On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Johan C <osm...@gmail.com> wrote: > For motorways it's not necessary to know the location of the signposts, > since every split is signposted (except for some very few exceptions > maybe). >
There have been some rather notorious examples where this has not always been the case. There's a sign on Caltrans gantry 21300 that stood for eight years, until Caltrans finally stopped dragging ass about numbering exits for the first time and the sign was rebuilt, that an LA artist had added indicating that yes, you can indeed, get to I 5 North from CA 110 East on the left exit just after the tunnel. http://magazine.good.is/articles/the-fake-freeway-sign-that-became-a-real-public-service Similar situations exist with almost every bicycle route in Oregon that uses a freeway (ie, pretty much every freeway where the practice isn't banned, save for a token "BIKES ON ROADWAY" sign at the end of the ban and a "BIKES MUST EXIT" sign leading into a ban)...in most cases, there's nothing indicating where you should go to continue your route along that highway while you're not on the main roadway, but the designated bike route. You just have to know...
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