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) The latter two were by far the easiest – I could set everything up online – but with Cobequid Pass I had to mail in a form. My Macpass worked for the Cobequid Pass toll gate! Back when I got my Macpass, I took the extra steps of setting up accounts with Cobequid Pass, Confederation Bridge, and even the Saint John Harbour Bridge, just because I could.
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I probably would have been better off going by way of Antigonish. Unfortunately, the Gysborough County side was almost all rough and tumble. Was a nice drive, and on the Pictou County side of Blue Mountain the road was pleasantly smooth. I’m sorry, Newfoundland, that we in Nova Scotia were such a bad influence in this case. Yes, they have sequential numbering on a 900+km road.
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Now, 144 kilometres later, outside Stephenville, we come to Exit 2. Anyway, this has nothing to do with sequence except that you should pretend this is signed “Exit 1”. But anyone who doesn’t know Newfoundland roads (including many of the people driving their RVs off the MV Sleepy Trucker) is going to think that’s an exit number. Off the boat in Port aux Basques, you come to a sign that looks like an exit gore – you know, it has the word “EXIT” in it – but it’s really just pointing the way to Highway 470. Please Nova Scotia, let’s do something, before we face a tragedy like an Exit 5½.įinally, if Nova Scotia’s Highway 102 isn’t enough to convince you of the folly of sequence-based numbering, let’s take a quick gander at Newfoundland and Labrador Route 1: I admit at least one disadvantage: it’s going to mess you up if you’re accustomed to counting the junctions as you go by them (does anyone do this?), but even then that system is already broken by our haphazard implementation of sequential exit numbering. Better yet, with the kilometre posts that we have, you can easily track the distance while you’re between distant exits. Understandability – If you just drove past Exit 14 and your destination is off Exit 28, you know that you have 14 kilometres to go until your exit is reached.
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You also avoid most A-B-C-D messes and can save the letters for compass directions at the same interchange and certain other situations.Ģ. Expandability – If you should ever build a new interchange, there’s no need to worry about an appropriate number to assign. Numbering according to kilometre posts has at least two big advantages:ġ. The only significant holdouts are 1) Nova Scotia and 2) Newfoundland and Labrador (surprising, as their implementation of exit numbering occurred fairly recently). British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, and New Brunswick are already doing this. A much better alternative is to number the exits according to the kilometre posts. If I can only leave you with one takeaway, let it be that sequential exit numbering (at least on roads more than a few kilometres in length) is a bad idea. I'm passionate about this subject, so I've gone on at length. You can go amazingly far in Street View and it's easy to waste spend hours tracking down unique interchanges and remote border crossings. Most of these images are screen captures from Google Maps in Street View. 06:25 pm - This Isn't Really Working For Me - 4: Highway 102 (and sequential exit numbering)