Thread: A BIT OF TRIVIA FOR S.E. QLD PEOPLE

I'm opening myself up to criticism here but, I can't say that I've even noticed any numbers on Exit signs
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Steve

Crikey! I'm not from Qld and I knew what the exit numbers meant.

The only numbers I've seen recently are "18" & "16"

That's interesting. I had assumed the numbers were the distance from the Brisbane Post Office.

Originally Posted by hodgo

The numbering system for exit points between the Logan river and the Gold Coast have like many others never made any real sense to me and last night while playing trivia a question was given regarding exit numbers. So I did some research into the matter

This is something I found on the internet

I had always assumed that the numbering systems on the Pacific Motorway/Bruce Highway were common knowledge. Turns out the majority of people I know have no idea what they mean.
I am interested, how many people actually know this:
The exit numbers on the Pacific Motorway between Brisbane and Coolongatta represent the distance from Coronation Drive at North Quay (in km)
The exit numbers on the Bruce Highway between Bald Hills and Cooroy represent the distance from the NSW border at Coolongatta (in km)
The km bases system is used to compensate for future additions/removals of interchanges. It would be nice if somehow they were made continuous right through.

Hodgo

I know in the US at least, this is the system for numbering exits and makes perfect sense. I was reassured when I saw we were starting to adopt the same logic but when they decided to number the Bruce Hwy exits from the NSW border - WTF? Logically they should be from the "zero mile" point on the relevant highway. There is already a "start of Bruce Highway" sign at Bald Hills just before the Pine River and this would be the logical "zero mile".

People may remember waaaaay back when the South-East Freeway was shiny and new, the Stanley Street exit was signposted as exit no. 1.

Originally Posted by Saitch

I'm opening myself up to criticism here but, I can't say that I've even noticed any numbers on Exit signs
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Steve

Perhaps its time to let Waldo do the driving..... Just a thought.

I knew the kms thing just didn't know where precisely the starting point was.

Was confused about this myself and found this site

MR3, MR1, M1 Pacific Motorway