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Exit numbers

Does anyone know what is the deal with the exit numbers in Livingston? I have seen them first hand, so it's not a glitch of google maps. Now getting past the random nature of having exit numbers in Livingston but not in Houston, the numbers themselves do not make sense. The are numbered increasing as you go south and they can't be mileage based, it is not that far from the northern end, its not even that far from Laredo. --Holderca1^talk 17:30, 12 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

They're based on TXDOT's weird way of measuring mileage (the tiny green rectangles posted every 2 miles). 204 is at the Oklahoma state line. [1] --NE2 10:59, 4 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The exit numbers in Livingston have been that way before I-69 was actually implemented; when it was all US-59 (one highway). Remember, the I-69 numbers start at where I-69 starts not where I-69E/W/C starts, so I-69 is shorter now than it used to be than when it was US-59. - (Jrooksjr | ^C | _T) 13:25, 12 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Route for US 59 around Nacogdoches is incorrect

I manually mapped US 59 on Google Earth Pro some years back. I came here to see what updates, if any, had been done. When matching up the KML file attached to this page, I found that my path and the downloaded KML path did not match around Nacogdoches. I did some double checking because Google Earth/Maps is not always right.

What I found using Google Street View is that US 59 goes around the west side of Nacogdoches, then veers east, rather than around the south end going east as the KML file shows. Reassurance markers visible using Google Street View confirmed this. To add more, US 259 meets up with US 59 on this north to east pathway.

I can provide amended KML data for this segment if you'd like. Mine doesn't have nearly the data points as the existing KML file, but does an adequate job at viewing heights over 1,000 feet.

Lin The Road Otter RoadOtter404 (talk) 01:43, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]