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Highway exit numbers often jump randomly instead of going numerically like 1, 2, 3. Why are they numbered this crazy way?

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Highway exit numbers often jump randomly instead of going numerically like 1, 2, 3. Why are they numbered this crazy way?

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Highway exit numbers often jump randomly instead of going numerically like 1, 2, 3. Why are they numbered this crazy way?
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