Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Michelle Steiner Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad,comp.sys.mac.system,misc.phone.mobile.iphone Subject: Re: Apple live event today (showcase watch & macbook) in Cupertino Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 11:47:04 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <100320151147040126%michelle@michelle.org> References: <090320151110118278%nospam@nospam.invalid> <090320150839272389%michelle@michelle.org> <100320150905248093%michelle@michelle.org> <54ff32bd$0$20177$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="bded55e9fb6cfba6546ee2dd265097c1"; logging-data="13106"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+PIaY7uwnTjO5TdWbdIMoNjsL935N2Xy0=" User-Agent: Thoth/1.9.1 (Mac OS X) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZCpWOYwM3uprUjP/Sy1AYfAMoQ8= Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.ipad:46254 comp.sys.mac.system:70808 In article <54ff32bd$0$20177$c3e8da3$1cbc7475@news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei wrote: > > If the first digit is odd, it is a spur into the city; if it is even, > > it is either a loop around the city or a bypass. > > > So, roads meant to link states ("interstate") are actually city-centric > commuter highways ? No. One- and two-digit interstate highways whose numbers end in 5 (NS) or 0 (EW) are arterial freeways cross the country (or part of it), linking major cities. The three-digit highways are the spurs, bypasses, and loops attached to the arterial interestates; they are the ones associated with cities. If you had not read out of context, you would have understood this. Not all interstates actually go all the way from edge to edge.