Wednesday, May 8, 2013

The ABC's of Missouri

As we travelled across Missouri on Interstate 270 and 70, watching the scenery go by,




 





we noticed something a little odd.  Many of the signs for intersecting roads were single letters, (e.g. A, H, W)

 
or, sometimes double letters (e.g. KK, YY).
 
 
 
Jim speculated that since the first interstate project was in St. Charles, MO, perhaps back then they decided to name the cross streets alphabetically.  When they ran out of letters they doubled up, but soon they ran out of even the double letters.  We don't know -- this was just idle conversation.