Talk:U.S. Route 70
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Termini edit
To clarify, 70 originates/terminates in Atlantic, NC, not Atlantic Beach. Atlantic is a tiny fishing hamlet. Atlantic Beach is a condo-covered vacation destination. Due to the relative notariety of Atlantic Beach, compared to Atlantic, this is a common error. Atlantic and Atlantic Beach are about 40 miles or 1 hour of drive-time apart, and 70 never enters Atlantic Beach. Edogy 03:15, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
History notes edit
Obviously the detailed history should go in the state articles. Here are some general notes. --NE2 15:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
- Atlantic & Pacific Highway, Springerville, AZ to Vaughn
- Lee Highway, Clovis, NM to Memphis, TN (except near the TX-OK line, where it used bits of the Colorado to Gulf Highway and Southwest Trail; also Bankhead Highway in parts of OK and AR)
- Southern National Highway, Benton, AR to Durham, NC (except between Nashville and Sparta)
- Boone Way, Hickory, NC to Raleigh, NC
- State highway numbers
- AZ: no signed routes
- NM: 5, 19
- TX: 28
- OK: 5
- AR: no number, 6, 1
- TN: 1, 24, 54, 1, 9
- NC: 20, 10
Major Cities edit
This list is way too long. It's called major cities because it should include only major cities. The length of this list makes it useless. Might as well look at a map. Is there any standard on what a major city is? Deigo (talk) 14:05, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
Style edit
Wikipedia can never have the credibility it deserves as a reference with stylistic inconsistencies such as calling the subject of an article "U.S. 70" in one paragraph, "US 70" in the next, and "US-70" in a third. The styling of U.S. Highway articles is "U.S. Route X", and this should be used consistently, even though I realize that US is frequently used and considered acceptable in other articles. Further, although "I-X" is certainly acceptable with regard to Interstates, it doesn't follow that "US-X" is equally acceptable. This isn't something where inconsistency is understandable, such as "labour" and "colour" being used in articles about British topics and "labor" and "color" in writing about American ones, it seems to be about every writer/editor using his or her own preferences instead of attempting to be consistent and encyclopedic. 75.200.37.120 (talk) 01:41, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Former U.S. Route 180 edit
Can anyone help me with any information on the original U.S. Route 180 in Arizona and New Mexico? As far as I understand, it was replaced with U.S. Route 60, U.S. Route 70, the current U.S. Route 180, and New Mexico state routes 90, 152, and 180.
Thank you for your help.
Dixie Highway / Lee Highway edit
The article states that US 70 was Lee Highway and US 11 was Dixie highway. I'm sure it's the reverse, because US 11 south of Farragut to Chattanooga is known locally as Lee Highway. Can anyone verify this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Synthpopalooza (talk • contribs) 02:37, 22 January 2013 (UTC)