Planning of the US route system began in 1925, with a preliminary list (http://www.us-highways.com/1925bpr.htm) ready by October 30, 1925. After many revisions, most notably the changing of the route number connecting Chicago to L.A. from US 60 to US 66, AASHO members approved the US numbered system on November 11, 1926. Announcement of the route numbers chosen ( http://www.us-highways.com/1927us.htm ; map: http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/misc-maps/1926us.

The National Postal Museum does not have mail route information. Postal Records are kept at the National Archives and Records Administration.

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Until fairly recently, only the Camino francés (running from Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees via Burgos and León to Santiago) in Spain - and for those with time and inclination to walk further, the route from le Puy in the French massif central, via Cahors and Moissac, to the Pyrenees (GR65) - were sufficiently developed for pilgrims to follow; and they have, with the growing popularity of the pilgrimage, become correspondingly crowded (more on this below).

It depends on how you count. Based on the 1989 US route log US 6 is the longest US route without a major break in mileage, currently at 3,205 miles. US 20 has the longest number of mainline miles, with 3,237 miles, but it has a break in mileage through Yellowstone National Park. If you count all Alternate, Bypass, and Business type routes, US 20 is the current winner at 3,365 miles. Historically, US 6 was the longest route at its fullest extent, at 3,517 miles. 2000-02-09 00:03:03

Currently US 266 and US 730 are each 42 miles long. Historically, US 630 was two miles long. 2000-02-09 00:04:09

The concept behind the bus stop codes is metropolitan-wide. Indeed, to standardize the various systems, transit authorities have chosen the principle of information at bus stops. Perhaps one day you will be able to call the R?seau de transport de Longueuil and obtain schedule information for a bus route serving Montreal.

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Look at the small IC chips on the boards of your computer. They are called the "TTL logic chips". Most of them will have numbers on them like "7404" "74121" and other "74 series" numbers. Some memory chips will be small but not have those numbers. There are generally date codes on most IC chips, usually in the form "wwyy" where ww is the week from 00 to 52, and yy is the year: 74, 75, 76, etc. Or it may be "yyww". So "2776" or "7622" will be the 26th week of 1976 for instance.