Goodbye I-69

[Lee]

John Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.

There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years. While most believe this highway will be good for the state’s economy, religious conservatives believe “I-69” sounds too risqué and want to change the interstate’s number.

Hostettler, a proponent of the interstate extension, agrees. “Every time I have been out in the public with an ‘I-69’ button on my lapel, teenagers point and snicker at it. I have had many ask me if they can have my button. I believe it is time to change the name of the highway. It is the moral thing to do.”

As a matter of fact, naming the highway’s extension I-69 is a violation of the Interstate Highway System’s rules for numbering roads. Interstates numbers are to increase from west to east. If the extension through southern Indiana is named I-69, then 69 will be west of I-65, a direct violation.

“Naming the road I-63 not only follows numbering guidelines, it doesn’t have the sexual undertones that I-69 has,” says Hostettler, “It is a win-win situation.”

The change will more than likely be introduced in committee when Congress convenes after the first of the year.

http://www.hoosiergazette.com/News/Nov2004/news003.htm

Another nutjob trying to make himself a name for the cause of morality and the bible thumpers.

[Peaches]

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=2...11&nav=3w6oTC9A

[Lee]

Originally posted by Peaches@Nov 21 2004, 01:54 PM
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=2...11&nav=3w6oTC9A

Thats okay then

Although, im not sure whats worse..

The facts its a hoax or, the fact that a lot of people beleived the story to be true.. kinda makes you wonder lol

[Mike AI]

Make they can makeit I-666


Don't people have real issues to worry about?

69 is just a number.

[Winetalk.com]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Nov 21 2004, 06:00 PM
Make they can makeit I-666


Don't people have real issues to worry about?

69 is just a number.

m,aybe for you,
for me it's a fact of life
;-)))

[sarettah]

Originally posted by Mike AI@Nov 21 2004, 06:00 PM
Make they can makeit I-666


Don't people have real issues to worry about?

69 is just a number.

Nopers, they already renamed Highway 666 a while back...

I loved that stretch of road up around shiprock, used to use it when I was visiting the Navajo res....

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/...20Highway%20666

In January 2003, the Governor of New Mexico declared his intent to change the designation of US 666 due to "infamy brought by the inopportune naming of the road." http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/us666.htm Officials in Colorado and Utah concurred, choosing "US 393" as the route number. But since the route came nowhere near U.S. Highway 93, AASHTO suggested U.S. Highway 491, noting it as a "branch" of U.S. Highway 191 because the routes meet in Monticello, Utah. US 666 officially ceased to exist on May 31, 2003, though "New 491 - Old 666" signs would be posted for at least a year.

[PornoDoggy]

I heard that they were just going to put black drapes around the entire highway ...