No Streets/Highways Should Have Names

Naming streets and interstates is ridiculous and extra confusing in my opinion. I think all main roads and cross streets should be numbered such that all main roads are avenues numbered in sequential order, and all side streets are numbered the same way, but with all east Avenues being numbered odd, and all west avenues being numbered even (if the roads are one way). For one way-north south roads, number the northbound ones odd and southbound ones even. Even for memorial-based street names, they should still have a number on the sign. This way one could tell exactly which way they are going just by whether the numbers are going up or down, whether they are even or odd, without having to squint at tiny signs for the names and fiddle with GPS to see which direction you are going. Also, it is an abomination that the interstate highway system has some highways skip certain exit numbers. I understand having N-S exits for different directions of the same exit road, but here in Long Island I've seen things like N-S and then A/B and then the next exit is like 3-4 numbers higher! That's not helpful at all. Just have exits 37N-S and then 38, not 39 to compensate for skipping a number..etc LOL.

no, number sytem harder to memorise streets

maybe so, but it makes it more systematic in getting around; therefore easier to orientate yourself and sense of direction in unfamiliar cities.

Because if you are at 47th street you know it's 6 blocks to 53rd street. But there's no way to know how many blocks Amber lane is from Jackson Avenue, see what I'm getting at?

'bout time we changed this.

also really big numbers happen in big citys

Unlimited number of digits, into the 10,000s if necessary, they would only reset at city/state lines.

yeah

Woah, you guys are too smart for me.

I also firmly believe that all limited access highways and interstates should fit a grid with no exceptions. We pay tax dollars to drive on these roads, and yet we have abominations in the interstate numbering grid like I-99 in PA when it should be the most Eastern north-south interstate in the country.

For anyone who doesn't know, the Interstate and US Route numbering system works like this:

Interstate highways are numbered as follows:

North-South interstates are odd, and increase going east to west. So Interstate 5 goes from Seattle, down California, to San Deigo..etc on the West Coast, while Interstate 95 connects NYC, DC, Miami, and goes north in Maine, on the East Coast

East-West interstates are even, and increase going south to north. So I-10 goes through California, Texas, and Florida, closer to the Mexican Border, while I-90 goes from Boston to Seattle..etc, closer to the Canadian Border.

US routes are numbered the opposite way in the 4 compass directions. While the odd/even for whether it's north-south or east-west is the same as interstates, the numbering is reversed. They increase from east to west, and from north to south. So US 99 is closer to I-5, and US 1 is closer to I-95. US-10 is near I-90, and US 90 is near I-10. This mirroring is done deliberately so interstates and routes with the same numbers are nowhere near each other, and don't get confused.

The lowest east-west even numbered Interstate is I-2 in Texas, but it is incomplete as it is not yet connected to the rest of the system. The highest one is currently I-96 in Michigan. I-94 in Montana is further north in altitude, but I-96 where it is further north than where I-94 is in that same region, so it fits the grid.

The lowest north-south Interstate is 5 in California, and the highest north south one is 97 in Maryland. Now I-99 should be on the extreme east-coast with this numbering scheme, but instead they embarrassingly out it in the middle of Pennsylvania..West of I-81! Nowhere near where it should be in the grid! Then we have other retarded routes like I-73/I-74 which are in a million segments all over, can't even make sense of them on the map, you have I-85 and I-75 which not only cross and end up on the wrong sides of each other by the southern end of their routes, but I-75 almost meets I-95 in Miami. Two x0 or x5 interstates should be nowhere near each other, let alone connect or cross! (I mean I suppose it's more logical for them to both take straight line routes than if they "bounced" off each other just to fit the numbering grid, but still). I-78 has a section with traffic lights in NJ...on an interstate!!!

Names are often easier to remember. Also they are used to commemorate heritage and/or history. This often can be an issue in woke communities of course.

It's when businesses name themselves after the street and move that causes me confusion.

Edit: changed at to after

Fine, but they should still have a route number anyway. Just like part of I-80 is called the "Christopher Columbus Highway".

For local roads, you can just have a sign with a number, and underneath it put "[insert-famous-name] Way"