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Encyclopedia > Control cities

A control city is a city or locality posted on a traffic sign indicating forward destinations on a certain route. Signs indicating such cities are usually found at highway junctions to show where the intersecting road goes, or on mileage signs on longer routes. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has standardized all control cities used on the Interstate highway system in the United States. The published standard is not always followed, primarily because major destinations have since appeared that are not on the original list. A particularly egregious example is a sign on Interstate 10 east of Palm Springs, California, which refers to major forward destinations, such as Phoenix, Arizona, simply as "other Desert Cities". [1] AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols and guidelines which are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States. ... Interstate Highways in the lower 48 states. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # I-5 CA 18-19 I-15 CA 57 I-17 AZ 143 I-17 AZ 150 I-8 AZ 199 I-19 AZ 260 I-25 NM 145 I-20 TX 187 I-35 TX 570-572 I-45 TX 768 I-49 LA 103... View of Canyon Country Club, Palm Springs, from the air Palm Springs is a city located in Riverside County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 42,807. ... Phoenix was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ...


External links

  • List of Control Cities for Use in Guide Signs on Interstate Highways

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Control city - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (315 words)
A control city is a city or locality posted on a traffic sign indicating forward destinations on a certain route.
Signs indicating such cities are usually found at highway junctions to show where the intersecting road goes, or on mileage signs on longer routes.
Highway signs in Maryland on Interstate 95 northbound between the Interstate 395 junction in Baltimore to the Mason-Dixon Line at the Delaware border uses New York, New York as its control city even though Philadelphia, in which I-95 directly passes through along with the fact that its population is more than double that of Baltimore.
City code Chapter 8.03 Animal Control - City of Kent, Washington (8191 words)
It is the city council’s intent that the regulation and control of potentially dangerous or dangerous dogs as defined in RCW 16.08.070 should apply in the city through enforcement by the city’s interlocal agreement with King County.
All dogs and cats harbored, kept or maintained in city over four (4) weeks of age shall be licensed and registered annually; provided, that an altered two (2) year license may be purchased; provided, further, that dogs kept in kennels need not be licensed, except as provided in KCC 8.03.080.
A. The animal control authority is authorized to take such lawful action as may be required to enforce the provisions of this chapter and the laws of the state as they pertain to animal cruelty, shelter, welfare and enforcement of control, including regulation of dangerous and potentially dangerous dogs.
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