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We don't know who nailed the
first hand-painted mileage sign to the telephone
pole at this location, but we do know that it
has become a popular place to post such signage.
Gerald Thurman recently continued the tradition.
Some of the signs provide mileage to private
homes, e.g. "Timmy's Condo: 150 miles."
Others offer distances to towns and cities as
far flung as Gallup, New Mexico and Cairo, Egypt.
Now, thanks to Thurman (pictured below), passersby
will know the precise distance from the mileage
pole to Tempe, Arizona.
Location:
Just east of the Colorado River Aqueduct at
the corner of Iron Mountain Pump Plant Road
and CA-Hwy 62 (which is also known as Desert
Center Rice Road). It is 17.1 miles west of
the ghost town at Rice.
[Map]
Photographed by
Gerald Thurman, 11/04/07
Posted on RoadTrip America 11/07
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