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Arizona has some signs in Kilometers. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html?_r=0]
by dgavey 14y ago
Arizona has some signs in Kilometers. [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/us/15highway.html?_r=0]
- chiph 14y agoThe last sign in the US that I saw marked in metric was one on northbound I-95 in South Carolina, just north of the I-26 interchange. The sign was replaced about 2 years ago with a new one that only shows distances in miles. I suspect that metrication of the highway system in the US will only happen if a large state like California or Texas converts. But with the current budget situation, that's highly unlikely.
- xxpor 14y agoThe federal government has a law that federal funds can not be used to pay for signs with metric measures on them.
- benholmen 14y agoDo you have a source for that?
- xxpor 14y agohttp://www.legistorm.com/score_gao/show/id/25766.html http://www.legistorm.com/score_gao/show/id/25766.html "However, Congress passed legislation in 1994 and 1995 that prohibited federal funding for converting highway signs, such as those for speed limits, to metric units."
- Torgo 14y agoAccording to: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/interstate/faq.htm "the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995 prohibited the use of Federal-aid highway funds to convert existing signs or purchase new signs with metric units." It appears from my reading of the law that the prohibition expired in 2000.
- xxpor 14y agoHa interesting. Didn't know abou that expiration.