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There's an official sign in Boston that advises drivers they need only travel 3,365 more miles to reach Newport, Oregon: https://twitter.com/MassDOT/status/806

There's an official sign in Boston that advises drivers they need only travel 3,365 more miles to reach Newport, Oregon: https://twitter.com/MassDOT/status/806867577112854529 https://twitter.com/MassDOT/status/806867577112854529

function_seven 4y ago
I remember seeing this one[0] when I was younger. There was a counterpart sign in North Carolina[1], but apparently it was stolen too often, and is no longer being replaced. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/bz6ath https://old.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/bz6ath [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/WilmingtonBarstow.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Wilmingt...
- robocat 4y ago
  That leads to an article about the 420 mile marker sign getting stolen so often that they replaced it with a 419.99 mile marker sign. https://www.denverpost.com/2014/01/10/colorado-hopes-a-mile-419-99-sign-on-interstate-70-thwarts-stoners/ https://www.denverpost.com/2014/01/10/colorado-hopes-a-mile-...
hinkley 4y ago
Once in a while I'll see someone talking about Portland and get very confused as I slowly work out that they're talking about Portland, Maine. Why would people in <New England State> give a shit about what's going on in Oreg... oh. Probably the Boston sign is having a jab at Newport Rhode Island.
- cestith 4y ago
  Oddly enough Portland, Oregon is named for Portland, Maine. If the coin toss had gone the other way it'd be named after Boston.
  - hinkley 4y ago
    In this parallel universe I wonder if Fred Armisen still makes a show but calls it 'Bostonia'. Same number of syllables so the song still works.
  - gausswho 4y ago
    Which itself has been renamed a few times. Until the British fired incendiary cannonballs to burn it down just before a blizzard. This demonstration of force helped unite the colonists in their support for revolution. When rebuilding, Falmouth became Portland.
keepquestioning 4y ago
Is this the longest highway in the US?
- dexterdog 4y ago
  It is. The next two longest also start around there: US6 in Boston and I90 which starts at the tip of Cape Cod.
  - quesera 4y ago
    I-90 ends in East Boston.
  - Kon-Peki 4y ago
    Some highways are measured in the thousands of miles. Others are measured in feet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Road_520 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Road_520
Gibbon1 4y ago
Should say Newport Oregon, 3,365 miles. Proceed at own risk.

function_seven 4y ago

I remember seeing this one[0] when I was younger. There was a counterpart sign in North Carolina[1], but apparently it was stolen too often, and is no longer being replaced. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/bz6ath https://old.reddit.com/r/NorthCarolina/comments/bz6ath [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/WilmingtonBarstow.JPG https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Wilmingt...

robocat 4y ago
That leads to an article about the 420 mile marker sign getting stolen so often that they replaced it with a 419.99 mile marker sign. https://www.denverpost.com/2014/01/10/colorado-hopes-a-mile-419-99-sign-on-interstate-70-thwarts-stoners/ https://www.denverpost.com/2014/01/10/colorado-hopes-a-mile-...

hinkley 4y ago

Once in a while I'll see someone talking about Portland and get very confused as I slowly work out that they're talking about Portland, Maine. Why would people in <New England State> give a shit about what's going on in Oreg... oh. Probably the Boston sign is having a jab at Newport Rhode Island.

cestith 4y ago
Oddly enough Portland, Oregon is named for Portland, Maine. If the coin toss had gone the other way it'd be named after Boston.
- hinkley 4y ago
  In this parallel universe I wonder if Fred Armisen still makes a show but calls it 'Bostonia'. Same number of syllables so the song still works.
- gausswho 4y ago
  Which itself has been renamed a few times. Until the British fired incendiary cannonballs to burn it down just before a blizzard. This demonstration of force helped unite the colonists in their support for revolution. When rebuilding, Falmouth became Portland.

keepquestioning 4y ago

Is this the longest highway in the US?

dexterdog 4y ago
It is. The next two longest also start around there: US6 in Boston and I90 which starts at the tip of Cape Cod.
- quesera 4y ago
  I-90 ends in East Boston.
- Kon-Peki 4y ago
  Some highways are measured in the thousands of miles. Others are measured in feet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Road_520 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_State_Road_520

Gibbon1 4y ago

Should say Newport Oregon, 3,365 miles. Proceed at own risk.