Highway location marker

A milestone is the kilometer of roads and, as the historical Postmeilensäule columns, placed at regular intervals on the edge of the traffic route. Because many stones are set in the 100 -meter distance, the name Hektometerstein is used for this. Milestones are located both along roads and along railway lines and waterways. Its importance has declined with the advent of signs, station signs and distance markers.

Road

In road traffic milestones serve as a guide for the motorist who wants to determine its distance traveled or the accuracy of its route, as well as for location determination.

Germany

In Germany are classified roads, ie motorways and main roads, as well as state and county roads, today marked or kilometriert usually with station sign made ​​of metal or plastic. In some states, however, are still many milestones since it would be too complex and too expensive to replace all the milestones by the kilometer signs. In some cases ( for example, the station sign in Schleswig -Holstein, but also on some routes in Lower Saxony) the mileage numbers are anbgebracht also to the delineators. The milestones and boards or station signs are usually at a distance of 100 or 200 meters. An exception are the highways that are kilometriert usually with blue metal signs at a distance of 500 meters.

Japan

After the Tōhoku earthquake in 2011 with a tsunami was announced that hundreds of Wegsteine ​​are in northern Japan, which warn of the dangers of tsunamis, some are older than 600 years.

Austria

Highways

On highways, the kilometer is marked at a distance of 500 m with retro reflective blue aluminum panels. At the most frequented and accident-prone south motorway A2 south of Vienna about 60 ° oblique relatively large orange panels were from 2000 as a guidance for helicopters in the two kilometers masts mounted with black mileage - for optimum visibility in flight along the highway. Lately also motorway ramps are specially signposted as " Ramp D" " 0.2 km ". Even in the 70s and 80s were on motorways white boards with kilometer details and long time " construction - km " to see.

Federal, state and county roads

The panels at the federal, state and county roads have been from about 1990 supplemented at least at the complete kilometers with the street name in order to indicate at accident reports faster the exact street location can. Anyway, in Styria be provided every 200 m with wooden stakes state and district roads, which are mostly beaten pointed to the banquet or the meadow next to it. The 50 inch upright slats have about 3 x 8 cm cross-section wear on both broadsides per Taferl a white, black on white retroreflective: above the number of miles, including a horizontal line and then below it ( same size ) the Hektometerziffer. On top of the front side small the street name. Highways and mountain roads where with a lot of ( Slid to the edge ) of snow is expected, have up to 2 m on increased mileage panels.

Previously, real - kilometer stones from small granite blocks were common on federal roads, the top 18 cm painted white, with kilometer indication including stroke and Hektometerstelle, each in 5 cm high black numerals.

Kilometer data on signs are rare in Styria, Upper Austria in the rule. A guide to cycle routes are often small, not retroreflective, and dark and contrast.

In a similar format as the miles crossed the waters, district boundaries and borders are labeled on major roads for snow clearing services, and pass altitudes, on smaller roads ( black on white) sometimes municipal boundaries and its course.

A special feature is the kilometer signs with 2 information, such as " 21.833 ( about ) 22,000 " when shortened by about straightening the course and distances begins anew with a full kilometer. At the end of a longer construction stage is the transition to old kilometer - see photo. The order of the kilometer signs in this section is in this example ( B 178 ) now ... - 4.6 - 4.8 to 5.0 - 5.2 to 5.326 / D 4.6 - D 4.8 - D 5.0 - D 5.2 to 5.4 - ...

Sweden

In Sweden milestones ( milstenar ) of 1649 were built up in the 1870s to mark the distances on the highways. According to an inn Ordinance of 1649 improved conditions should be created to create travel bills. The measurement was always made ​​by the Stockholm Palace, irrespective of provincial boundaries or provincial cities.

The Swedish milestones are often carved out of stone and have inscriptions such as " 1 MIL Ifrán STOCKHOLM " ( One mile from Stockholm ), and the name of the respective Landshövding ( province regent ). Sometimes a year and a crown can be seen. An old Swedish mile corresponded to 10,688 meters.

In the year 1877, with a new way and road regulation, the requirement to establish milestones abolished. At the same time the length of a Swedish mile to exactly 10,000 meters has been set, which still applies today.

The oldest known milestones are located in the provinces of Dalarna County and Skaraborg County, both of which are from the year 1652. Swedish milestones are listed buildings.

Switzerland

National highway network

The national road network ( main road 6/Hauptstrasse 11 along Lake Thun and Hauptstrasse 9 Hauptstrasse 4 from Brünigpass, over the Simplon Pass) will be on motorways, roads and partly also on main roads odometer and distance markers placed.

Canton Road Networks

Most of the motorway or road signposted cantonal roads, which have a longer history, are kilometriert analogous to the national road network.

Some cantons, such as the Canton of Thurgau and the Canton of Basel -Landschaft, provided their main and secondary roads since the 2000s with station sign. Thus, the cantonal roads of the canton of Thurgau, all 200m along the entire main road kilometriert continuously on street pole or the lamps.

USA

The Interstate highways in the USA are kilometriert in the south and west. Other highways which are geared towards the borders of the counties. The exits are often directed by the nearest, in the U.S. as Milepost (MP) designated mile post. Due to the additional letters N, E, S, W for street numbers on the signs on the street or on signposts the directions are northbound, eastbound, etc. signaled.

Railway ( Germany )

In the German railroads are milestones - as far as stones still available - called the department sign or Hektometersteine ​​. Especially with faster rail travel, the distance indicated are on the oberleitungsmasten more readable than the stones at the side of the track bed (plus a numbering) for drivers and passengers at eye level.

Rivers ( Danube )

The chainage of the Danube waterway, flush with the surface in the banks and is composed of about 60 x 80 cm large white " stones " made ​​of concrete casting, the only one, about 4 cm raised ( are for the water outlet lower arches slotted) carry digit, black painted the hectometer only 1-9, in red then the full mile, complemented by a black panel at 3 m higher column, labeled in white: above about 10 cm small centrally thousands and hundreds place, including about 30 cm tall tens and place: So small 21 by 34 km in size in 2134 near Linz.

Power lines

In the underground, moved gas and oil lines are indicated by yellow or orange, very flat cone caps on good 2 m high steel tubular poles sometimes in regular intervals. This now wear including two flat - sloping orange panels with consecutive numbers and a black electrical measuring point for the anodic corrosion protection.

History

Roman 10-mile - stones, slightly tapered about 1.50 m high standing granite columns, as in Neudorf bei Wildon (south of Graz), are maintained as monuments.

Maps ( Austria )

On exact maps, about 1:50,000 by the Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying and Mapping, the chainage (at least ) of the Danube by delicate blue dashes is displayed on a bank. Cards sign for railroad with dashes or black -and-white sequence based on the train - kilometer. The poles of power lines are registered and numbered in the 1:50,000 map as he dashes.