US 460

Tue Mar 24 13:50:33 EDT 2020

You’re welcome.

Not sure what you mean or if you mistyped. US101, as an odd “two”-digit route, is north-south. But both in Southern California (L.A. to west of Santa Barbara as well as on the SF peninsula, it runs more east-west. But end-to-end, Los Angeles (historically, San Diego at the border) to near Olympia, WA, it is north-south. But it does get weird at the north end as it makes a half-loop around the Olympic Peninsula in Washington so northbound US101 approaches Olympia heading south. As a result, Washington signs it as east-west as it crossed the peninsula and then a reverse north-south for the final segment. So if you want to leave Olympia and follow 101 all the way to L.A., you first need to find North US101, then West US101, and finally South US101.

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Larry Stone
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> On Mar 24, 2020, at 12:24 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Larry:
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> Thanks for the clarifications and additional info.  The odd and even first digits on Interstates here in Virginia sure follow your guidance on spur/oop.
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> However, the last time I was on the West Coast, US101 ("El Camino Real") sure acted like a north-south road.
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> Regards,
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> Dave Phelps
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> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:11 PM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> Need to correct that: ONE- or TWO-DIGIT US and Interstate routes with even last numbers are east-west, e.g. US460, I-64.  Odd numbers (US1, I-95) are north-south. For purposes of this rule, US 101 on the west coast is a two-digit route number.
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> Three-digit route numbers are spurs or, for Interstates, loops and do not need to obey that rule. For interstates, if the first digit is odd, it’s normally a spur and if even, it’s a loop but there are exception.
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> US460 is considered a spur of US60 although it connects to it at both ends (Norfolk, VA and Frankfort, KY). As such, it is an east-west route. OTOH, US220, which passes through Roanoke, is an unconnected north-south spur of US20 even though it is an even number (for various reasons (see Wikipedia), US220 has never actually connected to US20 - but that is a separate matter).
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> -- 
> Larry Stone
> lstone19 at stonejongleux.com
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> > On Mar 24, 2020, at 9:47 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> > "US"  and Interstate ("I") routes with even last numbers are east-west, e.g. US460, I-64.  Odd numbers (US1, I-95) are north-south.
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> > Dave Phelps  
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> > On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 7:06 AM NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
> > There will be many others who respond to this in great accuracy, the Virginian crossed the New River at Glen Lynn and continued towards Roanoke from there. It has been some time since I have driven that route, you used to be able to see the bridge supports that carried the rail bridge at that point. As 460 was being rebuilt, the old Virginian road bed became the route of the East/South bound lanes ( I suppose Rt 460 is technically a N/S road), as you progress from Glen Lynn to Narrows, there is another river rail crossing which carries N&W trackage.
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> >  R.D.
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> > Subject: US 460
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> > My understanding is the 460 is essentially the Virginian Right of Way. Going to and from Roanoke, at Narrows, there are tracks on both sides of the New River. Are both of those N&W, is this one of the areas where N&W and Virginian competed?  Do I have it all wrong?
> > Thank you. 
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> > Mike Shockley 
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