On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Alexander Jones <[email protected]>wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> > On Oct 22, 2012 9:57 AM, "Alexander Jones"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> Paul Johnson wrote:
> >>
> >> > FM and RM are the same network...seems odd for them to show up twice
> >> > here...
> >>
> >> I could've sworn that the general consensus from a previous argument was
> >> "one network per shield type."
> >
> > They use the same shield, and even TXDOT signs Farm Road and Ranch Road
> > interchangeably.  They're definitely the same network.
>
> Same style of shield, yes. I live in Texas, and I know that although they
> are, in effect, the same network, they are most definitely signed
> differently.


Not consistently.  Trailblazer shields (the all-white rectangles) almost
always use "FM," and (at least along route 66), TxDOT regularly uses both
RANCH ROAD and FARM ROAD on the signage for the same route.  Following the
historic route of US 66 will yield dozens of examples of this inconsistency.
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