{"id":2139,"date":"2007-06-05T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/cove-fort-2200.html"},"modified":"2007-06-05T16:08:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-05T16:08:00","slug":"cove-fort-2200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/06\/cove-fort-2200\/","title":{"rendered":"Cove Fort 2200"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/features\/bal-to.covefort04jun04,0,3582738.story\"><b>Go west, young man<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>The Sun<\/i><br \/><b>Like Horace Greeley\u2019s famed advice, curious sign on I-70 beckons yonder<\/b><br \/>Near the beginning on I-70 westbound near Baltimore there is a big green sign that has the distance to four far off cities along the route: Columbus, St. Louis, Denver and Cove Fort. The first three are major cities 420, 845, and 1700 miles away, respectively. The last is located at the terminus of I-70 west in Utah. Cove Fort, a Mormon historical site, has received visitors because of the sign.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/i-70tinymd-724728.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/i-70tinymd-724726.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>I wish more transportation departments would do this sort of thing. It is a relatively inexpensive way to make the drive more interesting. In Ocean City MDOT has one on westbound US 50 for Sacramento (3073 miles); the opposite is true in California. Maryland also has the &#8220;Eastern Continental Divide&#8221; sign on I-68. Further north in Pennsylvania there is a &#8220;Highest Point on I-80 East of the Mississippi&#8221; sign.<\/p>\n<p>If it were up to me, all transcontinental routes would have the distance to their end point posted. I&#8217;d also have their halfway points posted.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, there isn&#8217;t a distance to Baltimore sign on I-70 east near Cove Fort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Go west, young man &#8211; The SunLike Horace Greeley\u2019s famed advice, curious sign on I-70 beckons yonderNear the beginning on I-70 westbound near Baltimore there is a big green sign that has the distance to four far off cities along the route: Columbus, St. Louis, Denver and Cove Fort. 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