Show ODD AND EVEN NUMBERS NUMBER USED TO DESIGNATE DIRECTION FEDERAL HIGHWAYS City fathers number the streets street 18 too make it easy and convenient to designate the l location of pf homes am and business establishments Now tow Uncle Sam gam has almost completed the numbering num num- bering ng of the the highways highways the main malt streets street of tune tile nation and nation and for the thin same name reason The numbering of the United States State highways is doing loing for the rural communities communities com corn what the the naming of str streets street ts has bus done for the city Because 01 of their convenience the numbers have hav established themselves yes and have become become be be- come ome popular with motorists and trav tray elers lers Uncle Sam has profited profiled by the experience experience ex ex- of or city fathers and has designations designations sought ought to make the numbered ions of value alue in indicating direction and end location A route properly marked means more than a continuous broad highway a from point to point Gl Gliding ding over o ver its smooth surface there is found about every mile a marker giving more information that is easily understood understood under tinder stood tood by the true inexperienced traveler There are 10 main east and west westouter multiples multiples multi multi- routes outer and these designated by ples lles numbered 1 11 21 31 and so on up tp to and including form the backbone back backbone bone one of the system thus employed This system includes not only these these important through routes but aiSo also that connect main many nany cross o cross overs ers routes The highways s 's of the g system stem reach leach practically all of the large cities of or the conn country try section tad serve Her er e every branch lines are or The over cross-over Indicated by three digits such as ln th and aUll so on All east and west hi highways hway as well n as Ls their branches have en even n numbers north and and- south all ill those running dunning odd with their branch lines lines' have numbers numbers' |