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 https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2024/07/25/wwii-the-autobahn-ike-the-interstates-and-one-mile-in-five/
+===== Wisconsin =====
+== Alphabet Soup: Why Wisconsin’s County Highways Are Lettered, Not Numbered ==
+The State's Road-Naming System Has Been In Place For More Than 100 Years
+Jenny Peek - November 27, 2019
+If you’ve taken a drive on one of Wisconsin’s iconic scenic roads, chances are you’ve noticed a bit of alphabet soup.
+Signs with names like BB, CV, N and SS flank Wisconsin’s county roads, and Shelly from Marshall wanted to know why.
+She asked: “Why are Wisconsin’s county roads labeled with letters instead of numbers?”
+So WPR’s WHYsconsin reached out to Daniel Fedderly, executive director of the Wisconsin County Highway Association — a nonprofit organization that represents the state’s 72 county highway and public works departments — to find out.
+https://www.wpr.org/transportation/why-wisconsins-county-roads-are-lettered-not-numbered