Seems to me that it sits in the oval on the south side of the White
House. I 've seen it, but don't remember exactly where it is.
Terry Smith wrote:
>Bob, I'm going to be in Washington in a couple of weeks. Where exactly is
>the stone?
>
>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>New Hampshire where "Yah cahn't get theah from heah...."
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]
>On Behalf Of Jim Bauder
>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 11:11 AM
>To: Bob Danielson; 'Triumph Email List'
>Subject: RE: [TR] Zero Milestone - Non LBC - Sort of
>
>Bob,
>
>Thanks for the info! I had never heard of the 'Zero Milestone Marker'!
>Always eager for more info regarding automobiles, highways, etc!!
>
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-triumphs@Autox.Team.Net]On
>Behalf Of Bob Danielson
>Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 6:44 AM
>To: 'Triumph Email List'
>Subject: [TR] Zero Milestone - Non LBC - Sort of
>
>
>I was reading through Automobile Magazine with the Alfa on the cover ($200K
>for an Alfa?) and there was an article on the birth of our Interstate
>Highway system. In the article they mention the Zero Milestone Marker which
>is the point "from which all road distances in the United States and
>throughout the Western hemisphere should be reckoned." For all the times
>I've visited DC and walked around the White House and South Lawn I've never
>noticed, or maybe realized, what that stone was. Anyhow....you can find a
>good explanation of it here http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/zero.htm
>
>Bob Danielson
>1975 TR6
>http://tr6.danielsonfamily.org
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