LONGEST DISTANCES BETWEEN EXITS ON U.S. LIMITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS

Highway	Exit Number	Exit Name	Exit Number	Exit Name	Distance (Miles)
Florida 91 (Florida Turnpike)	193	Yeehaw Junction	242	Kissimmee/ St. Cloud	48.9*
Florida 91 (Florida Turnpike	193	Yeehaw Junction	152	Fort Pierce	40.5*
I-80 in Utah	4	Bonneville Speedway	41	Knolls	37.4*
1-70 East (Pennsylvania Turnpike)	110	Somerset	146	Bedford	35.5
I-75 (Alligator Alley)	80	SR 29	49	Snake Road/ Government Road	30.6*
I-335 (Kansas Turnpike)	147	US 56	177	I-470	30.3*
I-90 (Mass. Pike)	3	Westfield	2	Lee	29.9*
I-44 West in Oklahoma (Will Rogers Turnpike)	283	US 69	255	E. Will Rogers Blvd.	28.4
I-40 in California	78	Kelso	50	Ludlow	28.4*
I-44 East in Oklahoma (H.E. Bailey Turnpike)	53	Us 277	80	US 277/ US 81	27.6
I-70 West (Pennsylvania Turnpike)	146	Bedford		Brotherton Road	27.3
I-75 North in Florida	23		49		26.2
I-70 West in Colorado	75		49		26
I-75 in Florida (Alligator Alley)	49	US 27	23	Snake Road/ Government Road	25.7
I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike)	226	Carlisle	201	Blue Mountain	25*
I-80 (Indiana Turnpike)	144	Angola/ I/69	121	Howe/ Lagrange	23.8*
*Denotes same distance in either direction

VETERAN POPULATION BY CONFLICT PERIOD

THE UNION WATERSPHERE

The Union Watersphere, also known as the Union Water Tower, a sphere-shaped water tank in Union, New Jersey, is the world’s tallest water sphere. The Union Watersphere is located adjacent to U.S. Route 22, New Jersey Route 82, and the Garden State Parkway. Standing 212 feet tall, it was originally built in 1964 at the cost of $89,500. It holds 250,000 gallons of well water. A museum dedicated the watersphere is located in Austin, Texas and is operated by a former Union resident.

GRAND MESA

The Grand Mesa, located in western Colorado, is the largest flat-topped mountain in the world. Grand Mesa has an area of about 500 square miles and stretches for about 40 miles east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison river. The mesa rises about 6,000 feet above the surrounding river valleys, including the Grand Valley to the west, reaching an elevation of about 11,000 feet.

A panoramic view of the Grand Mesa, with Mt. Garfield and the Book Cliffs visible on the left
By Tewy - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2553591

CITY NAMES THAT ARE ALSO A STATE-NAME (PART 2)

For some unknown reason, I was unable to include all of the information on state-named-cities in one post. Please see Part 1 for a listing of all of the state-named-cities. The charts below provide summary information on state-named-cities.

STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE A STATE-NAMED-CITY
Alaska	Arizona	Florida	Hawaii	Mississippi	Montana
Nevada	Oregon	South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Wyoming

STATE-NAMED-CITIES THAT DO NOT EXIST
Arkansas	Connecticut	Hawaii	Illinois	Kentucky
Massachusetts	Minnesota	Mississippi	Missouri	Montana
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico	North Carolina	North Dakota
Oklahoma	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina	South Dakota
Texas	Utah	West Virginia	Wisconsin

RANK ORDER OF THE STATES BY NUMBER OF  STATE-NAMED-CITIES
State-Named-Cities	State	State-Named-Cities	State
8	Illinois	2	Texas
8	Ohio	2	Wisconsin
6	Indiana	2	West Virginia
6	New York	1	California
5	Iowa	1	Connecticut
5	Minnesota	1	Delaware
5	Missouri	1	Georgia
5	Pennsylvania	1	Idaho
4	Nebraska	1	Kansas
4	Oklahoma	1	Kentucky
3	Arkansas	1	Maine
3	Louisiana	1	North Carolina
3	Vermont	1	North Dakota
2	Alabama	1	New Hampshire
2	Colorado	1	New Mexico
2	Massachusetts	1	Rhode Island
2	Maryland	1	Utah
2	Michigan	1	Virginia
2	New Jersey	1	Washington

RANK ORDER OF THE STATE-NAMED-CITIES
Number of State-Named-Cities	Name of  State-Named-City	Number of State-Named-Cities	Name of State-Named-City
26	Washington	2	Michigan
11	Wyoming	2	New York
8	Florida	2	Ohio
5	Nevada	2	Tennessee
5	Oregon	2	Vermont
5	Virginia	1	Alabama
4	Delaware	1	Alaska
4	Kansas	1	Arizona
3	California	1	Colorado
3	Georgia	1	Indiana
3	Maryland	1	Iowa
2	Idaho	1	Louisiana
2	Maine	1	Nebraska