Why are many route numbers in the 1926 Rand McNally U.S. atlas wrong?
The 1926 Rand McNally atlas used the 1925 preliminary numbers for the U.S. Highway system, not the final ones which hadn’t been decided by the time the 1926 atlas ( http://www.chem.sunysb.edu/lauher/roadmaps/ ) was issued. See Question 7.3 for more details on the planning of the U.S. system. Sep 13, 2004 14.2 Q: Where can I find current maps? A: There are a great number of mapping websites such as MapQuest.com, MapBlast!, and MapsOnUs. These have greatly improved since their launches. Go to http://dmoz.org/Reference/Maps/ and http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Maps_and_Views/ for a list of many of these. For official maps go to http://www.roadfan.com/offlmaps.html for online scans or http://www.aaroads.com/kick-off/maplinks.html for print-copy order information. Also, the United States Geological Survey ( http://www.usgs.gov/ ) publishes topographic maps at various scales. Although these are not updated frequently, they are still useful for finding wandering rural roa
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