Post by Barrettm95 on Jul 9, 2008 21:03:23 GMT -5
Does anyone else find the system for numbering County Roads a bit confusing? I think it's the two directional words in each road that does it.
This quick guide is not official and I can't find anything official but from staring at maps long enough this is what I have come up with.
A County Road name is made of three parts.
1) A compas direction
2) A number
3) Another compas direction
We'll use for example some fictional roads in Example County, IN
The first direction indiates what direction to and from the center of the county the road runs. Example: East 1100 South runs E/W and is on the East half of the county. When E 1100 S crosses the midline of the county it will become W 1100 S. Therefore E 1100 S and W 1100 S are the same road.
The number is a measurement in miles (multiplied by 100) the road lies from the center of the county. E 1100 S is exactly 11 miles South of the center of the county. Consequently parallel roads are also an exact number of miles away from eachother.
Example: E 1100 S is exactly one mile south of E 1000 S. E 950 S is exactly one half mile North of E 1000 S. Advanced example: E 450 S is exactly 10 miles south of E 550 N.
The second direction indicates in what direction from the center of the county the road lies. E 1100 S runs E/W and is in the Southern half of the county. E 1100 N is not the same road as E 1100 S. But is a mirror of it exactly 22 miles north of it.
Find two parallel county roads on GE and try measuring. You'll see!
County Line Road exception: When a road actually forms the border between two counties it may be called two different names depending on who you ask. For example the border of Clay and Parke counties is called E 1500 N from Clay County and called E 1100 S from Parke County. It is also called Coal Bluff Rd and the actual physical signs call it E 1500 N but Google and Yahoo can't agree on what to call it.
I hope after reading this you find it less confusing than before.
Also I dont know if these rules apply to other states or even every county. For example Marshall County (Bremen, Little Egypt)is a little different but the same general idea.
This quick guide is not official and I can't find anything official but from staring at maps long enough this is what I have come up with.
A County Road name is made of three parts.
1) A compas direction
2) A number
3) Another compas direction
We'll use for example some fictional roads in Example County, IN
The first direction indiates what direction to and from the center of the county the road runs. Example: East 1100 South runs E/W and is on the East half of the county. When E 1100 S crosses the midline of the county it will become W 1100 S. Therefore E 1100 S and W 1100 S are the same road.
The number is a measurement in miles (multiplied by 100) the road lies from the center of the county. E 1100 S is exactly 11 miles South of the center of the county. Consequently parallel roads are also an exact number of miles away from eachother.
Example: E 1100 S is exactly one mile south of E 1000 S. E 950 S is exactly one half mile North of E 1000 S. Advanced example: E 450 S is exactly 10 miles south of E 550 N.
The second direction indicates in what direction from the center of the county the road lies. E 1100 S runs E/W and is in the Southern half of the county. E 1100 N is not the same road as E 1100 S. But is a mirror of it exactly 22 miles north of it.
Find two parallel county roads on GE and try measuring. You'll see!
County Line Road exception: When a road actually forms the border between two counties it may be called two different names depending on who you ask. For example the border of Clay and Parke counties is called E 1500 N from Clay County and called E 1100 S from Parke County. It is also called Coal Bluff Rd and the actual physical signs call it E 1500 N but Google and Yahoo can't agree on what to call it.
I hope after reading this you find it less confusing than before.
Also I dont know if these rules apply to other states or even every county. For example Marshall County (Bremen, Little Egypt)is a little different but the same general idea.
