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Control city

A control city is a city, locality, or other location posted on a series of traffic signs along a particular stretch of road indicating destinations on that route. Together with route numbers and cardinal directions, these focal points aid the motorist navigating along a highway system. Such cities appear on signs at junctions to indicate where the…

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Guidelines to control city selection

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Control city

Nodes286
Edges285
Triples224
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006993
Components1

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Control city

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related to Australia · 29
Control city → Airports, Australia, Australia's, Cairns, Canterbury Road, Central Business District, City, Dandenong, Directional, Europe, In, Lilydale, Maroondah Highway, Melbourne Chadstone, Melbourne's, Montrose, On, Outside, Perth, Perth City
related to Guidelines to control city selection · 29
Control city → Another, Charleston, Chicago, Chicago Skyway Bridge, Dan Ryan Expressway, Downtown Chicago, Even, For, Gary, I-65, I-90, Illinois, In, Indiana, Indiana Toll Road, Indianapolis, Interstate, Jackson, Mackinac Bridge, Metro Detroit
related to United States · 23
Control city → AASHTO Guidelines, All Maine Points, American Association, Boston, Control, Control Cities, Guide Signs, I-95, Interstate Highway, Interstate Highways, List, Maine, NH, On, Part III, Portsmouth, State Highway, Supplemental Guide Signing, The, There
related to Description · 21
Control city → Equally, Examples, Golden Gate Bridge, Gotthard Pass, Holland Tunnel, However, In, Interstate, Mexico, Mostly, Narrow-passes, New Jersey Route, New York City, Other, Particularly, Point Pleasant, San Francisco, Switzerland, The, This
related to Gallery · 17
Control city → Baltimore, Charlotte, DC, Durham, Greensboro, H-3, I-16, I-40, I-70, I-85, I-95, Maryland, Pearl Harbor, Pennsylvania, This, Washington, Winston-Salem
related to Germany · 17
Control city → Cologne, Directional, Düsseldorf, German, Germany, Hauptfernziel, Hauptfernziele, In, Nahziele, North America, Oberhausen, On, The, The Hauptfernziel, These, This, Under German
related to United Kingdom · 17
Control city → A1, As, In, In London, London, North, On, One, Primary, Rather, Scotch Corner, Scotland, South, The, These, UK, United Kingdom
related to Europe · 12
Control city → Canada, Continental Europe, Europe, European, In, North America, Possibly, Routes, The, United Kingdom, United States, Unlike
related to Ireland · 10
Control city → Dheas/SOUTHBOUND, In, Ireland, M50, N40, On, Republic, Siar/WESTBOUND, Soir/EASTBOUND, Thuaidh/NORTHBOUND
related to Italy · 10
Control city → A4, Intersecting, Italy, Milan, Often, On, Road, This, Trieste, Turin

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city control cities signs interstate used towns uses route along also highway major eastbound st i-70 state westbound road roads

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Control cityis acity0.90text
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20instance ofsigns in Montreal indicate control cities as far as Toronto and Ottawa on Autoroutes0.80text
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Lilydale or Ringwood for Maroondah Highway or Montrose or Vermont for Canterbury Roadinstance ofand other roads may consistently rely on specific outer suburbs0.80text
Jackson are used within 20 milesinstance ofwhereas some in-between cities0.80text
Control cityrelated to AustraliaWhile0.60section
Control cityrelated to AustraliaAustralia0.60section
Control cityrelated to AustraliaUnited States0.60section
Control cityrelated to AustraliaEurope0.60section

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