Those signs are on the Gene Snyder Freeway which is an outside loop around Louisville. I-265 is the designation.
That highway was built in the early 1980s...I used to ride my BMX bike on it for miles before it was opened.
At 10:07 2004-08-11, Phil Chernack wrote:
Some states are conducting metric sign tests including speed limit signs. A good place to look at what jurisdictions are doing what go to:
<http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/official_rul.htm>http://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/official_rul.htm
Phil
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There are metric signs on the Highway at Louisville, I saw them as we went through the town on Saturday
They said 2km (1.2 miles) etc.
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Hello Phill thanks for that info. Is there anywhere on the internet i can go and read the law allowing metric signs in the US? It sure would be nice if the US wood go to metric speed and distance signs.
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