Thanks for confirming that my memory has not completely failed....
acekraut11@aol.com wrote:
>http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/zero.htm
>
> Above is the link to the US Department of Transportation web site.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aaron
> Aaron Cropley
> 71 TR6 (Throttle Body Injection!)
> http://www.triumphowners.com/108
> Topsham, Maine
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jar@aldermanroad.net
> To: terryrs@adelphia.net
> Cc: 75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org; Triumphs@autox.team.net
> Sent: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [TR] Zero Milestone - Non LBC - Sort of
>
> Seems to me that it sits in the oval on the south side of the White House. I
>'ve seen it, but don't remember exactly where it is.
> Terry Smith wrote:
>
> >Bob, I'm going to be in Washington in a couple of weeks. Where exactly is
> >the stone?
> >
> >Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
> >New Hampshire where "Yah cahn't get theah from heah...."
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]
> >On Behalf Of Jim Bauder
> >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:11 AM
> >To: Bob Danielson; 'Triumph Email List'
> >Subject: RE: [TR] Zero Milestone - Non LBC - Sort of
> >
> >Bob,
> >
> >Thanks for the info! I had never heard of the 'Zero Milestone Marker'!
> >Always eager for more info regarding automobiles, highways, etc!!
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]On
> >Behalf Of Bob Danielson
> >Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:44 AM
> >To: 'Triumph Email List'
> >Subject: [TR] Zero Milestone - Non LBC - Sort of
> >
> >
> >I was reading through Automobile Magazine with the Alfa on the cover ($200K
> >for an Alfa?) and there was an article on the birth of our Interstate
> >Highway system. In the article they mention the Zero Milestone Marker which
> >is the point "from which all road distances in the United States and
> >throughout the Western hemisphere should be reckoned." For all the times
> >I've visited DC and walked around the White House and South Lawn I've never
> >noticed, or maybe realized, what that stone was. Anyhow....you can find a
> >good explanation of it here http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/zero.htm
> >
> >Bob Danielson
> >1975 TR6
> >http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
> >
>
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