Mile marker 420 becomes 419.99 to thwart thieves (on I-70 in Colorado)

Associated Press ^ | Jan 10, 2014 6:57 PM EST

[Olog-hai]

Colorado officials think a difference of one-hundredth of a mile will be enough to stop thieves from stealing the mile marker 420 sign along Interstate 70.

Amy Ford of the Colorado Department of Transportation says the “MILE 420” sign near Stratton was stolen for the last time sometime in the last year, and officials replaced it with a sign that says “MILE 419.99.” …

[Olog-hai]

Any girls in flatbed Fords drive by you?

[Graybeard58]

Our local junior college is I.C.C. (Illinois Central College). The state highway department put up a sign pointing to “I.C.C. College”.

It was up for a couple of weeks and many pictures taken of it before the highway dept. replaced it.

Idiots.

[Sequoyah101]

My place is on Highway 101 but in the right state and not on the coast.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Don’t bogart that sign, CDOT. Pass it over to me!

DANG!

[Slings and Arrows]

The intersection of Beaver and Cherry Streets in Flagstaff, AZ has a similar problem....

Not to mention a certain village in Austria.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

420 apparently stands for April 20, a big day for potheads.

[S.O.S121.500]

Wager the streets and high way departments HATE tourists !

[Slings and Arrows]

*chuckle* No bet.

[gitmo]

Yeah, that’s sort of like a PIN Number.

[Graybeard58]

or an A.T.M. machine.

[KC Burke]

Somewhere I have a photo I took with great lighting and it shows a junction sign and below it the one letter designations for County Roads “F” and “U”.

[Rebelbase]

“rhymes with “booking”—They made sure to make that the first sentence in the article at your link!

[george76]

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)

[Slings and Arrows]

Very sure, you betcha.

[Slings and Arrows]

Please post it if you find it.

[morphing libertarian]

Used the visit friends in the Haight district in SF. The Haight and Ashbury signs were always gone. Finally they painted the street names on the second floor of the buildings.

[CrazyIvan]

There is a small town named Disco near me. During that era they lost a lot of signs.

[dfwgator]

420 apparently stands for April 20, a big day for potheads.

Isn't that Hitler's Birthday?

[tacticalogic]

420 apparently stands for April 20, a big day for potheads.

I think it was started by college students - 4:20 in the afternoon = 5 minutes after the last class of the day let out.

[Repeat Offender]

Stoners would probably be more like to celebrate Jerry Garcia’s birthday, 4/20.