Document text
California has no exit strategy Why doesn't California have milepost markers and exit numbers on its freeways, like the rest of the states? I thought all interstate highways were considered federal highways and were administered under the same rules. -- Jim H., White City It's California, Jim. Things look different there. So the green-sign system familiar to drivers throughout Washington and Oregon falls apart just over the border to the south. California does have milepost markers on the side of major highways, "but they are not like the green ones you have in Oregon and Washington," says Pat Denton, public information spokeswoman for the California Department of Transportation in Redding. The white markers can be found only in one direction of travel (northbound on Interstate 5), not both, as in Oregon and Washington. As for exit numbers, Denton said they are a federal requirement. "What it also says is that we shall be in substantial compliance," she said. "Our department has thought about it and is trying to figure out the most cost-effective way to add numbered exit signs. It would be a substantial cost to us." (Send your questions to "Since You Asked," Mail Tribune Newsroom, P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501; or by fax to (541) 776-4376; or by e-mail to: [email protected] Please include your name, address and phone number for verification.) Today's News Index Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA