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Just outside Baltimore, where I-70 begins its journey west, there's a sign listing mileage to Columbus, St Louis, Denver, and... Cove Fort - the unpopulated pla
by lastofthemojito 4y ago
Just outside Baltimore, where I-70 begins its journey west, there's a sign listing mileage to Columbus, St Louis, Denver, and... Cove Fort - the unpopulated place in Utah that happens to mark the western terminus of I-70.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove_Fort https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove_Fort
> In 2004, the Federal Highway Administration was testing a new typeface, Clearview, designed to have improved readability at night with headlight illumination. One test sign was placed at Baltimore, Maryland – the eastern terminus of Interstate 70 – that listed Cove Fort as a control city with a distance of 2,200 mi (3,500 km). One employee stated with the number of queries the department received about Cove Fort, the test was a success. The sign became so popular that after the test was over, federal authorities made arrangements with Maryland authorities to keep the sign permanently installed. The sign prompted a series of stories about Cove Fort to be published in the Baltimore area. Since that time, a small effort has been made by people in both states to lobby the Utah Department of Transportation to reciprocate by placing a sign at Cove Fort listing the distance to Baltimore.
- selimthegrim 4y agoI think Clearview ended up not being optimal but they found this out in the middle or after the nationwide rollout?