of Bell Rd in the city of Phoenix, Tucson becomes the southbound control city.

I-10 westbound uses Tucson from the NM state line to Tucson, Phoenix from Tucson until 48th St in Tempe, then Los Angeles all the way to the CA state line

I-10 eastbound uses Phoenix from the CA state line to 75th Ave in Phoenix, Tucson until the Tucson city limit, then El Paso all the way to the NM state line

I-40 Westbound uses Flagstaff from the NM state line to Flagstaff, and Los Angeles to the CA state line

I-40 Eastbound uses Flagstaff from the CA state line to Flagstaff, and Albuquerque to the NM state line

I-19 uses Nogales southbound and Tucson northbound

The short piece of I-15 in the far NW part of the state uses Salt Lake City northbound and Las Vegas southbound

And I-8 uses San Diego for westbound and Tucson for eastbound

[oobanks]

Originally Posted by Chicago60614

I thought Chicago was different when I came here:

Northwest Suburbs
West Suburbs
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana

Totally Agree!! I notice this about Chicago as well and some and some spots in Northern Indiana when i'm there. It list the Suburb district area as well as states as Controls on some of its signs.

[ABQalex]

Within Albuquerque, I-25 north is Santa Fe, I-25 south is Las Cruces, I-40 east is Santa Rosa, I-40 west is Gallup. I-40 west used to be Grants up until the early 2000s. All of those cities are in New Mexico. I-25 north should've also been changed to Raton instead of Santa Fe and I-40 east to Tucumcari, so that each direction would have the last notable town within New Mexico on those interstate directions from Albuquerque.

[oobanks]

In Georgia

ATLANTA // I-75 N- Marietta, Chattanooga I-75 S- Macon, Tampa
I-85 N-Greenville I-85 S Montgomery I-20 W- Birmingham I-20 E- Augusta


MACON // I-75 N- Atlanta I-75 S-Valdosta, Tampa I-16 E Savannah I-475 N Atlanta I-475 S Valdosta, Tampa


SAVANNAH // I-16 W Macon I-95 S Brunswick, Jacksonville I-95 N Florence, SC.


AUGUSTA // I-20 W Atlanta I-20 E Columbia


COLUMBUS, GA // I-185 Spur N Atlanta

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by ABQalex

Within Albuquerque, I-25 north is Santa Fe, I-25 south is Las Cruces, I-40 east is Santa Rosa, I-40 west is Gallup. I-40 west used to be Grants up until the early 2000s. All of those cities are in New Mexico. I-25 north should've also been changed to Raton instead of Santa Fe and I-40 east to Tucumcari, so that each direction would have the last notable town within New Mexico on those interstate directions from Albuquerque.

Notable towns? Raton, Tucumcari, Santa, Rosa, and Gallup are all little podunk towns that most outside of NM have never heard of.

1-40 East/West may as well have Flagstaff, AZ and Amarillo, TX on the control signs (Flagstaff's 1-40 East interchange has Albuquerque on the control sign from 1-17)

1-25 North/South with Santa Fe and Las Cruces are good from ABQ, all signs on I-25 north of Santa Fe may as well have Denver on it instead of Las Vegas (NM) which probably confuses some.

[ABQalex]

Um, yes, those are indeed the last notable towns in New Mexico on those interstates before leaving the state.

[Champ le monstre du lac]

Originally Posted by ABQalex

Um, yes, those are indeed the last notable towns in New Mexico on those interstates before leaving the state.

Kind of meaningless for those traveling the interstate highway, may as well be a city that's recognizable to most that are travelling the route. Arizona's doing it right, they post the next big city enroute, regardless if its in or out of state.

[g500]

There is a control sign for Miami just south of Richmond VA on I-95.

[pnwguy2]

Interesting thread. As I understand it the feds have standards that must be met with Interstate Freeways. Most of them are safety inspired, and requiring certain standards in construction that be met on all such named Interstates. I believe the sign issue is part of these standards, but there may a be a little more leeway with these than with the actual infrastructure. This may explain why there are differences in freeway signs between States, but for the most part these regulations are pretty meticulously described.

As for the Chicagoland area, I think it probably was given some waivers in signage based on its size and unique crossroads location. This is a true "interstate" junction with heavy traffic moving between Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Thus you see the State identifiers on many signs throughout the metro. (In fact, one of the busiest freeways, or tollways as locally known in the Chicago area is called "The Tri-State").

Which leads me to another interesting sub-topic...why are freeways called expressways in some cities? In the expressway camp: Chicago, New York, Miami, and others. In the freeway camp: Los Angeles, Denver, Seattle, all of Texas, and most others.

[NDak15]

In North Dakota its Bismarck mostly as that's the capital and centrally located. In Montana its Butte for some reason. In Wyoming it's a toss up between Casper and Cheyenne.