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 <wodonnel@gmuvax.gmu.edu> wrote:
>Beltway exit numbers
>
>     Why did Maryland have to change its Beltway exit numbers? I liked it
>the way that it was, with the exit numbers starting at 1 at Rte. 1 in
>Alexandria and ending in (I think it was 41) the interchange w/ 295 just
>east of the Wilson Bridge. Is there any possibility that MD will change
>its mind and put back the old exit numbers?

When did they do this?  I have lived in Maryland continuously since 1989 and
in NoVa before that and don't remember them being different than they are
now.  The most recent exit number changes have been in Virginia when they
recalibrated their exit numbers to coincide with the nearest mile marker (the
same thing is being done in most of the states which do not already have
this feature--makes it a LOT more informative for travellers).  Interstate 95
begins its Maryland line at the Virginia shoreline of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge
(specifically x number of feet from high/low tides--I'm not real sure).  From
there, all of its exit numbers do coincide with the nearest mile-marker.  At
the I-95/I-495 split in College Park, MD, the exit numbers continue upwards
in both directions since the eastern branch (the piece that goes by Andrews
AFB, Rt. 50, etc) is actually designated with BOTH the 95/495 numbers.

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