Talk:U.S. Route 16

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[edit] One Anymore?

Is there a U.S. 16 anymore? If there is its probably be state routes by the time I'm out of 5th grade because I'm only in 2nd grade right now. --Patricknoddy 15:56, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)User:Patricknoddy User talk:Patricknoddy 11:54 July 26, 2004 (EDT)

[edit] M-16

This is just idle speculation at this point, but it may be worth something. M-16 (Michigan highway) "coincidentally" became US 16 in 1926. But in the 1925 plan, the Milwaukee-Detroit route was US 18. Between then and the final 1926 plan, it was changed to US 16, which was to end at Milwuakee. I'm thinking this was more than coincidence. --SPUI (T - C) 02:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Incidentally, Cascade Rd. from Fulton to the Beltline (the 1936 routing) in Grand Rapids is labelled as US-16 on Google Maps and the 16 shields were still up when I lived there (-2003) --Jnik (talk) 06:58, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Distance Calculation

Just as an FYI I calculated the distance of the route using ArcGIS 9 which tabulates the length of the route as 515 miles. This does not include the concurrency with I-90 between exits 128 and 153 (25 miles) which I added to the 515 to arrive at the 540 mile figure. If anyone else has a documented length, please correct it. Stratosphere 04:53, 1 July 2006 (UTC)