[thechat] Explain This Sentence

Joel Canfield joel at spinhead.com
Mon May 20 21:17:00 CDT 2002


> <sentence>
> You drive an Interstate 10 from San Antonio to Houston,
> one-half the time at 35 mi/h (= 56.3 km/h) and the other half
> at 55 mi/h (= 88.5 km/h). </sentence>
>
> Now tell me, what is this "10" here? What it stands for?
> Explain above sentence in this perspective. Thank you, Syed
> Zeeshan Haider. http://syedzeeshanhaider.faithweb.com/

In the US, all the large highways are numbered. Some have names, but they're
almost always identified by their number. So, 'Interstate 10' is the name of
the highway. In case you're interested, it starts omewhere in the state of
Arizona (between Phoenix and Tucson) and goes east from there.

You're correct; that's a very US-centric sentence.

<oo mucn information>The numbering system has meaning, too. Even numbered
interstate highways run east and west, odd numbers run north and south. And
it matters if they have one digit, two digits, or three; each digit usually
means something specific. I don't know any online resources.</tmi>

joel



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