Talk:Control city
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Suggestion for trivia or facts, Interstate 605 which runs from Duarte, CA to Seal Beach, CA has no Control city markers at all, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_605_%28California%29
[edit] 3rd reason for non-compliance?
- The published standard is not always followed, either because major destinations have since appeared that were not on the original list, or because of state highway departments' hesitancy to sign destinations in other states.
Well, there's a third reason, sorta: Because one state is loathe to sign a relatively insignificant destination in another state when it could sign a much larger, more distant destination. I guess that technically falls under the second category, but it seems like it could be clarified a bit.
For example, on Interstate 80 in Cheyenne I remember seeing signs for Omaha instead of Sidney. This was in the 90s so may have changed,. (For a more recent version, see interstate-guide.com with photos of I-80 south of Salt Lake City with signs to Reno rather than Elko; likewise, Nevada fails to sign its own control city in Reno, instead returning the favor to "Salt Lake.") The point is, Wyoming wasn't resistant to signing Nebraska cities -- just small NE cities. Technically I guess "hesitancy to sign destinations in other states" means hesitancy to sign Sidney, which is in another state -- but so is Omaha, so what that statement is implying, that Wyoming would rather not sign a Nebraska destination, is untrue.
Get what I'm saying? We're not talking about CA's "other Desert Cities" instead of Phoenix here, although I grant that I may be drawing an inference that's not there. Cheers, PhilipR 05:54, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
