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Originally Posted by haljackey
In my mind the Trans-Canada Highway should be designated TCH-1 throughout the entire country!
You could have a co-sign, such as 417 through Ottawa, but just label the dam thing correctly. It's considered a national treasure you know... being famous for the longest point-to-point road in the world and whatnot...
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If the federal government is willing to fork over thousands (or millions) of dollars to Nova Scotia for renumbering eight seperate highways we could get on board with most of the country.
Out here we have a very specific road numbering system and if it were to become a requirement we would not only have to renumber Highways 104, 105, and 106 (all of which carry the TCH label), but we would also have to renumber their "sister" highways and the existing Highway 1 and its "sisters". In all this would mean renumbering thousands of kilometers of highway.
All high speed, high volume highways in Nova Scotia carry a "100 Series" designation. These highway are supplemented by "sister" highways that are the main streets and secondary streets in our towns. These highways are "Trunks" (0-99), and "200-300 Series". The existing Highway 1 goes from Bedford all the way to Yarmouth (300km+ direct) and follows this system which means there is a parallel Highway 101 and 201. The existing TCH highway (104, 105, and 106) also follow this system. The new system would throw our system out of whack and this doesn't even consider how to number the loop around Prince Edward Island.
I think the best system might be requiring one number for each province. Out here that would be Highway 104. This would only require renumbering four highway systems. Presumably 105 and 205 would become 104 and 304, and the 106 would become 104A. This would reduce the changes in number to a maximum of ten but considering the agreement in Western Canada and PEI it would be even less.
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