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TheOriginalJames
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sometimes I notice things.
Like US40 and I70 follow almost the exact same path between St Louis, MO and Columbus, OH... with maybe 2-3 miles between them, and sometimes conjoining with each other during the route.
Why didn't they just decommission US 40 and use that as the I70 path, save taxpayer money for the long stretch between the bigger cities by only having one major roadway with 'run offs' for the smaller cities city streets.
*sigh* I want to be a roadway engineer.
Like US40 and I70 follow almost the exact same path between St Louis, MO and Columbus, OH... with maybe 2-3 miles between them, and sometimes conjoining with each other during the route.
Why didn't they just decommission US 40 and use that as the I70 path, save taxpayer money for the long stretch between the bigger cities by only having one major roadway with 'run offs' for the smaller cities city streets.
*sigh* I want to be a roadway engineer.
TheOriginalJames
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In fact, even east of Columbus US40 and I70 share almost the same path until the PA border where US40 splits and goes south to then run the same line as I68.
... where I70 goes south and deadends I68 and runs along with US40 again.
Then I70 ends in Baltimore at I695, but US40 continues northeast.
... where I70 goes south and deadends I68 and runs along with US40 again.
Then I70 ends in Baltimore at I695, but US40 continues northeast.
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TheOriginalJames
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What's the distance between Baltimore and DC by car down I95?
TheOriginalJames
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It does seem fairly close even on google earth.
40 was there before 70 adn they arent gonan jsut rip up 40.. us 40 is a regualy highway and 170 is a 4 lane interestate...40 has houses all along it.. 70 is jsut ahighway.. its easier for htem to just leave the name and the road htere 
The mileage that registers on your odometer when you've driven the route. :tongue:
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TheOriginalJames
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40 was there before 70 adn they arent gonan jsut rip up 40.. us 40 is a regualy highway and 170 is a 4 lane interestate...40 has houses all along it.. 70 is jsut ahighway.. its easier for htem to just leave the name and the road htere
I know. but it seems worthless to leave it as a US highway instead of decommissioning it to state/city routes. There's no point to having a US route from St Louis to Baltimore that follows the exact same path as I70.
Decommission it and don't make it a straight shot through the eastern US and it'll save tax payer money by being a local route.
understandable.... but the way that the departments work the budjet to maitnain 40 comes out of state money... and the federal fundign that each state gets for said state road maintenance is to juicy for them to divide up 40
we have 40 from the fredierick county line to the allegheny county line.. and considering all the other little state roads we do..40 is actually one of the easier to do..
we have 40 from the fredierick county line to the allegheny county line.. and considering all the other little state roads we do..40 is actually one of the easier to do..
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