Exit number on signs

[Robin]

Do the numbers on the Exit signs tell me something special or important? Or are they only for orientation?

[Capt Fuzzy]

In the US, most exits are numbered to make locating a specific area easier...

[Ornery]

Numbers are the mile number of that exit. Exit 115 would be at mile marker 115, for example. 115B would mean there are two exits near each other.

[Jackrabbit_V6/ RSProduxx]

it´s just btw the same in germany and probably in other european countries... exits have numbers and names

edit: okay, not the same then, because they are simply numbered, not attached to mile markers... those are usually separate

[Capt Fuzzy]

Originally posted by Frontiersman:

Numbers are the mile number of that exit. Exit 115 would be at mile marker 115, for example. 115E would mean there are two exits near each other.

Yeah, 115E denotes 'east bound', it would also be accompanied by a 115W, which would be 'west bound'...

[Ornery]

Originally posted by Capt Fuzzy:

Originally posted by Frontiersman:

Numbers are the mile number of that exit. Exit 115 would be at mile marker 115, for example. 115E would mean there are two exits near each other.

Yeah, 115E denotes 'east bound', it would also be accompanied by a 115W, which would be 'west bound'...

Sniped before I corrected meself....

[Gizmosellsbunnys]

New Mexico at 450 miles of I-25 hate to Texas exit number near Louisana border on I-10 exit 820 lol

[ap70621]

Yes, in most states it is related to the nearest mile marker. In some states, mostly in the northeast such as New York, they are just sequential eg 1,2,3,etc. States with sequential numbering are being pressured to convert them to mile based numbers, Connecticut has begun converting some highways to mile based exit numbers for example.

[Mike]

On the one hand they're supposed to make it easier for you.
Nowadays everybody's (blindly) using satnavs anyway, but once you really have to use a map or read signs there's at least some kind of help ;)

Sometimes this is even better than any satnav (because common sense =P)

And if some kind of incident has happened otr, the first responders, or whoever might be affected by this, will have an easier life if there's an exit number telling them where (at which milepoint) it has happened

That's the two main reasons

Oh, and people like to give things numbers and put them in a system to have a more structured thing ;)

[BobGrey]

Exits are numbered based on what mile they are in. All East/West Interstates label their miles with Mile 1 beuing 1 miles into the state from the Western border. North/south have mile 1 1 miles in from the southern border. Once you cross over into a different state, the miles go back down to 0, and go up again (if you are going east or south, it is opposite). the first exit is not always exit 1. Exit 1 will be within that first mile. If there are more than one exit between two markers, they will get a letter in the label. Exit 1A will be the western/southern-most exit, exit 1B will be just north/east of it, and sometimes there can also be a "C" and "D". The reasons behind the numbers is so it is easier to tell location. For example, take a city which likely has several exits on the same freeway. For an example, I will use Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock has Interstate 30 being the major multistate freeway. There are several car dealers and fast food places along this interstate, so to tell customers where they are, a specific store may say "Take I 30 into Little Rock and take Exit 130, on the Eastbound Service road." (That is actually a Pizza Hut, by the way).

[Robin]

Thank you guys!