Road number
number or alphanumeric characters assigned to a stretch of public roadway often dependent on the type of road / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A road number is usually given to a portion of public roadway. The chosen number often depends on the type of road. The numbers will be different if the road is an interstate, a motorway, an arterial thoroughfare, a two-lane road, and so forth.
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