This past weekend's Vegas trip.
Steve Sobol
Went to Vegas this past weekend for a wedding. Some observations:
** The I-15 northbound Zzyzx Road exit is mis-signed as Exit 23. (It's
Exit 239.)
** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
** Mountain Pass is much nicer to drive now that the freeway has been
widened.
Quotables:
#1. Me, to my five-year-old daughter: "Look, Eryne, we're entering
Baker. Over on your left is the world's tallest thermometer."
My wife, to me: "Good thing it's not a rectal thermometer!"
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#2. The five-year-old, upon seeing a double-decker tour bus on the
Strip, with an open upper floor: "Dad, that's a bus with no lid!"
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#3 The teenage son, upon seeing a mobile billboard advertising a strip
club: "NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
Then, a few minutes later: "MORE NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
--
Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA
sjs...@JustThe.net
richard
> Went to Vegas this past weekend for a wedding. Some observations:
>
> ** The I-15 northbound Zzyzx Road exit is mis-signed as Exit 23. (It's
> Exit 239.)
>
> ** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
> line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
> areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
>
> I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
>
> ** Mountain Pass is much nicer to drive now that the freeway has been
> widened.
There are a few I've seen marked as "Exit nnn".
Not sure where I saw them but I think maybe along I-10 in either NM or TX.
The Chief Instigator
>
> Went to Vegas this past weekend for a wedding. Some observations:
>
> ** The I-15 northbound Zzyzx Road exit is mis-signed as Exit 23. (It's
> Exit 239.)
That's obviously in California. ;-)
> ** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
> line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
> areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
>
> I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
That's been standard practice for TxDOT since at least the late 1990s. (Two
rest areas on I-10 east of Seguin were at Exit 621 on both sides, but were
rebuilt two miles westward six or seven years ago, and are now at Exit 619.
The old westbound Exit 621 is now a truck weight-check station.)
> ** Mountain Pass is much nicer to drive now that the freeway has been
> widened.
>
> Quotables:
>
> #1. Me, to my five-year-old daughter: "Look, Eryne, we're entering
> Baker. Over on your left is the world's tallest thermometer."
>
> My wife, to me: "Good thing it's not a rectal thermometer!"
>
> ----------------
>
> #2. The five-year-old, upon seeing a double-decker tour bus on the
> Strip, with an open upper floor: "Dad, that's a bus with no lid!"
>
> ----------------
>
> #3 The teenage son, upon seeing a mobile billboard advertising a strip
> club: "NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
>
> Then, a few minutes later: "MORE NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
We've been to Vegas twice, about a decade ago, and I got used to that in
very little time. ;-)
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Cameron Kaiser
>** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
>line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
>areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
>I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
I remember that in Texas, I think. But Caltrans is at least doing it
consistently; I see exit numbers for rest areas on I-10 and I-80 also.
>#3 The teenage son, upon seeing a mobile billboard advertising a strip
>club: "NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
>Then, a few minutes later: "MORE NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
Naturally he'd see those ...
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Douglas Kerr
> Went to Vegas this past weekend for a wedding. Some observations:
>
> ** The I-15 northbound Zzyzx Road exit is mis-signed as Exit 23. (It's
> Exit 239.)
>
> ** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
> line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
> areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
>
> I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
I have seen a rest area with an exit number on I-80 in Utah.
>
> ** Mountain Pass is much nicer to drive now that the freeway has been
> widened.
>
> Quotables:
>
> #1. Me, to my five-year-old daughter: "Look, Eryne, we're entering
> Baker. Over on your left is the world's tallest thermometer."
>
> My wife, to me: "Good thing it's not a rectal thermometer!"
>
> ----------------
>
> #2. The five-year-old, upon seeing a double-decker tour bus on the
> Strip, with an open upper floor: "Dad, that's a bus with no lid!"
>
> ----------------
>
> #3 The teenage son, upon seeing a mobile billboard advertising a strip
> club: "NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
>
> Then, a few minutes later: "MORE NAKED GIRLS ON A TRUCK!"
>
> --
> Steve Sobol, Victorville, California, USA
> sjso...@JustThe.net
daryl....@gmail.com
> On Nov 11, 9:06 pm, Steve Sobol <sjso...@JustThe.net> wrote:
>
> > Went to Vegas this past weekend for a wedding. Some observations:
>
> > ** The I-15 northbound Zzyzx Road exit is mis-signed as Exit 23. (It's
> > Exit 239.)
>
> > ** Major WTF: All of the exits on I-15 between Ontario and the state
> > line have exit numbers now. The odd thing is that both of I-15's rest
> > areas between Barstow and Vegas are ALSO signed with exit numbers!
>
> > I've never seen exit numbers at rest areas, anywhere else.
>
> I have seen a rest area with an exit number on I-80 in Utah.
Utah used to use exit numbers on rest areas, along with big green
signs on the ramps. No more -- they've removed the exit numbers, at
least on I-15, and the signs are smaller and blue.
Daryl
Douglas Kerr
wrote:
This was in July 2007. Photo at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4042406194/.
daryl....@gmail.com
>
> > Utah used to use exit numbers on rest areas, along with big green
> > signs on the ramps. No more -- they've removed the exit numbers, at
> > least on I-15, and the signs are smaller and blue.
>
> > Daryl
>
> This was in July 2007. Photo athttp://www.flickr.com/photos/dougtone/4042406194/.
Makes sense. It's a recent change, and UDOT mainly changes/updates
signs when they are doing road work.